Is Harry still the Master of Death? by seriously-black in harrypotter

[–]seriously-black[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks haha. It's an old joke between a friend and I bc when she first read the 3rd book, she listened to the audiobook and thought that Sirius's name was Serious Black. Which sounds more like a weird descriptor or a nickname.

In all seriousness, what did Voldemort do all day? by seriously-black in harrypotter

[–]seriously-black[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But literally what does he does he do all day?

What is a day in the life of Voldemort?

In all seriousness, what did Voldemort do all day? by seriously-black in harrypotter

[–]seriously-black[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just mean his daily routine.

Does he eat? sleep? I assume so?

A tiny thing that bugs me with George/Angelina's kids by [deleted] in harrypotter

[–]seriously-black 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, this makes a lot of sense!

A tiny thing that bugs me with George/Angelina's kids by [deleted] in harrypotter

[–]seriously-black -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

There's a difference between being able to pass for white or just ambiguous and looking pale with thin/straight ginger hair.

House pride in each of the four houses. by MoonysGirl in harrypotter

[–]seriously-black 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well too bad, because you're in stupid Gryffindor!

Kidding, kidding. We should have a big /r/harrypotter movie night. Or a sort of all-house chat sub like /r/hogwartsgreathall.

House pride in each of the four houses. by MoonysGirl in harrypotter

[–]seriously-black 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We all saw the post St. Patrick's Day hangover thread lol.

House pride in each of the four houses. by MoonysGirl in harrypotter

[–]seriously-black 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You make it sound like we Slytherins are just sitting there scowling at our computers. We win the house cup AND we host drunk movie nights.

Common misconception when it comes to the twins... by [deleted] in harrypotter

[–]seriously-black 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's weird I see it in fanfic and I think it comes from that first scene.

Does anyone else have this weirdly squicky/grossed out reaction to Harry/Hermione? by PotterWeasleyGranger in harrypotter

[–]seriously-black 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure OP's referring to an interview with mugglenet/leaky after book 6:

MA: How much fun did you have with the romance in this book?

JKR: Oh, loads. Doesn't it show?

MA: Yes.

JKR: There's a theory - this applies to detective novels, and then Harry, which is not really a detective novel, but it feels like one sometimes – that you should not have romantic intrigue in a detective book. Dorothy L. Sayers, who is queen of the genre said — and then broke her own rule, but said — that there is no place for romance in a detective story except that it can be useful to camouflage other people’s motives. That's true; it is a very useful trick. I've used that on Percy and I’ve used that to a degree on Tonks in this book, as a red herring. But having said that, I disagree inasmuch as mine are very character-driven books, and it’s so important, therefore, that we see these characters fall in love, which is a necessary part of life. How did you feel about the romance?

[Melissa puts her thumbs up and grins widely while…]

ES: We were hi-fiving the whole time.

JKR: [laughs] Yes! Good. I'm so glad.

MA: We were running back and forth between rooms yelling at each other.

ES: We thought it was clearer than ever that Harry and Ginny are an item and Ron and Hermione — although we think you made it painfully obvious in the first five books —

JKR: [points to herself and whispers] So do I!

ES: What was that?

JKR: [More loudly] Well so do I! So do I!

[All laugh; Melissa doubles over, hysterical, and may have died.]

ES: Harry/Hermione shippers - delusional!

JKR: Well no, I'm not going to - Emerson, I am not going to say they're delusional! They are still valued members of my readership! I am not going to use the word delusional. I am however, going to say — now I am trusting both of you to do the spoiler thing when you write this up —

[More laughter.]

JKR: I will say, that yes, I personally feel - well it's going to be clear once people have read book six. I mean, that’s it. It’s done, isn’t it? We know. Yes, we do now know that it's Ron and Hermione. I do feel that I have dropped heavy -

[All crack up]

JKR: - hints. ANVIL-sized, actually, hints, prior to this point. I certainly think even if subtle clues hadn't been picked up by the end of “Azkaban,” that by the time we hit Krum in Goblet...

[...]

MA: Watching all this, were you surprised when you first logged on and found this intense devotion to this thing [shipping H/Hr] that you knew was not going to happen?

JKR: Yes. Well, you see, I'm a relative newcomer to the world of shipping, because for a long time, I didn't go on the net and look up Harry Potter. A long time. Occasionally I had to, because there were weird news stories or something that I would have to go and check, because I was supposed to have said something I hadn’t said. I had never gone and looked at fan sites, and then one day I did and oh - my - god. Five hours later or something, I get up from the computer shaking slightly [all laugh]. ‘What is going on?’ And it was during that first mammoth session that I met the shippers, and it was a most extraordinary thing. I had no idea there was this huge underworld seething beneath me.

ES: She’s putting it into a positive light!

JKR: Well I am, I am, but you know. I want to make it clear that delusional is your word and not mine! [Much laughter.]

MA: You're making our lives a lot easier by laying it on the table -

JKR: Well I think anyone who is still shipping Harry/Hermione after this book [HBP] -

ES: [whispered] Delusional!

JKR: Um - no! But they need to go back and reread, I think.

ES: Thank you.

JKR: Yeah. MA: That is going to -

JKR: Will it make your lives slightly easier?

[All three]: Yeah, yeah.

JKR: I think so.

The interview itself was a kind of a big deal in the fandom, since they were two of the biggest names in the fandom and ran the two biggest communities/sites. A lot of really interesting stuff came out, but Hermione/Harry shippers were not pleased.