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Re: plot and writing. Cockatiel of Doom Send a noteboard - 28/10/2010 05:07:03 AM
Horcruxes, or at least Voldemort's penchant for magpipery is emphasised in Dumbledore's summary of the scene in the orphanage.


It leads nicely into the Horcruxes, yes.

Also, I wonder what happened in the cave. I suppose the effect is heightened by it not being spelled out. She leaves it to our imaginations.


Definitely makes it that much creepier.


Another puncturing of a tense moment as a bird drops its ... contents at Seamus' head while he is staring disgruntledly at Harry.


Yes. :D Good times. And then when Hermione creates the canaries later, and Harry cannot help being impressed by her spellwork at a time like this.

Luna's comment that Scrimgeour is a vampire is insane on the surface, but the sentiment is quite accurate. He is preying on people he should not prey on in order to keep himself in power.


As much as I love Luna, I keep forgetting to read more into what she says. But this is a lovely interpretation.

I have no explanation for the idea that aurors are trying to bring down the ministry through a combination of dark magic and gum disease.


Heh. It's awesomely random, though.

Sanguini: I like him as decoration. The edging towards the group of girls and being handed a pasty.


That was fun. I don't think I had noticed that on my first reads.
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The Great Harry Potter Re-read: Book Six, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 18/10/2010 06:12:40 PM 2750 Views
General comments on the book. - 18/10/2010 06:14:10 PM 1599 Views
I am enjoying this a lot more than I thought I would. - 22/10/2010 07:25:17 PM 1719 Views
Yes, I'm loving that I can read in English again. - 22/10/2010 10:10:32 PM 1834 Views
Me too - 01/11/2010 02:11:28 PM 1584 Views
Suggestions. - 18/10/2010 06:18:46 PM 1646 Views
Re: Suggestions. - 20/10/2010 03:20:18 PM 1795 Views
*cough* - 09/11/2010 09:24:21 AM 1522 Views
Oh yes. I'm being distracted by Towers of Midnight. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:11:22 PM 941 Views
Shocking. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:43 PM 886 Views
Are we having a break right now? - 12/11/2010 06:48:10 PM 1689 Views
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Chapters 1-3: The Other Minister, Spinner's End, Will and Won't. - 18/10/2010 06:21:55 PM 1863 Views
Characters: The three Ministers, Snape, Narcissa, Bellatrix, Harry, Dumbledore, the Dursleys. - 18/10/2010 06:25:12 PM 1872 Views
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(minor book seven spoilers) - 19/10/2010 11:27:53 AM 1827 Views
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*spoilers for book 7* an assortment of characters - 19/10/2010 01:01:35 AM 1820 Views
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I rather enjoyed the new characters. - 22/10/2010 07:30:03 PM 1613 Views
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Anything else? *NM* - 18/10/2010 06:28:16 PM 797 Views
Dumbledore-centered. - 19/10/2010 01:03:05 AM 1739 Views
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Chapters 4-6: Horace Slughorn, An Excess of Phlegm, Draco's Detour. *NM* - 20/10/2010 03:44:39 PM 951 Views
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(Mostly) on Slughorn, Narcissa and Fleur... - 20/10/2010 09:25:20 PM 1822 Views
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Plotting and writing. - 20/10/2010 03:47:55 PM 1696 Views
*minor spoilers for book 7* - 20/10/2010 09:23:44 PM 1736 Views
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Dumbledore's Stephen Fry moment... or maybe that's just me. - 22/10/2010 07:35:59 PM 1529 Views
It's not just you - 22/10/2010 08:34:25 PM 1518 Views
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Characters *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:24 PM 899 Views
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Thoughts about your thoughts. - 23/10/2010 05:28:10 PM 1529 Views
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More characters. - 25/10/2010 03:21:33 AM 1538 Views
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Love is in the air, evidently. - 22/10/2010 07:54:35 PM 1719 Views
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Re: Love is in the air, evidently. - 22/10/2010 09:54:46 PM 1589 Views
Slytherin had been in need of new blood for a long time. (And assorted other comments.) - 22/10/2010 10:34:49 PM 1732 Views
Neville. - 23/10/2010 05:30:39 PM 1636 Views
Re: Neville. - 08/11/2010 02:35:57 PM 1717 Views
NEWT Potions - 24/10/2010 03:24:42 AM 1706 Views
Re: Characters - 24/10/2010 03:41:30 AM 1776 Views
