100 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #100: Lightning shaped scars are hot!
(By way of explanation, sarcasticmuppet started a similar countdown-thread yesterday, but she was a day early (overly excited perhaps? ). I thought about just using her thread as a conduit for the thread I was planning, but I thought that since my plan is slightly different it would be ok to start a new one.)
This is the idea: I will post a different reason to love Harry Potter with every day of the countdown. Feel free to add your own, but try to keep them for the same day of the countdown (ie. any reasons posted today would be under reason #100) so that the countdown can remain intact. Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
#100: JKR is a wonderful friend.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Oooh! Nice idea! I love it! Posted by Portabello (Member # 7710) on :
#100: HP is proof that something doesn't have to be a train wreck to be popular.
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Posted by Beanny (Member # 7109) on :
#100
Harry Potter is the only children's book not dealing with potty-training, in which the author faces reality: there are bathrooms.
Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :
Hermione is really, really cool. I hope my kids will grow to emulate her dedication to dental hygiene, academics, and championing the rights of the oppressed.
Posted by Jonathan K. (Member # 7720) on :
Harry Potter has ruined my life. Since harry potter became popular, i haven't gone anywhere without someone telling me how much i look like him. For a while, when people asked me to sign stuff (thinking I was Daniel Radcliff) I signed for them. But it is a pain none the less. I would deeply like for the Harry Potter movies and books to end, so that I can on with my life.
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
#100--Because you can go back in time!
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Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
#100: Harry Potter teaches me cool, British lingo.
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
#100. You can buy it in Latin! And Welsh! Hurray for keeping dead/dying languages alive!
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
quote:#100. You can buy it in Latin! And Welsh! Hurray for keeping dead/dying languages alive!
I feel like I've been beating a dead horse recently, but it's all about the ancient Greek. Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
#99 Because Gred and Forge are my favourite two characters of all time.
Edit: By board time it is now the 7th - so I can do 99! Woot!
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Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
#99 No swing dancing in Harry Potter!
Okay, a serious one:
#99 Lupin.
Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :
#99 Inclusion of references of varying mythologies
Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :
no.99 Sirius
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
#99 : Because Snape is hot ! #99 : Because I have a friend at the choir who has the exact same scar than Harry Potter - and it's a true one.
Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :
#99 - Because i never read as quick a book as Harry potter.
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Posted by Beanny (Member # 7109) on :
#99 Because the nerds are the cool guys!
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
99 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #99: Quidditch...'nuff said.
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
#99 -- The cool names of all the characters.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
99: Hermione. Geek Chick. Heroine.
Posted by definitelynotvichysoisse (Member # 7559) on :
#99 The way that every name relates to the character it represents.
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
quote: #100. You can buy it in Latin! And Welsh! Hurray for keeping dead/dying languages alive!
Can you really????
that is so cool!
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
oh, and
#99: Dumbledore
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
#99 The fandom
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
#99: A brand new type of jargon to confuse everybody else.
OWL's and NEWT's and such, you know.
Also, who here agrees with me that Emily Watson is one of those girls who's just going to grow up and be a heartbreaker?
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
98 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #98: Ron is afraid of spiders. How cute is that?
Quote from movie #3: "The spiders! They want me to tap dance! I don't want to tap dance!"
Edit: I think you mean Emma Watson, not Emily.
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Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
#98: The parallels to pre-WWII England.
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Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
#98: The fact that "Muggle" is now in the OED.
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
#98 -- The fact that "muggle" has always been in the OED. Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
#98 Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
quote:Harry Potter has ruined my life. Since harry potter became popular, i haven't gone anywhere without someone telling me how much i look like him. For a while, when people asked me to sign stuff (thinking I was Daniel Radcliff) I signed for them. But it is a pain none the less. I would deeply like for the Harry Potter movies and books to end, so that I can on with my life.
