This time let's look at Snape as a character from Arthurian Legend. We know that JKR drew on the tales of King Arthur for several character names including Arthur Weasley of course, his daughter Ginevra (Guinivere) and even Ron, taken from the name of Arthur's "spear" called Rhongomyniad.

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Some people would ask us to compare Snape's life to a bad Charles Bronson Movie, and the "Snapefen" to Harlequin romance novelists who are rewriting the books to suit themselves.

Well, whatever. JKR wrote his character the way he appears on the page, for those sharp enough to read and understand.

So yeah, people can carp about the "Sneepfeinds" or ( Read more... )

JKR at the White House Easter Egg Hunt. More HERE

"My favorite character in the books? It truly is impossible to choose one,
but setting aside Harry, Ron, and Hermione, uh, Dumbledore.
Dumbledore is the character I miss the most because he was, uh ...
I think he came from a place right at the back of my brain and he often
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Here we go again. Ravenstar has updated her Essay to include quotes. In addition to including those that say "Lily is a bitch" they now include much less innocuous quotes from myself and others, gleaned from my Lily's Hypocrisy Essay Thread on Harry Potter Network.

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Mugglenet reports that Bloomsbury Books is planning to release a "Celebratory Edition" of Deathly Hallows in October 2010. Strangely enough, the publisher's page announcing the book has a description of Half-Blood Prince along with a quote from Cornelius Fudge from "The Other Minister." Odd, that. Mugglenet writes that they are sure Bloomsbury ( Read more... )

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Post your birthday wishes for Professor Snape!


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Take a look at this patronus on Harry Potter Spells App for IPod. Funny that this is on there while the stag patronus or others are not. Thanks to par_tay for the link.


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Of course you've seen some of these before, and I've posted a few on Facebook, but I just wanted to share my favorites of 2009 again. Enjoy!

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