Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Discussion - Page 12

JenMarie · #1 08-04-2005, 05:00 PM

Completely off topic... well sort of.

Mary Grand Pre illustrated the 2006 calendar for HP and the pics are up on MuggleNet.

http://www.mugglenet.com/gallery/cat...php?cat_id=141

I have pictures in my head of what happens in various scenes, but it's always interesting to see someone else's P.O.V.

christiangirl · #2 08-05-2005, 12:22 AM

Yeah, I've seen the movie-themed calendar and while the collage theme is cool, I don't like it much.

I remember my english teacher in soph year (h.s.) also taught British Lit for seniors and was trying to make the first book a required reading. I don't know if he succeeded though, I went to a Catholic school and there were a few teachers opposing him. Mostly the students just didn't want to read b/c they were too "mature" for a kid's book....I bet over half of them are hooked now!

What other barriers does Harry's mother's love protect him from? Now Voldy can touch him, but what other ways is DD talking about? I can't think of any (that might the pain killers though, I haven't been able to think straight all day

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SmartBlondeGPhB · #3 08-05-2005, 01:08 PM

If the spell that DD put on Harry (to petrify him) ended upon DD's death, don't all of the DD's other spells go away too? That would be all of the enchantments, etc on Hogwarts as well as the spell that was on the Dursley's home until Harry reached 17.

SmartBlondeGPhB · #4 08-05-2005, 01:11 PM

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Originally posted by christiangirl
What other barriers does Harry's mother's love protect him from? Now Voldy can touch him, but what other ways is DD talking about? I can't think of any (that might the pain killers though, I haven't been able to think straight all day)

I have a feeling that there are other barriers in regards to the whole "love" thing. And not related to his mother. A number of his friends have also shown incredible love through everything they have been willing to endure to help him and each other.

DD always said that it was the "ability to love"......Harry showed a great deal of love toward Ginny by choosing to give her up in order to keep her safe.

MysticCat · #5 08-05-2005, 01:23 PM

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Originally posted by SmartBlondeGPhB
If the spell that DD put on Harry (to petrify him) ended upon DD's death, don't all of the DD's other spells go away too?

I don't think so -- there seem to be enough other instances of enchantments that last beyond a person's death.

I think in the case of the spell on the Astronomy Tower, that spell was maintained by DD's will, which allowed to it break once he died.

christiangirl · #6 08-05-2005, 03:25 PM

And the other spells on Hogwarts weren't cast by DD, haven't they been there since the school opened? It's always been unpenetrable, unplottable, etc. hasn't it? Even if they weren't, the other teachers could easily put them back.

CutiePie2000 · #7 08-05-2005, 06:50 PM

Hi...
I'm only on about page 200 of HP6 right now, because I have been getting to bed way too late and have no time to read in the evenings. I only sneaked a few peeks so yeah, I know that Dumbledore is going to die, etc. even though I haven't read that far yet.

Okay:
Voldemort is half magic (thanks to his Mom, Merope) and half Muggle (Tom Riddle Sr.). Fine, I get that.

Okay, a question on Harry's...uh..."racial" origins (for lack of a better word):

Is Harry technically "mixed blood" or is he full Magic blood?
I always thought of him as being that he was full on 100% magic blood (at least in the earlier books).

I know that James Potter is magic folk and that Lily was magic, yet, Lily was born into a Muggle family (which is essentially the same situation as what happened to Hermione...magic daughter, Muggle parents.).

Therefore, does Lily being of Muggle origins, but being Magic herself, does that make Harry "full blood" or make him "half blood"?

I'm confused!! HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP.....

JenMarie · #8 08-05-2005, 09:27 PM

This makes him half blood. Lily came from a non-magical family and according to pure-bloods, like the Malfoys, this f**ks everything up. I think JK mentioned that somewhere. James, on the other hand was a pure blood, I believe.

It's not only your parents that determine if you are a half blood or pure blood. It's your entire family line. This is why Tonks' mother was kind of exnayed from the Black family; she married a muggle.

**dear God, I'm such a dork!**

SmartBlondeGPhB · #9 08-05-2005, 10:21 PM

Ok, I was reading a LOT of the character biographical stuff on mugglenet today and I had a wild idea.

What if Lily is somehow related to the "Riddle" side of Voldemort?

DolphinChicaDDD · #10 08-05-2005, 11:19 PM

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Originally posted by SmartBlondeGPhB
Ok, I was reading a LOT of the character biographical stuff on mugglenet today and I had a wild idea.

What if Lily is somehow related to the "Riddle" side of Voldemort?

Ok, so I might be completly telling a fib here, but I thought I read somewhere that JK Rowling said Harry and Voldemort aren't related. Or it she just might have said that Voldemort isn't Harry's father (a la Star Wars).

BTW- CuitePie, JKR has a nice explanation of "Pure Blood" on her website, under FAQ page 2. She explains how people like the Malfoy's consider any wizard with Muggle blood to be lesser than he. She also mentions its similar to a chart she saw about Arayn and Jewish blood she saw while at the Holocaust Museam in DC.

CutiePie2000 · #11 08-06-2005, 12:24 AM

Girls, you are awesome! I've forgotten a lot of what happened in
Goblet of Fire and the Order of the Phoenix, since I only read them when they first came out and haven't read them again since! THANK YOU!

SmartBlondeGPhB · #12 08-10-2005, 08:12 PM

bumping this cuz I don't want to have to go searching for it......

ZTABullwinkle · #13 08-11-2005, 01:14 AM

Can someone please remind who the snake is that Harry and DD were talking about? (Nagini - I think is his name.) I could not for the life of me figure that one part out.

Harry isn't the only one who is "loyal" to Dumbledore. So is Hagrid! I wonder if that will play in somewhere. Remember his wand was never broken...it is the pink umbrella he uses.

SuperSister · #14 08-11-2005, 07:08 AM

Nagini is Voldemort's snake, the one that told him about the old man (I think his name was Frank something) standing outside the door at the begining of book 5 and then later attacked Mr. Weasley (remember Harry's dream?). The snake and Voldy seem to have a very close relationship, even give the fact the he's a parseltounge, so it will be interesting to see how that plays into book 7.

I'm sorry I can't give you more detailed info but I'm moving Sat. and my books are packed.

AOIIsilver · #15 08-11-2005, 07:09 AM

A wild idea....
Let's mix the idea of Harry being a Horcrux and his eyes being important...

What if seeing his mother be killed *made* Harry's eyes into a Horcrux? That way, they could be "put out" (shudder) to destroy the Horcrux, and he could still live to kill HWMNBN...

Creepy, but possible?

Silver