Dude, I have the exact same problem! Don't be annoyed, enjoy it Its been less of a problem since I gained some height and grew a beard. But freshman year, even before the movies even started coming out, people would come up to me all the time and say I looked exactly like they imagined Harry. I had the messy dark dark brown hair, glasses and everything. Its not a bad thing, its fun
But if it really bugs you that much, just grow a beard, that'll solve the problem. After I did that people stopped telling me I looked like him Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Just wait, in books seven, Harry'll grow a beard...
Posted by starlooker (Member # 7495) on :
98. Because it gives my 13 year old brother and I something to talk about.
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
We seriously need to tone it down to one reason a day... or we're gonna start running out of reasons... or maybe 10 reasons a day. But if we keep up at like 15 we're gonna be in trouble at around day 10 or so Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
I'm not worried about running out of reasons. Posted by Aunty Eem (Member # 7743) on :
Because we needed a modern day Fairy Tale
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
97 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #97:
quote: A breeze ruffled the neat hedges of Privet Drive, which lay silent and tidy under the inky sky, the very last place you woud expect astonishing things to happen. Harry Potter rolled over inside his blankets without waking up. One small hand closed on the letter beside him and he slept on, not knowing he was special, not knowing he was famous, not knowing he would be woken in a few hours' time by Mrs. Dursley's scream as she opened the front door to put out the milk bottles, nor that he would spend the next few weeks being prodded and pinched by his cousin Dudley....He couldn't know that at this very moment, people meeting in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses and saying in hushed voices: "To Harry Potter--the boy who lived!"
Any series that begins like that has to rock! Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
#97 - I drink a glass of irish whiskey. Posted by Fyfe (Member # 937) on :
#97: Fred and George escaped from school on broomsticks.
Jen
Posted by Beanny (Member # 7109) on :
#97 'cause glassess are hot
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
#97 -- The fact that you don't really know if Butterbeer is alcoholic or not.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
#97 The fact that butterbeer is alcaholic only a very low level- it is enough to get Winky completely drunk, but doesn't affect humans, even children, all that much.
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
96 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #96: Because Dumbledore had this to say about music:
quote: "Ah, music," he said wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you trot!"
--from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, chapter seven "The Sorting Hat"
Posted by ProverbialSunrise (Member # 7771) on :
#96 Blubber Oddment Nitwit Tweak.
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
#96. It introduces yanks to curiously humorous colloquialisms such as "taking the mickey."
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
#95-Umbridge gets offed by centaurs.
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
#96 -- Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore #95 -- Cool Fansites Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
There was a member named Harry Potter back in 2000. I wonder if they are still around. Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
95 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #95: Hermione's first lie:
quote: "I went looking for the troll because I -- I thought I could deal with it on my own -- you know, because I've read all about them."
Ron dropped his wand. Hermione Granger, telling a downright lie to a teacher?
--from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, chapter ten, "Halloween"
The beginning of her downfall...
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Posted by ProverbialSunrise (Member # 7771) on :
#95 Goblin Language "Bladvak"
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
94 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #94: Mr. Weasley--Muggle lover, extraordinaire.
quote: "Your sons flew that car to Harry's house and back last night!" Shouted Mrs. Weasley. "What have you got to say about that, eh?"
"Did you really?" said Mr. Weasley eagerly. "Did it go all right? I--I mean," he faltered as sparks flew from Mrs. Weasley's eyes, "that--that was very wrong, boys--very wrong indeed...."
--from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, chapter three, "The Burrow"
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Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
#94--Ron's Uranus joke in PoA
Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :
#94 The sixth book will be published on jully, 16th : My birthday !! Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
What a great birthday present, Choobak!
93 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (and Choobak's birthday )!
Reason #93: Early Ginny...
quote: At that moment there was a diversion in the form of a small, red-headed figure in a long nightdress, who appeared in the kitchen, gave a small squeal, and ran out again.
"Ginny," said Ron in an undertone to Harry. "My sister. She's been talking about you all summer."
