Monday, July 16, 2007

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Spoilers LOL!

Spoilers, lol

  • Ron dies.
  • Lupin dies.
  • Percy dies (this death occurs before the wedding, inevitably throwing events into chaos).
  • Voldemort dies.
  • Snape dies.

Details aren’t needed. Just say BELLATRIX KILLS RON!

Snape’s loyalty? I found this to be the saddest part of the book. As many people guessed, all was not what it seemed with Dumbledore, and the two did indeed have a plan that would eventually result in Snape killing him. But, Snape was only in on things for personal gain, and when Voldemort learns of this, he is obviously furious with Snape. Snape tries to make up for things by luring Harry to him, but Harry manages to escape, and Voldemort kills Snape before the final conflict.

I don’t know what all these rumours are about Voldemort kidnapping Ron, it’s a complete lie. Ron is killed by Bellatrix Lestrange in The Battle of Hogwarts, but Neville manages to finish off Bellatrix after Ron weakens her before his death.

Harry is not a horcrux.

As I’ve already stated, Voldemort kills Snape.

Voldemort is killed in the Department Of Mysteries. He baits Harry about his parents, Sirius, Dumbledore and Ron. which turns out to be the worst thing Voldemort could have done. As Voldemort steps out into the circular bit with many doors, Harry opens the locked door, and Voldemort is destroyed by the blinding light, which heals Harry, who seems close to death (he does not die).

The cover art shows Voldemort + Harry at the Deathly Hallows, Harry is attempting to summon Voldemort’s Horcrux, as Voldemort is doing his best to keep the enchantment in place.

No-one loses a body part, no idea where that came from?

Also Harry does not get drunk whoever said that.

Harry does not lose his powers.

What’s the deal with the dragon on the US deluxe cover?

The trio fly on it to get to the Deathly Hallows. Only Harry and Voldemort can fight on the Deathly Hallows, but this is not their final encounter.

What’s happening on the UK kids cover?

Gringotts. The trio are searching for the locket (it isnt there) but they get vital information on Ravenclaws book here.

How’s the epilogue done?

I didn’t like it. It was in the form of a newspaper article, a sort of ‘Where Are They Now?’ thing, 20 years on from the final showdown.

You said Ron dies so what happens to Hermy at the end?

As said, her love life isnt specified. But she becomes a Healer at St. Mungo’s.

What’s Luna/Hagrid/Weasley twins/Neville’s fate?

Becomes editor of Quibbler (her dad passes it on to her)/Remains at Hogwarts to this day/Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes becomes multinational/Herbology teacher at Hogwarts after Sprout’s death (old age she isnt killed)

What happens to Voldy’s body in the end?

Completely obliterated by the love from locked room.

What are the horcruxes? How does Harry find and destroy them?

Nagini/Locket/Cup/Ravenclaws Book. Symbol on UK spine is a device that enables Harry to locate ‘soul fragments’ if you will, Harry can destroy them a lot more easily than Dumbledore.

What’s the deal with the mirror? How does RAB and Kreacher come into the story?

Sirius has left an almost ‘voicemail’ message on the mirror, to advise him on destroying the horcrux. Kreacher has to tell the trio (on Harry’s orders) about the history of the symbol and where to find it.

What’s the lies of Dumbledore chapter about?

Neon was right about this, this is to do with the plan with Snape. I don’t know if he got lucky because the Grindelwald thing isnt even close.

What happens to all the teachers? Who’s new headmaster etc?

McGonagall is new headmistress.

What’s Harry’s fate in the end? Job etc?

Becomes an almost freelance Auror but refuses to work for the MoM

Chapter summaries

Dark Lord Ascending

  • another first chapter that is not Harry’s point of view
  • very dark
  • first death
  • Bellatrix and Voldemort interact

In Memoriam

  • back to Harry’s point of view
  • Dumbledore’s past
  • Rita Skeeter appears here. Apparently, Harry is not pleased.

The Dursleys Departing

  • The Dursley’s leave Privet Drive

The Seven Potters

  • Harry, Ron, and Hermione are reunited
  • Death Eater attack
  • another death
  • very intense

Fallen Warrior

  • another death
  • one person loses a body part
  • scenes afterwards set in the Burrow
  • Apparently, Harry gets drunk!
  • tells what happened with Ollivander

The Ghoul in Pajamas

  • general plan discussion all around
  • Hermione is scary (lol)

The Will of Albus Dumbledore

  • Harry’s birthday! Ron gives him a funny gift.
  • Minister of Magic is back
  • Lupin is acting off

The Wedding

  • Weasley relatives, Luna’s father, and Krum all make ppearances
  • Krum argues with Luna’s father over the symbol
  • Dumbledore’s past again, which is not pleasant
  • Kingsley makes an appearance with some bad news.

