I love how they screw up. And how they were not great at being on the run. (Well, except for Hermione and her magical purse. that was great.)
Xander: We just saw the zebras mating! Thank you, very exciting... Willow: It was like the Heimlich, with stripes!
'Him'
The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
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***SPOILER ALERT***
Trudy Booth - Jul 30, 2007 8:09:02 am PDT #2033 of 3301
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Dana - Jul 30, 2007 8:15:56 am PDT #2034 of 3301
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
JKR's chat with the Leaky Cauldron:
J.K. Rowling: Hermione began her post-Hogwarts career at the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures where she was instrumental in greatly improving life for house-elves and their ilk. She then moved (despite her jibe to Scrimgeour) to the Dept. of Magical Law Enforcement where she was a progressive voice who ensured the eradication of oppressive, pro-pureblood laws.
J.K. Rowling: Yes, Teddy was raised by Andromeda.
After a few years as a celebrated player for the Holyhead Harpies, Ginny retired to have her family and to become the Senior Quidditch correspondent at the Daily Prophet!
Dana - Jul 30, 2007 8:18:37 am PDT #2035 of 3301
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
J.K. Rowling: Dumbledore understood Ron’s importance in the trio. He wasn’t the most skilled, or the most intelligent, but he held them together; his humour and his good heart were essential.
DavidS - Jul 30, 2007 8:20:00 am PDT #2036 of 3301
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
but he held them together; his humour and his good heart were essential.
What about being a git and stomping off all the time? Was that helpful?
Connie Neil - Jul 30, 2007 8:26:31 am PDT #2037 of 3301
brillig
What about being a git and stomping off all the time? Was that helpful?
I was half hoping Ron would go evil so he could be smacked around some.
Kathy A - Jul 30, 2007 8:39:18 am PDT #2038 of 3301
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Hah--love this!
Abbey: Will the chuddley cannons ever win the quidditch world cup
J.K. Rowling: Bless them, perhaps. But they’d need to replace the entire team and down several cauldrons of Felix Felicitas.
DavidS - Jul 30, 2007 8:40:05 am PDT #2039 of 3301
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Alicepie: What happend to luna, did she get married who to?
J.K. Rowling: She ended up marrying (rather later than Harry & co) a fellow naturalist and grandson of the great Newt Scamander (Rolf)!
Volans - Jul 30, 2007 9:07:16 am PDT #2040 of 3301
move out and draw fire
One of the things I'd like to know is; what happened to Umbridge? It would've been nice to see her get her comeuppance.
See, I'm okay with her not being all of that. It's like...it's like, I'd be pissed if Condoleeza Rice got a state funeral. Umbridge thought she was Somebody, all important and stuff, but without either cheating or dominating children, she wasn't much at all.
And I liked that where they'd been all terrified of her before, now Harry just blew her away.
Connie Neil - Jul 30, 2007 9:52:59 am PDT #2041 of 3301
brillig
So Harry and Draco will never be friends. They don't have to be, because as Spike says, "You'll never be friends."
Polter-Cow - Jul 30, 2007 11:51:56 am PDT #2042 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What's odd about that interview (which I loved) is that she gives Ron a different future. I'd believe that one more than that he became an Auror, gallivanting about and fighting Dark Wizards with his ol' chum Harry Potter. He'd have way more fun with the joke shop.