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In this forum, you can talk about your predictions for the next Harry Potter book coming out soon! You know, who the next Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher will be, what will happen with Lord Voldemort, and what sort of things he might get himself into. Since predicting this could be quite hard to do (unless you think of ideas from the title, The Half-Blood Prince), you can also talk about your opinions on the last 5 books. What was good about them, what was bad, etc. etc.
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Well, I'm one of the few people who want to get this book, and it seems that a lot of things were left unresolved at the end of book five. Like what's behind the veil? What's important about the mirror Harry got from Sirius? Who will Hermione be paired up with: Harry or Ron? Or someone else? What will happen with Luna Lovegood, or Neville, or the Weasley twins' store? etc.
Out of the first five books, I think I like the third one the best.
The first one was good, but seemed like just an introduction to the whole wizarding world.
The second one I didn't really like that much, and I don't see much relevance of what happened in the book to the rest of the series, besides making it clear the Ginny could supply the information of what it was like to be possessed by Voldemort.
The third one I liked because of the Hippogriff, the time-travelling thing, Lupin as the Dark Arts teacher, and the idea of boggarts in general.
The fourth one was really good too, especially with the appearance of a dragon. I didn't like how it left things unsettled at the end, what with a student dying and just the beginning of the return of you-know-who.
The second I liked probably as much as the third. I really liked the Luna Lovegood character, and I also liked how the author was able to make so much bad stuff happen to Harry, yet he prevails in the end. Plus it's the nesest installment, at least for the next seventeen days or so, before HPatHBP!
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Apparently another major character is dying, and Neville will not be paired up with Luna. Also, Draco will not team up with Harry to defeat Voldemort. Or, at least, that's what it said in my local paper. :)
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Let's hope the fangirls hopes of pairing up Harry and Draco don't come true.
The only thing I really don't want to see in the next book is everyone being A-holes to Harry. Sure it's expected for Draco, the slytherins, Snape, some members of the ministry and Voldemorts followers to be like that toward him, but when everyone who knew Harry very well out of nowhere start to stay away from him thats when it really starts to suck.
Kelso: Guys this is a game of Cat & Mouse between me & Hyde. I''m gonna make him admit he''s been going out with Jackie behind my back.
Fez: Guys, what happens in Cat & Mouse if the cat is retarded?
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Yeah, it seemed like in the 5th book when everyone was reading the Daily Prophet, they all turned against him, even some of his friends. That was annoying. J.K. Rowling said that the 5th book was supposed to sort of show Harry growing up. Going through those teenage troubles, or whatever you want to call them. I can't wait for the next book, considering it will hopefully answer some questions.
I like the 4th book best of all, because it seemed to be the most exciting and the most interesting. I loved the Triwizard Tournament, and when the dragon showed up it seemed nothing could get better :)
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I wouldn't want Neville and Luna to pair up, but I want to know what happens for them both in the next book. Individually, of course.
Also, Ginny seems so much cooler. Probably my favorite parts in book 5 was when Harry was all discouraged or something and she just totally beats his hopelessness. I LOVED the line she had when they were in the library together.
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Yes, Luna was quite a different sort of character. I liked how she never let anyone put her down, she simply put it aside and hoped for the best, just like when she couldn't find her books at the end of the term.
Draco was reeeally annoying in the 5th book. More than usual, for some reason. He was such a jerk and I loved the part where Fred and Harry beat him up.
By the way, was anyone else sort of disappointed in some of the movies? How in the third one they hardly wore robes, and Hermiones hair was more wavey and pretty than bushy and frizzy? I dunno, they jhust seem to skip a lot of things in the movie, but what else is new. They do that for every movie made from a book. You have to learn to go by the books, not the movies.
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By the way, was anyone else sort of disappointed in some of the movies? How in the third one they hardly wore robes
The new producer wanted to give the movie a more casual look, hence why they hardly wore robes.
and Hermiones hair was more wavey and pretty than bushy and frizzy?
That was an improvement.
I dunno, they jhust seem to skip a lot of things in the movie, but what else is new. They do that for every movie made from a book. You have to learn to go by the books, not the movies.