A Place to Hide

  • Harry, Ron, and Hermione leave the Burrow, and run into Death Eaters
  • Hermione gets hit on by drunkards
  • They go to Grimmauld Place

Kreacher’s Tale

  • Harry finds a letter from his mother saying disturbing things about Dumbledore
  • R.A.B. is Sirius’s brother (everyone knew that, lol)
  • lots of complex stuff on Horcruxes

The Bribe

  • setting is Grimmauld Place
  • Harry has sent Kreacher on an errand
  • Kreacher seems to be getting friendlier
  • Lupin is still acting off, and states something extremely surprising (off in an easily irritated, jumpy way. We’ve also been told that Lupin/Tonks shippers will be over the moon, so, perhaps Tonks is pregnant?)
  • Trio find out who has the locket, and they are shocked.

Magic is Might

  • Trio plan to get the locket from the ministry

The Muggle-born Registration Commission

  • Umbridge
  • persecution

The Thief

  • Trio leave Grimmauld Place and Kreacher
  • Trio stays in the woods.
  • Harry sees through mind-link that Voldemort is not in the country, and is looking for a stolen object that has something to do with wands.

The Goblin’s Revenge

  • Ron does something weird.

Godric’s Hollow

Bathilda’s Secret

  • Someone named Bathilda wrote the History of Magic book. IDK if this has anything to do with anything, but still, might be worth noting.

The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore

The Silver Doe

  • Hermione is sleeping. Harry sees a Patronus and follows it. It leads him to a thing Dumbledore has left him. He is reunited with Ron. The entire scene with the destruction of the Horcrux and display of Ron’s insecurities happens.

Xenophilius Lovegood

  • The Tale of the Three Brothers
  • “The Tale of Three Brothers” is a wizard children’s story. The story involves three objects called the Deathly Hallows. Three brothers, three objects, AKA the Deathly Hallows.
  • Trio goes to see Luna’s dad
  • He tells them a wizarding fairy story about three objects
  • They are called the Deathly Hallow

The Deathly Hallows

  • Harry follows lead of DH story instead of Horcrux stuff
  • He becomes stupidly obsessed over it, kind of like how he was over Malfoy in HBP
  • Makes a huge mistake and gets the trio “captured”

Malfoy Manor

  • A couple of people have died, one important
  • Someone else is being kept in the manor
  • Someone else dies
  • The trio is tortured for info
  • Dobby helps them escape
  • Another someone else dies

The Wandmaker

Shell Cottage

Gringotts

The Final Hiding Place

The Missing Mirror

The Lost Diadem

The Sacking of Severus Snape

The Battle of Hogwarts

The Elder Wand

The Prince’s Tale

The Forest Again

King’s Cross

The Flaw in the Plan

Epilogue

Pictures and shit



Deathly Hallows - The Last Chapter?

Last Chapter:

Ninteen Years Later

Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. the morning of the first of September was crisp and golden as an apple, and as the little family bobbed across the rumbling road toward the great sooty station, the fumes of the car exhaust and the breath of pedestrians sparkled like cobwebs in the cold air. Two large cages rattled on top of the laden trolleys the parents were pushing, the owls inside them hooted indignantly and the redheaded girl trailed tearfully behind her brothers, clutching her father’s arm.

“It Won’t be long, and you’ll be going too.” Harry told her.
“Two years.” Sniffed Lily. “I want to go now!”

The commuters stared curiously at the owls as the family wore it’s way toward the barrier between platforms nine and ten. Albus’s voice drifted back to Harry over the surrounding clamor, his sons had resumed the argument that had started in the car.

“I won’t be in slytherin!”
“James, give it a rest!” said Ginny.

*753*

“I only said he might be.” said James, grinning at his younger brother. “Theres nothing wrong with that. He might be a Slyth—”
But James caught his mother’s eye and fell silent.The five Potters approached the barrier. With slightly cocky look over his shoulder at his younger brother, James took the trolley from his mother and broke into a run. A moment later, he had vanished.

“You’ll write to me, won’t you?” Albus asked his parents immediately, capitalizing ont he momentary silence of his brother.
“Every day, if you want us to,” said Ginny.
“Not every day,” said Albus quickly. “James says most people only get letter from home once a month.”
“We wrote to James three times a week last year,” said Ginny.
“And you don’t want to believe everything he tells you about Hogwarts,” Harry put in. “He likes a laugh, your brother.”

