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Lancecrossfire
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07-13-2000
| Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 3:23 pm
here you go
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Tashakinz
Member
11-13-2002
| Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 3:49 pm
scrolling down I'm up to chapter 18, been at it all day lol. I just had a crazy thought though & wanted to document just on the one in a billion chance I'm right. Could the half-blood prince be Lily? We've always read about how good she was at charms, see Olivander's comment about her wand being good for charmwork or the powerful charm she used to save Harry... Now we're getting all of these comments from our new potions master (if your peeking, I'm sure you're wondering what's happened to good ole Snape...I'm not telling lol) about how good Lily was at potions. Could she have been the note-taker??? I haven't quite got the gender change aspect worked out, but why all these comments from Slughorn about Lily? Back to the book!
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Gradstudent
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07-10-2005
| Sunday, July 17, 2005 - 12:24 am
spoiler space oh, I hope it is lilly since it is entirely possible that Harry's father is still alive,too. This is so exciting, and I don't even have the book yet!
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Tashakinz
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11-13-2002
| Sunday, July 17, 2005 - 7:53 am
scrolling down I was wrong.
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Jkm
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07-10-2002
| Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 6:04 am
scrolling, scrolling edited -- wrong thread
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Reader234
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08-13-2000
| Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 3:27 pm
Just finished Chapter 18 myself, and wanted to add a few thoughts, not further than 19 tho!! The Potion Book Harry has - did the help he received for antidotes just appear? or was it there? It seemed eerily reminicent of The Diary of Tom Riddle!! ~*shudder~* Has anyone (Harry or Hermione) done a wand wave to make sure??? They brought up Lilly as the Prince in an earlier chapter, but didnt they reply "it doesnt say Princess, but Prince?" again, havent read beyond 18 yet!!! Its the Draco twist that has me going, I know that boy has some magic up his sleeve courtesy of Voldemort!!! It has to be why Draco wasnt interested in the cloak, he has something better!!! (just speculating of course!!) On to Chapter 19!! Oh wait, when did it get to be 5:30, I cant take all these interruptions, lunch, dinner, get car repaired, clean up kitchen... *sigh...
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Reader234
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08-13-2000
| Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 4:36 pm
OK skipping first line... ROFLOL - I just finished chp 20, looked at the title of chpt 21, and realized BIG BRother is on tonight!! roflol (Title is something like the secret room!!) I'm going to put my speculation in white, in case Calamity comes over to share her impressions with me!! Again, chpt 20 reminds us readers of the most powerful magic of all - Love - we know the reason Harry survived was because Lily LOVED Harry enough to die for, and I wondered if some of that love was present when Sirius died... and now here's a HUGE purely speculation that's been sitting in the back of my mind... Has anyone else seen the similiarities between all the major literature of Good vs Evil? Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Narnia... as I hit upon a forshadowing like that in chpt 20 - LOVE - I go back to those other books!! ah well, as I said, this book gets me to pondering... and I am now at a point where I dont want to put it down, but put it down I must... and it helps me to ponder even more... The items discussed in chpt 20, is that what Draco is after? Do they have a deep meaning, once the are all joined - Eureka yet another reference to another great literature series!! Gotta read the next chapter > > > > >
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Calamity
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10-18-2001
| Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 11:15 am
*~> *~> *~> Spoiler Space <~* <~* <~* Hi ya, Reader234! I've read through chapter 21. The illustration for chapter 22 left me rather distressed, despite myself, and I just didn't have the heart to go on (it's so Kafka-esque *whimper*). Okay, on to my rambling...I know I'm going to forget half of what I thought of while reading last night! About your spec...yes, I immediately noticed the reference to love again. It did make me think of some of the stories you mentioned, as well as some others. But I hadn't considered it having anything to do with Sirius, that's a cool idea. I miss him! My first thought was the locket (what's in it btw?!) and the cup may have something to do with Draco's mission. Not sure though. He wanted to know how to fix one thing and the other thing he didn't want to be seen carrying - both those items seem small enough to conceal. Unless they could be detected by other means, that is. We need more information! If it does have to do with relics from the schools' founders, I wonder if Draco's planning to steal Gryffindor's sword? And what's Ravenclaw's item? (I'm probably way off track here, lol.) I like your idea of putting them together though. I think Hermione checked the Potions book but nothing happened. The notes are written all over the margins and I don't recall any of them appearing before Harry's eyes. I think a lot of this book echoes CoS, especially with the comparisons of Harry & Tom Riddle. Ooh...I got a shiver when Dumbledore told Harry that no one has remained in the DADA post for more than a year since he refused TR/V the job. (And just what did he want to get back into the castle for? Dumbledore says there's a lot of ancient magic hidden in it). When Harry spotted Mundungus stealing Sirius's stuff, I worried that perhaps he had been spying on the Order all along. Now that's he been arrested and sent to Azkaban, I'm more inclined to think he's probably "innocent" (relatively speaking). I guess I have as much faith in the Ministry of Magic as Harry does! Tonks...Harry voiced what I was thinking earlier. That perhaps Tonks had been in love with Sirius and that's why she's been so sad and her Patronus changed to that hauntingly familiar form. But last night I was wondering if Tonks isn't Tonks. That would also account for the different Patronus form plus explain why she's not changing appearance and is always lurking around Harry (I know she's supposed to be guarding him). Or perhaps she's under a curse? But how likely is that given that JKR has already tricked us with mistaken identities & people under the Imperius curse in past books? I think I'm getting ahead of myself, lol. One last thing, I was most vexed with Ron for interrupting Moaning Myrtle. I want to know who the boy visiting her was. There's too many possibilities - one of the Creevy's, Neville, Malfoy, the Prince, who knows?! Got some more thoughts & theories but I have to get back to work now!
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Reader234
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08-13-2000
| Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 11:41 am
Excellent points Calamity......... I had such a hard time picking up the book, knowing what was to come... even then... I still cant get over how JK is able to pull you in, to remind you of things that draw you more emotionally into this story.... heading over to the last chapter posts!! Thanks for keeping me company as I read!!
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 11:48 am
Same to you (thanks, that is )! So you've finished the book? I figure I've got at least one more night of reading. Of course Lost is on tonight and I'll be engrossed in that (even though I've already seen all the episodes, lol) so it might not be 'til tomorrow when I can finish. Depends what time I get home. Maybe I can finish. I'm excited but also apprehensive about learning what happens.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 12:40 pm
HI again!! Just plan on finishing the book when you have time to take it all in, it evoked feelings in me that I didnt realize!! I remember the last book when Sirius died, and JK had an attatchment to that character... I didnt cry, or truly understand Sirius' character... The way JK drew me in, as soon as I thought, ok, we're moving on in the storyline, then she would continue to write and draw me in emotionally - I didnt expect that!! So today, I set aside time to contemplate the end of the book, and 2 years before the last book!! And I'm glad I did, I keep going back to the last few chapters... completely hooked!! Its maybe not so much crying, but its just sad the book came to an end and there is just ONE more book left, and I have to wait 2 years!! lol!! I also was interrupted by one heck of a rainstorm - the windows were closed, but were leaking so bad I soaked up a towel!! Right at my last chapter!! LOL!! So I suggest you find that uninterrupted time... enjoy lost etc... make this one last!! PS I've also gone over to the last chpt discussion, but they are so ahead of me, I cant type my impressions!! I've started a couple of times, but my hearts just not in it!! 
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