Again, the new producer wanted to give the movie a more realistic feel but at the same time he left a lot of plotholes in the movie and skipped a lot of important information.
Kelso: Guys this is a game of Cat & Mouse between me & Hyde. I''m gonna make him admit he''s been going out with Jackie behind my back.
Fez: Guys, what happens in Cat & Mouse if the cat is retarded?
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The fourth movie has another new director, so I don't know exactly what to expect. The fifth movie also has a new director...
The fifth book had a lot of really nice moments. I liked when Neville is walking out of the hospital and slips the "thing" into his pocket; I like when the Weasley twins put on a show for pretty much the whole school; I like when Harry talks to Luna at the end; I like the whole book basically.
I better cut you off here, taking an overdose of Markio can be dangerous.
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Yeah, I like all the books, but I can hardly remember the first one. It seems so long ago now. J.K. Rowling is a really good author. She seems to know how to surprise the reader with sudden twists in her stories. After the Harry Potter series is over, I wonder if she'll start writing a different story.
Here are a few questions based on Harry Potter books:
-If you have taken the sorting hat quiz, what house are you in? (For me, Ravenclaw).
-Which class do you think you would enjoy most? (Mine is Charms).
-Which character in the book would you get along with best in the book (if any)? (For me...uh...probably Neville :-/ )
And...
-How will the next Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher be removed from Hogwarts?
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I think Ravenclaw would suit me best.
Defense Against the Dark Arts seems pretty cool.
I like Luna. I think she would be able to stand having me around.
I bet the new teacher will be trapped in a desert somewhere...
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Oh yeah, I forgot Luna. I could definatly see me getting along with her.
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I never got a chance to read the fifth book.
I hear that this one is supposed to work as part one of the final confrontation.
Stockenographicism is NOT a word.
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Have you noticed in the 1st book Mrs. Weasley tells Ginny that she will be going to Hogwarts in a couple of years.Yet in the 2nd book she's at Hogwarts?
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I watched the first and second movie, needless to say(but I will anyway), "the books were better". Therefore I have not seen the other one, and don't plan to see the future ones. Me and a nerdy friend are going to hang out at my work until 12:00 so we can buy it ASAP for the sake of nerdiness.
“I’m afraid to dukar tomorrow.
It’s just going to be a burger.†- LD
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Aw, TEM, you picked the worst place to stop seeing the movies. The first two were the only ones directed by Chris Columbus, and while I like his other movies, the third Harry Potter movie took me by surprise in terms of goodness. The third was directed by Alfonso Cuaron, who also directed The Little Princess, which I have somehow seen before a long time ago with my sister. I think you should see it, and if you don't like it, I'll bet you'll think it's better than the last two.
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Yeah, that's right. At first, when I saw the third movie, I was shocked because it was so different from the first two. It just seemed so different, it seemed too strange. But as soon as I watched it a second time, I figured out that I really liked the movie.
Wow, white_arrow, I did not notice that. It just goes to show you, everyone makes mistakes.
Edited by - The Blue Toad on 7/12/2005 10:13:08 PM
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But... WOW! white_arrow didn't make puctuation or capitalization mistakes!
I can't wait for the new book to be released. My sister and I are going to force our mom to take us at midnight to get ourselves copies!
As for the next movie, I wouldn't want to see it 3 years ago, but now I hope it will come sooooon.
I'd probably end up a Ravenclaw... and I'd like Charms the most.
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Edited by - Bird Person on 7/15/2005 8:33:08 PM
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Bird Person,A lot of things changed since your last visit.
I like Hufflepuff's name.I'd like Charms
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My Short Harry Potter Trip
Edit: I've read the book... It gets pretty crazy. That's all I'll say on that subject.
“I’m afraid to dukar tomorrow.
It’s just going to be a burger.†- LD
Edited by - TEM on 7/16/2005 7:28:30 PM
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I just got the book and I am going to start reading it as soon as I am done making the Yoshi('s Island) Secret 1 level in my ZZT Super Mario World game.
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Finished in one weekend, a personal best!
"It's impossible this way!"
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I really want to read it, but I'm refraining so I can first finish my last summer reading book, East of Eden. So obviously, I'm reading through that as fast as possible so I can move on to the more preferred 600 page book.
