The Harry Potter Official Thread

[Cassie]

WOOT! YAY Rena! And fellow Gryffindorian! {woot}

So there is Bambi, Rena, Brad and myself at the moment. And yep, I was thinking 3-5 chapters a week but it's not up to me. I only suggested that as it seemed a fair enough amount of chapters to read in a week for people who might not read quite so fast as some of us do. I mean, if Brad is a quick reader, we could easily get through a few more chapters a week if we all wanted, but I don't want to go overboard, or we'll get chapters mixed up/have too much information in our noggins at once to separately discuss chapters, you know?

I dunno, it's up to you guys, whatever you want to do.

[bambigoddess]

I'm sure we could read a little faster than 3-5 pages a week, but if we're planning on discussing along the way, maybe we should keep the reading relatively light so we have more time to share ideas and such? Just a thought.

[Cassie]

Most of us are on here every night, so maybe we could just read a chapter per-night... although of course, if there's a night when you're not online, you'll mis a chapter discussion, though that depends on how much that would matter to you personally. =\

Well, maybe we should read at least 5 chapters a week, that'll speed things up.

[phoebe91]

Whoa, y'all love saying a lot of stuff xD Unfortunately I couldn't read it all on this tiny computer o_o

ANYHOW, I'll join you for re-reading of the books. 3 chapters is easy compared to all of the college reading that needs to be done. Just please send me PMs/IMs/Emails ANYTHING, because I'm not likely to check this thread.

This weekend I'll get myself sorted (haha xD) and I'll find my copies <3 Let the reading fest begin!

[BroadwayBeckons]

I'll hop on board once you start the movie marathon XD

[Cassie]

(02-04-2009 05:49 AM)Phoebe link Wrote:Whoa, y'all love saying a lot of stuff xD Unfortunately I couldn't read it all on this tiny computer o_o

ANYHOW, I'll join you for re-reading of the books. 3 chapters is easy compared to all of the college reading that needs to be done. Just please send me PMs/IMs/Emails ANYTHING, because I'm not likely to check this thread.

This weekend I'll get myself sorted (haha xD) and I'll find my copies <3 Let the reading fest begin!

We'll probably be reading around 5 [possibly a couple more] chapters a week now, though we haven't fully established it yet - we're waiting for Brad to come back so he can have his say too. How many chapters would you be comfortable with getting through per week? Same question to Rena & Brad if they read this.

ANYhoo, WOOT WOOT! {woot} Wow, originally I thought there'd just be a couple of us wanting to have a read-fest, but now's there's FIVE! That's pretty astonishing. Thanks for joining in, Phoebe!

[Chanel]

i don't really have time for the reading thing, but i might try to read a little under 5 chapters a week. 3, at the most. anyway, i did the sorting and these are my results:
Ravenclaw - 11
Slytherin - 11
Gryffindor - 9
Hufflepuff - 8

[saminsim]

I am a Harry Potter fanatic as well and i too have taken the test heaps of times. i got Gryffindor!! {clap} although green is my favourite colour. I think its great that im not the only one thats LOVES the harry potter series! i will defiantley join in on the reading if thats ok  {blush}.

[Cassie]

Wow, this is getting popular!

So far...
1) Bambi
2) Brad
3) Rena
4) Phoebe
5) Saminsim
6) Myself

... are all rereading, as far as I recall!

I think it starts on Monday, guys, but keep checking back to make sure. Eeeep! *is excited*

And now, I need to reply to Bambi's epic postness which I promised I would respond to yesterday and have yet to do so. {rolleyes}

PS: Saminsim, that's soo similar to many of us on here actually! Lots of Harry Potter fans. And way too many of us adore green, haha.

[Cassie]

dateline= Wrote:Aw, that’s really cool. And yes, I understand that was a few days ago, but still. I think, out of all the movies, COS is the one that I’ve watched the least. I really don’t understand why that is. Although, if I recall correctly, it’s also the book I’ve read the least. That may have something to do with it, I don’t know. But anyway, very, very cool.

Too eccentric? If that’s the case, we both are. XD Us and our epic posts. {rolleyes}

It's the film I've seen the least of too. The film I've definitely watched the most is POA. I couldn't place a finger on the rest, I think they're pretty much all equal. Though I've seen the films so many times now... I can recite them word for word. {rolleyes}

dateline= Wrote:Honestly, I bet I’d be in ‘The Puff House’ (hehe) as well. Either that or Ravenclaw, though I don’t consider myself to be so wise. No matter, we’d make Hufflepuff the new Gryffindor, right? XD

Eep, Gryffindor…it’s always, always, always about Gryffindor. Nearly everyone wants to be in that house, and it does get a little…blah.

