07-17-2005, 10:39 PM | #181 |
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BOP,
O knicker nicker, I agree with thee, And if thou wouldst see, My thoughts more largely expressed, Try SF-Fandom.com "finished 6th" thread! Till we can discuss it here in the clear!
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On a lighter note, did anyone catch the fact that Slughorn (who never can remember Ron's name) referred to him once as Rupert? I thought that was cool.
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Yeah, that was funny
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My thoughts on HBP.
General: I'm not sure how I feel about this book. It felt strangely unfinished to me. I don't know why exactly, but it did. Overall I thought it started a bit slowly, but got better. I can't help feeling the story has become overly serious and not so amusing now. Not that serious is bad, but it is a child's book, and it's dealing with some quite important things. I apologise for my rambling, I'm just writing the streams of thought as the come. Quote from BoP: Quote:
About Horcruxes and Inferi: I'm with Mercutio at the moment, I reckon R.A.B is Regulus Black.
About Hogwarts and learning:
About Spells, the HBP and stuff:
My speculations for book 7:
End of random (and confusing) rambling.
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07-18-2005, 08:15 AM | #185 |
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Ok, confession...I secured the new HP book for purchase early Saturday morning, all I had to do is show up....and I was planning on it until the news that morning mentioned it would be $29.99 plus tax.....I felt like puking. I love the story, but I think these people are rich enough to keep the price realistic. I'll wait for the paperback...and after I've been waiting soooo long for the book. Anyway, turns out I have a 'greed-reflex' gene in me.
I'll be patient.......
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07-18-2005, 10:37 AM | #186 |
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...whats with the huge silver boxes? I've not run across them before
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Spoiler code! Unless you want to know what's going on in book 6, don't read it. (To do so just highlight the section). Interesting thoughts about Harry being a Horcrux, Elfmaster. I'm wondering about Regulus...supposedly he was a death eater who Voldemort murdered. Rereading the note in the locket, I noticed it kept referring to R.A.B's death. "I'll be dead by the time you find out." or something like that. Could Regulus have done this, knowing that Voldemort was going to murder him anyway in the near future? Kind of revenge before the revenge-affecting-event?
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07-18-2005, 11:41 AM | #188 |
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Spock they're spoiler tabs so if anyone who hasn't read HBP comes across the thread then they won't see what I've written, and hence get angry I revealed spoilers. To see what I wrote put your mouse point over the grey boxes and select as you select text normally. Then you can see the text.
Mercutio. That's what I thought. I'm pretty sure it says in OotP that Regulus knew Voldie was after him, so perhaps he wasn't so dumb as everyone thought. I'm gonna scour the books for other R.A.B's soon as I get chance. Regulus is a good bet though, as little has been made of him. And that's a JKR trait.
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...and Rowling went to the trouble of giving Sirius's brother a first name, middle initial, and teeny tiny bit of supposed history.
He seems the only logical choice, unless R.A.B. means "R---- and B----" . (But I doubt it).
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I agree, and I hope it means we see more of Grimmauld Place in the next book. It was a pity that Harry didn't get to use his inheritance (even if he didn't really want it).
The biggest disappointment for me was a lack of info about the Marauders and Lily.
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Harry now has an excuse to go to Grimmauld Place more (with his inheritance), especially if he won't be entirely at Hogwarts. And Rowling took an awful lot of time introducing Harry's new house-elf from Grimmauld (what's his name?). I don't think that new character is ended yet (and he wants to go to Bella, not Harry). Hmm...
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07-18-2005, 01:01 PM | #192 |
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Thanks So Much
[QUOTE=Elfmaster XK]Spock they're spoiler tabs so if anyone who hasn't read HBP comes across the thread then they won't see what I've written, and hence get angry I revealed spoilers. To see what I wrote put your mouse point over the grey boxes and select as you select text normally. Then you can see the text.
Well, I see now how I can see, but I don't want to and so that's fine. I've still no idea how to do that but hey, I'm not the all knowing Oz.
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Here's a sample. You can read what's below, it's not actually a spoiler to Harry Potter. To see how it's done click "quote" on this post.
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07-18-2005, 02:07 PM | #194 |
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..ahh, but I must left click and hold down then move the mouse along to read it....thanks for helping.
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I saw this on another board, thought it was an interesting theory.
Me again:
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Mercutio, interesting theory, and i would love that to be true, because that would show true genius in rowling,and also i like the harry/horcrux thing, cause that would make him have to kill himslef and voldemort at once, or make a horcrux of his own. . .
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Got the book yesterday afternoon...finished last nite!
It just seemed strange he didn't show up...and if he was dead it would have said right?
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There's also Amelia Bones (she fits the A.B. part at least.)
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finrod, its aberforth.
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