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94 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #94: Mr. Weasley--Muggle lover, extraordinaire.
quote: "Your sons flew that car to Harry's house and back last night!" Shouted Mrs. Weasley. "What have you got to say about that, eh?"
"Did you really?" said Mr. Weasley eagerly. "Did it go all right? I--I mean," he faltered as sparks flew from Mrs. Weasley's eyes, "that--that was very wrong, boys--very wrong indeed...."
--from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, chapter three, "The Burrow"
93 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (and Choobak's birthday )!
Reason #93: Early Ginny...
quote: At that moment there was a diversion in the form of a small, red-headed figure in a long nightdress, who appeared in the kitchen, gave a small squeal, and ran out again.
"Ginny," said Ron in an undertone to Harry. "My sister. She's been talking about you all summer."
--also from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, chapter three, "The Burrow"
(No worries, all-grown-up Ginny will be a reason later on in the countdown... )
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#93: The third movie came out on my 21st birthday, and the fourth movie will be out on my younger sister's 18th birthday. No better way to celebrate!
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92 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #92: Dudley thinks he's all that...Harry actually is.
quote: "They stuff people's heads down the toilet the first day at Stonewall," he told Harry. "Want to come upstairs and practice?"
"No, thanks," said Harry. "The poor toilet's never had anything as horrible as your head down it--it might be sick." Then he ran, before Dudley could work out what he'd said.
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I want to see Johnathan K's face!! Does he really look like Potter? I tried Foobonic, but I couldn't find you...
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96 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #96: Because Dumbledore had this to say about music:
quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ah, music," he said wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you trot!"
--from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, chapter seven "The Sorting Hat" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amen! That's gotta be one of my favorite lines. (Look at my nickname, you'll understand why.)
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91 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #91: Weasley Sweaters!
quote: "I think I know who that one's from," said Ron, turning a bit pink and pointing to a very lumpy parcel. "My mom. I told her you didn't expect any presents and--oh, no," he groaned, "She's made you a Weasley sweater."
Harry had torn open the parcel to find a thick, hand-knitted sweater in emerald green and a large box of homemade fudge.
"Every year she makes us a sweater," said Ron, unwrapping his own, "and mine's always maroon."
--from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, chapter twelve, "The Mirror of Erised"
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#91 because it is the post 70 and it is my number, my familly. It is what i am. And I like very much JKR's Book. Posts: 1189 | Registered: Dec 2004
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#90: Because Harry will believe that Snape is a bad guy. (And we're still suspicious at times.)
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#90 And yet, we're still not sure; we're dying to know what exactly made that man switch sides, or if he did... and if he did, why he is trusted. Ah, such mystery.
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Neville backed away, his wand up, mouthing wordlessly. Snape was bearing down upon him, reaching inside his robes.
"R-r-riddikulus!" squeaked Neville.
There was a noise like a whip-crack. Snape stumbled. He was wearing a long, lace-trimmed dress and a towering hat topped with a moth-eaten vulture, and swinging a huge crimson handbag from his hand.
I especially like that Fred and George are the enforcers of family togetherness, forcing Percy to wear his sweater. Posts: 26071 | Registered: Oct 2003
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89 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #89: Dumbledore and the Mirror of Erised.
quote: "What do you see when you look in the mirror?"
"I? I see myself holding a pair of thick, woolen socks."
Harry stared.
"One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books."
--from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, chapter twelve, "The Mirror of Erised"
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#89: It glorifies magic and witches, which really seems to tick off the fundies. Always a good side-benefit.
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88 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #88: Hagrid, world's best Care of Magical Creatures teacher!
quote: The baby dragon flopped onto the table. It wasn't exactly pretty; Harry thought it looked like a crumpled, black umbrella. It's spiny wings were huge compared to its skinny jet body, it had a long snout with wide nostrils, the stubs of horns and bulging, orange eyes.
It sneezed. A couple of sparks flew out of its snout.
"Isn't he beautiful?" Hagrid murmured. He reached out a hand to stroke the dragon's head. It snapped at his fingers, showing pointed fangs.
"Bless him, look, he knows his mommy!" said Hagrid.
--from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, chapter fourteen, "Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback"
Because that horrible woman--whose name I have quite forgotten in revenge for what would be, in the rw, a shamelessly vile case of child abuse--is coming back....to get the punishment she deserves.
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Hmm... Fleur isn't as gorgeous as I imagined her... But rarely do things live up to imagination.
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Neither is Cedric, but I'm reserving judgement.
*whispers* The person who lives next door to me reminds me of Cedric. Every time I see him I get an urge to say "Hello Cedric!". Luckily, he's never read the books.
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85 Days until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
Reason #85: Gilderoy Lockhart, the poor guy.
quote: "Where's Lockhart?"
"Back there," said Ron..."He's in a bad way. Come and see."
...They walked all the way back to the mouth of the pipe. Gilderoy Lockhart was sitting there, humming placidly to himself.
"His memory's gone," said Ron. "The Memory Charm backfired. Hit him instead of us. Hasn't got a clue who he is, or where he is, or who we are. I told him to come and wait here. He's a danger to himself."
Lockhart peered good-naturedly up at them all.
"Hello," he said. "Odd sort of place, this, isn't it? Do you live here?"
--from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, chapter seventeen, "The Heir of Slytherin"
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