The new pre-epilogue
Jul. 19th, 2014 02:18 pmExcerpt here.
Maybe Pottermore members can fill us on on what's in the rest of "Rita's" article?
I have to wonder what they have added to the wizarding world's water supply. Remember how wizards used to be fickle creatures, capable of going from hero-worship to deep suspicion and hatred based on a few gossip columns or rumors in the halls? No longer!
Since Harry is about to turn 34, this is roughly 16 years after the DA did its thing. That they're still famous for being the DA, and Auroring and whatever else is clearly a distant, secondary consideration, suggests that they haven't really done anything all that newsworthy lately. (I would bet on the cut being from a game of pickup Quidditch with Ron & co. or something equally boring.) Yet they're excited enough to see Harry that Rita can spin it into a stampede?
There must have been nothing happening at all in the WW for the last 16 years. I guess they really do disappear when Rowling isn't looking.
Maybe Pottermore members can fill us on on what's in the rest of "Rita's" article?
I have to wonder what they have added to the wizarding world's water supply. Remember how wizards used to be fickle creatures, capable of going from hero-worship to deep suspicion and hatred based on a few gossip columns or rumors in the halls? No longer!
As the crowd stampeded, tents were flattened and small children mown down. Fans from all corners of the globe stormed towards the area where members of Dumbledore’s Army were rumoured to have been sighted, desperate above all else for a glimpse of the man they still call the Chosen One.
Since Harry is about to turn 34, this is roughly 16 years after the DA did its thing. That they're still famous for being the DA, and Auroring and whatever else is clearly a distant, secondary consideration, suggests that they haven't really done anything all that newsworthy lately. (I would bet on the cut being from a game of pickup Quidditch with Ron & co. or something equally boring.) Yet they're excited enough to see Harry that Rita can spin it into a stampede?
There must have been nothing happening at all in the WW for the last 16 years. I guess they really do disappear when Rowling isn't looking.
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Date: 2014-07-20 09:54 pm (UTC)I have the same problem.
I remember one part Rita's comments that Harry is letting Little Teddy run wild.
Which made me think - what kind of parent do you think Harry would be?
The Dursley's showed him the child you love you spoil rotten, you make the child you hate do chores.
At Hogwarts what was he shown? Dumbledore treats the rules as a joke, lets Harry be on the Quidditch team as a first year, gives Harry a forbiden cloak so Harry can break the rules. Snape wants to punish Harry for breaking the rules, which only shows that Snape hates Harry.
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Date: 2014-07-21 12:36 am (UTC)