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NEW - Harry Potter Locations London Tour

posted by britmovietours

Pusging the trolley through the wall at Platform 9 34

Climb aboard as we take you on a two hour bus tour to some of the London locations used in the Harry Potter movies including sites from the latest film Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

Learn how the films were made, discuss the books and get trivia about the magical world of J.K.Rowling’s boy wizard. Along the way you’ll have the chance to get off the bus, take pictures and see the locations up close.

Feel free to dress up as Harry Potter or any other character in the series, (only if you want to). Keep your wits about you as we’ll test your knowledge on the world of the boy wizard...

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Ways to Lighten Up the Ministry

posted by crazyduds2

1. Put a whopee cushion on Delores Umbridge's seat. When she asks you why it's there, respond with, "The dark lord is back. Watch yourself." And than walk away.
2. Blare loud muggle rap music from your office and scream "Oh yeah, baby!" And "Whoa yeah!" At random times.
3. Install lighting in the Department of Mysteries and call it the "Department of Lighting."
4. Scream in the hall, "Bellatrix! Why have you left me?" And than ask the nearest person if they would like to join you for a butterbeer after work.
5. Tell everyone that you have a secret. When they ask you what it is, say "Meet me at Hogwarts." When they ask why, simply stand there until another person comes by and ask them if they want a free broomstick.
6. Walk up to an employee and ask "Where did Fudge go?" When they say he left the ministry, scream in there faces that he didn't leave.

Well, that's all I've got. Thanks for reading.

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25 Ways to Tick Off a Harry Potter Fan

posted by BellaCullen96

1. In casual conversation, constantly ask: "Now what was the name of that kid with the scar again?"

2. Anytime they bring up the books, close your ears and sing loudly - then tell them they're spoiling it for you (even if you have no intention of reading them).

3. Ask what "HP" stands for.

4. When they begin to theorize, bluntly say "I think Harry is in cahoots with Voldemort and it's all just a huge publicity stunt."

5. Tell them you think the movies are better than the books.

6. Suggest they read the books on SparkNotes, because it's a lot faster.

7. Destroy any and all of their delusions...

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83 Ways to Annoy, Harass, Confuse, or Generally Scare the Dursleys

posted by BellaCullen96

1. Should Dudley be backing up for any reason, go "beep, beep, beep . . ."

2. Egg their house. Don't feel confined to chicken eggs.

3. Coat their entire kitchen with butter.

4. Get a cheap Muggle cell phone. Give it a very annoying ring tone, and set it to ring every hour on the hour. Make it invisible. Hide it in the air vent of their house.

5. Charm their garden hose to come to life and spray them down.

6. Charm their lawn to sprout large purple mushrooms. When stepped on, these mushrooms should squeak loudly.

7. Replace any flowers in their garden with the ever popular water squirting flowers....

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Fred and George Weasley: Gone

posted by serenafan122

For several long seconds, George’s mind refused -- no, was unable -- to comprehend what his eyes were telling it. He could not believe it; surely it was not possible. A joke, or a misunderstanding, or something serious, but not that serious, not enough to warrant the tears on everyone’s faces, nor his mother’s silence and outstretched arms. Not enough for Charlie’s pale face and blank eyes, nor Ginny’s quiet whimpers, nor Percy’s shoulders, heaving with silent sobs.

And then the awareness seeped through, the sight of Fred’s body registered, and there was something in his throat,...

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harry potter??? twilight vs harry potter

posted by H20rockzcleo

hi im caitlín and i enjoy reading both harry potter and twiight books but....... i cant decide which one is better some people think different but its good to have an opinion!!! am i right, i think i am see thats an opinion and im just wanted to say what is your opinion ... and comparing is ok the world would be boring if we were all the same and thought the same and this is NOT JUDGE MENTAL!!!no debates please!!! my opnion is that there both smashing books to read and you dont have to agree there both very entertaining to read and watch thats my opinion i cant wait to read yours!!!

