Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

deadsuperhero · Thu 21/07/2005 17:37:22

Quote from: Potch on Thu 21/07/2005 17:07:18
Somebody ought to make a Harry Potter AGS fan game. If i was in any way talented, I'd do it myself, but as I suck at drawing and programming.....

Actually, I was planning on making a parody of the first book...Jerry Plotter and the Archaeoligists Bone. Don't know if I'll ever make it though

Phemar · Thu 21/07/2005 17:46:38

Some of my favourites:

Harry Pornstar and the Philosphers Bone

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretions

Paper Carnival · Thu 21/07/2005 19:19:38

Don't you mean "Philopeda's"??

Anyway, moving on

I didn't say JK Rowling is the best author ever, but there's simply nothing wrong with the books. The plot is simply amazing, with lots of unexpected twists and everything. And I love the style. Fred and George crack me up

As for the Snape theory, I have some new evidence a friend of mine gave me

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Someone told me that Snape was in the fake moody's foe glass.
in chapter 19, Hagrid tells the HRH gang that Dumbledore was angry about Snape not following orders. >>>I jus' heard Snape sayin' Dumbledore took too much fer granted an' maybe he -- Snape -- didn' want to do it anymore" ... "Dumbledore told him flat out he'd agreed ter do it an' that was all there was to it. Pretty firm with him. AND THEN he said summat abou' Snape makin' investigations in his House, in Slytherin"<<<. When I first read that I assumed that Dumbledore was angry because Snape wouldn't check Malfoy, but it seems like it was two different topics. So there's a possibility that the orders were to kill Dumbledore. Maybe Dumbledore thought that he was getting way too old anyways (Rowling said she pictures him around 150 years old

), and since Snape is a very powerful wizard (good or evil still a butthole, but always powerful) he thought that if Snape gained Voldemort's trust he'd be more valuable than Dumbledore"

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So I dunno what to believe, there's evidence about both ways. I'm dying to finally know, I hate it how she releases one book to find myself waiting for the next one even more than I waited for the previous one.

Mr Flibble · Thu 21/07/2005 21:25:29

"Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody"
Followed by;
"Barry Trotter and the Unecessary Sequel"

Did those ever leave the UK?

deadsuperhero · Fri 22/07/2005 18:39:03

Quote from: Mr Flibble on Thu 21/07/2005 21:25:29
"Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody"
Followed by;
"Barry Trotter and the Unecessary Sequel"

Did those ever leave the UK?

Yeah, saw them in the bookstores once.

Grundislav · Fri 22/07/2005 19:06:16

Well, time for my two cents.

Regarding Snape:

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I don't know what to think at this point. The whole killing Dumbledore on his orders idea seems plausible, but I just don't know.Ã,Â The one thing nobody seems to have mentioned that stuck out in particular for me that makes him more likely to be still on the side of good is that he didn't tell any of the Death Eaters about his private lessons with Harry in OotP. I guess them knowing that he had done that wouldn't be too good for Snape...but we'll see what happens!

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Paper Carnival · Fri 22/07/2005 19:20:48

Quote from: Grundislav on Fri 22/07/2005 19:06:16
Well, time for my two cents.

Regarding Snape:
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I don't know what to think at this point. The whole killing Dumbledore on his orders idea seems plausible, but I just don't know.Ã,Â The one thing nobody seems to have mentioned that stuck out in particular for me that makes him more likely to be still on the side of good is that he didn't tell any of the Death Eaters about his private lessons with Harry in OotP. I guess them knowing that he had done that wouldn't be too good for Snape...but we'll see what happens!
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yeah, but..

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we still don't know if Snape wasn't actually trying to weaken Harry's mind, like what Ron suspected in the previous book.

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Tiki · Fri 22/07/2005 19:29:12

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Well, the 6th book said that Voldemort was blocking Harry's mind out anyways, so it wouldn't matter. Perhaps if Harry had made minimal progress, it could have, but seeing as he didn't...

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What about Harry saying he wouldn't return to Hogwarts? He made it seem rather clear that he would rather pursue Voldemort. I wish he attends his 7th year anyways, it wouldn't be as fun a book without Hogwarts.

