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Title: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: WayAbvPar on July 15, 2005, 08:57:55 AM Hi all-
I know there are a lot of you who will be picking this up over the weekend. For those of us who won't be reading it right away (I am letting my wife read our copy first- she is all atingle with anticipation), let's keep discussion of it in one thread. Any spoilers posted in any other threads will get deleted if I see them, and I do my level best to make your life miserable :x If you don't want to be spoiled, do not read this thread after midnight tonight. Thanks for your cooperation. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: stray on July 15, 2005, 09:01:28 AM I'm sorry, but this is getting way out of hand.
It's just a BOOK people. :| :-P Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Strazos on July 15, 2005, 09:02:33 AM I never have, and never will, read or view anything relating to Harry Potter...
Except the one skit on SNL featuring Lindsey Lohan. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Merusk on July 15, 2005, 09:04:13 AM I'm going to have to steal this from my wife. She reads MUCH slower than I do, so I'll have to wait a month or so to read it if I don't. That said, It's a good year for books. Feast of Crows is due out in November and a new Harry Potter. Whoopie and all.
Yeah it's just a book, but it's a fun series. We're not advocating going out and dressing as wizards and such, are we? No, Way's just trying to keep further discussion contained in one thread. Makes sense to me. P.s.: Strazos reads? Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: stray on July 15, 2005, 09:11:47 AM Just to clarify, I'm just making a joke about this:
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20050714/AE/107140031 Quote "It's very, very important you abide by the guidelines," Magistro said. "They're under very tight security. We're not even allowed to open the boxes until midnight. You wouldn't believe what a secure operation this is. The UPS drivers, the truckers - everybody has to sign affidavits." http://www.newindpress.com/sunday/sundayitems.asp?id=SEB20050701045044&eTitle=Books+%26+Literature&rLink=0 Quote The cartons of books, once shipped to India, will arrive at distributors’ warehouses accompanied by gun-toting security guards, who have been instructed to not let the shipments out of their sight. Quote One worker, who spoke anonymously to The Age, said: “Two guards are positioned permanently in the space dividing the book-binding department from the printing presses. It has stopped short of body searches so far, but who knows, they check everything else. There is even a guard on the giant shredders that destroy pages that have errors.” Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Strazos on July 15, 2005, 09:12:56 AM P.s.: Strazos reads? Heh, yeah...kind of the nature of my major. The last book I had to read that I actually enjoyed. (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0394722744/qid=1121443702/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-5828250-2094419?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) A book that made me want to stab myself. (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0415929547/qid=1121443804/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-5828250-2094419?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) Oddly enough, out of the 6 books Amazon suggests you also buy if you get Sen's book, I've had to read 4 of them. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: schild on July 15, 2005, 09:18:12 AM Books assigned by school don't count as reading. No one cares how you spent your summer vacation. :roll:
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Signe on July 15, 2005, 09:31:24 AM I wouldn't discuss what happens in a Harry Potter book, anyway. It's a personal experience.
PS WAP, I'm gonna kick your ass. You know why! Dammit. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: schild on July 15, 2005, 09:41:38 AM Holy shit. Harry Potter turns into a foozle whatsit.
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: WayAbvPar on July 15, 2005, 09:52:50 AM I wouldn't discuss what happens in a Harry Potter book, anyway. It's a personal experience. PS WAP, I'm gonna kick your ass. You know why! Dammit. I don't know why, but I am looking forward to it, nonetheless :-D Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Paelos on July 15, 2005, 09:55:36 AM I bet the half-blood prince is Hagrid. Just a guess though. Anybody else have guesses?
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Triforcer on July 15, 2005, 10:17:22 AM I bet the half-blood prince is Hagrid. Just a guess though. Anybody else have guesses? Dudley Dursley. One parent from a magical family, one not. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Shockeye on July 15, 2005, 10:19:18 AM I'd post spoilers but it would upset Way and Scholastic would get an injuction against people reading the site.
