Deathly Hallows Book Discussion **LoTs Of Spoilers**

innerSpaceman · 07-24-2007, 10:20 PM

If J.K. Rowling is like the rest of us humans, she would have cried her eyes out after killing Dobby.

And yep, loved the scene where Ron destroys the locket horcrux and that aftermath.

I really hope the movie version has the wherewithal to show us the counterpart scene where Hermoine destroys the Cup Horcrux.

But, huh? Gryffindor has a Sword, and Slytherin has a .... locket??? WTF?

Oh, and why is Ravenclaw's mascot an eagle, and not a raven?

And why is Gryffindor's mascot a lion and not a gryffin? Hogwarts is messed up!

Nephythys · 07-25-2007, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Oh, and why is Ravenclaw's mascot an eagle, and not a raven?

And why is Gryffindor's mascot a lion and not a gryffin? Hogwarts is messed up![/size]

I think the bird is a raven, but is sometimes shown in gold so it looks eagle like. Otherwise every picture I could find was a black raven.

A lion represents bravery- the trait of Gryffindor House. A lion best suits that (Gryffindor is not a literal Griffon)

Hufflepuff is a badger- so what does one have to do with the other?

Slytherin matches snake very well- of course.

innerSpaceman · 07-25-2007, 07:11 AM

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I think the bird is a raven, but is sometimes shown in gold so it looks eagle like. Otherwise every picture I could find was a black raven.

Nope, it's an eagle. Looked it up. What with how J.K. names her characters, I'm just surprised the interpretation of house mascot wasn't more literal.

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A lion best suits that (Gryffindor is not a literal Griffon)

Ah, but what a wasted opportunity, in a place with centaurs and unicorns, not to have the mascot be a griffin. Just sayin'.

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Ok, what with Snape's final communication to Harry being his death-throe thoughts viewed in a pensieve, I'm now thinkin' the choice in the Order of the Phoenix movie to change the Snape kidhood flashback from the book's pensieve to a simple mind invastion during Occlumancy lessons will prove, in the long run, to be a poorly chosen time-saving device.

Doesn't J.K. fill the filmmakers in if they're going to make a decision that bodes ill for future episodes??

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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	If J.K. Rowling is like the rest of us humans, she would have cried her eyes out after killing Dobby. And yep, loved the scene where Ron destroys the locket horcrux and that aftermath. I really hope the movie version has the wherewithal to show us the counterpart scene where Hermoine destroys the Cup Horcrux. But, huh? Gryffindor has a Sword, and Slytherin has a .... locket??? WTF? Oh, and why is Ravenclaw's mascot an eagle, and not a raven? And why is Gryffindor's mascot a lion and not a gryffin? Hogwarts is messed up!
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