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A general thread for discussion of the Harry Potter books. Any new books set in the same world are also on-topic.

Games, films and other adaptations may be more appropriate for other threads if they're being discussed in isolation.

The HBO tv series has its own thread.

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there doesn't seem to be a general HP topic...

Edited by Mrph1 on May 27th 2025 at 9:17:24 AM

LewisLiddel Lucem Ferto Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
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#9776: Jun 13th 2016 at 8:17:43 AM

I just read the spoilers and ... is JK trolling us? It sounds like she is? What?

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Ninety Absolutely no relation to NLK from Land of Quakes and Hills Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
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#9777: Jun 13th 2016 at 8:27:55 AM

Gunnerkrigg Court does a pretty good job of showing us what the previous generation would look like now, while focusing on the current generation of kids.


The answer is "ranging from perfectly nice and well adjusted, to having some baggage, to being completely fucked up, to dead".

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lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#9778: Jun 13th 2016 at 10:23:58 AM

I just realized some of the potential tropes we can add are Draco in Leather Pants and Ron the Death Eater.

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Cross (Don’t ask)
#9779: Jun 13th 2016 at 10:32:34 AM

Prefer Cedric the Death Eater, it's more accurate.[lol]

edited 13th Jun '16 10:32:59 AM by Cross

lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#9780: Jun 15th 2016 at 4:35:24 PM

[up] I dunno, Cedric just doesn't have the same ring to it.

edited 15th Jun '16 4:35:33 PM by lalalei2001

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diyedas Since: Feb, 2010
#9781: Jun 15th 2016 at 5:26:41 PM

How about Edward The Death Eater?

lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#9782: Jun 21st 2016 at 11:08:42 PM

Spoilers are confirmed to be real.

http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/harry-potter-cursed-child-learned/

http://heathermcnamara.tumblr.com/post/146150913443/cursed-child

You may now resume screaming.

edited 21st Jun '16 11:12:18 PM by lalalei2001

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JulianLapostat Since: Feb, 2014
#9783: Jun 21st 2016 at 11:26:27 PM

Rowling is a genius. What better way to Torch the Franchise and Run and put a permanent end to the demand for continuation franchises and sequel series?

No one will adapt Cursed Child into a film or TV show now...

lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#9784: Jun 21st 2016 at 11:38:16 PM

I found the best reaction image to the spoilers, featuring Marik from Yu-Gi-Oh. The perfect mix of betrayal, disgust, and pain XD He looks like he just read awful internet spoilers that turned out to be true.

(I think the whole thing's hilarious though.)

edited 21st Jun '16 11:41:33 PM by lalalei2001

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#9785: Jun 22nd 2016 at 6:36:31 AM

So it sounds like what some people were saying, the story is bad but almost everything else seems to be good.

JulianLapostat Since: Feb, 2014
#9786: Jun 22nd 2016 at 6:43:50 AM

Well the thing is theatre productions tend to be on plot-levels a good deal more contrived and arch by definition. It has to do with the medium.

Most realistic plays (i.e. non-magical) tend to be chamber pieces in rooms and the like and set over a course of days.

So you can't judge Cursed Child by the same standards you used for the book. It's not the same medium.

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#9787: Jun 22nd 2016 at 1:23:56 PM

[up]Which make one ask WHY in the first damn place

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blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
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#9788: Jun 22nd 2016 at 1:33:34 PM

Because it's funny

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lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#9789: Jun 23rd 2016 at 11:14:37 AM

Reminds me of a letter written in to Nintendo Power about whether graphics or story were better for a game.

"Yes, it’s important to have good graphics, but it’s even more vital to have a good story. I mean, who cares about a game with awesome graphics if the main character is a pear that you have to get to the top of a staircase? I wouldn’t. -Jimmy Haight, Via Snail Mail

NP: Hey, we were really looking forward to Pear Stair 64."

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#9790: Jun 23rd 2016 at 4:00:07 PM

Both are subservient to gameplay, but that's neither here nor there.

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lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#9791: Jun 24th 2016 at 12:41:59 PM

http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/harry-potter-cursed-child-opening-night-reviews_41139.html

Producers of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child have announced that the embargo on press reviews will now lift at 00:01 on Tuesday 26 July, five days earlier than originally planned.

The announcement means reviews will be published five days before the official script book which is currently due to be released at 00:01 on 31 July.

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#9793: Jun 28th 2016 at 9:39:38 PM

I love that a fucking Hidebehind is an integral part of the backstory here. Nice to see a muggle play an important role in it, too.

edited 28th Jun '16 9:40:44 PM by rikalous

blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#9794: Jun 29th 2016 at 5:53:56 AM

Dipper?!

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Cross (Don’t ask)
#9795: Jun 29th 2016 at 6:02:22 AM

As soon as I read Hidebehind that was my first thought.

Eagal Since: Apr, 2012
#9796: Jul 13th 2016 at 8:41:00 AM

Has this been posted?

Why Vernon hated Harry.

In summary:

Vernon was a dick to James and James was a dick to Vernon and Harry looks like James, and the rest, as they say, is history.

DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
#9797: Jul 13th 2016 at 9:10:36 AM

Isn't this old news? I think Rowling wrote a story on this long ago.

Eagal Since: Apr, 2012
#9798: Jul 13th 2016 at 9:23:55 AM

*shrug* I saw it in my daily news wanderings.

CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
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#9799: Jul 14th 2016 at 12:25:27 PM

To be honest, James could have been the nicest of nice guys, and Vernon would still treat Harry like shit. Some people simply exist to be dicks.

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JulianLapostat Since: Feb, 2014
#9800: Jul 14th 2016 at 12:29:08 PM

i don't know what this fuss is about. Vernon met James and acted all snooty to him and James responded back, why is this front page news...this was revealed in Pottermore ages ago.


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