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Pottermore bluestockingbb June 23 2011, 11:48:30 UTC
I just saw the video. It was a little bit bummer. I thought everything would be ready today.

Here are my thoughts on Pottermore

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Re: Pottermore rattlesnakeroot June 23 2011, 12:08:26 UTC
Yes, I'm a little stunned that it's not open to everyone until October. This "chosen few" thing gets old after a while.

So that's going to be her portal for selling ebooks. I guess Amazon is out of luck this time.

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Re: Pottermore rattlesnakeroot June 23 2011, 12:33:33 UTC
Did you hear her mention of sharing new details about the books? Is this to replace the idea of the Scottish Book?

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Re: Pottermore silentkw June 23 2011, 14:03:21 UTC
I think you have to play games to unlock info. I guess the Scottish Book wasn't working for her. I don't want to freakin play games for stuff, i couldn't be bothered, I just wanted the info all in a book, and even then, she'd probably have stuff in there that would shatter my illusions :p

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Re: Pottermore rattlesnakeroot June 23 2011, 15:35:14 UTC
Ghost Eye and SilentKW: I think that we won't have to play to get the information because they will collect it on Wikipedia or somewhere (dare I hope ~ the Lexicon?) so tidbits will leak out day by day.

I think it's a good way to keep fandom alive due to the controversies it will cause and I'm rather looking forward to that. *lip curl*

Today in the Guardian, JKR let a few things slip that she was saving for the Encyclopedia about McGonagall and the Dursleys - I won't spoil, just give you the link:

Guardian UK

But the big thing (to me) that she said was this:

"In the main novel you only see the houses through the eyes of the heroes.
So it's not a terrible thing to be in Slytherin."
~ JKR

I've added that to my signature on CoS. :D I wish that could be the end of the debate, but I'm sure it won't be.

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Re: Pottermore rattlesnakeroot June 26 2011, 10:32:13 UTC
Indeed ~ and that's a great link. I'll quote it here because it is so obvious that she never managed to spin Slytherin in a positive way in the books and missed several opportunities to do it, especially in DH.

◦Samadhir: Near the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, before the final battle of Hogwarts, Voldemort sends a message to the school that if they hand over Harry, they will all be spared destruction. This leads to Pansy Parkinson, a Slytherin, to immediately state that they should give in to his demand without a word of protest from any other Slytherin, nor any agreement from any non-Slytherin, prompting McGonagall and members of the other houses to immediately throw her and the entire Slytherin house out from the school. This moment has always angered me because it could have been an awesome and moving moment for Slytherin if they had chosen to stand with their schoolmates and brethren, and finally earn some genuine respect from them. Instead, they're all shown to be cowardly backstabbers to the very end. It was a ( ... )

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Re: Pottermore bluestockingbb August 1 2011, 07:10:00 UTC
I agree. Slytherin is such a great house and J.K. always bashes on them. That moment i was waiting for them to finally unite with the others like the sorting hat said too, and she made all of them leave. WTF!!! Every kid isnt evil in that house, majority probably are good people.

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