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Signe on July 15, 2005, 10:23:11 AM I'd post spoilers but it would upset Way and Scholastic would get an injuction against people reading the site. And you would get such a pinch from me. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Samwise on July 15, 2005, 10:42:11 AM I bet the half-blood prince is Hagrid. Just a guess though. Anybody else have guesses? That's been my assumption ever since the title was announced. Hagrid becoming the new ruler of the giants or somesuch and leading them against Voldemort. Dudley becoming a wizard would be a hoot, though. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Shockeye on July 15, 2005, 10:54:32 AM You don't want to click this link if you want to stay spoiler-free. (http://dumbledoredies.ytmnd.com/)
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Shockeye on July 15, 2005, 10:55:46 AM Quote from: WFTS Radio station's Harry Potter promotion thwarted by police (http://www.wfts.com/stories/2005/07/050715potter.shtml) an ABC Action News report 07/15/05 (http://www.wfts.com/images/stories/2005/07/0715books.jpg) TAMPA - The new Harry Potter book comes out tonight at midnight, but a bay area radio station ran into a little snag when they tried to give away copies of the book early. The M.J. Morning Show over at 93.3 WFLZ planned to raffle 10 books off at their studios this morning, but a local distributor found out and sent law enforcement there to stop them. The station went ahead and chose the lucky winners, but the books will have to be sent to them in the mail. I'm glad the cops are out stopping important crimes like this. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: stray on July 15, 2005, 11:05:31 AM Complete insanity.
I've been meaning the read at least the first book, or watch the movies, but now I'm having second thoughts. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Samwise on July 15, 2005, 11:30:45 AM Don't. The books are so good that you'll want to read more. Then you'll probably want to buy them so you can read them again. And then they take up all the space on your shelf, so you have to buy another shelf. IT NEVER ENDS! :cthulu:
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Shockeye on July 15, 2005, 11:53:25 AM And then they take up all the space on your shelf, so you have to buy another shelf. I have no room on my shelf after Jordan. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: stray on July 15, 2005, 11:59:39 AM I have no room on my shelf for even one book by Jordan.
edit: Anyways, I'm out. I don't to clog up the thread. Sorry :-) Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: schild on July 15, 2005, 01:25:03 PM Here's a fun game til midnight. I'll give a custom title to whoever can name the song and artist the spoiler link north of here features - you also have to name what popular movie it was in.
If you already have a custom title, I'll let you give WindupAtheist one. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Shockeye on July 15, 2005, 01:33:07 PM Quote from: Yubanet.com Andy Borowitz: Man Commits Suicide after Learning Harry Potter Spoiler (http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_22620.shtml) 'I No Longer Have a Reason to Live,' Says Despondent Potter Fan By: Andy Borowitz Published: Jul 8, 2005 at 07:41 A rabid Harry Potter fan took his life yesterday after inadvertently learning a plot spoiler from the soon-to-be-released J.K. Rowling opus, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." Jude Ralston, 32, of Hudson, Ohio left a suicide note indicating that since overhearing the plot spoiler at a shopping mall earlier in the day, "I no longer have a reason to live." Family and friends who gathered for a candlelight memorial outside Mr. Ralston's house remembered a man who seemed to live only for Harry Potter – and wondered if they could have done anything to prevent his tragic fate. "When Jude got that vanity license plate that said ‘Hogwarts,' that seemed harmless enough," said Polly Clovis, who attended Model U.N. with Mr. Ralston while the two were in high school. "But when he started wearing that wizard hat around town, we really should have seen that as a cry for help." According to friends of Mr. Ralston, the Potter fanatic had done everything in his power to protect himself from stumbling across Potter plot spoilers, even disconnecting his computer from the Internet and avoiding his favorite vintage comic book store. Ms. Clovis said that she hoped Mr. Ralston's death would cause federal authorities to tighten the flow of Harry Potter plot information to prevent similar tragedies from taking place. "In my heart I believe that could have saved Jude's life, even if he didn't have one," she said. Elsewhere, President Bush called the jailing of a New York Times reporter "a positive step," but warned that many other reporters were still at large. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: schild on July 15, 2005, 01:34:02 PM :roffle:
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: WayAbvPar on July 15, 2005, 01:36:29 PM He should definitely be up for an honorary Darwin.
Quote Elsewhere, President Bush called the jailing of a New York Times reporter "a positive step," but warned that many other reporters were still at large. ROFL! Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: stray on July 15, 2005, 01:42:39 PM Here's a fun game til midnight. I'll give a custom title to whoever can name the song and artist the spoiler link north of here features - you also have to name what popular movie it was in. If you already have a custom title, I'll let you give WindupAtheist one. Tarzan Boy -- Baltimora If by "popular" you mean TMNT 3 (huh?), then I guess I win. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Fabricated on July 15, 2005, 01:43:01 PM I'm utterly puzzled by the popularity of Harry Potter myself. I remember trying to read the first book, finding it pretty trite and boring, and giving it back to my little cousin in about 30 minutes.
