*jaw drop* I can't believe I forgot!

Attention, all Potterheads! by Iximaz on 2014-05-02 12:13:00 UTC Reply

Today, May 2nd, is a very important day for us. It marks the anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts, and International Harry Potter Day!

So, if you're a Harry Potter fan, major or minor or in-betweener, this place is for us to discuss! Who's your favorite character? (Lupin) What House do you claim? (Gryffindor!) Your bloodline? (Half-blood) Your favorite moment? ("NOT MY DAUGHTER YOU B!TCH!" and everything in the Shrieking Shack) Favorite book? (PoA followed by OotP) Favorite villain? (Tie between Umbridge and Bellatrix)Favorite Weasley? (All of them!)

Sit down, grab a Butterbeer or Firewhisky, help yourself to the Bertie Bott's Beans- watch out for the earwax and vomit flavors- and share your love for the series that changed the lives of hundreds!

May 2nd Anniversary by The Baron on 2014-05-02 22:57:00 UTC Reply

I FINALLY FIGURED OUT WHAT TODAY WAS CELEBRATING ARE YOU PROUD OF ME? (Iximaz was trying to get me to figure it out in class today, hahaha.)

Favorite character: Tough choice. I'm gonna have to say Dumbledore or Lupin.
House: Ravenclaw! (I also like Hufflepuff.)
Bloodline: Half-blood, I believe.
Favorite moment: (BUT THERE'S SO MANY) Umm I'm gonna say when Harry caught his first Golden Snitch and nearly swallowed it.
Favorite villain: Bellatrix 100%
Favorite Weasley: RONALD :D

Oh and favorite book by The Baron on 2014-05-02 22:58:00 UTC Reply

Chamber of Secrets. (Don't ask me why. I think I just like the concept of the hidden Hogwarts chamber filled with a giant snake.)

For Harry Potter Day by LonelyStar on 2014-05-02 22:53:00 UTC Reply

Favorite character: Hermione
House: Ravenclaw (I took the test)
Bloodline: Muggle-born
Favorite moment: The whole series
Favorite book: DH
Favorite Villain: Umbridge
Favorite Weasley: Fred and George
Hurrah by Storme Hawk on 2014-05-02 18:15:00 UTC Reply

One Harry Potter fan who's even been to the shop in Kings Cross station (I passed though there quite often last year). I would advise not trying to run between platforms nine and ten especially seeing as there isn't a wall there, or anything at all besides a safety barrier for that fact. The brick wall from the film is in fact between platforms four and five.

Favorite Character: Sirius Black
House: Hufflepuff, although I could probably fit anywhere bar Gryffindor.
bloodline: Halfblood
Favorite moment: Fred and George's escape in OOTP, in fact the majority of the OOTP especially at Grimmauld Place.
Book: OOTP (duh) followed by GoF
Villain: Umbridge, closely followed by Tom Riddle from CoS
Weasley: Fred/George

Is it true... by Iximaz on 2014-05-02 19:32:00 UTC Reply

that there's a half a trolley built into said brick barrier? And that there actually was a Platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross before PS was published and JK forgot/didn't look to see if it already existed?

Another Hufflepuff? FIND! :D

Have you ever heard of the 'forty line stare' by any chance?

Stare by The Baron on 2014-05-02 23:00:00 UTC Reply

You've mentioned that to me quite a few times! Makes me laugh whenever I see it. Oh, the fun that Wolfstar shippers have upon reading it...(are there any shippers around here?)
Well... by Storme Hawk on 2014-05-02 21:16:00 UTC Reply

Yes there is, although it isn't between platforms four and five it's right next to the shop (the nearest two platforms to it are 11 and 0 I believe). You can get your picture taken there and whilst your posing they even give you a Gryffindor scarf to put on. I haven't heard of a real Platform 9 3/4, but it may be true, I'll look it up.

Yeah, Hufflepuff's are the best. What does FIND stand for/mean?

No, can't say I have. why?

Two things. by Iximaz on 2014-05-03 02:44:00 UTC Reply

1) FIND A Very Potter Musical and watch it.
2) the forty line stare is something rather infamous among Wolfstar shippers. Basically, Lupin spends forty lines of text staring at Sirius. I'm not kidding.

Re: Two Things by Storme Hawk on 2014-05-03 11:41:00 UTC Reply

1) will do when I have time
2) That explains it, I stay as far away from slash as I can.