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Remus Lupin & Salem Snape - Part 4

posted by Brysis

I don´t know if this part will be a little bit confusing for some ppl but i hope you like it!
I really love to write this story...
Thank you so much

His eyes were blue as always… but cold, intimidating, as the eyes of a wolf. We were in a room where I had never been before what surprised me. It was a small room with many old broken tables and chairs stowed on top of each other, wood shelves wrapped in spider webs caring old goblets. In one corner was a large mirror blurry by dust, all of it was made of gold and I could see my face reflected in it. I was pale like a ghost and his eyes were still...

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

posted by Poopla

When i first watched this film, my first thought was that the film was absolutly brilliant but different from the book although it did have 400 pages ad so it was a lot to put in.
I thought the bad thing about this film was the absolutly rubbish kiss by daniel radcliff and cho chang because it was too long and really wierd.
The good thing about the film was the special effects that made you belive that it was there really happening. Also, i wish we saw more of ginny, all she did was glare at cho chang which is boring. there wasn't much talking but lots of magic and exitment. I thought that...

House hybrids

posted by Pinnipedi

You hear a lot about house hybrids but not much about their actual characteristics? I just wanted to write something on what each hybrid would be like. What do you think? BTW I was just trying to paint a picture of a stereotypical hybrid for each one. I wasn't saying all hybrids have ALL these qualities

Gryffinclaw

-Messy, prone to being very dysfunctional, don't work well within this society

-Would break the law to uphold the truth

-Against "the system"

-Spends a disproportionate of time online and not enough on school/work/uni

-Loud about their views

-Probably believes in the concept of "universal...

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Harry Potter Series- Books or Movies?

posted by elsafan1010

I just knew I had to write this article after seeing a lot of fans debating on the topic:

"Are the books or movies better?"

So first of all, my love for Harry Potter didn't start from the books. My mother kept recommending them to me, but I was younger when the books came out first. That days, I always judged a book by its cover. So when I saw a random boy with a scar on his forehead standing and 7 books about him, I said, "Mom, stop. I don't wanna read it, I feel like it won't be interesting,"

My mom said ok, and we left the bookshop. But from that day on, my friends started watching Harry Potter...

All Deaths In Harry Potter Movies

posted by elsafan1010

First of all I should say this are the deaths of the movies, because more people died in the movies then books such as Lavender. I was so sad nearly about all characters! So I'm reviewing their sadnesses and remembering, listing them.

Hedwig

Hedwig is Harry's loyal owl which was a present from Hagrid to Harry for his birthday. He died in Harry Potter and the deathly hallows while everybody drank a potion to look like Harry. The death eaters kicked him out of the way and he fell down from all the meters, never be sawn again. He has a wildly underrated death and Harry shouted "Hedwig," but never...

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Examples Of Ring Composition Within The Harry Potter Series

posted by LowriLorenza89

This article was inspired by comments by Pensieve_Seeker. It lists 40 examples of ring composition within the series.

1. Voldemort's first defeat is discussed in the first chapter of Philosopher's Stone. He returns in Goblet of Fire and is defeated for the final time at the end of Deathly Hallows.

2. Harry sees his late parents in the Mirror of Erised in Philosopher's Stone. He sees them again via Priori Incantem in Goblet of Fire, and again through use of the Resurrection Stone in Deathly Hallows.

3. Harry becomes an orphan at the start of the series, and in Deathly Hallows his godson, Teddy...

Hogwarts School Teachers Scorecard

posted by 99148770

This is a Scorecard of The Hogwarts School Teachers from Harry Potter Books and Movies, The Five rankings are Love, Like, Neutral, Dislike and Hate.

List:

*Albus Dumbledore - Love
*Minerva McGonagall - Love
*Rubeus Hagrid - Love
*Remus Lupin - Love
*Rolanda Hooch - Like
*Sybill Trelawney - Like
*Horace Slughorn - Like
*Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody - Like
*Pomona Sprout - Like
*Filius Flitwick - Like
*Severus Snape - Like
*Gilderoy Lockhart - Neutral
*Quirinus Quirrell - Neutral
*Dolores Umbridge - Hate

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Why I Think Bellatrix Can Be Sympathetic To A Degree

posted by zanhar1

Undoubtedly Bellatrix is pretty much bad to her very core, and that's what we all love (or love to hate about her) but I think even Bellatrix can be a sympathetic character in some regards. And however minuscule I think there is some good in her but it comes out in a twisted way, that there are some redeemable qualities within her.

