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Post by Nethyr on Aug 13, 2007 15:42:16 GMT -4
Sorry, been listening to too many Pottercasts since the end of 7. I blame them.  |
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Post by Paco_Guerrera on Aug 13, 2007 16:31:57 GMT -4
I tried listening to pottercasts, but the group that does them annoy me.
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Post by Nethyr on Sept 25, 2007 10:43:48 GMT -4
You know it only occurred to me a week or so ago that the deluminator which Dumbledore left to Ron (which lets you hear people when they say your name) must have been ringng off the hook while in Dumbledore's posession. Think of how often people were always talking about him. Students, parents, the Ministry...
Could the deluminator have been a cornerstone of Dumbledore's perceived nigh omniscience?
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Post by Paco_Guerrera on Sept 25, 2007 12:48:05 GMT -4
It was a magic cigarette lighter.
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Post by fullermj on Sept 25, 2007 14:50:37 GMT -4
yes, for lighting butter smokes.
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Post by Nethyr on Oct 21, 2007 16:43:57 GMT -4
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Post by Poobar on Oct 21, 2007 19:05:57 GMT -4
Kate knew... but only after reading that article about 2 days ago
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Post by Nethyr on Oct 23, 2007 15:06:00 GMT -4
I thought this was guaranteed to get people chatting. What do we think? Is this contrversy for the sake of controversy? Did she have this in mind long before it came up with the screenwriter? Will this affect this book series' place in history?
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Post by brethyr on Oct 23, 2007 15:30:37 GMT -4
I thought this was guaranteed to get people chatting. What do we think? Is this contrversy for the sake of controversy? Did she have this in mind long before it came up with the screenwriter? Will this affect this book series' place in history? I just like the idea that she thinks her characters have a secret life beyond the books. I had thought they weren't real. |
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Post by Paco_Guerrera on Oct 23, 2007 16:59:47 GMT -4
I dont think the sexual preference of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore should be a matter of discussion at all really. He is a character in a fictional world created for children and his sexual preferences play zero part in the plot of said books. Knowing whether he likes men or women is totally irrelevant.
"People will ask what about grindlewald though?? Now we understand what that was about!"
Really? Cause I didnt see a whole lot of confusion regarding that issue during my read-through. It was made quite clear that there was a bond or connection between these guys and went beyond just two dudes hanging out, and when grindlewald went bad dumbledore was devestated. I really didnt need to have a black and white clarification that the connection was love of penis. Adding this little tidbit doesnt make the relationship any more profound or significant.
My main issue with this is I dont think this revelation adds anything at all to the overall plot or needs to exist for any relevant purpose. It doesnt improve the story and it doesnt improve the character. She didnt see fit to address this issue in the actual books, so why feel the urge to do so now? What is the point??
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Post by Poobar on Oct 23, 2007 17:41:33 GMT -4
There is a part in one of the books that mentions the unnatural relationship between Dumbledoor and Harry... and of course, in modern day, unnatural relationship is usually used to describe but pirate. It changes nothing of the story. Still my favorate character of all time... and now he's out of the closet... fine by me
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Post by brethyr on Oct 23, 2007 17:46:41 GMT -4
I have a friend who used to work for the Jim Henson company in NYC, and she once answered the phone there to some random guy phoning them to ask if Ernie and Bert were gay or not. She asked him if he realized that they were just puppets, and when not being filmed for Sesame Street, they were put in boxes. Separate boxes.
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Post by Nethyr on Dec 10, 2007 14:05:39 GMT -4
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Post by Paco_Guerrera on Dec 10, 2007 14:44:10 GMT -4
Wow, its practically word for word the explaination I gave back on page 3 of this thread describing what I thought happened in the forest and in kings cross. That  totally plagerized me! I always  umed the core of the elder wand was bacon, because bacon is the most awesome substance ever and only something able to rock that hard can possibly hope to power the most uber wand in the land. |
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Post by Nethyr on Aug 1, 2008 1:59:28 GMT -4
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