This is something that has been bothering me for a while. JKR seems to be often incapable to admit to having made mistakes, at least she often pins the faults to certain characters when it's possible.

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I finally got around to watch the movie The Village. And my, does the trailer ever give the wrong impression.

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What are the Dark Arts?This question popped into my head several times. How exactly are the Dark Arts in Harry Potter defined? Does it include every kind of magic that is harmful? If yes, then why aren’t curses and hexes performed by the students considered Dark Arts? And how do they learn these in the first place? But that is a different question ( Read more... )