The main reason I can see Bella being a bit of a sympathetic character is because of her time in Azkaban. A drab, dreary, miserable place filled to the brim with sinister creatures that suck your soul out and rip away your memories whilst simultaneously making an...

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Ideas for MUGGLE characters

posted by bendaimmortal

I originally posted this as Kieran, at RPG-D and at my own Harry Potter RPG's forum. But I thought this would be useful for Harry Potter fanfiction writers in general as well.

There are countless ways you can perfeclly easily bring a muggle main character into any Harry Potter story or RPG & have a whole world of possibilities open for it - even if they don't know or never learn about magic's existence! They can know or learn, of course. Just, they really don't need to in order to be endlessly and colourfully written to a muggle's full potential.

If interested in how I connected my muggle...

Nevermore: Harry Potter 1980's RPG

posted by bendaimmortal

We live mainly the time period the books and most roleplaying games skip over – generally the 1980s and the beginning of the '90s – we'll see how the sociaty healed from the long war, and what happened when in the summer of 1992 a rumour spread that the Boy Who Lived battled Voldemort inside Hogwarts! How is your character adapting? Or is it a muugle who's yet to find out about the secret world of magic? Or perhaps a muggle who's absolutely terrified by magic like Mr. Dursley? In addition to the final two years of the first wizarding war, in this RPG muggles and the everyday life and festives...

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Prisoner of Azkaban Fan-Fic: Prologue-ch 2

posted by ScarOfTheWind

Sorry About this I actually published the whole thing so far previously but removed it because it was too long so I will be putting up 3 chapters at a time from now on.

This is only temporary and the beginnings of a MASSIVE fan fic. So can you just tell me if you like it? That would be great! :)

DISCLAIMER - I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters. I do own Alex, though.

Note - It’s based on a sort of mixture between the book and the movie, but the characters’ appearances and personalities are more like the adaptions in the movie.

Prologue

The rain beat down into the grey looking...

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Another Way of Interpreting a Moment in The Forest Again

posted by Pensieve_Seeker

Harry is in the forbidden forest, standing in front of Voldemort, about to give up his life. The book states "...and Harry thought inexplicably of Ginny, and her blazing look, and the feel of her lips on his--".

Now, a basic reading of this moment and people would think Harry's last thoughts were of kissing Ginny. Those who ship Harry with someone other than Ginny, will have his last thoughts be of that girl. For example, Harry and Hermione shippers, via the use of screen caps from the movies, will have Harry's last thoughts be of her.

However, what if there was more to this moment than meets...

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James real dad of Harry (YES!!!!)

posted by TW_FAN21

LORD Voldemort is definitely NOT Harry's dad. Rowling has a retort for anyone who develops this theory: "You lot have been watching much too much Star Wars."
LORD Voldemort is definitely NOT Harry's dad. Rowling has a retort for anyone who develops this theory: "You lot have been watching much too much Star Wars."LORD Voldemort is definitely NOT Harry's dad. Rowling has a retort for anyone who develops this theory: "You lot have been watching much too much Star Wars."LORD Voldemort is definitely NOT Harry's dad. Rowling has a retort for anyone who develops this theory: "You lot have been watching...

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What Once Was (A Bellatrix/Voldy Fic)

posted by zanhar1

There was a time when he loved her. A time when he actually could love, and she'd get him to do so again.

His name was Tom, she had met him during her first year at Hogwarts. He was in her herbology class, and was really the only thing that made actually showing up to the class worth while. At that point it was all too simple; two eleven year old children playing petty pranks in between classes and exchanging silly notes in the middle of class, mostly consisting of ridiculous and poorly drawn pictures of her dear cousin Sirius. The two would often sit before a fire in the common room and simply...