Comments for The Harry Potter Companion

Comment on After the Burial by Alexnder

Alexnder — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:20:08 +0000

In regards to the wine thing, I had always assumed there was some still left in the bottles and that Harry just increased the quantity that was already in the bottles. Its never said in the book that the bottles are empty, but that they were emptying and that they were running out fast. If that is the case, I would love to have that spell would save a lot of money if you ran out of milk or food in the house haha.

Comment on Hermione’s Secret by Billie

Billie — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:21:01 +0000

@Amanda – I’ve wondered the same thing about the link between a patronus and an Animagus form. The only time in the books we see an Animagus cast a patronus is in DH30, when Prof. McGonagall casts three patronuses to summons the other heads of house – and the patronuses are indeed cats with spectacle markings. So I think you must be right.

Comment on Essay: Harry Potter, Occlumens? by Kc

Kc — Sun, 20 May 2012 02:15:07 +0000

Will you complete essays on HBP and DH?

Comment on Essays by prongs

prongs — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:00:30 +0000

Hey John, I didn’t know where else to leave this query, and I know it’s beyond irrelevant, but what if Voldemort succeeded in killing Harry in the graveyard. By cannon he would have still been alive because Riddle would have been killing Harry’s horcrux. Thoughts?

Comment on Essay: A Very Bad Year for Albus Dumbledore (and it’s all Snape’s fault) by prongs

prongs — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:32:23 +0000

Something JKR let us discover for ourselves.

Comment on A Very Frosty Christmas by david

david — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:58:21 +0000

I don’t usually have much to say against Molly, but Molly’s actions towards Fleur regarding a Weasley jumper aside; she has committed another quite obvious attempt to make Fleur feel unwelcome. The Weasley family gather for Christmas and she refuses to allow Bill and Fleur to sleep in the same room(Bill sharing room with the twins, Fleur sharing with Ginny)? I understand parents might want to separate teenage children from their partners when staying under their roof, but by this time Bill is over 25. It stands out as an attempt to make Fleur feel uncomfortable and indicate to Fleur that Molly does not accept Fleur as suitable for her first born.

Comment on Essay: A Very Bad Year for Albus Dumbledore (and it’s all Snape’s fault) by vandysnape

vandysnape — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:39:36 +0000

Great Essay . Though , there is something which irks me about Snape . Snape suspected Harry behind the stealing of boomslang skin but he could have his leglimency power to find out if Harry really did the crime . I mean , he always uses leglimency on Harry . Why didn’t he do it ? If he had done it, I guess he would have guessed someone else was involved in this whole thing .

Comment on The Only One He Ever Feared by david

david — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:34:14 +0000

While I very much prefer the battle in the book’s, I believe the end of the fight with the possession of Harry is one of those very rare moments where the movie is better than the book. I just love the conclusion Harry draws between himself and Voldemort in the movie (which the books really try to focus on in HBP) and it defines this moment better. I also feel it explains better why Voldemort was still standing there when the MoM staff all start turning up. In the books, from a outsider’s view, it is just Dumbledore talking to Harry, but it is enough evidence to prove Dumbledore has been telling the truth? Whereas in the film the MoM all start appearing as Voldemort rematerialises and has to say that one last comment to attempt to demoralise Harry and prove to the world he is stronger than Harry, despite the fact he is running away:

“You’re a fool Harry Potter; and you will lose everything!”

Words of a desperate, yet still arrogant man

Comment on Flesh, Blood, and Bone by david

david — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:26:31 +0000

I do not believe the resurrection potion is of Voldemort’s own invention and I believe he knew about the potion before his first body was destroyed. During his time at Hogwarts he discovered the dark art of producing a Horcrux and could perform all the unforgivables. Yet when he leaves school Dumbledore says in book two he travelled the globe and fell deeply into the dark arts. What other dark arts was he so desperate to learn he travelled the world and put his plans to take over the country on hold? Perhaps he had found a reference to the potion during his research of horcruxes and needed to find someone with more knowledge on the subject and could teach him the full process. Which can suggest a second reason to start his job at Borgin and Burkes, the shop would have placed Voldemort in contact with people who had a greater knowledge of powerful or dark magic than Hogwarts school.
Also remember how angry he was that not none of his supporters tried to find him, was he upset because if one had he would of been capable of performing the resurrection potion and returning to a body instantly? The only time a body capable of performing magic was given to him prior to GoF was Quirell, who told him about the philosopher’s stone and he might have seen this as an easier path to return to a body.
I know at one interview JKR says the unicorn blood and snake venom potion was invented by Voldemort, but did he invent the resurrection potion? If he did what was the point of Horcruxes in the past? Consider the two methods to bring you back to a body suggested by the books; the philosopher’s stone, has only ever been created once, ~668 years ago, and likely not the intended salvation to the horcrux damaged soul and the resurrection potion which did not exist except for in that graveyard, so definitely not the salvation. Voldemort says he was left as less than a ghost, as no method existed to bring a horcrux soul back to a body, would it not have been easier for death-fearing dark wizards in the past to return as a ghost?
Perhaps the resurrection potion original intent was to bring the soul left in a ghost to a temporary body so they could die without fear next time? Though of course if you waited too long there would not be enough of your father’s bones to make the mixture and it would be difficult to find someone willing to sacrifice flesh for you, but a ghost as young as Myrtle could use it, I can even guess on the enemy to supply a small amount of blood…

Comment on Padfoot Returns by david

david — Tue, 08 May 2012 10:39:02 +0000

In terms of Sirius not seeing the mark in Azkaban, remember Karkaroff says “it’s coming back” as in between the wars it was very faint. I would suggest it is only coming back now as Voldemort has regained a temporary body. So why would Sirius think to question the very faint mark (It might even look like a scar, like it faded to after book 7), a very small number (As only the top level DE had them) of azkaban residents, all of whom are going insane, had on their arms?