--also from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, chapter three, "The Burrow"
(No worries, all-grown-up Ginny will be a reason later on in the countdown... )
Posted by ProverbialSunrise (Member # 7771) on :
Reason #93: Knobbly Knees
Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
#93: The third movie came out on my 21st birthday, and the fourth movie will be out on my younger sister's 18th birthday. No better way to celebrate!
Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
Also #93: When Ginny puts her elbow in the butter dish.
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
#93--The mirror of Erised.
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
92 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #92: Dudley thinks he's all that...Harry actually is.
quote: "They stuff people's heads down the toilet the first day at Stonewall," he told Harry. "Want to come upstairs and practice?"
"No, thanks," said Harry. "The poor toilet's never had anything as horrible as your head down it--it might be sick." Then he ran, before Dudley could work out what he'd said.
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
I want to see Johnathan K's face!! Does he really look like Potter? I tried Foobonic, but I couldn't find you...
Posted by BandoCommando (Member # 7746) on :
quote: #94--Ron's Uranus joke in PoA
This was actually in OotP, after he touched the brain's 'thoughts' in the Dept. of Mysteries. Posted by BandoCommando (Member # 7746) on :
96 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #96: Because Dumbledore had this to say about music:
quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ah, music," he said wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you trot!"
--from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, chapter seven "The Sorting Hat" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amen! That's gotta be one of my favorite lines. (Look at my nickname, you'll understand why.)
Posted by WigginWinning (Member # 7811) on :
Reason: Learning to use one's "wand" resposibly and for good is a very important lesson.
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
91 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #91: Weasley Sweaters!
quote: "I think I know who that one's from," said Ron, turning a bit pink and pointing to a very lumpy parcel. "My mom. I told her you didn't expect any presents and--oh, no," he groaned, "She's made you a Weasley sweater."
Harry had torn open the parcel to find a thick, hand-knitted sweater in emerald green and a large box of homemade fudge.
"Every year she makes us a sweater," said Ron, unwrapping his own, "and mine's always maroon."
--from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, chapter twelve, "The Mirror of Erised"
Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
#91: The cure for post-dementor shock is chocolate!
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
#91: Lily's sacrifice.
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
quote: This was actually in OotP, after he touched the brain's 'thoughts' in the Dept. of Mysteries.
He also says it in PoA. I guess Ron really likes Uranus jokes.
#91: the giant squid.
Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :
#91 because it is the post 70 and it is my number, my familly. It is what i am. And I like very much JKR's Book. Posted by ProverbialSunrise (Member # 7771) on :
#91: Aragog and family.
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
#91: Because the titles are so easy to make fun of.
(Don't get mad, I do like HP. I also like laughing at it, tho)
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
Those titles are hilarious!
90 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #90: The terror of the first day in a new school, amplified.
quote: [Harry] kept his eyes fixed on the door. Any second now, Professor McGonagall would come back and lead him to his doom.
--just seconds before the Sorting (from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, chapter seven, "The Sorting Hat")
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Posted by Sartorius (Member # 7696) on :
#90: Because Harry will believe that Snape is a bad guy. (And we're still suspicious at times.)
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
#90--because despite the suspicions, Snape always turns out to be a good guy.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
#90 And yet, we're still not sure; we're dying to know what exactly made that man switch sides, or if he did... and if he did, why he is trusted. Ah, such mystery.
Posted by FoolishTook (Member # 5358) on :
#90 Neville Longbottom
quote:
Neville backed away, his wand up, mouthing wordlessly. Snape was bearing down upon him, reaching inside his robes.
"R-r-riddikulus!" squeaked Neville.
There was a noise like a whip-crack. Snape stumbled. He was wearing a long, lace-trimmed dress and a towering hat topped with a moth-eaten vulture, and swinging a huge crimson handbag from his hand.
-From POA, Chapter 7, The Boggart in the Wardrobe
Posted by Sartorius (Member # 7696) on :
quote: Ah, such mystery
And such a sexy one.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Snape???? But, but, but...he's greasy! And mean! And nasty! I don't understand the sexiness.
