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10 Jan 2011

HARRY POTTER FANS: this will make you LOL
LITERAL Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Trailer

23 Nov 2010

The real deathly hallow. #whathasbeenseencannotbeunseen

The real deathly hallow. #whathasbeenseencannotbeunseen

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16 Nov 2010

Harry Potter and the Homo-Erotic Subtext. Coming to a theater near you.

13 Aug 2010

Harry Potter in 26 seconds.

16 Jun 2010

Harry Potter and the Brokeback Goblet

7 Jun 2010

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS TRAILER.
Goosebumps. I haz them.

13 Oct 2009

This morning while in the shower, i had a revelation. Harry Potter is such a watered down copy of Lord of The Rings. I had thought it jokingly in the past, but all of a sudden things started popping up in my mind. Although I love both novels, it surprises me how much the similarities between the two works is uncanny.

For instance:

1. Both are stories about underdogs who have been predestined to be the key players in the ultimate battle of good versus evil. Both accept their roles very grudgingly. Neither is physically imposing or exceptionally intelligent, but both have an innate courage and strength to persevere and complete their tasks.

2. Both are fighting the most powerful forces of evil of their time. Sauron and Voldemort are both omnipotent villains, who if victorious, would plunge the world into decay and darkness. Furthermore, both are disembodied as a result of a previous defeat - Sauron is a giant fiery eye and Voldemort, at least in the first half of the series, is an incorporeal being as well.

3. Both are assisted by the most powerful “good” wizards of their time. Gandalf and Dumbledore both have long hair and beards, large noses and wear pointy hats. They are instrumental in helping Frodo and Harry respectively with their tasks, but even they must leave the final fight to their mentees.

4. Both HP and LOTR have the brilliant concept of the soul or the spirit of the villains being contained in one or more objects. These objects must be destroyed in order to kill the villains. Voldemort’s soul is in the seven Horcruxes while Sauron’s spirit is in the One Ring of Power.

5. The Ring-wraiths or the Nazgul in LOTR are quite like the Dementors in HP. In addition to similarities in their wardrobes, they both inspire chilling dread and despair amongst those they encounter. Furtheremore, just as a Patronus charm is used to dispel the Dementors, so too does Gandalf project a beam of bright white light to scatter the Nazgul.

6. Giant spiders make appearances in both books. Harry and Ron have to escape from the clutches of Aragog (which sounds awfully like Aragorn) and his family while Shelob tries to make a meal out of Frodo and Sam.

7. Wormtail (Peter Pettigrew) and Grima Wormtongue (the advisor to King Theoden) are both weak creatures who are greatly influenced by their evil leaders (Voldemort and Saruman respectively) and betray the people they are supposed to protect, namely James and Lily Potter in HP and King Theoden in LOTR.

8. Voldemort is supposed to inspire so much fear that magical folk do not even like to speak his name out loud. Instead, they refer to him as He Who Must Not Be Named. In LOTR, instead of calling Sauron by his name, Faramir calls him The Unnamed, The Nameless and most interestingly, He whom we do not name.

Harry Potter The Lord of the Rings
Please note that these similarities
apply to the books,
not the movies.
Voldemort





love



Harry’s 11th


Dumbledore

Sirius Black, godfather


Dursleys

Harry’s forehead,
given by Voldemort

cloak

Azkaban


work at Gringotts


Floo Network


owned by Rubeus Hagrid

Fred & George Weasley

pensieve


attacks Hermione
in a girl’s bathroom

Forbidden Forest
on the edge of Hogwarts

Whomping Willow

in the Chamber of Secrets


horcrux cave

Harry vs. Draco

house-elves do chores


The Leaky Cauldron

Madam Rosmerta

in Hogwarts

a wizarding family

Harry


Sybill P. Trelawney


Peter Pettigrew
(Wormtail)

Rubeus Hagrid,
Keeper of Keys

Dobby


Aragog

Godric Gryffindor’s sword

Fawkes, a phoenix


Sirius, on Buckbeak,
from Hogwarts

Dementors


giant squid
in the lake

Peter Wormtail

Sirius Black


Animagi


Pepperup Potion


Order of the Phoenix


Bowtruckles

Fred and George Weasley


work at St. Mungo’s


thestrals

Locket


Food



Hermione
Dark Lord
Fearfully Named and
Attempting a Return to Power,
Who Placed Part of
His Soul in a Ring