I almost had to bite my tongue to keep myself from posting the spoiler in gigantic red letters just now, since I've seen pictures of the book opened to that very spot. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: schild on July 15, 2005, 01:44:07 PM Here's a fun game til midnight. I'll give a custom title to whoever can name the song and artist the spoiler link north of here features - you also have to name what popular movie it was in. If you already have a custom title, I'll let you give WindupAtheist one. Tarzan Boy -- Baltimora If by "popular" you mean TMNT 3 (huh?), then I guess I win. Ah thanks, I couldn't remember which TMNT it's from. I guess you want to give WUA a custom title. Rofl. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Fabricated on July 15, 2005, 01:48:21 PM SO LIKE HAY IM A SPOILER, DONT CLICK IF YOU LIKE THIS SHITTY BOOK SERIES (http://img344.imageshack.us/img344/1415/zomgspoilers2iy.jpg)
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: schild on July 15, 2005, 01:49:02 PM Dude. Scroll up to Shockeye's link. It's funneher.
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: stray on July 15, 2005, 01:51:12 PM Here's a fun game til midnight. I'll give a custom title to whoever can name the song and artist the spoiler link north of here features - you also have to name what popular movie it was in. If you already have a custom title, I'll let you give WindupAtheist one. Tarzan Boy -- Baltimora If by "popular" you mean TMNT 3 (huh?), then I guess I win. Ah thanks, I couldn't remember which TMNT it's from. I guess you want to give WUA a custom title. Rofl. Oh, I'm just not witty enough for this one. Either give the rights to Samwise, or let me show my good will and give him.....Nothing. Hope that doesn't make me a party pooper? :| EDIT: Catchy song though... Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Fabricated on July 15, 2005, 01:51:46 PM Dude. Scroll up to Shockeye's link. It's funneher. Yeah, but my link is an actual spoiler.Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: schild on July 15, 2005, 01:52:28 PM Dude. Scroll up to Shockeye's link. It's funneher. Yeah, but my link is an actual spoiler.It's the exact same page. Only this one has Baltimora playing. Edit: Unfortunately, it's only page 606. That leaves what, 600 pages of teenage wizard drama and angst? I demand complete outcome. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Fabricated on July 15, 2005, 01:53:34 PM Dude. Scroll up to Shockeye's link. It's funneher. Yeah, but my link is an actual spoiler.It's the exact same page. Only this one has Baltimora playing. Edit: Unfortunately, it's only page 606. That leaves what, 600 pages of teenage wizard drama and angst? I demand complete outcome. Doh, didn't scroll up enough. Edit: I have a great idea for a ytmnd, but I'd have to actually watch to movies and hope for a good soundbyte. I was thinking MGS. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Miasma on July 15, 2005, 02:01:10 PM You don't want to click this link if you want to stay spoiler-free. (http://dumbledoredies.ytmnd.com/) You don't want to hover over it and look at the url either.Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: schild on July 15, 2005, 02:04:26 PM You don't want to click this link if you want to stay spoiler-free. (http://dumbledoredies.ytmnd.com/) You don't want to hover over it and look at the url either.Rofl. Hidden treat. It's only page 606 though, like I said. It's obviously not the big payoff. Which I will find out and post at 11:59. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Fabricated on July 15, 2005, 02:05:36 PM Speaking of ytmnd.
http://whatisnes.ytmnd.com/ http://whatishl.ytmnd.com/ WTF is the obsession with that particular skit on ytmnd? Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: schild on July 15, 2005, 02:11:35 PM It's hilarious.
Edit: This one kills me. Racial Slang included. It's brilliant. (http://niggastolemybike.ytmnd.com/) Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Shockeye on July 15, 2005, 02:15:18 PM You don't want to click this link if you want to stay spoiler-free. (http://dumbledoredies.ytmnd.com/) You don't want to hover over it and look at the url either.I know the information is real because of this (http://forums.ytmnd.com/showpost.php?p=101012&postcount=1). Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Fabricated on July 15, 2005, 02:16:53 PM You don't want to click this link if you want to stay spoiler-free. (http://dumbledoredies.ytmnd.com/) You don't want to hover over it and look at the url either.Ahahahaha, that's awesome. [EDIT - Shockeye] Fixed quotes. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Miasma on July 15, 2005, 02:28:16 PM You don't want to click this link if you want to stay spoiler-free. (http://dumbledoredies.ytmnd.com/) You don't want to hover over it and look at the url either.I know the information is real because of this (http://forums.ytmnd.com/showpost.php?p=101012&postcount=1). Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: stray on July 15, 2005, 02:45:37 PM [EDIT] Oops...Nevermind. Misunderstood something.