Now, Alan Rickman, yes - yummy. But Snape...Snape is still a weasel.
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
Thank you, Hansenj. I've been debating a fresh batch to coincide with the upcoming book.
#90: Because it's fun for both children and the childish!
Posted by ProverbialSunrise (Member # 7771) on :
#90 Giant Snakes the travel around in pipes.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:Reason #91: Weasley Sweaters!
I especially like that Fred and George are the enforcers of family togetherness, forcing Percy to wear his sweater. Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :
#90 Because i remember what i was when i was a young boy.
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Percy's such a &$*%*!@. That's all I have to say.
Make that another number if you wish.
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
89 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #89: Dumbledore and the Mirror of Erised.
quote: "What do you see when you look in the mirror?"
"I? I see myself holding a pair of thick, woolen socks."
Harry stared.
"One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books."
--from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, chapter twelve, "The Mirror of Erised"
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
#89: It glorifies magic and witches, which really seems to tick off the fundies. Always a good side-benefit.
Posted by Beanny (Member # 7109) on :
Because Sirius Black IS coming back! Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
#89: Weasley is our king! Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
#89:
quote: "Look, Scabbers probably had a fight with another rat or something! He's been in my family for ages, right --"
"Twelve years, in fact," said Lupin. "Didn't you ever wonder why he was living so long?"
"We -- we've been taking good care of him!" said Ron.
Ron is so adorable!
Posted by ProverbialSunrise (Member # 7771) on :
#89 Wizard Crackers. Why can't we get mice at Christmas time?
Posted by unicornwhisperer (Member # 294) on :
quote:Because Sirius Black IS coming back! ]
I second that thought, Beany!
*holds hands with the care bears* "I care! I care! I care!" (forgive me my weirdness)
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Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
88 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #88: Hagrid, world's best Care of Magical Creatures teacher!
quote: The baby dragon flopped onto the table. It wasn't exactly pretty; Harry thought it looked like a crumpled, black umbrella. It's spiny wings were huge compared to its skinny jet body, it had a long snout with wide nostrils, the stubs of horns and bulging, orange eyes.
It sneezed. A couple of sparks flew out of its snout.
"Isn't he beautiful?" Hagrid murmured. He reached out a hand to stroke the dragon's head. It snapped at his fingers, showing pointed fangs.
"Bless him, look, he knows his mommy!" said Hagrid.
--from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, chapter fourteen, "Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback"
Posted by Ele (Member # 708) on :
#88 and counting here on the east coast:
Because that horrible woman--whose name I have quite forgotten in revenge for what would be, in the rw, a shamelessly vile case of child abuse--is coming back....to get the punishment she deserves.
~Ele
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
87 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #87: Mandrakes...the only plant that goes through puberty.
quote: ...and in March several of the Mandrakes threw a loud and raucous party in greenhouse three. This made Professor Sprout very happy.
"The moment they start trying to move into each other's pots, we'll know they're fully mature," she told Harry.
--from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, chapter fourteen, "Cornelius Fudge"
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
86 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #86: Ron's dress robes Posted by ProverbialSunrise (Member # 7771) on :
#86: Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes.
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Hmm... Fleur isn't as gorgeous as I imagined her... But rarely do things live up to imagination.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Neither is Cedric, but I'm reserving judgement.
*whispers* The person who lives next door to me reminds me of Cedric. Every time I see him I get an urge to say "Hello Cedric!". Luckily, he's never read the books.
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
85 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #85: Gilderoy Lockhart, the poor guy.
quote: "Where's Lockhart?"
"Back there," said Ron..."He's in a bad way. Come and see."
...They walked all the way back to the mouth of the pipe. Gilderoy Lockhart was sitting there, humming placidly to himself.
"His memory's gone," said Ron. "The Memory Charm backfired. Hit him instead of us. Hasn't got a clue who he is, or where he is, or who we are. I told him to come and wait here. He's a danger to himself."