I'm definitely not wise enough for Ravenclaw, though after Slytherin I think it'd be my second choice. The problem with Slytherin is, everyone always assumes that if you're in Slytherin, you must be a bad guy. I don't think that's true. I just think the majority of trouble-makers reside in that house, but that doesn't mean they're all bad. Sure, they may be more sneaky and sly than most other students but that doesn't make you a bad person. Plus, they wear green, it automatically makes them superior.
When I was younger, I always wanted to be in Gryffindor, but I remember thinking Draco [Tom] was very attractive in the second film and switching to being a Slytherin addict. I was like 9 or 10 at this time so I was easily swayed anyhoo. Though ever since then my heart has lways kind of belonged with Slytherin. <3

dateline= Wrote:It was a very long discussion, indeed, in which we agreed on just about everything, if not everything. Yep, the good old Faith Hook. I’d imagine it’s slow goings right now, but it’ll pick up soon once she’s that decent break from HP she keeps rambling about Roll Eyes

To keep this post from being epically epic, all I’ll say about the next part of this quote is: fantastic ideas. I guess we’ll expand more on that once we get down to this book-reading business.

You know, as cliche as it may sound, I do hope she carries on the legacy and uses the Faith Hook to perhaps tell us the story of the brand new trio, Albus Severus [still cracks me up to this day], Rose & Scorpius. I hope Albus got sorted into Gryffindor, Rose into Ravenclaw [she inherited her mother's brains after all], and Scorpius into Slytherin, then they'd all be from varying houses but still best friends.
Personally I've always been a Rose/Scorpius shipper, I think they'd be AMAZINGLY cute together [even though we don't know these characters at all, haha] and the epilogue totally foreshadowed a relationship there.

Some random R/S fanarts..

http://keerakeera.deviantart.com/art/HP-...s-89681355
http://keerakeera.deviantart.com/art/Sco...-108816887

[Wanted to post the images into the post, but they wouldn't show up..]

Okay, getting carried away... {unsure} {rolleyes}

dateline= Wrote:Let’s hope it’s only 15 minutes. I really, really just want it to fade into the past now. I’m pretty much done with all this Twilight nonsense, and the series has been…well, I wouldn’t really say ruined, but I’m having a MUCH harder time enjoying it than I use to because of all the fuss that’s been made about it. Poor HP…it truly deserves the title, no matter what a bunch of kids think.

With the KCA'S though... it's a bunch of tweens who are voting [though I admit I voted myself...] so I don't take it to heart so much. I think it takes an older person to appreciate the diversity and superiority of HP, really. Besides... there's been no HP buzz for two years... and during that time, Twilight took centre stage, but it'll be HP's time to shine again soon enough.

dateline= Wrote:They were completely and utterly adorable. Haha, I remember loving Rupert so much in the first movies (not quite the way you do, Cassie, I’m just saying he was 100% lovable and, as you said, adorkable). And, though Emma’s eyebrows were as crazy as ever in those movies, at least she had her bushy hair…which I just realised is discussed more in the next quote, so moving on. XD

Oh, right, uniforms. I really, really miss them. I’d love it if they’d at least wear them around the castle and whatnot again. While they’re relaxing, then of course they should wear casual clothing. But the rest of the time, during school business, they need to be dressed for the part. 

Oh my goodness... didn't we once have a mega discussion over Emma's crazy eyebrows?! Or am I making this up? I swear we did...

Sorry, just had to put that out there. {rolleyes}

dateline= Wrote:Completely agreed. We all know Emma has gorgeous hair, but Hermione DOESN’T. The first two films, I think, stayed much closer to the book. That’s why they have that special spark about them that the others, quite simply, don’t. Although, I suppose it’s too late now to fix things like Emma/Hermione’s hair, considering it’d be strange to switch back after 3 movies. Ohs wells.

Oh. Don’t even get me started on her dress. It. Was. Disasterful. Absolutely awful, and not at all how I had imagined it while reading (especially considering it was, as you said, periwinkle blue in the book, NOT pink). Ron’s Yule Ball attire, on the other hand, was much, much truer to the book.