Concept the Dark Lord
Cannot Comprehend,
Ultimately Used Against Him

A Birthday Sets
Events in Motion

Wizened Old Wizard

Strong Non-Parental
Connection

Annoying Relatives

Scar That Won’t Heal


Inherited Invisibility Device

Eerie Prison
Controlled by Dark Forces

Treasure-Hoarding
Goblins

Long-Distance
Communication Method

A Dog Named Fang

Mischievous Pair

Liquid-Filled
Basin of Seeing

Troll


Dendrophobia Causer


Feisty Tree

Underground Meeting
with a Foe

Hidden Cave Door

Intense Wizard Conflict

Elves


Inn

Friendly Barkeeper

Great Hall

Longbottom

Possesses a Scar on
His Forehead

Seer of That
Which Is Beyond

Worm-y Bad Guy


In Charge of Keys


Pitiable Creature,
Speaks in Third Person

Giant Spider

Life-Saving Swords

Flying Creatures that Come
in the Nick of Time

Winged Escape
from a High Place

Creepy Hooded Figures
That Cause Chills

Do Not Disturb the Water
Because of…

…Loses a Hand

Scruffy Bad Guy Who
Turns out to Be a Good Guy

Humans Who Transform
Into Animals

Burning Drink That Clears the Head

Group of Wizards
That Fights Evil

Tree Guardians

Producer(s) of
Wondrous Fireworks

Healers


Dark, Winged Steeds

Draining Heirloom, Worn Around the Neck

Item Specifically Noted
as Not Able to Be Made from Nothing

A Woman Both “Beautiful”
and “Terrible”
Sauron





destruction of
the One Ring


Bilbo’s 111th
and Frodo’s 33rd

Gandalf

Bilbo Baggins, “uncle”


Sackville-Bagginses

Frodo’s shoulder,
given by the Witch King

ring

Dol Guldur


one of the evil races
of Middle Earth

palantíri


owned by Farmer Maggot

Merry & Pippin

Mirror of Galadriel


attacks the Fellowship
in Moria

Old Forest
on the edge of the Shire

Old Man Willow

in Moria


Moria

Gandalf vs. Saruman

eldest speaking race of
Middle Earth

The Prancing Pony

Barliman Butterbur

in Edoras

a type of pipe-weed

Merry


Malbeth the Seer


Gríma
(Wormtongue)

Húrin,
Warden of the Keys

Gollum


Shelob

Andúril, Sting, Glamdring

Gwaihir, Lord of the Eagles


Gandalf, on Gwaihir,
from Orthanc

Nazgûl


Watcher in the Water
outside Moria

barrow-wight

Aragorn


Beornings


given by orcs


Istari


Ents

Gandalf


work at Minas Tirith’s Houses of Healing

fell beasts of the Nazgûl

Ring


Fire



Galadriel

7 Oct 2009

150 Things I’m not allowed to do in Hogwarts

150.  Getting everyone into the great hall to do the time warp will not earn me house points.
149.  I will not tell sir Cadogen that the knights who say ‘Ni’ have challenged him to a duel and then have students yell “Ni” from various directions.

148. I am not the King of the potato people and I do not have a flying carpet.

147. I will not hold my wand in the air before casting spells and shout “I have the power.”

146. “Y’all check this-here *** out!” is not an appropriate way to announce that you are about to perform an experimental spell.

145. It is not necessary to yell “BURN” every time Snape takes a point from Gryffindor.

144. The whomping willow is not an ent-wife.

143. I will not sing “we’re off to see the wizard” when I am sent to the headmasters office.

142. “To conquer the Earth with an army of flying monkeys” is not an appropriate career choice.

141. I will not scare the Arithmacy students with my calculus book.

140. I will not start food fights in the great hall.

139. I will not dress up in a dementor suit and use a dustbuster on Harry’s lips to get him to do whatever I want.

138. I will not tell the first years that professor Snape is the voice of God.

137. It is a bad idea to tell professor Snape that he takes himself too seriously.

136. I will not organize a Hogwarts fight club.

135. I am not allowed to paint the house elves blue.

134. I am not allowed to teach the first years to “the penis game” in the great hall during dinner.

133. I am not allowed to begin each Herbology class by singing the theme song to “attack of the killer tomatoes.”

132. I am not allowed to sing my own personal spy music while wondering the hallways.

131. I will not steal Godric Gryffindor’s sword form Dumbledore’s office and use it to patrol the hallways.

130. It is not necessary for me to yell “BAMF” everytime I apparate.

129. I will not try and start Naked Thursdays in the common room.

128. I am not Xena warrior princess and I shall not use war cries to signal my entrance into any classroom.

127. I am not allowed to introduce myself to first years as Tim the enchanter.

126. I am not allowed to declare an official Hug a Slytherine day.

125. I am not allowed to reenact famous battles of the Revolutionary war in charms class.

124. I will not wear my “DEATH EATER AND PROUD OF IT” shirt to school.

123. I will not dress up as Voldemort for Halloween.

122. “Draco Malfoy takes it up the ***” is not an acceptable Quidditch chant.