Lockhart peered good-naturedly up at them all.
"Hello," he said. "Odd sort of place, this, isn't it? Do you live here?"
--from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, chapter seventeen, "The Heir of Slytherin"
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Am I getting old? Will someone please cut those boys' hair? It looks like they haven't had a haircut since before the third movie.
Reason to love Harry Potter: Thestrals.
Posted by ProverbialSunrise (Member # 7771) on :
#85 - The Hogwarts School Song
Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy, Warty, Hogwarts, Teach us something please, Whether we be old and bald Or young with scabby knees, Our heads could do with filling With some interesting stuff, For now they're bare and full of air, Dead flies and bits of fluff, Teach us things worth knowing, Bring back what we've forgot, Just do your best, we'll do the rest, And learn till our brains all rot.
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
84 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
(OK, so there's only 83, but today...or I mean, yesterday, was my last day in Provo for the summer, and I managed to forget completely about the countdown! So, I'll do one reason now, and another one tomorrow night when I get home to Colorado. )
Reason #84: Oliver Wood...hot in the books and the first two movies. I think it's the Scottish accent. Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :
#84 Harry Potter is as well drager with girl as me. Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I'll second your reason #84 (about Oliver Wood ) and raise you another.
#84 Harry Potter books are really thick. #4 or #5 are great for long drives and painful waiting periods as they completely take your mind off of what you're waiting for for many many hours. Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
#84: Luna Lovegood. I think it's funny how she always looks like she just happened to wander in to a place.
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
83 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
(OK, so I still missed midnight on board time, but it's only 11:30 here! I'll really catch up tomorrow.)
Reason #83: Moaning Myrtle...so annoying, and yet so wonderful in her own right.
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
82 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #82: A world where goblins are bankers
quote: "Wizards have banks?"
"Just the one. Gringotts. Run by goblins."
Harry dropped the bit of sausage he was holding.
"Goblins?"
"Yeah--so yeh'd be mad ter try an' rob it, I'll tell yeh that. Never mess with goblins, Harry. Gringotts is the safest place in the world fer anything yeh want ter keep safe--'cept maybe Hogwarts."
--from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, chapter five, "Diagon Alley"
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
81 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #81: Early Neville (his "brave stand" against the trio)
quote: "You can't go out," said Neville, "you'll be caught again. Gryffindor will be in even more trouble."
"You don't understand," said Harry, "this is important."
But Neville was clearly steeling himself to do something desperate.
"I won't let you do it," he said, hurrying to stand in front of the portrait hole. "I'll--I'll fight you!"
--from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, chapter sixteen, "Through the Trapdoor"
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Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
80 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #80: Argus Filch...disgusting and terrible, but Hogwarts wouldn't be complete without him!
quote: "He did it, he did it!" Filch spat, his pouchy face purpling. "You saw what he wrote on the wall! He found--in my office--he knows I'm a--I'm a--" Filch's face worked horribly. "He knows I'm a Squib!" he finished.
--from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, chapter nine, "The Writing on the Wall"
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
79 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
(I was a little late with yesterday's reason, but Hatrack was down the first time I tried to post it.)
Reason #79: The Dueling Club
quote: "Scared?" muttered Malfoy, so that Lockhart couldn't hear him.
"You wish," said Harry out of the corner of his mouth.
--from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, chapter eleven, "The Dueling Club"
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
78 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #78: Harry's recruitment to the Gryffindor Quidditch team by Professor McGonagall.
quote: DO NOT OPEN THE PARCEL AT THE TABLE. It contains your new Nimbus Two Thousand, but I don't want everybody knowing you've got a broomstick or they'll all want one. Oliver Wood will meet you tonight on the Quidditch field at seven o'clock for your first training session.
--Professor M. McGonagall
--from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, chapter ten, "Halloween"
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
77 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #77: First time abord the Hogwarts Express!
quote:"Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow, Turn this stupid, fat rat yellow."
