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The only reason I can think of is because the mark faded and became stronger due to Voldy’s power. That, and the ministry was not the pinicle of good judgement.
I want to know how Voldy died at the last book. Still infuriates me >:/
Why would you even choose to be a rat as an animagus? Really? A rat?
Me, I would have chosen a bird (of prey). Or a cat. Or an ELEPHANT. RAWR. ELEPHANT SMASH.
Rats get a bad rap. Now, if he was a platypus, then I wouldn’t trust him :D
I always thought Dumbly and Mcgonigal were togeather. Then again, I have zero gay-dar, so they could have been making out in his office and I wouldn’t have caught on :D
It is! Any other nuggets that you know of?
I also did :/
Although, I couldn’t help but laugh at the tiny evil baby in the corner during his whole ‘fake death scene’ that they were ignoring.
If she didn’t spend three words in any of the seven books, just to mention that Dumbledore is gay, she hasn’t got any proof to back it up.
Er, not to point out the obvious, but she doesn’t need to. He’s her character. She would know.
Otherwise, I don’t see why everyone went OHNOES at that, it was pretty darn obvious in my opinion. She just made it canon for fanfic writers. Which is interesting enough in itself. Besides, Dumbledore’s sexual orientation wasn’t important in the series, it was about Harry.
Unless of course that you think a man with a special interest in a young boy as he grows up, watching him as he sleeps, and ensuring that he’s the only one in the room with the knocked-out boy being attracted to men colors your outlook on the man.
(I don’t think this, but I will not pass up an opportunity to make a character seem far creepier than they really are :D)
Eragon: So much :D
Harry Potter: Even More (change Wand to Wang. Hours of fun :D)
Twilight: My mom got me the book for christmas, and my sister pounced on it like a wild cat. I have not seen it since, and am a bit glad of that :D
Wait, your mom got you Twilight? Talk about a backhanded insult. :P
Maybe it’s because his mom thought he was a nice sensitive guy.
When I saw other people watching Twilight, they were mostly young children, teenage girls and their associates, and creepy stalker guys.
Young children? Good grief.
The divorce rate will skyrocket after a generation of young women realize they were lied to—no, abusive guys are not good hubbies.
Anyone read 13 reasons why? It’s about this girl who committed suicide; it’s basically a diary that tells the reader why she committed suicide. Being stalked was on the list, so…
Dumbledore was a cyborg from the planet Or. That makes about as much sense as saying he’s gay.
My mom got it for me because it was a popular book. Now, my grandma got me the book “13 Ways Men Screw Up Their Lives”, so take that as you will…
:D
The epilogue irked the hell out of me. It was just to cutesy and happy. “Awwwww…. All of the cannon couples are still together!!! Oh, and they had kids!!! And they NAMED them after people! And they’re still going to hogwarts! Awwwww….”
vomit.
If she had to include an epilogue, I think it would have been best placed a few months after Voldemort’s defeat, and should have shown the surviving characters working to rebuild Hogwarts and the wizarding world. The mood would be bittersweet, but hopeful. Much was destroyed, but if we work together, a better world can rise from its ashes. She could have shown the Malfoys and various magical creatures cooperating with the good guys. Tying up the romantic loose ends would have been easy. And, most importantly, it wouldn’t have been so damn cheesy!
I don’t know. It’s been a while since I read Deathly Hallows, but I think knowing Dumbledore’s sexual orientation adds a lot of depth to his back story; his history with Grindelwald makes more sense once you realize that his feelings towards his partner probably were not strictly, shall we say, platonic. It’s just a character trait; it isn’t all that relevant to the story, but it gives the character a little more depth. And frankly, I think it’s a shame that it’s automatically assumed an author is trying to make a political statement just because one of their characters is homosexual.
If she had to include an epilogue, I think it would have been best placed a few months after Voldemort’s defeat, and should have shown the surviving characters working to rebuild Hogwarts and the wizarding world. The mood would be bittersweet, but hopeful. Much was destroyed, but if we work together, a better world can rise from its ashes. She could have shown the Malfoys and various magical creatures cooperating with the good guys. Tying up the romantic loose ends would have been easy. And, most importantly, it wouldn’t have been so damn cheesy!