Mushrooms, amalgamate!
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I started it at 9:50am, and finished it at 2:30pm. Oh, and RP, were you shocked at who the HBP was, and who the major character to die was?
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The real HBP was a bit suprizing, but it made complete and total sense after you find out. The major character that died was pretty suprizing, but I had thought that he would die in the 7th book anyway.
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"He"? "HE??" "HE???" SPOILER!!!
Edited by - Markio on 7/18/2005 2:02:57 PM
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Yeah, I thought Harry Potter would die in the seventh book too. Looks like I was wrong.
P.S. Be careful what you say, Markio hasn't read it yet.
"It's impossible this way!"
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Jeez, I didn't think the letter 'S' could be such a big spoiler. :)
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Or lack of "S", rather.
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Nononononono guys, He meaning She! Har har har har...
I should never have watched The Whole Ten Yards :(
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I'm messing with your mind, Markio... for I am the Half-Blood Prince! That is why I said he! That is why I diverted attention to the letter S, for my name has 2 S's in it! Mwahahahaha!
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Yeah, I finished it too! I can't believe it!!! It was my favorite Harry Potter book of all time! I can't believe it...I just....
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I haven't read it yet but I know who dies.Thanks to my blabermouth bro.
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I finished today. As not to create spoilers, all I will say is this: !
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As I have said before, though I'm not into Harry Potter, I'm happy that J. K. Rowling has turned a lot of kids on to reading.
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WARNING! Do NOT read this next thing if you have not finished the 6th HArry Potter Book!!!:
At the end of the 6th book, Harry told Herminone and Ron that he was not going to Hogwarts next year...Do you people think this is true? What would a HArry Potter book be without Hogwarts???
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Same warning: She will write book 7, but it will be about hunting the horcruxes. My sister is into HP too. She gotr her copy about 30 minutes before me, but I finished about 2 days ago, she's still not done. She told me that when getting book 5, she also got something like "secrets of Harry Potter" with it. It said that in book 7, J.K. Rowling will write what needs to be written, and there will be no book 8. Book 7 would have to be as big as a dictionary to fit school and searching for the horcruxes AND killing Voldemort. And notice, book 6 was smaller than book 4!
EDIT: I put "3 days ago." It's only been 2.
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Edited by - Bird Person on 7/22/2005 5:40:57 PM
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To previous poster, whom I already forgot was: He probably won't not.
I finished reading it earlier today. I promised myself I wouldn't care if I found I was a slow reader, because I like to read and that's what should count. However, I read it across three days, and not non-stop, so I'm shamefully proud of myself. OK, now I'm not anymore because it really doesn't matter how fast you read something.
I was upset about the Half-Blood Prince's "side", and the person who ended up being the person who dies. I hope that was obscure enough to keep people who didn't finish/start to read from finding anything out.
EDIT: the previous poster was The Blue Toad, I just hesitated long enough that another person posted.
Edited by - Markio on 7/22/2005 5:45:18 PM
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Warning, Warning: Yeah, I was exactly the same way, Markio. Finished it in three days. I kinda wanted to savor it, but who cares?! And yes, I was disappointed about the half-blood prince as well. I mean, I knew he was potions master, but I didn't think he was THAT good. I just can't believe he killed dumbldore! That's crazy. Now, I believe the books are turning Lord of the Ring-ish, considering in the next book they might be going on a full-out adventure, and not to Hogwarts.
“A wagon full of pamcakes? In the Champeen ship?! I’d like to see ya try!†~ Homestar Runner
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Guess who's going to do the YTMND Trick when the book arrives to Finland?
>=D
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You're a bad, bad man.
Time slowed and Reality bent.
But on and on the Eggman went.
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I admit, yes I am.
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SPOILER!!! This is a video from gprime.net where a guy gives away the biggest secret to groups of people in front of a Barnes & Noble, one hour after its release.
Edited by - Markio on 7/24/2005 2:53:14 PM
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What, he read the whole thing in one hour? Ha. He probably just skipped over to the end to see what had happened.
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I'm actually writing a seventh HP book (fanfic). Should I post it? (Note: It can spoil the sixth book for those who haven't finished it.)
