I was reading Red Hen's Out On A Limb (I want to be Red Hen when I grow up! : ) and noticed in her discussion of what we know about Dumbledore something rather interesting.  As she points out, Dumbledore is big on second chances, and as she also points out he doesn't give one to Tom Riddle.

Now Red Hen notices that this is not in character for ( Read more... )

Or:  Why Dumbledore's Death Wasn't Murder
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Recently, upon pondering things I'd like to see in Book 7, a thought came to mind unbidden, "Why didn't Fawkes come to Dumbledore when Snape killed him?"  After all, it's not like Fawkes hasn't proven that he can be there in a second to take one for the old man.   And, unlike in ( Read more... )

I've been reading along here for a while and thought now I might post something that I hope has not been done before ( Read more... )

( Theory: Why Snape's killing Dumbledore was A Good Thing )

( Corollary: Snape's new responsibility )

I am suddenly struck by a question out of nowhere:  Why was Ron Weasley picked as a Prefect?  As far as I am concerned, even Neville has a better sense of right and wrong than Ron. So why Ron?

Based on my impression of how Albus Dumbledore worked, I am tempted to say this is another case of plain Dumbledore Favoritism. But then, I could be wrong ( Read more... )

The scene that unfolds upon the Astronomy Tower is one of the most intense and tremendously written passages of the Harry Potter novels thus far. One of the most fascinating aspects in my mind is the dialogue between Draco and Dumbledore.
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I'll freely admit that in my essay, What Happened to Ollivander?, the actual parts about Ollivander are the far-fetched parts. Really, it fills a plot hole - it's an interesting way to solve a much greater problem lingering in the Harry Potter series, but one that is probably much more ignored in fandom. That problem is the wizarding world's ( Read more... )

The disappearance of Ollivander is bigger news than the small amount of attention in gets in Half-Blood Prince. ( Read more... )

What's Dumbledore's boggart?  The events of the night of Dumbledore's death (the conversation with Harry, the green potion, and the conversation with Draco) revealed it.

http://felicitys-mind.livejournal.com/3530.html

How I reconcile the death of Albus Dumbledore with Severus Snape's loyalty to him.

Note: On August 12, 2006, I revised and vastly expanded the essay; it has been reworked to include excellent comments from readers, to fill in areas that were unclear to readers, to include my latest ideas regarding the events on the night of the visit to the cave ( ( Read more... )