Correct. This would have been a much better note to end the series on. The only thing I like about the way her epilogue was… it stops her from continuing the series. Perhaps this was a conscious decision on her part. If so, that was a mature thing to do.
Now, one thing that Always got me was the way sentient mythic creatures were treated. Giants are all outcast, werewolves as ostrised from society, Centaurs are restricted to woods, and dementors are couped up on an island. Now, I understand that a lot of those are evil, but this is a world of magic. Its shown that they have reducing spells (make giants the right size), medication (for werewolves), and spells that literaly create happiness (patronuses and a few other spells listed that boost happiness.). It just seems that with a little work they could get all of the races working togeather.
Maybe I’m too biased about this, though =/
I’ve always wondered why there isn’t a black market for “happy potions,” in the HP universe. You’d think that the wizarding world would have some equivalent of cocaine (or weed, or LSD or any other drug) especially seeing as how they essentially teach the students how to brew the stuff in class.
Okay let’s say Dumbledore was the descendant of Jesus and Grindwal Judas. Oh look, more depth.
See, I enjoyed the epilogue. My reading was that JKR was tracing the outlines of the characters lives for us so that we could get a glimpse of how they ended up without everything being given to us. And it was cheesy, true, but Harry’s conversation with Albus seemed genuinely sweet to me.
I don’t really ship, although I feel Neville definitely deserves someone after all the crap he had to put up with throughout the series.
What ever happened to Luna?
LUNA/NEVILLE.
One of my favourite ships. :)
I don’t remember it being mentioned… no wait, didn’t Luna go off with Dean in DH?
It never said what happened to her. That always annoyed me.
I have a female friend who ships Hermione/Snape. Those stories at worst almost approach the creepiness of Twilight but at best can actually be surprisingly sweet.
I have a female friend who ships Hermione/Snape.
Ew. Ew.
It never said what happened to her. That always annoyed me.
I got all investigative, and apparently Rowling said in an interview she became a Naturalist, got married to some guy called Rolf… or Ralf, and had two kids.
Oh God, Hermoine/any adult just screams incest. I honestly have no idea how people can write ships like that. Oh, and Hermione/_Voldy?_ That’s going too far.
Incest? No, that’d be Hermoine/Mrs. Granger.
Ak, right sorry. I meant mo lest. (that works, right? Sorry, I’m not really savvy with these words. Can you blame me? ;P)
Inconceivable! He loves only Lily.
When I first started the books I was sure it would be Harry/Hermione, but whatever. :C
Really? I was convinced it was going to be Hermione/Ron. Now the Harry/Ginny thing really threw me off; I screamed when I read the kissing scene.
Ah Gary. I nearly pissed myself laughing when I found out that he was in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
What about the downtrodden not-entirely-human races? Hermione/Firenze, for example, or Hermione/Grawp?
That last one sounds painfull… D:
:D
The scariest one I’ve ever read was Hermione/Hagrid.
Er, GC? I really think you should take it down a notch. It’s understandable if you have different opinions and all, but I think it’s natural that people would discuss different ships in a thread about a popular book series. If you want to talk about something different, then post a prompt about it and hope people catch on. Or at least say it in a nicer way. I’m not admin or anything like that, but I think it would be a good idea to try and be more…er…open minded? :) Thanks!
(For the record, the strangest pairing I read about was Moody/Hermione. I’m a firm follower of Ron/Hermione and Lily….Sirius. Sorry, but no one can beat Sirius in pure awesomeness.)
“Embraced like brothers” my ass.
...heh.
@ SlyShy: +50 points.
Animagus furry shipping?
I always thought Dumbledore/McGonagall made sense, until that announcement.
Voldemort/Everyone. :)
It could work. He has like…..magic. You know?
He has cool magic.
I thought so, too.
The problem with the movies is that the books are too long, so too much stuff has to be cut. I think the worst case was Goblet of Fire.
Hey, was anyone as surprised as me in the last book when Voldy just started flying around?
Thing is, He never really uses the flying for anything. He never swoops around, blasting wizards with his new-found mobility. He just, well, takes off randomly.
“Go now, Death Eaters! Bring me Harry Potter! Voldermort Away!!!“ Whooooosh