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Paper Carnival · Fri 22/07/2005 19:44:37

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No, it does matter. In the previous book, it was important that Harry seals himself from Voldemord so that he won't be used or something. Harry didn't make any progress in Occlumency and so in the end Voldemord interfered in Harry's dream to lure him into the Department of Mysteries

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monkey0506 · Sat 23/07/2005 02:07:22

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Personally I don't think that Dumbledore would have told Snape to kill him. That would be pointless. Plus you can feel the sincerity in his voice when he is begging Snape not to kill him. Dumbledore wouldn't ask Snape to cast unforgivable curses in any case. Especially seeing as he made the unbreakable vow to help kill Dumbledore before the beginning of the school year, which surely would have been much sooner than Dumbledore would have asked Snape to kill him...and if he broke it then he would have died. And he knew that. So seeing as he made the UV long before Dumbledore might have even potentially encountered him with this, he was clearly planning to do the job.

As for Harry, Ron, and Hermione not returning to Hogwarts, I don't think that we can doubt them in their statements that they won't return. I personally think that they should (both for their reasons, and mine as the reader), but it will make for an interesting read either way. At the beginning of the series there was a lot of talk about a potential eight book taking place after Harry graduated from Hogwarts...perhaps this is just J.K.R.'s way of telling the story of what happens after Hogwarts, but while remaining true to the original '7 story series'. Of course, that would mean that this next book will be the last in the series. And we all know that this means Voldemort's Horcruxes will all be destoyed as will he. So at this point, I think I could probably tell the story of what will happen in the seventh book:

Harry defeats (kills?) several Death Eaters.
Harry destroys Horcruxes.
Harry defeats (kills?) several Death Eaters.
Harry destroys Voldemort.
Harry goes on to become an Auror.
Harry becomes Minister of Magic. (LOL, j/k)

Well...that's it folks. HP7 in a nutshell.

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Las Naranjas · Sat 23/07/2005 03:26:15

Like the past 3 books, it will be 600 pages of filler then a death.

monkey0506 · Sat 23/07/2005 04:59:59

LOL...Indeed. Not to say I don't like the books, because I do enjoy them...but that does pretty much sum up HP4-HP6...

Phemar · Sat 23/07/2005 10:44:57

And HP7. One person is gonna die at the end - either Harry or Voldemort. I mean You-Know-Who. I mean He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. I mean ... wait. Never mind.

monkey0506 · Sat 23/07/2005 22:10:43

Yakawahawamanabana?

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YKWHWMNBN

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Voldemort

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Adamski · Sat 23/07/2005 22:45:54

On various forums - as well as here - I have read through people discussing the ending of the book and combing over evidence to suggest there's something more twisty to it. Has anyone considered that Rowling is just a bad writer?

passer-by · Sat 23/07/2005 23:18:38

Quote from: Dark Stalkey on Sat 23/07/2005 22:45:54
On various forums - as well as here - I have read through people discussing the ending of the book and combing over evidence to suggest there's something more twisty to it. Has anyone considered that Rowling is just a bad writer?

Why do you think we spent so much time in the various HP forums suggesting plot twists?? Doh!

Las Naranjas · Sat 23/07/2005 23:41:59

Quote from: Dark Stalkey on Sat 23/07/2005 22:45:54
On various forums - as well as here - I have read through people discussing the ending of the book and combing over evidence to suggest there's something more twisty to it. Has anyone considered that Rowling is just a bad writer?

Yeah, we may as well try to find something twisty and sneaky in the end of Monkey Island 2.

Adamski · Sat 23/07/2005 23:54:09

Touche, you smart arse

Mr Flibble · Sun 24/07/2005 00:09:58

Quote from: Dark Stalkey on Sat 23/07/2005 22:45:54
Has anyone considered that Rowling is just a bad writer?

Yes.

The biggest twist I'd expect from her is "Harry dies, then the tears of his weeping friends bring him back to life!"
I haven't been reading many of the convulted and twisting theories listed here, largely because I don't know who the characters are (Well, theres glasses boy, Ginger and little spoilt brat with cruel parents, oh and the tall dude) but I feel a lot of people here are reading too deeply into it.

If you want plot twists and subtle subplots and under currents, go read Pratchett

(More specifically, Night Watch. You know, for it's sheer awesomeness)

Las Naranjas · Sun 24/07/2005 00:15:13

Unfortunately I can't read any other Discworld's after Nightwatch, the cutesy humour grates too much when you know he's capable of greater subtlety.