121. I am not allowed to make lightsaber sounds with my wand.

120. I will not call Professor McGonagall “McGoogles”.

119. I will not charm the suits of armor to do a rendition of “Knights of the round table” for the Christmas feast.

118. I will not sing the entire Multiplication Rocks series during Arithmacy exams.

117. Dumbledore is not Gandalf, and the triforce is not hidden in Hogwarts.

116. I will never ask Harry if his scar senses are tingling.

115. I will not attempt to magically animate my marshmallow peeps.

114. There is no such thing as the chamber of Double Secret Probation.

113. My name is not “the Dark Lord Happy-Pants” I am not allowed to sign my papers as such.

112. Bringing fortune cookies to divination class does not count for extra credit.

111. I will not yell “Believe it… or not” after any of Dumbledore’s speeches.

110. I will not tell first years that Moon Prism Power is a basic transfiguration spell.

109. I will not douse Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak with lemon juice to see if he will become visible while wearing it and standing by the fire in the common room.

108. I will not tell first years they should build a tree house in the whomping willow.

107. I will not sing the Badger Song during Hufflepuff-Slytherine Quidditch matches.

106. I will not teach the house elves to impersonate Jar Jar Binks.

105. I will not give Hagrid Pokémon cards and convince him that they are real animals.

104. I will not lock the Gryffindor and Slytherine houses in the same room and start taking bets on which house will come out alive.

103. I am not allowed to give Gryffindors Pixie Sticks

102. I will not cast the occasional Obliviate spell on Dumbledore even if it would be amusing.

101. I am not allowed to refer to Susan Bones, Hannah Abbot, and Justin Finch-Fletchley as Blossom, Buttercup, and Bubbles.

100. I am not allowed to introduce Peeves to paintballing.

99. I will not under any circumstances ask Harry Potter who died and made him boss.

98. “OMGWTF” is not a spell

97. I will not claim there is a prequel to “Hogwarts, a History”.

96. I will not follow potions instructions in reverse just to see what happens.

95. I am not authorized to negotiate a peace treaty with Voldemort.

94. Albus Dumbledore is not my personal Jesus.

93. I am not a member of the Spanish Inquisition

92. When being interrogated by a member of the staff I will not wave my hand and state “These are not the droids you are looking for”.

91. I will not claim my X-files tapes are “Auror training videos”.

90. If the thought of a spell makes me giggle for more then fifteen seconds I am to assume I am not allowed to do that.

89. I will not charm Hermione’s time-turner to turn every half hour.

88. I am not allowed to use silencing charms on my professors.

87. A time turner is not a flux capacitator I should therefore not try to install it in a muggle car.

86. I will not attempt to recreate the Key to Time in Transfiguration class.

85. Ravenclaws do not find the sign “The library is closed for indefinite amount of time” amusing in any sense.

84. I am not allowed to lock Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter in a closet and see if hot gay sex will occur.

83. I am not allowed out of my dorm when visitors from the ministry are here.

82. When asked in class what the Avada Kedavra curse does, yelling “It does DEATH” may be correct but it is not the manor in which one should answer.

81. Calling Ghostbusters is a cruel joke to play on the resident ghosts and poltergeists.

80. I will not use Slytherine and Gryffindor first years as Christmas decorations.

79. I will not tell Professor Trelawney I prophesied her death.

78. Dumbledore’s proper title is “Headmaster” not “My liege”.

77. I will not refer to the accio charm as “the force”.

76. There is not now nor has there ever been a fifth house at Hogwarts. And I am not a member of that house, nor am I its founder.

75. I will not put books of muggle fairy tales in the history section of the library.

74. I will not say, “Dude get a life” to Voldemort.

73. I shall not refer to DADA professors as canaries in a coal mine.

72. When fighting deatheaters in the annual June good vs. evil fight I will not lift my wand skyward and shout “there can only be ONE”.

71. I will not use my socks to make hand puppets of the Slytherine house mascot.

70. Novelty or holiday-themed ties are not to be worn with my school uniform.

69. Fist years should not be encouraged to befriend the whomping willow.

68. I will not impersonate a Swedish chef in potions class.

67. I will stop referring to Hufflepuffs as “cannon fodder”.

66. It is inappropriate to slip sample bottles of “Selsun Blue” into Professor Snape’s personal postbox.

65. A wand is for magic only, it is not for picking noses, playing snooker, or playing drums no matter how bored I become.

