Dumbledore says that Voldemort transferred some of his powers to Harry, the mechanism for which is later revealed to be the soul fragment lodged in Harry’s head. But the only power he ever singles out is Parseltongue. Were there others?( Read more... )

Declaration: I do not agree with all statements made in this article and, as a non-American, am hardly a political expert, so this link does not mean endorsement of any 'non-HP things.'

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What stood out to me was the interesting reading of OoTF. It has always been my least favorite HP book. After waiting for years ( Read more... )

As we all know the books left a lot of questions unanswered. So many things are contradictory and just flat out don't make any sense.

I've often thought about Tom Riddle's time at Hogwarts and those memories that Dumbledore showed Harry. Many of the things Dumbles told Harry didn't make any sense. Worse some of the reasons he gave Harry for the ( Read more... )

Hello, all! Nice to meet you. This is my first post, so please be nice to me.

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This started as a response to the thread in sunnyskywalker’s last post, talking about the significance of “Draco’s tattling to Argus rather than to Severus.”  Talk about pennies dropping ( Read more... )

In my re-read of PS/SS, specifically looking for instances when the adults ought to know more than the kids about what’s going on, a penny finally dropped. Apologies to everyone who probably figured this out years ago.( Read more... )

So I'm looking up synonyms for things in the thesaurus as I write. And what do I find listed next to 'to taunt' and 'to bother,' a word I already knew could be used this way but that I'd forgotten?

To harry.

Headdesk.

Hi there everyone ( Read more... )

Good to know other people out there are also still analyzing the series and not finding the ending satisfying!

The Awesome Harry Potter ending JK Rowling didn't even know she hadThe quick version for everyone who doesn't want to click through: a reasonable twist interpretation of "either must die at the hand of the other" is that in order to die, ( Read more... )

The Twinkly One very kindly explained to Severus (and Jo to the inquiring reader) why Tom, after the debacle at the Ministry at the end of OotP, would never again voluntarily open his mental connection to Harry.

“…. Do not think I underestimate the constant danger in which you place yourself, Severus. To give Voldemort what appears to be ( Read more... )