--from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, chapter six, "The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters"
Posted by ProverbialSunrise (Member # 7771) on :
#77 Honeydukes acid Slugs
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
76 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #76: The Sorting Hat...it's got a mind of its own. Posted by Eisenoxyde (Member # 7289) on :
This is kinda ironic, but as I was reading this thread, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone came on tv.
Jesse
Posted by Beanny (Member # 7109) on :
#76
Ron's purple dress.
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
75 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #75: Harry's messy hair
quote: About once a week, Uncle Vernon looked over the top of his newspaper and shouted that Harry needed a haircut. Harry must have had more haircuts than the rest of the boys in his class put together, but it made no difference, his hair simply grew that way--all over the place.
--from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, chapter two, "The Vanishing Glass"
Posted by Ele (Member # 708) on :
The title:
The Half-blood Prince?
Can't wait to find out who *that* is!
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
74 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #74: Afternoon Tea with Hagrid
quote: Dear Harry,
I know you get Friday afternoons off, so would you like to come and have a cup of tea with me around three? I want to hear all about your first week. Send us an answer back with Hedwig.
Hagrid
--from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, chapter eight, "The Potions Master"
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
73 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #73: Invisibility Cloaks...don't you sometimes wish you could be invisible? Posted by ProverbialSunrise (Member # 7771) on :
Reason #73: The Marauder's Map insulting Snape. I love it. "And Mr. Moony wonders how a git like that ever became a professor"
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
That's a great one!
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
72 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #72: Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans
quote: "You want to be careful with those," Ron warned Harry. "When they say every flavor, they mean every flavor..."
--from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, chapter six, "The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters"
Posted by Damander (Member # 4439) on :
*Ahem*
Jennie, just because you are in CA with Paul is no reason for you to neglect your HP countdown. I mean honestly, who is more important to you? Harry (the correct answer ) or Paul (the incorrect answer )? I love you, but I think you need to get your priorities straight here. Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
*bump*
We'll try this again... hansenj, get on the ball here!
#58: Hedwig Posted by Beanny (Member # 7109) on :
#58
Loony, loopy Lupin.
Posted by ProverbialSunrise (Member # 7771) on :
#58 Wizard Baruffio who said the wrong words for a levitation spell and ended up with a Buffalo on his stomach.
Posted by unicornwhisperer (Member # 294) on :
Um... but is it cheaper than just buying all three DVDs?
Posted by not hansenj (Member # 8066) on :
In the continued absence of a hansenj...
57 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #57: Dumbledore's abundant wisdom
quote:"The sorting hat placed you in Gryffindor. You know why that was. Think."
"It only put me in Gryffindor," said Harry in a defeated voice, "because I asked not to go in Slytherin...."
"Exactly," said Dumbledore, beaming once more. "Which makes you very different from Tom Riddle. It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Book 2, chapter 18, Dobby's Reward
Posted by Beanny (Member # 7109) on :
#57 'Cause flobberworms are the most boring creatures on earth.
Posted by not hansenj (Member # 8066) on :
56 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #56: Ron's first telephone call
quote: "Vernon Dursley speaking."
Harry, who happened to be in the room at the time, froze as he heard Ron's voice answer.
"HELLO? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? I--WANT--TO--TALK--TO--HARRY--POTTER!"
Ron was yelling so loudly that Uncle Vernon jumped and held the receiver a foot away from his ear, staring at it with an expression of mingled fury and alarm.
"WHO IS THIS?" he roared in the direction of the mouthpiece. "WHO ARE YOU?"
"RON--WEASELY!" Ron bellowed back, as though he and Uncle Vernon were speaking from opposite ends of a football field. "I'M--A-FRIEND--OF--HARRY'S--FROM--SCHOOL--"
Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban, chapter 1, "Owl Post"
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Hahaha, I LOVE that scene!
Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
#56: Apparating. It's the greatest mode of transportation ever!