Side by side, they pushed the second trolley forward, gathering speed. As they reached the barrier, Albus winced, but no collision came. Instead, the family emerged on to platform nine and three-quarters, which was obscured by thick steam that was pouring from the scarlet Hogwarts Express. Indistinct figures were swarming through the mist, into which James had already disappeared. “where are they?” asked Albus anxiously, peering at the hazy forms they passed as they made their way down the platform.
“We’ll find them,” Said Ginny reasurringly.
But the vapor was dense, and it was difficult to make out anybody’s faces. Detached from their owners, voices rounded unaturally loud. Harry thought he heard Percy discouring loudly on the broomstick regulations, and was quite glad of the excuse not to stop and say hello…

*754*

“I think thats them Al,” said Ginny suddenly. A group of four people emerged from the mist, standing alongside the very last carriage. Their faces only came intofocus when Harry, Ginny, Lily , and Albus had drawn right up to them.
“Hi,” said Albus, sounding immensely relieved.
Rose, who was already wearing her brand-new Hogwarts robes, beamed at him.
“parked all right, then?” Ron asked Harry, “I did, Hermione didn’t believe I could pass a Muggle driving test, did you? She thought I’d have to Confund the examiner.”
“No, I didn’t,” said Hermione. “I had complete faith in you.”
“As a matter of fact, I did Confund him.” Ron whispered to Harry, as together they lifted Albus’s trunk and owl onto the train.
“I only forgot to look in the wing mirror, and let’s face it, I can use a Supersensory Charm for that.”

Back on the platform, they found Lily and Hugo, Rose’s younger brother, having an animated discussion about which House they would be sorted into when they finally went to Hogwarts.
“If you’re not in Gryffindor, We’ll disinherit you,” said Ron, “but no pressure.”
“Ron!”
Lily and Hugo laughed, but Albus and Rose looked Solemn. “He doesn’t mean it,” said Hermione and Ginny, but Ron was no longer paying attention. Catching Harry’s eye, he nodded covertly to point some fifty yards away. The steam had thinned for a moment, and three people stood in sharp relief against the shiftingmist.
“Look who it is.”
Draco Malfoy was standing there with his wife and son, a dark coat buttoned up to his throat. His hair was receding somewhat,

*755*

which emphasized the pointed chin. The new boy resembled Draco as much as Albus resembled Harry. Draco caught sight of Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny staring at him, nodded curtly, and turned away again.
“So thats little Scorpius,” said Ron under his breath. “Make sure you beat him in every test Rosie. Thank God you inherited you mother’s brains.”
“Ron, for heaven’s sake,” said Hermione, half stern, half amused.
“Don’t try to turn them against each other before they’ve even started school!”
“You’re right, sorry, ” said Ron, but unable to help himself, he added. “Don’t get too friendly with him, though, Rosie. Grandad Weasley would never forgive you if you married a pureblood.”
“Hey!”
James had reappeared, he had divested himself of his trunk, owl, and trolley, and was evidently bursting with news.
“Teddy’s back there,” he said breathlessly, pointing back over his shoulder into the billowing clouds of steam. “Just seen him! And guess what he’s doing? Snogging Victoire! Our cousin!”
He gazed up at the adults, evidently disappointed by the lack of reaction.
“Our Teddy! Teddy Lupin! Snogging our Victoire! Our Cousin! And I asked Teddy what he was doing —”
“Your interrupted them?” said Ginny. “You are so like Ron —” “— and he said he’d come to see her off! And then he told me to go away. He’s snogging her!”James added as though worried he had not made himself Clear.
“Oh, it would be lovely if they got married!” whispered Lily ecstatically. “Teddy would really be part of the family then!”

*756*

“He already comes round for dinner about four times a week.” said Harry. “Why don’t we just invite him to live with us and have(?) done with it?”
“Yeah!” said James enthusiastically. “I don’t mind sharing with Al — Teddy could have my room.”
“No,” said Harry firmly. “you and Al will share a room only when I want the house demolished.”
He checked the battered old watch that had since been Fabien(?) Prewett’s.
“It’s nearly eleven, you’d get on board.”
“Don’t forget to give Neville our love!” Ginny told James as she hugged him.
“Mum! I can’t give a professor love!”
“But you know Neville—”
James rolled his eyes.
“Outside, yeah but at school he’s Professor Longbottom, isn’t he?(?) I can’t walk into Herbology and give him love …”
Shaking his head at his mother’s foolishness(?), he vested(?) his feeling by aiming a kick at Albus.
“See you later, Al. Watch out for the thestrals.”
“I thought they were invisible? You said they were invisible.” but James Merely Laughed, permitted his mother to kiss him, gave his father a fleeting hug, then leapt upon(?) the rapidly filling train. They saw him wave, then sprint away up the corridor(?) to find his friends.
“Thestrals are nothing to be worry about,” Harry told Albus.
“They’re gentle things, there’s nothing scary about them. Anyways you won’t be going up to school in the carriages, you’ll be going in the boats.”

