Sunday, July 19, 2009
Harry Potter and the People Who Love It - 2:17 PM
I love the Harry Potter seriesActually, let me rephrase, I absolutely lurvee the Harry Potter series. I wasn't a big reader when I was growing up, something I'm not exactly proud of but hey, no harm done there. I didn't even read the books until I watched the 2nd Harry Potter movie - the Chamber of Secrets. I was hooked. I proceeded to read every Harry Potter book out there (which was just the 1st and the 2nd at that time), and told my mom that no, Harry's parents did not die in a car crash like I had previously thought (yeah I know, I can so fit in with the Dursleys). I couldn't get enough of this faraway land of wands and wizards, a world that I sometimes wish I could be in.
Being invisible would prove helpful sometimes (especially when I want to eavesdrop and snoop around), and who wouldn't want to be able to get from Home to Work, Work to Lunch (imagine beating the noon crowds!), Work to Home with a snap of the finger? Not only do I not need to walk, I don't even need to sweat. Besides, I think reciting Latin incantations is just plain cool. And oh yes, one of the best things about being at Hogwarts is really the feasts at the start of term. The house elves have done good. I reckon I will be good at Quidditch too, I'll make a fantastic Chaser, if I can stay on my broomstick long enough that is. I don't know what my favorite subject will be, but I can tell you what its NOT going to be - Potions (sorry Peishan), as I recall the way I met my doom with Chemistry in school where I literally got the Hogwarts equivalent of a T - Troll.
I think I'll be in Gryffindor house, but not exactly because of the traits of bravery, courage, and what not... it's more by elimination... I'm not hardworking like Hufflepuff though they have some cute boys (cute: Cedric), not as analytical as Ravenclaw (I really don't care for solving riddles to get back to the common room), and not scheming like Slytherin. Actually, I take that back... I do scheme sometimes, like for example, how to beat the system by getting a free shipping coupon to online shopping, or how to subtly manipulate people to do things the way I want them to be... Oh wow, revelation. But since the Sorting Hat takes into consideration which house you want to be in, I'll tell it I want to be in Gryffindor. Scarlet and Gold are much my colors anyway. In Primary School, we had 4 houses that competed for Sports Day; Red (Gryffindor), Blue (Ravenclaw), Yellow (Hufflepuff), and Green (Slytherin). Needless to say, I was in Red House from day 1, and wound up winning multiple medals for my house. See, my request for being in Gryffindor does not come from nothing.
There's a part of me that is feeling very melancholic about the whole series coming to an end on film soon. I want it to go on, we know who the main protaganists married, but I want to know about the others. So, luckily for wikipedia, I know more. Like how loony Luna ended up as a Naturalist and married a fellow Naturalist and became the hippies of the wizarding world, how Neville became Herbology Professor and married Hannah Abbott who became the landlady of the Leaky Cauldron (I'm particularly pleased that Neville got married cos I don't think any of the Professors are married and its a very lonely life to live till 150 years old by yourself), and how George never quite got over Fred's death but continued to turn Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes into a money making machine together with Ron, then married Angelina Johnson and had a son named Fred.
I loved the Half Blood Prince and cannot wait to see what they do to the Deathly Hallows. This Director is a fine one, and I'll be counting down at night, while dreaming of flying and conjuring my own Patronus, which could just be a Panda. In the instance the Panda seems too meek and sedated, it will be a Polar Bear.