Posted by not hansenj (Member # 8066) on :
55 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Reason #55: Fred and George Weasley, the early pranks
quote:"Now, you two--this year, you behave yourselves. If I get one more owl telling me you've--you've blown up a toilet or--"
"Blown up a toilet? We've never blown up a toilet."
"Great idea though, thanks, Mom."
...
"Hurry up!" their mother said, and the three boys clambered onto the train. They leaned out of the window for her to kiss them good-bye, and their younger sister began to cry.
"Don't, Ginny, we'll send you loads of owls"
"We'll send you a Hogwarts toilet seat."
--from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, chapter six, "The Journey From Platform Nine and Three-Quarters"
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
Oh my gosh! You are so funny! Are you Emily and Amanda?
OK, first of all, I feel I must apologize for the fate of this thread. I went out of town fully intending to continue it while I was gone (I even packed two of my Harry Potter books!), but it just didn't happen. I was visiting my boyfriend before he left for Japan for the rest of the summer (internship). Anyway, I could have caught this thread up this week, but I was totally overwhelmed at the idea of doing it. A friend who reads my thread actually brought it to my attention just now, or I wouldn't have seen it at all.
Second of all, I love Hatrack.
That is all. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome back, hansenj.
Reason number <mumble>:
Because it was the first series that I could share with my oldest daughter. Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Welcome back, hansenj!! We missed you! Our HP fest was quite pathetic without you around to save it. Posted by not hansenj (Member # 8066) on :
hansenj, we were just fighting the good fight, I mean, I was just fighting the good fight in your absence. Am I Emily and Amanda? Technically: No, I am singular. But I am one who was highly motivated by the other. I and or slash we lush you lots and lots, and welcome you back to your domain of internet friendship. Please be responsible. Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
Reason #54:
Becuase its NOT Star Wars!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Darn tootin'!
Posted by not hansenj (Member # 8066) on :
54 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #54: Professor Trelawney's death omens
quote:"I see," said Professor McGonagall, fixing Harry with her beady eyes. "Then you should know, Potter, that Sibyll Trelawney has predicted the death of one student a year since she arrived at this school. None of them has died yet. Seeing death omens is her favorite way of greeting a new class. If it were not for the fact that I never speak ill of my colleagues--"
Professor McGonagall broke off, and they saw that her nostrils had gone white.
--from Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban, chapter six, "Talons and Tea Leaves"
PS- hansenj, we are just filling in until you choose to jump back in. We're not trying to usurp your thread!
PPS- I'm slightly distubed that the smiley only has one arm, but I'm okay with the fact that it's coming out of his head.
PPPS-I don't even know if PSs are kosher in online forums, but I do love them so! I also love this smiley: , just in case you wondered.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:PPPS-I don't even know if PSs are kosher in online forums, but I do love them so!
Certainly, as long as you don't go hog wild with them.
Posted by not hansenj (Member # 8066) on :
Hmmm . . . I have been known to go hog wild with just about everything I do, so maybe I will refrain from PSs for the moment. Posted by unicornwhisperer (Member # 294) on :
Does Cedric look a little villainous to anyone? Maybe he's just ticked that Harry was picked too...
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
Reason #50 It brings people AWAY from anime, magna, and other odd Japanese cartoons.
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
Spoilers(for you non-book readers): . . . . . . . . . . . Unicorn: So he looks mean. Big deal. He'll be dead soon anyway.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Reason #48/16:55:32 The Muggle Countdown Clock Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
Reason #48-- cool shirts Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Wow. only 48 days?
I've been ignoring this thread in hopes that time will go by faster if I don't count down. It's working! Carry on!!!
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
*bounce*
Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :
I'll receive it for my birthday july the 16th !!! My sister has bought it for me.
And i received today a new dictionnary English-french from her : a Robert & Collins. She is a love, my sister !
Posted by Damander (Member # 4439) on :
*bumpity*
Only 44 days!!
Reason #44: Hermione and S.P.E.W. Too funny.
