Calendar of Birthdays
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Timelines and calendars
January 9 = Severus Snape (1960) January 26 = Gilderoy Lockhart (WW) January 30 = Lily Potter (DH22) (1960) February 6 = Arthur Weasley February 13 = Luna Lovegood (JKR:Tw) February 24 = Newt Scamander (WFT) (1897) March 1… Read MoreCanon Celebration: Wizarding Life and Organizations• Article
What keeps the Wizarding World going? How does it work? The main organisation in the UK is the Ministry of Magic, but there are many more entities that keep things together and Muggle-free. Ready to discover more about these? Onwards we go! Podcasts: OP 7 The… Read More🎙️ Canon Thoughts: Goblet of Fire• Article
In my last canon thoughts podcast, I talked about the amazing third book in the Potter series, The Prisoner of Azkaban. Now we move on the book four, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I’m always a bit surprised by how many people consider this to be their… Read More🎙️ Canon Thoughts: Prisoner of Azkaban• Article
In my series called Canon Thoughts, I’ve given my comments about books one and two of the Harry Potter series as well as about some of the early interviews which Rowling gave back in 1999 and 2000. I’ve also given my take on Crimes of… Read More🎙️ CC1.1&2: Starting With the Epilogue• Article
In today’s Minute I will be discussing Part 1, Act 1, Scenes 1&2 of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Really quick before moving on, I may not be discussing each scene of this play individually, as the shortest of them can be about half a page long. What I’ll… Read More🎙️ CC1.3: Rose, Rumors, and Role Reversals• Article
In today’s Minute I’ll be discussing Cursed Child Part 1, Act 1, Scene 3. Up first I’d like to talk about Rose Granger-Weasley. My first impression of her was a bad one. I thought she came off prejudiced and snobby, and while her parents were… Read More🎙️ CC1.4: A Little Bit About A Lot• Article
In this Minute about Cursed Child Part 1, Act 1, Scene 4 I’m going to discuss a little bit about a lot, because there’s so much that goes on in just this one scene, two years of stuff to be exact. So I’ll jump right in. Read MoreCecily• Character
Cecily was an American witch who apparently had some sort of romantic history with MACUSA employee Sam, an Obliviator, who handed over Jacob Kowalski to Queenie Goldstein because she threatened to tell Cecily that he was now seeing Ruby, a fellow employee standing nearby (WFT). Read MoreCG: The Crimes of Grindelwald• Source
The second film in the Fantastic Beasts series, which is entitled Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Read MoreIt Is Our Choices• Quote
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”… Read MoreCity Hall subway station
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Public places • Railway places
The subway station outside City Hall in 1926 New York was decorated in an ornate Art Deco style and functioned as a base for Obscurial Credence Barebone, who lurked there before attacking the No-Maj Senator Shaw. It was also the location of the epic final battle against Barebone (WFT). Read MoreTo be clear ...• Article
A few hours ago, after discussion, we went ahead and retweeted the link to JK Rowling’s essay giving her opinions about the controversy she kicked up with her tweets about trans people, specifically trans women. Over the past few days we also retweeted Emma Watson’s comments and those of… Read MoreWhat's Comin' Will Come• Quote
“What’s comin’ will come, an’ we’ll meet it when it does.”… Read MoreCommon Room
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Hogwarts
The common room in a school is a room to which all members in a certain category have common access for social or business purposes. At Hogwarts, each of the Houses has a common room where the students of that House congregate for meetings, to study, and to socialize. A… Read More
Corporeal Patronus
— "Expecto Patronum"
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Spells
A corporeal Patronus is a fully-shaped spirit animal conjured with the Patronus Charm (OP8, OP16). The Patronus Charm is extremely difficult for most witches and wizards, so a corporeal Patronus that takes the form of a living animal is rare and shows great magical ability (Pm). An “incorporeal patronus”… Read More🎙️ CS16: Ginny and Dumbledore• Article
Book and chapter share the same title in Chapter 16 of Chamber of Secrets. There were a couple of things that stood out to me when reading this chapter. These moments were about Dumbledore and Ginny. Chapter 16 showed me how Dumbledore is a symbol of leadership, hope, and… Read More🎙️ CS3: The Weasley Twins• Article
I have to start off this Minute with telling you that this is one of my favorite chapters of the series. We are getting a close up look at my favorite wizarding family: the Weasleys. I love their overflowing, disorganized, warm and crowded home, and their family… Read More🎙️ CS4: Privet Drive vs. The Burrow• Article
In Chamber of Secrets Harry goes from living in one extreme to being brought to the opposite extreme. The first sentences of Chapter 4, At Flourish and Blotts, describes it perfectly: ‘Life at the Burrow was as different as possible from everything on Privet Drive. The Dursleys liked everything… Read More🎙️ CS7: Mudbloods and Murmurs• Article
There are several standout moments for me in Chapter 7 of Chamber of Secrets, titled “Mudbloods and Murmurs.” First off, Harry is so kind to Colin Creevey. Colin is in this new world, and he is in the same house as the newest celebrity in recent wizarding history. Read More