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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 2632 Views
General comments on the book. - 18/10/2010 06:14:10 PM 1505 Views
I am enjoying this a lot more than I thought I would. - 22/10/2010 07:25:17 PM 1630 Views
Yes, I'm loving that I can read in English again. - 22/10/2010 10:10:32 PM 1739 Views
Me too - 01/11/2010 02:11:28 PM 1500 Views
Suggestions. - 18/10/2010 06:18:46 PM 1547 Views
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*cough* - 09/11/2010 09:24:21 AM 1431 Views
Oh yes. I'm being distracted by Towers of Midnight. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:11:22 PM 894 Views
Shocking. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:43 PM 836 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 1768 Views
Characters: The three Ministers, Snape, Narcissa, Bellatrix, Harry, Dumbledore, the Dursleys. - 18/10/2010 06:25:12 PM 1746 Views
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(minor book seven spoilers) - 19/10/2010 11:27:53 AM 1731 Views
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*spoilers for book 7* an assortment of characters - 19/10/2010 01:01:35 AM 1724 Views
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I rather enjoyed the new characters. - 22/10/2010 07:30:03 PM 1503 Views
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Anything else? *NM* - 18/10/2010 06:28:16 PM 748 Views
Dumbledore-centered. - 19/10/2010 01:03:05 AM 1635 Views
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(Mostly) on Slughorn, Narcissa and Fleur... - 20/10/2010 09:25:20 PM 1718 Views
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Characters. - 25/10/2010 03:10:35 AM 1466 Views
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*minor spoilers for book 7* - 20/10/2010 09:23:44 PM 1642 Views
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Dumbledore's Stephen Fry moment... or maybe that's just me. - 22/10/2010 07:35:59 PM 1434 Views
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Harry, Romilda, Malfoy (in luuuve), Snape, Lavender Brown, McGonagall, Hermione and Slughorn. - 22/10/2010 07:26:19 PM 1678 Views
Thoughts about your thoughts. - 23/10/2010 05:28:10 PM 1432 Views
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More characters. - 25/10/2010 03:21:33 AM 1438 Views
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Love is in the air, evidently. - 22/10/2010 07:54:35 PM 1612 Views
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Re: Love is in the air, evidently. - 22/10/2010 09:54:46 PM 1466 Views
Slytherin had been in need of new blood for a long time. (And assorted other comments.) - 22/10/2010 10:34:49 PM 1637 Views
Neville. - 23/10/2010 05:30:39 PM 1533 Views
Re: Neville. - 08/11/2010 02:35:57 PM 1613 Views
NEWT Potions - 24/10/2010 03:24:42 AM 1612 Views
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Plotting and writing. *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:37 PM 839 Views
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Malfoy and the DADA job. - 22/10/2010 10:51:03 PM 1472 Views
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Anything else? *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:50 PM 857 Views
I believe in Wrackspurts, too. And some questions. - 22/10/2010 07:28:04 PM 1436 Views
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Harry's continued insistence about Malfoy really irritates me (even though he's right). - 25/10/2010 06:15:23 PM 1699 Views
*lol* - 25/10/2010 06:39:19 PM 1575 Views
I don't hide from my faults. - 25/10/2010 08:01:39 PM 1410 Views
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~geeky moment~ - 26/10/2010 03:14:52 PM 1468 Views
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Plotting and writing. - 25/10/2010 05:03:16 PM 1580 Views
Amazing amounts of accurate guesswork here, in hindsight. - 25/10/2010 05:37:28 PM 1612 Views
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The smuggling and Trelawney's rambling. - 27/10/2010 12:05:48 AM 1555 Views
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Things - 25/10/2010 10:24:19 PM 1588 Views
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Anything else? *NM* - 25/10/2010 05:03:32 PM 688 Views
Dumbledore still sounds like Stephen Fry. And reflections on the nature of Potions class. - 25/10/2010 05:11:24 PM 1409 Views
It's like baking, I think. - 25/10/2010 05:32:42 PM 1564 Views
Good analogy - 25/10/2010 05:52:38 PM 1404 Views
Yes, exactly like baking - and advanced baking involves experimenting, substituting, improvising. - 25/10/2010 06:42:42 PM 1601 Views
But not at high school. - 25/10/2010 07:57:44 PM 1514 Views
Also - 04/11/2010 09:29:47 AM 1466 Views
Also, Parseltongue - is Harry that thick, or is it a magic thing? - 25/10/2010 05:18:41 PM 1534 Views
I think it's a magic thing. - 25/10/2010 05:34:09 PM 1526 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 1485 Views
Huh. I completely missed that. Good thing we're doing a reread. - 25/10/2010 05:57:38 PM 1485 Views
Speaking of Dumbledore and Parseltongue. - 28/10/2010 05:03:10 AM 1757 Views
parseltongue - 25/10/2010 10:24:46 PM 1632 Views
Interesting how many of our remarks are along similar lines. *NM* - 25/10/2010 10:27:30 PM 721 Views
Indeed - 26/10/2010 09:20:43 AM 1540 Views
Chapters 13-15: The Secret Riddle, Felix Felicis, The Unbreakable Vow *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:16:28 PM 859 Views
Characters: The Trio, Ginny, Tom Riddle, Draco,... *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:17:12 PM 841 Views
Dumbledore, Voldemort, Ron & Hermione, Harry, Ginny, Luna - 27/10/2010 10:31:39 PM 1507 Views
My take on Ginny is rather different, I must say... at least this time around. - 29/10/2010 01:47:20 PM 1475 Views
Girls. - 29/10/2010 05:54:25 PM 1515 Views
Draco: Not as confident as he appears, surely. - 29/10/2010 02:02:01 PM 1673 Views