Reply to your questions. by Dark Brother 16 on 2014-05-02 14:16:00 UTC Reply

My favorite character? Hmm... I say Snape, because he is pretty complex. (The movies do nobody justice.)

I personally think I would have done well in Slytherin. Why? Because I have more of their personality traits than I have anyone else, I think.

I'm a Muggle Born. Because they are awesome.

My favorite moment... is when Harry and Dumbledore fight off the Inferi while they are going for the fake locket in that cave.

My favorite book is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Why? Well, it establishes some finality to almost everything. You see people you came to root for get offed in heroic ways (Fred and Dobby). Also, it gets me thinking about what the Weasley and Potter kids get up to at Hogwarts.

My favorite villain is Antonin Dolohov. Why? Well, because every time he appears, he is being used as a hitman. And he is good at his hob. He led the attack on the Prewitt brothers, he beat Mad Eye Moody in a fight, he almost killed Hermione, the book never says that he tries to run from Dumbledore when he shows up, he attacks Harry, Ron and Hermione again- He's just crazy!

It's a toss up between Percy and George for me. Percy is the classic example of both the annoying, snobby older brother who thinks he knows better than his parents. I grew to really hate him, which made his eventual redemption (and his cracking a joke) all that much more satisfying. George, on the other hand, is different. He is Fred's younger twin, and I can personally identify with that, because I am a younger twin. He has to live up to his brother, who as far as I can tell, is the one who concocts all the master plans. He just seems like the one who hangs on the coat tails, and that to me makes him more realistic and likeable.

How could you?! by Iximaz on 2014-05-02 15:58:00 UTC Reply

You do realize Dolohov killed Remus?

I'm kidding. Besides, I said I liked Bellatrix and look at what she did to poor Neville's parents...

As for Percy, you should have seen my friend's face (when she started the series) when I told her Percy was awesome. And then she finished the series and told me I was right. ^_^

Response by Dark Brother 16 on 2014-05-02 18:17:00 UTC Reply

Oh yeah. I forgot about that. You gotta hate a villain who can do all these despicable things and still have it in them to do even more.

Ha, ha, ha! Yes, I can see where she would be coming from there.

Hurray! by eatpraylove on 2014-05-02 13:30:00 UTC Reply

Ooo, jellybeans! *takes a handful, munches* Mmmm, peppermint! I like Hermione. She's smart, she's gutsy, and she has the greatest reactions to the crazy shenanigans around her. XD

I claim Ravenclaw, but knowing my social awkwardness I'd probably end up in Hufflepuff. (There's a difference.)

I've never thought about the bloodline thing before, so I'll jump straight to my favorite moments: Dumbledore telling off Fudge at the end of Goblet of Fire (shame it didn't change Fudge's status as "blowhard supreme") and Fred and George's great escape in Order of the Phoenix ("Accio Brooms!"). Those two are spectacular; probably my second-favorite characters after the Trio.

Favorite villain...well, I'm currently re-reading Order of the Phoenix, so I'd have to say Umbridge. What a massive cow/toad. (Snape's pretty good, too, but he's on our side so I don't know if he counts as a villain.)

*jaw drop* I can't believe I forgot! by Iximaz on 2014-05-02 16:04:00 UTC Reply

Fred and George's escape was definitely a Crowning Moment of Awesome. And their fireworks show. And their swamp. And the shop. And... actually, pretty much everything they do. Remember when they charmed snowballs to bounce off the back of Quirrel's head, basically hitting Voldemort in his face? WIN.

Hufflepuffs are awesome. They're also particularly good FINDers. But seriously, nobody gives the 'Puffs enough credit.

Let's say Snape counts as both. Just because he's a good guy doesn't mean he's nice.

Snape by The Baron on 2014-05-02 23:07:00 UTC Reply

I hear that. Snape was on the side of the angels, but he certainly wasn't one of them.

A lot of people on the fandom side of social media (Tumblr, Facebook, etc.) seem to be going back on their forgiveness to Snape. I mean at first (especially after the movie) there was all kinds of sympathy for him, but now people are insulting him again for how he treated Harry.

Yeah, Snape was unquestionably a jerk to poor Harry, but losing the love of your life to your greatest enemy is going to harden your heart. I'm not saying it's forgivable, but I am saying it's understandable.