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!!!!SPOILERS!!!!
You have been warned...
I read HBP and I must say I was disappointed. There were some very powerful scenes (more powerful than in any other HP book to date), but the plot itself was kind of boring. The powerful scenes were only powerful because of character development that has been happening throughout the entire series. This is possibly the first HP book that would not stand as a good read on its own. Seriously, what was the plot? Teenage romance awkwardness? Who cares! When I read Harry Potter, I want dragons and dementors and time-turners and centaurs and all that other escapist fantasy. There was almost nothing fantasy-ish that was new to this book. Off the top of my head, I can only think of inferi, which played an extremely minor role in the book, and horcruxes, which were more backstory than anything else. All the other fantasy elements had appeared in previous books. And there was no slow buildup to an exciting climax like in Order of the Pheonix. The climax was exciting (because of character development from previous books), but the climax was only 3 chapters after hundreds of pages of boring backstory. I didn't care at all about the titular plot line. So Snape called himself the Half-Blood Prince as a nickname, and wrote some helpful comments in one of Harry's textbooks? So what? Let's hope #7 is exciting, because Rowling sure took enough time setting up for it in this book.
Now that my rant is out of the way, I'd like to make some predictions about book 7. First, Harry Potter will NOT return to Hogwarts. I say this because Griffondore finally won the Quiddich Cup in book 6, and I think Rowling did this because she new Harry wouldn't be competing in the Quiddich Cup in book 7. Second, Wormtail will play a very importanct role in the defeat of Voldemort. I say this because, in book 3, Dumbledore told Harry that he would someday be glad that he had spared Wormtail's life. Wormtail is the anti-Snape, whose role will be to restore faith in the good of mankind and the power of love over darkness after the tragic betrayal at the end of #6. Snape was originally evil (he was in Slytherin), then for a while it looked like he was good, then we found out he really was evil all along. Wormtail was originally good (one of Prongs' best friends), then for a while it looked like he was evil, but in the end we'll find out he really is good. Maybe his role will be to kill Snape. That would be perfectly fitting.
Someone mentioned a mirror given to Harry by Sirius. I don't remember this, but if there was a mirror given to Harry, perhaps it is a horcrux? Maybe the mirror was owned by Ravenclaw? Then perhaps Sirius knew about the horcruxes, and maybe the B in R.A.B. stands for Black. Or maybe, if R.A.B. knew Voldemort personally, the B stands for Borgin? Or Bottes? This is just speculation...R.A.B. could be some completely new character. But I'm confident that Harry will not return to Hogwarts, and Wormtail will turn good.
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interesting prediction hirocon. that seems pretty likely to happen. I wonder what that R.A.B. is, though...
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“A wagon full of pamcakes? In the Champeen ship?! I’d like to see ya try!†~ Homestar Runner
Edited by - The Blue Toad on 8/9/2005 11:41:24 AM
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I thought that #6 could have been better, since the thick of the book could have been background info in another book. I also think that since she had the potions guy mention quite a bit on the Felix Felicious (or something along those lines), it should have been used bit more than to fool Ron, and for an hour at the end. All the teen romance was a bit much. There wasn't enough meat.
There are a few predictions for #7 that I would like to share. Firstly, R.A.B. could likely be Regulus Black, Sirius' brother. I recall in #5, when the Most Noble House of Black was being cleaned, I think it was Harry, who found a "heavy locket" and no one could open it. He was also part of Voldemorts gang.
As for what the Gryffindor horcrux could be, a friend of mine gave me the idea that it could be Harry's scar. But that leaves a lot of questions, including how he's supposed to get rid of himself, and still kill Voldemort, or how Voldemort did it, givin that he wouldn't have time to do the procdure to make a horcrux before he melted away.
Kreacher will likely have a horcrux, and will have a more important role overall, but I've yet to put my finger on what
Seeing as #6 sold so well, before it was on sale, J.K. has the bottomless pit of chances with the last book. Seeing as she has stated that all the loose ends will be tied up, with no need for any more books, she can kill off Harry, though there would be many angry mobs, and she'd be put in a protection program.
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