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Plotting and writing. *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:37 PM 889 Views
Dumbledore, patronuses and the DADA job. - 22/10/2010 07:27:23 PM 1662 Views
Malfoy and the DADA job. - 22/10/2010 10:51:03 PM 1567 Views
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Re: Dumbledore, patronuses and the DADA job. - 23/10/2010 05:32:27 PM 1585 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:50 PM 906 Views
I believe in Wrackspurts, too. And some questions. - 22/10/2010 07:28:04 PM 1532 Views
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Characters: The Gaunts, the Trio, Hagrid, and many more. *NM* - 25/10/2010 05:02:07 PM 910 Views
Harry's continued insistence about Malfoy really irritates me (even though he's right). - 25/10/2010 06:15:23 PM 1811 Views
*lol* - 25/10/2010 06:39:19 PM 1666 Views
I don't hide from my faults. - 25/10/2010 08:01:39 PM 1504 Views
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~geeky moment~ - 26/10/2010 03:14:52 PM 1554 Views
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Trelawny, Ogden, Gaunt, Ron, Hermione, Ron and Harry - 25/10/2010 10:23:55 PM 1601 Views
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Plotting and writing. - 25/10/2010 05:03:16 PM 1665 Views
Amazing amounts of accurate guesswork here, in hindsight. - 25/10/2010 05:37:28 PM 1703 Views
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The smuggling and Trelawney's rambling. - 27/10/2010 12:05:48 AM 1647 Views
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Things - 25/10/2010 10:24:19 PM 1682 Views
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Anything else? *NM* - 25/10/2010 05:03:32 PM 732 Views
Dumbledore still sounds like Stephen Fry. And reflections on the nature of Potions class. - 25/10/2010 05:11:24 PM 1521 Views
It's like baking, I think. - 25/10/2010 05:32:42 PM 1650 Views
Good analogy - 25/10/2010 05:52:38 PM 1500 Views
Yes, exactly like baking - and advanced baking involves experimenting, substituting, improvising. - 25/10/2010 06:42:42 PM 1720 Views
But not at high school. - 25/10/2010 07:57:44 PM 1613 Views
Also - 04/11/2010 09:29:47 AM 1573 Views
Also, Parseltongue - is Harry that thick, or is it a magic thing? - 25/10/2010 05:18:41 PM 1634 Views
I think it's a magic thing. - 25/10/2010 05:34:09 PM 1623 Views
It can be learned actually. Dumbledore implies he knows it and Ron uses it in book 7 - 25/10/2010 05:55:28 PM 1586 Views
Huh. I completely missed that. Good thing we're doing a reread. - 25/10/2010 05:57:38 PM 1586 Views
Speaking of Dumbledore and Parseltongue. - 28/10/2010 05:03:10 AM 1859 Views
parseltongue - 25/10/2010 10:24:46 PM 1734 Views
Interesting how many of our remarks are along similar lines. *NM* - 25/10/2010 10:27:30 PM 773 Views
Indeed - 26/10/2010 09:20:43 AM 1628 Views
Chapters 13-15: The Secret Riddle, Felix Felicis, The Unbreakable Vow *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:16:28 PM 902 Views
Characters: The Trio, Ginny, Tom Riddle, Draco,... *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:17:12 PM 885 Views
Dumbledore, Voldemort, Ron & Hermione, Harry, Ginny, Luna - 27/10/2010 10:31:39 PM 1604 Views
My take on Ginny is rather different, I must say... at least this time around. - 29/10/2010 01:47:20 PM 1581 Views
Girls. - 29/10/2010 05:54:25 PM 1613 Views
Draco: Not as confident as he appears, surely. - 29/10/2010 02:02:01 PM 1769 Views
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Plotting and writing. *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:17:26 PM 703 Views
plot and writing. - 27/10/2010 10:30:14 PM 1633 Views
Re: plot and writing. - 28/10/2010 05:07:03 AM 1788 Views
Draco can dissemble rather well, just like his parents. - 29/10/2010 02:08:35 PM 1651 Views
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Anything else? *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:17:42 PM 733 Views
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Harry comments on that when in Snape's memories in book five. - 28/10/2010 10:42:08 AM 1573 Views
I wonder if that's actually true, though. - 28/10/2010 10:39:20 AM 1760 Views
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It's more than that, though. - 28/10/2010 10:55:49 AM 1681 Views
Re: It's more than that, though. - 28/10/2010 11:48:19 AM 1522 Views
Chapters 16-18: A Very Frosty Christmas, A Sluggish Memory, Birthday Surprises *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:40:39 PM 873 Views
Characters: The Trio, Fleur, Scrimgeour, Percy, Remus, Slughorn,... *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:43:02 PM 961 Views
Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 29/10/2010 08:51:58 PM 1764 Views
