Written for Glorfindelghost

Heroes and Villains
or:
Why it's very bad for your health
to be morally ambiguous in Harry PotterThe Harry Potter book series is a children's book series. Many teenagers and adults in this fandom (me included) like it, but the first two books especially were clearly written for children; whether we like it or not, we have to accept ( Read more... )

This was written for arwencordelia who requested: “Discuss one or more of the ways/plot devices JKR uses to give Harry and the readers information (e.g., pensieve, Trio overhearing something, articles in the Daily Prophet, other characters). Why does she use different exposition techniques for different kinds of information ( Read more... )

A Rat, a Ferret, and a Weasel Walk Into a Bar… … And it’s full of chickens. That doesn’t seem like a very funny joke, really, does it? Much like the state of Ron Weasley’s life the punch line falls flat and often incomprehensible. Sure, there’s an connecting thread, which anyone who’s read a book of fables would recognize, but it presumes too much ( Read more... )

As you may or may not remember, a little over a year ago, the founder of this community, eilanhp held the first Harry Potter Essay-a-thon. siriaeve, my wonderful co-maintainer, recently suggested we should do another one, and we would like to have some feedback as to whether or not people would like to see this repeated and what form such a challenge should be ( Read more... )

So, the signup is now closed.

The contestants are:
eilanhp
minerva_fan
snapelicious
t0ra_chan
siriaeve
demeter918
kimby77
pogrebin
auroraceleste

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Please note that the essay-athon signup ends today. You'll still have until Monday to signup, as I am away for the weekend, but don't count on it. We so far have 7 contestants, which is not too much, so if you considered joining in, please do so ( Read more... )

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