Randomramblings

All this talk about how much I like and adore the Harry Potter series and so little proof to back it up. Now you have at least two of those. The first one is a (cropped) screen shot of my W.O.M.B.A.T. test results, the other is that a Harry P. editorial I wrote some time ago for Mugglenet got published. (Hooray!)

It's been quite a while, so I thought they might not have considered my editorial good enough for posting. Especially as after I had written and submitted the editorial, I found several discussions that were basically saying the same thing. My thesis (and I'm fairly certain of it) is that Lily (=Harry's mother) performed the Fidelius Charm. It's not a big thing which could help us decipher the ending of Book 7 (supposedly Ms. Rowling's already got the title for it, but she won't - naturally- reveal it), but it is essential, because it helps us understand how a young, though very talented witch like Lily could have performed as immensely complicated spell as the Fidelius Charm. It also sheds light on the fact that the switch in the Secret-Keeper was made at the last possible moment and no one apart from the Potters, Sirius and Pettigrew knew about it. Anyway, this is explained in more detail in the editorial, so you might want to read it.

Another improvement - I finally persuaded boyfriend to read the HP series. He began in winter, around the New Year's and then got stuck halfway through Prisoner of Azkaban. His progress was slow and he constantly complained how he hated that she made the Dursley's such baddies. Then (in April) we went for a short trip to the sea-side (which boyfriend adores) and I (my meanest, black-mailing person) said we could go again as soon as he finishes books 3 and 4. Then he sort of got hooked, the story became much more interesting and as he didn't see Order of the Phoenix (the film's only coming out next summer), he was (I suppose) curious as to what happens in the next book. He read book 5 and then he just proceeded to read book 6. He's not yet as hooked, he's not quite become the HP sleuth I hoped him to be, but the ending of 6 is mysterious enough that I managed to develop a theory, and upon that, he shared his thoughts. The sole fact that he keeps asking when book 7's supposed to be out is enough to assure me that he liked the series more than he's willing to admit it.

Why am I so proud of the fact that he's read the book? Well, I can now tell him about the theories I've read in Mugglenet Editorials, I can ask him for his opinion, I can give my opinion and there's an almost endless subject for discussion. I only wonder one thing - when book 7 is published - who's going to read it first? Or are we going to read it in turns? Both at one time?