t am picturing Sev holding Lily's hand while waiting for the Hogwarts Express on that first day, and Lily's parents telling her to stick close to him . . . am tearing up
I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.
Dawn ,'Beneath You'
The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
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***SPOILER ALERT***
Connie Neil - Jul 24, 2007 9:19:20 am PDT #1592 of 3301
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victor infante - Jul 24, 2007 9:37:48 am PDT #1593 of 3301
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Shut up and read.
Heh. That about sums it up. I was saying on LJ that DH is where all the meandering of the previous books landed. Not all of it was vitally relevant, but I'm impressed at how it all came together.
Polgara - Jul 24, 2007 10:08:54 am PDT #1594 of 3301
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
There was a nod in there to Dean Thomas' backstory as well, which I think she said was cut from Book 2. He and his mother always assumed his father left them, but wasn't his father actually killed by Voldemort?
Where does it say his father was killed by Voldemort? I don't remember that part.
Dana - Jul 24, 2007 10:10:52 am PDT #1595 of 3301
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It's on Rowlings' site somewhere, apparently, but two minutes there drove me insane, so I couldn't find the link. There's always wikipedia, though.
Killed by Death Eaters, actually. I was close. And aha, wikipedia links to her site:
Polgara - Jul 24, 2007 10:17:43 am PDT #1596 of 3301
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Hmm. I really hate that there's canonical info that isn't included in the texts themselves. Apparently people already knew about Aberforth being the bartender of the Hog's Head before this book. Not fair!
megan walker - Jul 24, 2007 10:23:13 am PDT #1597 of 3301
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Apparently people already knew about Aberforth being the bartender of the Hog's Head before this book. Not fair!
I thought we already knew that from the books?
Aims - Jul 24, 2007 10:24:50 am PDT #1598 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
IIRC, it isn't stated explicitly in the books that Aberforth is Dumbledore's brother. It's more hinted at here and there.
sumi - Jul 24, 2007 10:25:01 am PDT #1599 of 3301
Art Crawl!!!
I thought we knew that from the books too. Not sure which one.
Polgara - Jul 24, 2007 10:26:30 am PDT #1600 of 3301
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
According to Wikipedia, there are hints--the smell of goats at the Hog's Head, and the fact that the bartender looks familiar to Harry, and Dumbledore's assertion that he has contacts with the bartenders in Hogsmeade (to Tom Riddle during his "job interview")--but it's never explicitly stated until book 7.
Polter-Cow - Jul 24, 2007 10:40:14 am PDT #1601 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
J.K. basically confirmed it in an interview, but, yeah, it wasn't in the books until now. Of course, I never noticed the bartender as a character, so I didn't even know there had been clues. I'm glad it didn't just come out of nowhere.