64. First years are not to be fed to Fluffy.

63. Using engorgio charms on certain parts of the anatomy is not permitted on school grounds, even for entertainment purposes.

62. Gryffindor courage does not come in bottles labeled “Firewhiskey”.

61. It is generally accepted that cats and dragons can not interbreed and I should not attempt to disprove this theory no matter how wicked the results would be.

60. I am no longer allowed to use the words “pimp cane” in front of Draco Malfoy.

59. I am not defense against the Boring classes Professor.

58. Professor Flitwick’s first name is not Yoda.

57. I can not Hadoken anything into oblivion.

56. I will not refer to Kingsley Shaklebolt as “big black sexy auror.”

55. Black Phoenix Labs does not sell potions ingredients and I will not resell their products as “veela pheromones”.

54. My name is not Captain Subtext.

53. I will not draw an H on Percy Weasley’s head.

52. Sirius Black did not found the Sirius Cybernetic Corp.

51. I will not go to meals dressed as Choda boy.

50. I will not take out a life insurance policy on Harry Potter.

49. If Ginny Weasley wanted to borrow my Darkover books she would have already said so.

48. I am not allowed to teach the first year to sing “a wizards staff has a knob at the end”.

47. I will not ask Dumbledore to show me ‘the pointy hat trick’.

46. I will stop asking when we will learn to make ‘love potion number nine’.

45. I will not offer to prepare tandoori owl.

44. I will not owl copies of the Evil Overlord list to suspected deatheaters.

43. It is a bad idea to tell professor McGonagall that she takes herself to seriously.

42. 42 is not the answer to every question on the O.W.L.S.

41. I will not offer to pose nude for Dean Thomas.

40. I will not offer to pose nude for Colin Creevey.

39. Asking, “How do you keep a Gryffindor in suspense?” and then walking away is only funny the first time.

38. Professor Flitwick does not wish to be addressed as “Admiral Naismith”.

37. There is no such thing as an Invisibility thong.

36. I will not change the password to the prefect’s bathroom to, “Makes getting clean almost as much fun as getting dirty”.

35. Any resemblance between the Dementors and the Nazgul is just a coincidence.

34. The Ravenclaws are not “Mentats in training”.

33. I will stop asking the Arithmacy teacher what the square root of -1 is.

32. I will not lick Trevor.

31. I do not have a Dalek patronus.

30. Remus Lupin does not want a flea collar.

29.  I do not weigh the same as a duck.

28. I am allowed to have a cat, rat, toad, or an owl. I am not allowed to have reticulated python, snow leopard, Tasmanian devil, or piranha.

27. I am not a tribble Animagus.

26. I am not a sloth Animagus.

25. Tricking a school house elf into stripping does not mean they are mine even if I yelled, “Pwned.”

24. I will not place anything by Silver Ravenwolf on the school library shelves.

23. I will not bring a magic eight ball to Divination class.

22. I will not provide Luna Lovegood with coast-to-coast AM transcripts.

21. There is no such thing as were-thylacine.

20. I will not refer to the Defense against the Dark arts professor as Kenny, even if he is wearing an orange anorak.

19. I will not refer to the Patil twins as “bookends”.

18. I will not refer to the Weasley twins as “bookends”.

17. Seamus Finnegan is not “after me lucky charms”.

16. I will not claim Chick Tracts are an accurate presentation of muggle life.

15. “Liften Separatis Crotchum” is not a real spell.

14. I will not start every potions class by asking my professor if today’s project is suitable as a sexual lubricant.

13. Starting a betting pool on the fate of this years Defense against the Dark arts professor is tasteless and tacky, not a clever money-making concept.

12. House elves are not acceptable replacements for bludgers.

11. If a classmate falls asleep I will not take advantage of this fact and draw a dark mark on their arm.

10. Polishing my wand in the common room is acceptable. “Polishing my wand” in the common room is not.

9. I will stop referring to showering as “giving Myrtle an eyeful”.

8. I will not use Umbridge’s quill to write “I told you I was hardcore.”

7. The giant squid is not an appropriate date to the Yule ball.

6. I will not go to class skyclad.

5. Putting up Doug Henning posters in Filtch’s office is not appropriate.

4. “I’ve heard every possible joke about Oliver Wood’s name” is not a challenge.

3. Growing marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms is not “an extra-credit project for Herbology.”

2. No matter how good an Australian accent I can do I will not imitate Steve Irwin during Care of Magical Creatures class.

1. I will not poke Hufflepuffs with spoons nor will I insist that their house colors indicate they are, “covered in bees”.