*757*

Ginny kissed Albus good-bye.
“See you at Christmas.”
“Bye, Al,” said Harry as his son hugged him. “Don’t forget Hagrid’s invited you to tea next friday. Don’t mess with Peeves.Don’t duel anyone till you’ve learned how. And don’t let james wind you up.”
“What if I’m in Slytherin?”
The whisper was for his father alone, and Harry knew that only the moment of departure could have forced Albus to reveal ho great and sincere that fear was.

Harry crouched down so that Albus’s face was slightly above his own. Alone of Harry’s three children, Albus had inherited Lily’s eyes.

“Albus Severus,”Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was careful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, “you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.”
“But just say —”
“— That Slytherin House will have gained an excellents student, won’t it! It doesn’t matter to us, Al. But if it matters to you, you’ll be able to choose Gryffendor over Slytherin. The Sorting Hat takes your choice into account.”
“Really?”
“He did for me,” said Harry.
He had never told any of his children that before, and he saw the wonder in Albus’s face when he said it. But now the doors were slamming all along the scarlet train, and the blurred outlines of the parents were swarming forward for the final kisses, last-minute reminders,

*758*

Albus jumped into the carriage and Ginny Closed the door behind him. Students were hanging from the windows nearest them. A great number of faces, both on the train and off, seemed to be turned viewing(?) Harry.
“Why are they all staring?” Demanded Albus as he and Rose turned around to look at the other students.
“Don’t let it worry you,” said Ron. “It’s me. I’m extremely ?????????”
Albus,Rose,Hugo, and Lily laughed. The train began to move, and Harry walked alongside it, watching his son’s thin face already ablaze with excitement. Harry kept smiling and waving, even though it was like a little bereavement, watching his son glide away from him….
The last trace of steam evaporated in the autumn air. The train rounded a corner. Harry’s hand still raised in farewell.
“He’ll be all right,” murmured Ginny.
As Harry looked at her, he lowered his hand absentmindedly and touched the lightning scar on his forehead.
“I know he will.”
The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well.

*759*

Friday, July 6, 2007

Harry Potter dies in the Deathly Hallows - makes sense?

Brace yourselves, Harry Potter fans. No matter how desperate you are for Harry to live, some experts in classic literature and mythology say that finishing off the young wizard would make sense — in a literary kind of way.

J K Rowling has never shied from darkness in her Potter books. She's already promised two deaths in the last book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. But she couldn't kill Harry off, could she? She wouldn't do that, would she?
"If you look at the tradition of the epic hero... there is this sort of pattern that the hero delivers people to the promised land but does not see it himself," said Lana Whited, professor of English at Ferrum College in Ferrum , Virginia, pointing out examples from king Arthur to Moses to Frodo.

Greek mythology has plenty of examples, like Hercules, who was killed at the height of his strength, said Mary Lefkowitz, a retired classics professor who taught at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. "Just because it's children's literature, doesn't mean it can't have very dark events in it," says Anne Collins Smith, assistant professor at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.

However, Philip Ray, an associate professor of English at Connecticut, said, "For Rowling to have put Harry Potter through all seven volumes just to kill him off, the point of all development would be wasted.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Final Harry Potter book July 21

The official build up to 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' has been launched in the United States today.

The US 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' build being run by the US publisher or the books, Scholastic, is being called "There Will Soon Be 7".

To celebrate the magic of this wonderful book series Scholastic are planning a massive build up, making it the biggest ever book launch in US history.

"There Will Soon Be 7" began today with a totally new look on the Scholastic Harry Potter website. The website now includes a bunch of new activities and Harry Potter related downloads.

The pre-launch build up will also include a series of questions, asked via the Scholastic Harry Potter website. There will be one question each week, making a total of seven questions before the book in finally released to the public on July 21. The first question is no up in video format on the website.

The first questions of the "There Will Soon Be 7" campaign asks fans one of the hottest Harry Potter fandom topics, "Who will live, who will die?" After the question fans will be given a list of Harry Potter characters and they will then be able to select the characters they think will live and die.

Other fun features have been included on the website that have been added as part of the 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" countdown. These fun features include tons of polls, the ability to send e-cards, write book reviews of all the Harry Potter books, printable bookmarks and poster. One new feature that is sure to be popular with Harry Potter fans is a way to get an up close and personal look at the artwork for the final book's cover. Fans will also be able to download an alert tool that will keep them right up to date with events and news in the days counting down to the release day.

There now are fewer than 100 days until the release of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'. The final book of the Harry Potter series will gone on sale at midnight around the world on July 21.

In the US there will be a record breaking first print run of 12 million copies. All of the first print US copies will be printed on recycled paper. The book will also be printed on recycled paper in Canada and Europe.

One of the most anticipated events scheduled by Scholastic is the 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Knight Bus Tour.' This event will centre around a special bus that will travel to libraries around the United States with the final stop being in New York city on launch night. Fans will be able to make a video on board the bus of themselves talking about the Harry Potter books.