I LOVED Ron's Yule Ball setup! His clothing was perfect! I absolutely adored that line he had, ' I look like my Great Aunt Tessie [was it Tessie?]... I SMELL like my Great Aunt Tessie... Murder me, Harry.' And oh, his face was hilarious through the whole thing. And when he sniffed his pits! Gah, don't get me started... {lol}

As for Hermione's dress... I remember before the film came out, there were these behind-the-scenes video floating about, and I recall Emma syaing how much she adored the dress and how beautiful it was. I was like, 'no. No Emma. NOT beautiful.' And I know the majority of fans share our opinion, because I do remember everyone was complaining about how hideous the dress was/the colour... it really did nothing for Emma/Hermione. I hope she doesn't wear anything as disasterful[nice word, btw ] at the wedding in DH. Please make Hermione look stunning for once...

dateline= Wrote:On another note, it’s APRIL. Meaning we’re just a little more than three months away from HBP! Eep! Nothing will compare to my excitement (and most likely yours as well, Cassie) in the few days leading to and the day of the release of HBP.

This actually tops my excitement for TS3. The wait for this film has been EPIC. Longer even than the wait for TS3, which seems endless to me. I can't believe we're finally so close [to both TS3 AND HBP, really], we're definitely going to be rewarded this Summer, after all our waiting.

Doesn't the film come out a day earlier in the US than over here in the UK? I'm sure US gets it July 16th and we get it July 17th... though that might have changed? I hope we get it the same day, as that gives us automatic rights to spaz the day before release, and review/talk about the film on the same day, too.

dateline= Wrote:What we could do is make an early, unofficial guess before we reread the series, just in case the official spot is declared before we have a chance to read the 7th book. If it isn’t, then once we finish our read-through we can make a more accurate and official prediction. Would that work?

That sounds like a great idea. I'm actually going to think about this today and try and post some of my own predictions about where it'll be divided.

dateline= Wrote:Haha, perfect way to put it. And very HP-like. XD Whaaat?! Extended wait?! No! One DAY is hard enough to wait for the second installment, let alone 6 months. And now they’re saying it’ll be 8?! Oh…dear…

We may have to leave the forums during that time, Cassie. Everyone will come after us with pitchforks and torches as I assume we’d be annoying as all get-out. XD

Well, even though those 8 months will be some of the most difficult of our lives, we should at least be thankful we have another movie to anticipate anyway, when you think about it. They didn't HAVE to split the film into two [although it did kind of figure, I mean it's the best way to milk the cash cow...], and in that case, we wouldn't have another three films to look forward to, rather two. So once we'd watched DH part 1, there'd be no Part 2 to look forward to because it was all squeezed into one film. So even though I will be gutted when Part 1 finishes and we have to wait so long for Part 2, I'll be grateful at the same time.

Honestly, I may go into hibernation between the two films anyway, so nobody has to put-up with me. {rolleyes}

dateline= Wrote:Oh! I could NEVER forget the Faith Hook! I’m absolutely certain that we are right about it. She does know what she’s doing. Now she can sit back and write without all the pressures of fans and publishers and interviews. Then, once HP seems to be on it’s last leg, she’ll bring it back into focus with the announcement of the Faith Hook! It’ll be a complete shock to everyone except us. Yep, yep…it’ll happen. {yes}

I WOULD go on about suggestions and such for the Faith Hook, but perhaps we can save that discussion for after we reread the series? Man, this thread is going to be MASSIVE.

It is going to be HUGE - because I agree, I reckon we should totally speculate the Faith Hook once we've done with the rereading. I would LOVE that. I already did a minor but of speculating earlier, with the whole Albus/Rose/Scorpius trio, as that's what I hope happens the most, though I'm not fussy. I have plenty to say about this actually, so bring it on!

dateline= Wrote:Me too, me too, me too! XD Haha, as you said before, epic seems to be our word of choice when describing our posts. We are now considered Epic Posters, not Top Posters.

There really should be an award or something for the most epic posters. {rolleyes} Or rather, a psychiatrist link so we can get some help.

Okay, I'm done. I tried to keep my replies shorter and missed a couple of things out. Hopefully it's not too epic this time, though. I've yet to press 'Preview' to find out.

EDIT: Just previewed it. Nowhere near as bad as last time, I don't think.