The Harry Potter Thread!

[chaseter]

1. Order of the Phoenix
2. Deathly Hallows
3. Prisoner of Azkaban
4. Half Blood Prince
5. Goblet of Fire
6. Sorcerer's Stone
7. Chamber of Secrets

 

[chaseter]

My favorite HP Books:

1. Order of the Phoenix
2. Deathly Hallows
3. Prisoner of Azkaban
4. Goblet of Fire
5. Sorcerer's Stone
6. Chamber of Secrets
7. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them
8. Quiditich Throughout the Ages
9. Tales of the Beetle and the Bard
10. Half Blood Prince

You would murder HBP by cutting out its eyes and peeing in its sockets if it were a living being Your contempt for it is shocking. Beetle the Bard sucked. I should have sat at Barnes and Nobles for 20 minutes instead of forking over 10 bucks.

 

[chaseter]

I feel like parts of that would be too pro-gay for her to have the guts write. Her books are already burnt enough as it is!

As long as she doesn't talk about Dumbledore penetrating Grindewald then I think we are okay. I am sure a confused kiss or embrace wouldn't cause people to go ape ****. It just would be an interesting story to hear about the life and times of Grindewald the great and end it with Voldemort killing him.

 

[The Senator]

I am not the biggest fan of the Harry Potter franchise, but I would say that Goblet of Fire is superbly written, with great depth, despite its length and multiple story lines.

 

[Watson]

I re-read these through the summmer. I always love 'em, but God help me I hate the Harry/Ginny pairing. It felt so forced, and all that cliche "I love you but I can't be with you because of the danger!" really annoyed me. I've never be an H/H shipper but I would have preferred anyone to Ginny. Even Luna!

 

[StorminNorman]

You would murder HBP by cutting out its eyes and peeing in its sockets if it were a living being Your contempt for it is shocking. Beetle the Bard sucked. I should have sat at Barnes and Nobles for 20 minutes instead of forking over 10 bucks.

I did that

HBP featured some of the worst writing in the entire series - the Romantic Subplots were so poorly executed, poorly written, poorly conceived. Characters like Hermione were acting completely out of character, characters like Tonks and Lupin and Moody were wasted.

 

[Eggyman]

I re-read these through the summmer. I always love 'em, but God help me I hate the Harry/Ginny pairing. It felt so forced, and all that cliche "I love you but I can't be with you because of the danger!" really annoyed me. I've never be an H/H shipper but I would have preferred anyone to Ginny. Even Luna!

He should've really ended up with that bird I can't remember the name of. The emotional connection was there - she'd set it up, FFS. But she didn't realise and did the odd thing of changing direction to Ginny, although I'll concede that there was always a little hint there but never as much as with the other one. What's her name?

The one who went out with the dead guy... but while he was still alive. He took her to the dance and then died in TGOF, and then later on, Harry took her for some magic tea and she cried.

I think I could do with reading these again.

 

[Swordmaster]

Cho Chang is who you're referring to, I believe.

 

[Eggyman]

Ha! I'd just looked it up and come back here to update. Thanks, helpfulness is a rare commodity.

 

[StorminNorman]

I always felt Harry's best pairing would of been Tonks

 

[Eggyman]

I liked Tonks too. Kinda ****ty.

 

[StorminNorman]

I bet she was crazy in bed

 

[Star]

Think about it though- she could change into any woman you fantasized about...

I don't know if she'd want to though haha

 

[Eggyman]

I thought about it a couple of years ago. My girlfriend at the time changed her hair colour after being blond for as long as I'd known her... it was like having the sex with a different person.

Imagine her doing it mid-romp

 

[chaseter]

Or what if Tonks morphed her face into a pig mid coitus

 

[Sawyer]

How the **** is GOF getting so many votes? Aside from Voldemort's return, there really isnt anything special about it, IMO. 3, 5 and 7 were much better, IMO.

 

[Watson]

He should've really ended up with that bird I can't remember the name of. The emotional connection was there - she'd set it up, FFS. But she didn't realise and did the odd thing of changing direction to Ginny, although I'll concede that there was always a little hint there but never as much as with the other one. What's her name?

The one who went out with the dead guy... but while he was still alive. He took her to the dance and then died in TGOF, and then later on, Harry took her for some magic tea and she cried.

I think I could do with reading these again.

I think the Cho romance could have been fleshed out and made into something real. But I think that would have upset some of the hardcore Harry fans.

I always felt Harry's best pairing would of been Tonks

Whoa, I would have never thought of that. How much older is Tonks than Harry?


Another gripe I had with the books, albeit a minor one, was that Harry didn't end up a Hogwarts teacher. Rowling spent 7 books showing how important Hogwarts was to Harry (the first place that felt like home, etc), and establishing Dumbeldore as this very important mentor/father figure in Harry's life. I thought because of this it would end up being very natural that he would take his place at Hogwarts as a teacher on the way to becoming Head Master.

 

[chaseter]

Yeah but Harry also hated school aside from defense against the dark arts. I think he fits in an auror position much better

 

[StorminNorman]

Whoa, I would have never thought of that. How much older is Tonks than Harry?

7 years

Though Harry and her are closer in age than Remus and Tonks.

Another gripe I had with the books, albeit a minor one, was that Harry didn't end up a Hogwarts teacher. Rowling spent 7 books showing how important Hogwarts was to Harry (the first place that felt like home, etc), and establishing Dumbeldore as this very important mentor/father figure in Harry's life. I thought because of this it would end up being very natural that he would take his place at Hogwarts as a teacher on the way to becoming Head Master.

I also thought that after the D.A. where Harry thrived in the role of teacher, he possibly would of joined the school staff. Then again there is no reason to assume he didnt' either.

 

[Star]

Honestly I think I would have preferred Harry and Luna vs Harry and Ginny.

Whoever said it was right in saying Ginny/Harry seems very forced. I'm re-reading the series currently and I'm on the fifth right now... and there is not ONE inkling of a hint of it. They aren't even that great of friends.

At least with Ron/Hermione there was CLEAR buildup

 

[AndThePickles]

First off, I must admit that I've read these books entirely too many times

I ADORE the Sorcerer's Stone...I love all the introduction to the magical world stuff. I voted for "Prisoner of Azkaban," though, because I'm a big Sirius fan. I think my next favorite would have to be "Goblet of Fire." I love the bubble bath scene...I wanna play in that swimming pool tub!

I hate the way the last book ended FORCED

 

[chaseter]

I think the Harry-Ginny marriage was just a way to keep Harry still close to the Weasleys. Ginny always had a huge crush on Harry so maybe she was good in bed...I don't know and we don't know what happened between the end of the book and their marriage.

 

[Star]

One of my favourite HP artists: http://www.artdungeon.net/

 

[Watson]

7 years

Though Harry and her are closer in age than Remus and Tonks.

Maybe when Harry got older I could see that (had Tonks survived). But not as a 17/18 year old.

I also thought that after the D.A. where Harry thrived in the role of teacher, he possibly would of joined the school staff. Then again there is no reason to assume he didnt' either.

Rowling said in some interview that Harry, Ron, and Hermoine become Aurors. But that he took such a lead role in the DA is another great reason he would have been a great professor at Hogwarts.

Yeah but Harry also hated school aside from defense against the dark arts. I think he fits in an auror position much better

I always thought he would be the DADA teacher . Auror isn't much of a stretch either, but I always like to think Hogwarts is where he would have ended up.

 

[chaseter]

DADA is cursed though!