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Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 29/10/2010 11:51:06 PM 1596 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 31/10/2010 09:14:46 PM 1834 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 31/10/2010 09:07:19 PM 1691 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 02/11/2010 06:23:04 PM 1653 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 02/11/2010 07:20:26 PM 1348 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 04/11/2010 04:03:02 AM 1592 Views
And - 04/11/2010 10:46:37 AM 1605 Views
Plotting and writing. - 29/10/2010 05:43:49 PM 1534 Views
Re: Plotting and writing. - 29/10/2010 08:52:34 PM 1688 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:44:04 PM 769 Views
My comments on Potions class were heeded! Excellent. - 29/10/2010 11:28:43 PM 1611 Views
Re: My comments on Potions class were heeded! Excellent. - 29/10/2010 11:52:12 PM 1688 Views
Chapters 19-21: Elf Tails, Lord Voldemort's Requests, The Unknowable Room *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:00:22 PM 668 Views
Characters: The Trio, the elves, Draco, Dumbledore,... *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:00:56 PM 991 Views
the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 02:08:32 PM 1498 Views
Re: the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 05:10:11 PM 1743 Views
Re: the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 05:16:30 PM 1820 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:01:13 PM 771 Views
Dumbledore, little girls and the house-elf issue again. - 01/11/2010 02:09:35 PM 1819 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:01:27 PM 792 Views
Chapters 22-24: After the Burial, Horcruxes, Sectumsempra - 03/11/2010 09:50:17 PM 1899 Views
Characters. *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:50:33 PM 912 Views
Malfoy, Ron & Hermione, Slughorn, Voldemort, Snape and Ginny. - 04/11/2010 12:12:57 AM 1659 Views
Draco, Slughorn, Snape, the romance. - 04/11/2010 02:02:04 PM 1680 Views
Re: Draco, Slughorn, Snape, the romance. - 04/11/2010 02:16:17 PM 1700 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:50:50 PM 806 Views
Harry wrong again, house elves, horcruxes, free will, well hidden clues and some irony *DH spoiler* - 03/11/2010 10:35:20 PM 1623 Views
Re: Stuff. - 04/11/2010 04:28:04 AM 1677 Views
Re: Stuff. *spoilers for book 7* - 04/11/2010 09:10:19 AM 1694 Views
This "we'll see in book seven" thing is getting old, but still that's what I have to say here... - 04/11/2010 01:23:01 PM 1529 Views
Yes, I think you are right - 04/11/2010 01:24:41 PM 1688 Views
Well, I'm back. Some comments inside. *DH Spoilers* - 08/11/2010 02:28:11 PM 1665 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:51:04 PM 787 Views
Chapters 25-27: The Seer Overheard, The Cave, The Lightning-Struck Tower - 05/11/2010 05:37:42 PM 1520 Views
Plotting and writing. - 05/11/2010 05:39:27 PM 1354 Views
*spoilers for book 7* - 05/11/2010 07:55:07 PM 1566 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 05/11/2010 05:39:43 PM 813 Views
I like how good magic is not flashy. Also, a Tolkien thing - 05/11/2010 07:55:27 PM 1606 Views
I didn't take the comparison as far, but the gate thing did remind me of Moria, yes. (DH spoilers) - 05/11/2010 10:03:16 PM 1849 Views
yes - 05/11/2010 10:06:43 PM 1589 Views
Chapters 28-30: Flight of the Prince, The Phoenix Lament, The White Tomb. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:12 PM 913 Views
Characters. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:25 PM 750 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:40 PM 879 Views
Spoilers. - 09/11/2010 02:26:38 PM 1535 Views
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I'm assuming not even the Ministry knows 100% what she did. - 13/11/2010 12:26:14 AM 1686 Views
Very true. - 15/11/2010 01:48:36 PM 1680 Views
Not much, no, but there's one fairly crucial mention. - 15/11/2010 04:37:23 PM 1647 Views
Re: Spoilers. - 13/11/2010 12:22:22 AM 1796 Views
Re: Spoilers. - 13/11/2010 09:38:09 AM 1936 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:53 PM 759 Views
We did the Harry Potter marathon thing on Sunday - 09/11/2010 02:28:08 PM 1658 Views
I vaguely remember something of the sort, yes. - 09/11/2010 02:57:56 PM 1857 Views
Re: I vaguely remember something of the sort, yes. - 09/11/2010 02:58:56 PM 1559 Views
This is definitely the most painfully altered of the movies. - 09/11/2010 04:34:33 PM 1683 Views
Re: This is definitely the most painfully altered of the movies. - 09/11/2010 04:36:29 PM 1661 Views
Very true. - 09/11/2010 04:40:24 PM 1903 Views
Re: Very true. - 09/11/2010 04:43:45 PM 2136 Views
Agreed. - 09/11/2010 04:53:46 PM 1673 Views
Re: Agreed. - 09/11/2010 04:58:59 PM 1775 Views

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