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Plotting and writing. *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:17:26 PM 657 Views
plot and writing. - 27/10/2010 10:30:14 PM 1545 Views
Re: plot and writing. - 28/10/2010 05:07:03 AM 1676 Views
Draco can dissemble rather well, just like his parents. - 29/10/2010 02:08:35 PM 1554 Views
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Anything else? *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:17:42 PM 701 Views
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Harry comments on that when in Snape's memories in book five. - 28/10/2010 10:42:08 AM 1463 Views
I wonder if that's actually true, though. - 28/10/2010 10:39:20 AM 1651 Views
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It's more than that, though. - 28/10/2010 10:55:49 AM 1585 Views
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Chapters 16-18: A Very Frosty Christmas, A Sluggish Memory, Birthday Surprises *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:40:39 PM 817 Views
Characters: The Trio, Fleur, Scrimgeour, Percy, Remus, Slughorn,... *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:43:02 PM 908 Views
Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 29/10/2010 08:51:58 PM 1668 Views
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Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 31/10/2010 09:14:46 PM 1724 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 31/10/2010 09:07:19 PM 1588 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 02/11/2010 06:23:04 PM 1555 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 02/11/2010 07:20:26 PM 1245 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 04/11/2010 04:03:02 AM 1487 Views
And - 04/11/2010 10:46:37 AM 1498 Views
Plotting and writing. - 29/10/2010 05:43:49 PM 1436 Views
Re: Plotting and writing. - 29/10/2010 08:52:34 PM 1572 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:44:04 PM 721 Views
My comments on Potions class were heeded! Excellent. - 29/10/2010 11:28:43 PM 1504 Views
Re: My comments on Potions class were heeded! Excellent. - 29/10/2010 11:52:12 PM 1585 Views
Chapters 19-21: Elf Tails, Lord Voldemort's Requests, The Unknowable Room *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:00:22 PM 631 Views
Characters: The Trio, the elves, Draco, Dumbledore,... *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:00:56 PM 941 Views
the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 02:08:32 PM 1394 Views
Re: the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 05:10:11 PM 1643 Views
Re: the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 05:16:30 PM 1721 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:01:13 PM 725 Views
Dumbledore, little girls and the house-elf issue again. - 01/11/2010 02:09:35 PM 1713 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:01:27 PM 743 Views
Chapters 22-24: After the Burial, Horcruxes, Sectumsempra - 03/11/2010 09:50:17 PM 1804 Views
Characters. *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:50:33 PM 863 Views
Malfoy, Ron & Hermione, Slughorn, Voldemort, Snape and Ginny. - 04/11/2010 12:12:57 AM 1571 Views
Draco, Slughorn, Snape, the romance. - 04/11/2010 02:02:04 PM 1577 Views
Re: Draco, Slughorn, Snape, the romance. - 04/11/2010 02:16:17 PM 1596 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:50:50 PM 752 Views
Harry wrong again, house elves, horcruxes, free will, well hidden clues and some irony *DH spoiler* - 03/11/2010 10:35:20 PM 1524 Views
Re: Stuff. - 04/11/2010 04:28:04 AM 1592 Views
Re: Stuff. *spoilers for book 7* - 04/11/2010 09:10:19 AM 1589 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 1430 Views
Yes, I think you are right - 04/11/2010 01:24:41 PM 1586 Views
Well, I'm back. Some comments inside. *DH Spoilers* - 08/11/2010 02:28:11 PM 1561 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:51:04 PM 740 Views
Chapters 25-27: The Seer Overheard, The Cave, The Lightning-Struck Tower - 05/11/2010 05:37:42 PM 1416 Views
Plotting and writing. - 05/11/2010 05:39:27 PM 1255 Views
*spoilers for book 7* - 05/11/2010 07:55:07 PM 1468 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 05/11/2010 05:39:43 PM 763 Views
I like how good magic is not flashy. Also, a Tolkien thing - 05/11/2010 07:55:27 PM 1507 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 1736 Views
yes - 05/11/2010 10:06:43 PM 1512 Views
Chapters 28-30: Flight of the Prince, The Phoenix Lament, The White Tomb. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:12 PM 870 Views
Characters. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:25 PM 702 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:40 PM 835 Views
Spoilers. - 09/11/2010 02:26:38 PM 1446 Views
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I'm assuming not even the Ministry knows 100% what she did. - 13/11/2010 12:26:14 AM 1597 Views
Very true. - 15/11/2010 01:48:36 PM 1588 Views
Not much, no, but there's one fairly crucial mention. - 15/11/2010 04:37:23 PM 1547 Views
Re: Spoilers. - 13/11/2010 12:22:22 AM 1699 Views
Re: Spoilers. - 13/11/2010 09:38:09 AM 1836 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:53 PM 715 Views
We did the Harry Potter marathon thing on Sunday - 09/11/2010 02:28:08 PM 1567 Views
I vaguely remember something of the sort, yes. - 09/11/2010 02:57:56 PM 1757 Views
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This is definitely the most painfully altered of the movies. - 09/11/2010 04:34:33 PM 1580 Views
Re: This is definitely the most painfully altered of the movies. - 09/11/2010 04:36:29 PM 1545 Views
Very true. - 09/11/2010 04:40:24 PM 1801 Views
Re: Very true. - 09/11/2010 04:43:45 PM 2035 Views
Agreed. - 09/11/2010 04:53:46 PM 1580 Views
Re: Agreed. - 09/11/2010 04:58:59 PM 1680 Views

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