I professor Lockhart am here to solve all your magical problems with a swift application of magical me! Today’s letter is from a young man worried about his blood status and the terrible creature roaming the school. Dear Professor Lockhart, I am so scared that I’m going to be attacked by Slytherin’s monster. I’ve got […]
This ones been floating round for a while. Why don’t Fred and George ever notice Peter Pettigrew? Why doesn’t Harry for that matter. But the twins more so because they have had two and a half years to notice that there’s an extra person sleeping with their brother. So what the hell? Well I […]
Quick question: How many secret passages into Hogwarts? 7 right. Everything in Harry Potter is 7. So there are four that Filch knows about, one that was blocked by a cave in, one that ends up in Honeydukes and one under the Whomping Willow. One that goes to the Shrieking Shack. One that Sirius Black […]
Arguments have been made that magic is a recessive allele. Here is a link explaining the argument. If you hate clicking things I will give you a quick summary. As you may remember from biology class your genetic makeup is determined by alleles you receive from each parent. These can be dominant or recessive. […]
So I was reading Jezebel the other week when I came across this post. Basically it brings up a ‘flaw’ in the plot of the Goblet of Fire. Why doesn’t Barty Crouch JR just kidnap Harry on day one? Anyway I meant to write a rebuttal at the time (because taking these things too seriously is […]
I’m (hopefully/homefully) moving soon which has resulted in me trawling etsy for cool home stuff. There was a proliferation of Potter pillows. So here. I’m sharing.
Ok I’d like to talk a bit about sorting. Dumbledore worries that they might sort too young. I agree that Snape is as brave as he is obsessed with blood status, but let’s face it they would have to sort at about 25 for that to become apparent. The hat wonders if they should sort […]
So heads up, I cannot crochet. I can like barely knit. But my sister is very talented and awesome so I will be talking her into making me a Crookshanks to join my Patchirisu. There are a lot of amazing potter themed amigurumi around but I’ve tried to only include ones with free patterns so […]
Anyway it is time to get back to what this blog is all about. Picking holes in the things I love. 1. All the O.W.Ls Much of the plot of The Prisoner of Azkaban hinges on time travel. JK Rowling has already addressed the inherent problems with using time turners, “I went far too light-heartedly […]
I know Star Wars is getting all the high fashion attention (as seen here http://jezebel.com/another-star-wars-themed-collection-hits-the-fashion-we-1524377142 and here http://jezebel.com/rodartes-fall-winter-collection-is-star-wars-themed-1520701042) But I want us to all take a moment to contemplate how awesome Black Milk is? Queary what is 60 Australian Dollars in money? It’s like 1 Galleon and I can buy the lot right?
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