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: schild on July 15, 2005, 02:46:29 PM Quote Hey, Half-Blood schild, you have 958 messages, 0 are new. Edit: Quote Hey, sirius schild, you have 958 messages, 0 are new. I hate alliteration. But I love Gary Oldman. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Signe on July 15, 2005, 03:13:01 PM What the hell is wrong with you people? You are all in dire need of a good ass kickin'.
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Shockeye on July 15, 2005, 03:13:55 PM What the hell is wrong with you people? You are all in dire need of a good ass kickin'. You're just upset because you don't have a Potteresque username. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Signe on July 15, 2005, 03:15:07 PM That is totally not true! Stop making stuff up about me!!
All of you. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Shockeye on July 15, 2005, 03:16:33 PM Whatever you do, do NOT click this link. (http://www.hugi.is/hahradi/bigboxes.php?box_id=51208&f_id=1375)
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: schild on July 15, 2005, 03:19:30 PM Whatever you do, do NOT click this link. (http://www.hugi.is/hahradi/bigboxes.php?box_id=51208&f_id=1375) omfg. awesome. favorite fake band. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Signe on July 15, 2005, 03:37:21 PM Dammit.
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: ahoythematey on July 15, 2005, 04:19:50 PM Wow did this thread become annoying fast.
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: schild on July 15, 2005, 04:24:50 PM It was annoying when I read the title. BOOYAKASHA.
(http://www.lookalikes-susanscott.co.uk/Images%2010_03/Resized%20Comedy/Ali%20G%20-%20Ray%20Wade.jpg) Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Shockeye on July 15, 2005, 05:03:53 PM JKR wants to talk dirty to you. (http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/funstuff/reading/index.asp)
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Samwise on July 15, 2005, 05:06:00 PM It's in RealMedia format! NOOOOOOO!
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Strazos on July 15, 2005, 05:22:53 PM It's hilarious. Edit: This one kills me. Racial Slang included. It's brilliant. (http://niggastolemybike.ytmnd.com/) :roflcopter: Our boy is moving up in the world. (http://nsmbcarnegiehall.ytmnd.com/) Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Hanzii on July 15, 2005, 06:06:18 PM So there I was working late and my wife called.
instead of asking "when are you coming home", she said "since you're late anyway, can't you stay till 1 am and pick up the new Harry Potter". What the hell, I thought, might as well make her happy. If they open the doors at 12, I can just waltz in at1 one, pick up a book and grap a cab home. D'oh! Doors open at 1. 300 geeks in front of me... some of them dressed like "wizards" (That is, really ugly goths in pointy hats). I've never stood in a line for a cultural event before.... well, apart from U2 tickets, but they were for my wife too and nobody dressed like Bono. Luckily there's a Scottish pub nearby, I can grab a Guiness and a malt whisky while pretending not to be part of the line. Finally the doors open. There's a tv-crew.... shit, there's a former colleague from the tabloid where I used to work. I decide, that if the camera is on me, when I reach the till, I'm going to ask for a book on gardening and leave... screw the wife, that would look so good on telly. "Harry, who?!" Anyways, now I have the book. The wife is asleep and it's not like I don't like the books. Should I skip bed and read it before her? She'd really hate me for it :evil: Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: schild on July 15, 2005, 06:34:39 PM You worked at a tabloid?
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: stray on July 15, 2005, 10:09:22 PM You worked at a tabloid? You sound envious :lol: [EDIT] Oh wait, I thought you were Shockeye (just woke up, not paying attention...). Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Hanzii on July 16, 2005, 03:53:35 AM You worked at a tabloid? Oh yes... I'll give details for a custom title/name. I wanna be in Potter tooooo... Now I work for an international publisher, which amongst other things own the german rights for Harry Potter and the Scandinavian rights to the LoTR movies - it's fascinating to see how even such a huge companys bottom line still fluctates certain years, just because of a single book or movie. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Signe on July 16, 2005, 06:25:53 AM Give him the last name Potter and maybe he'll publish your memoirs. Well, when you are old enough to have some.
Oh, wait... You're as old as that Nicole Ritchie! Better hurry... you're not getting any younger! Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Murgos on July 16, 2005, 02:25:59 PM I go out of town for one day for a job interview and the whole fucking site goes spastic.