Posted by johnsonweed (Member # 8114) on :
Everyone in my house is re-reading the books to get ready! We each have a different year.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Johnsonweed, that's a great idea! I wish I had my copies here, but alas, they're home in the US. So we can't do that. But it's still a great idea!
Reason 44) Fred and George's grand exit in Book 5!
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
44) Dobby fixes Harry's broken arm by making all the bones vanish.
Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :
OMG KATHARINA DOBBY DIDNT DO THAT DOBBY MADE THE BLUDGER TRACK HARRY AND MAKE HIM FALL OFF HIS BROOM AND THATS HOW HE BROKE HIS ARM THEN PROFFESOR LOCKHART REMOVED THE BONES AND MADAME POMPHREY WAS ALL ANGRY
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Take your pills, jebus.
Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :
Zing!
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
43) When I'll read HP and the HBP, I'll be flying to Australia ! Posted by SC Carver (Member # 8173) on :
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quote:Professor McGonagall got to her feet too, and in her case this was a mush more impressive move. She towered over Professor Umbridge. "Potter," She said in ringing tones, "I will assist you to become an Auror if it is the last thing I do!
Career Advice, Order of the Phoenix
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I watched PoA last night, and noticed something. When Lupine turns into the werewolf, Snape instantly pushes the children behind him protectively. He does it again a minute later.
I like that they didn't take the cartoonish route and make everything about Snape less than admirable. I wish they had done the same with Malfoy. But that little scene made me like the movie even more.
Posted by SC Carver (Member # 8173) on :
Yea, In the 5th book she does a good job of developing Snape. It was good to find out why he hated HP from day one.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Is it really only 27 days? w00t!!
Ok, I love Harry Potter because JK Rowling gives us hints about what's to come.
Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :
Because i'll received it for my birthday the 16 ! My sister is a love person ! she buy it on internet for me. I'm so lucky in this !
Posted by SC Carver (Member # 8173) on :
Reason 27 or whatever
"Fred and George, however, found all this very funny. They went out of their way to march ahead of Harry down the corridors, shouting, "Make way for the Heir of Slytherin, seriously evil wizard coming through..."
Chamber of Secrects
Posted by SC Carver (Member # 8173) on :
quote:Originally posted by Narnia: Is it really only 27 days? w00t!!
Ok, I love Harry Potter because JK Rowling gives us hints about what's to come.
OK, Rowling said the half Blood prince isn't Harry or Voldermort. And there is a clue to who he is in C.o.S. when Harry goes in the chamber.
The only thing down there is Harry, Tom Riddle, Ginny, the Basilisk, a bunch of columns and a giant statue:
quote: Harry had to crane his neck to look up into the giant face above: It was ancient and monkeyish, with long, thin beard that fell almost to the bottom of the wizard's robe
So what does this mean? Is the statue of Slytherin. If so does that make him the HBP?
Are there any other nerds out there who have thoughts on the matter?
Posted by Liaison (Member # 6873) on :
Carver, I think that when Rowling is referring to a clue in 'Chamber' it doesn't necessarily mean IN the actual chamber. I believe it means the clue is somewhere within the entire book.
Reason #27:
quote:Indeed, a week after Fred and George's departure Harry witnessed Professor McGonagall walking right past Peeves, who was determinedly loosening a crystal chandelier, and could have sworn he heard her tell the poltergeist out of the corner of her mouth, "it unscrews the other way."
-Order of the Phoenix Ch. Grawp
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
quote: The link between Chamber of Secrets and Half-Blood Prince relates to a discovery Harry made in 'Chamber' that foreshadows something that he finds out in 'Prince'.
It didn't say that someone/thing in the chamber IS the prince
EDIT: Liaison, you beat me to it.
Posted by Liaison (Member # 6873) on :
Well, great minds think alike, eh? Posted by SC Carver (Member # 8173) on :
Sorry I guess I read it wrong. Good thing I have you guys to keep me from going off on a wild goose chase.
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