It's like I'm in a parallel dimension. Without the goatee. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Shockeye on July 16, 2005, 02:32:35 PM I go out of town for one day for a job interview and the whole fucking site goes spastic. It's like I'm in a parallel dimension. Without the goatee. It'll be back to normal before Monday. This I command! Also, if you want to blame someone, blame Rasix. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Llava on July 16, 2005, 03:50:45 PM I'd just like to add:
NOT SAFE FOR BRAIN. (http://www.rosateufel.de/bilder/Theban/Malfoy-potter.jpg) This is the first image that comes up when you look up "Malfoy" on google image search, in a completely innocent attempt to try to figure out to whom the name belongs. Edit: Don't. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: ahoythematey on July 17, 2005, 12:08:16 AM Godfuckingdammit, Llava. Signe already ruined LotR for me, and now this? I hate you all.
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Samprimary on July 17, 2005, 01:28:28 AM This is also a spoiler (http://jesusdies.ytmnd.com/).
And this. (http://pottermilton.ytmnd.com/) Aaaaaand this. (http://padmedies.ytmnd.com/) Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Signe on July 17, 2005, 05:31:01 AM How could I have possibly ruined LotR for anyone by showing pictures of LOVE? What ever happened to romance?
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Merusk on July 17, 2005, 01:23:13 PM My god, I can't scrub my brain fast enough..
Anywho, just finished the book. Was a good read and the next book should be fun and wrap things up, unlike every other fantasy series in the world. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: HaemishM on July 18, 2005, 09:53:24 AM I go out of town for one day for a job interview and the whole fucking site goes spastic. It's like I'm in a parallel dimension. Without the goatee. I have a goatee that I am stroking maniacally at this very moment. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: WayAbvPar on July 18, 2005, 11:00:53 AM I go out of town for one day for a job interview and the whole fucking site goes spastic. It's like I'm in a parallel dimension. Without the goatee. I have a goat (http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=farm16m&date=20050716&query=enumclaw) that I am stroking maniacally at this very moment. Heh. And eww. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Rasix on July 18, 2005, 11:06:18 AM Oops, posted this in the damn TV thread first.
I liked this book a lot. It was probably the best edited, best paced, and most engaging cover-to-cover of the series. Some people in the land of the eternally cranky seemed to hate some of the supposed political commentary and the twist, but it didn't bother me. I liked the end relevation and how it was handled, and I really didn't see the political commentary as anything specific (a generic enough situation to not really warrant further analysis). I have some MINOR issues with the book, but nothing that prevented me from enjoying it. Anyhow, not much else to discuss without going all spoilerific. Edit: That fanfic picture is really repulsive. Quit ruining things for me. I think I'll use my dark powers and get it the fuck off my screen. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: DarkDryad on July 18, 2005, 11:40:20 AM New book is out!
(http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/196/196820/pages/691015/potter.jpg) Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Triforcer on July 18, 2005, 11:45:50 AM Oops, posted this in the damn TV thread first. I liked this book a lot. It was probably the best edited, best paced, and most engaging cover-to-cover of the series. Some people in the land of the eternally cranky seemed to hate some of the supposed political commentary and the twist, but it didn't bother me. I liked the end relevation and how it was handled, and I really didn't see the political commentary as anything specific (a generic enough situation to not really warrant further analysis). I have some MINOR issues with the book, but nothing that prevented me from enjoying it. Anyhow, not much else to discuss without going all spoilerific. Edit: That fanfic picture is really repulsive. Quit ruining things for me. I think I'll use my dark powers and get it the fuck off my screen. Could you possibly start a mod-sponsored spoilerific thread? I'm itching to discuss theory. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Llava on July 18, 2005, 03:07:04 PM Maybe we can find a picture of Anakin and Obi-Wan making out. Just to keep things fair.
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Samwise on July 18, 2005, 03:11:39 PM I think for things to be "fair" we have to find a picture of Padme and Leia making out. Or something.
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: angry.bob on July 18, 2005, 09:25:46 PM I think for things to be "fair" we have to find a picture of Padme and Leia making out. Or something. Absolutely not safe for work. Relatively high quality hardcore porn cartoons. For real, it's not even a little safe for work. (http://users.skynet.be/eek/mirawi/mirawi_collection1_01.htm) Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Samwise on July 18, 2005, 10:18:00 PM The balance has been restored.
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Signe on July 19, 2005, 08:58:46 AM I thought you were kidding. :-( My eyes have been scarred forever. Those cartoons should be ashamed of themselves.
Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: HaemishM on July 19, 2005, 09:09:06 AM Oh they are. They keep telling me how bad they've been.
And I'm listening. Title: Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Post by: Signe on July 19, 2005, 09:12:00 AM You're not helping!
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