HP Book 7 Discussion

***Spoilers***

The following post contains the name of the 7th Harry Potter book - if you would like to discover the name by yourself, travel to jkrowling.com, take the pink eraser portkey to the room of requirements and try to discover the secret to get in. If you can't discover the secret, my prior post has a link to a Leaky Cauldron article which gives directions on how to enter the room of requirements - by sure to remember to close your eyes and count to 10 slowly while heading to The Leaky Cauldron, as they have the name on their homepage, which you travel to first, before being taken (automatically) to the article with directions.

Now...let the spoilers begin...

So, I opened up JKR's page today - anticipating as I have been some Christmas surprise as I have been since she decorated - took the eraser portkey to the Room of Requirements and LO AND BEHOLD! The "Do Not Disturb" sign was GONE! I clicked around frantically, causing a few random decorations to appear, and then decided that I couldn't wait, so I went to the Leaky Cauldron for directions. Got 'em, did 'em and found myself face to face with rousing game of hangman.

Harry Potter and the --------------------------------

Well, turns out, I was smart enough to figure it out: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Fab. U. Los.

Fabulous, really. I thought it was perfect before I even began to process what it might mean. And then I began to think. I looked up "hallows" for clarity and discovered only forms of hallows, such as VERB: Hallow or ADJECTIVE: Hallowed but no nouns, except, of course, the obvious "All-Hallow's Eve" - Halloween. So I formed my own conclusion that was something like this: "A deathly process of sanctification".

I liked it. I still do. And I think that this title will probably have several layers of meanings, so I'm keeping "A deathly process of sanctification" as a layer in the meaning.

However, there is still that angsty part of me that says there's more. "The Deathly HallowS" sure implies nounS - which implies more than my version: "A deathly process...", so sure it could be processes, but my guess is that a "hallow" is some thing - just like a horcrux is a thing. And that leads me to the most popular theory out there on the forums today.

"The Deathly Hallows are the horcruxes."

How do I feel about that?

Ok...No. No no no no no no no no no!

You cannot take the "holy" out of Hallow, and there is no way in heck that JKRowling would refer to the horcruxes as "Hallows" - not gonna happen.

There are all these fabulous theories out there about Arthurian legends and Grail searches which involve relics of the faithful, which might be called "hallows" and that may be fine, but NO, Hallows are not horcruxes.

And with that, I'll say good night, y'all.

posted by Headless-in-GR @ 12/21/2006 11:47:00 PM | (4) comments

HYPERVENTILATE!!!

I know the name of the SEVENTH HARRY POTTER BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You can know it too!

Go to JKRowling.com, take the portkey to the room of requirements (the pink eraser) and then click around and see if you can figure out how to get in. If you need instructions, click here for the Leaky Cauldron's instructions - BUT CLOSE YOUR EYES AND COUNT SLOWLY TO TEN BEFORE LOOKING! I just noticed that it always takes you to the homepage before transfering you to the article and the new title is on the homepage!

Best wishes and...

OHMYGOSH!

(Incidentally, others have pointed out this connection: In OotP, when Harry and all are in the Hall of Prophecies, there are - well, several - but two prophecies that are broken open. We only hear bits of the prophecies due to the chaos around, but the first one is an old man who says, "At the solstice will come a new..." and then a young woman says, "...and none will come after..." Well, guess what today is? Yep - winter solstice! The seventh book and none will come after!!! How cool is that?!)

posted by Headless-in-GR @ 12/21/2006 10:21:00 AM | (0) comments

JKR Updates Her Diary

For those who care, JKRowling has updated her online diary...

posted by Headless-in-GR @ 12/20/2006 06:03:00 PM | (0) comments

For Dad

posted by Headless-in-GR @ 12/20/2006 12:48:00 AM | (0) comments

One Day - Three Posts!

I found this funny - A Christmas Card from the Phoenix Suns.

posted by Headless-in-GR @ 12/18/2006 07:42:00 PM | (0) comments

Unicorns Spotted! (Just For Just Pat)

Wait! It wasn't the Pope! It was the United States Military!

posted by Headless-in-GR @ 12/18/2006 11:09:00 AM | (0) comments

How Does He Get Food Through That Grill?

Thing #1: I have a cold that makes me sound like Darth Vader when I breath. Also, in the spirit of Darth Vader, it seems it is ni' impossible to kill.

Thing #2: I have managed to get well enough to make it Starbucks today. (The force was with me.) On my way back, I passed a dry-cleaning store advertising a special on dresses - and it hit me. Does anyone wear dresses anymore? I mean real-live dresses, not jumpers or skirts or skirts-over-bluejeans (too weird!)... I haven't seen anyone wear a dress for a really, really long time, which is really pretty odd. I mean, according to all historical depictions, all people wore dresses (robe-thingies) up until, like, King Arthur and Robin Hood's time. (All sing: We're men - we're men in tights!) And didn't those guys only get to wear "tights" because they rode horses? I mean, the peasants weren't dressing that way - just watch the movies! Anyway - I just want to know the truth - not the perception - the real, live platonic truth in the sky. Are Levi's more comfortable than robes? What does God think?

Thing #3: I just blew my nose and am now dizzy - did I blow my equilibrium out? I'm going to go wobble to bed now... *wobbles away breathing like Darth Vader*

posted by Headless-in-GR @ 12/18/2006 09:59:00 AM | (1) comments

Ho! Ho! Ho! Harry Christmas!

JKRowling.com has been decorated for the holidays, complete with holiday music! Enjoy! And revel in the anticipation of something fun coming our way this Christmas season!

posted by Headless-in-GR @ 12/11/2006 12:20:00 PM | (0) comments

One Earring - Sad And Lonely

Tacojaney once told me about some article that wrote up what the desks of various writers looked like - it reminded me of JKRowling's virtual desk at her website, with all the gumwrappers and wads of paper...

So looking around the Johnson Center of Activity, here's what I've got going on:

1) STARBUCKS - the RED cup! (Why does that matter?)
2) Spray bottle full of water to spray the naughty kitty when he claws at my drapes
3) Kleenex - both used and unused (sorry Pat)
4) Matches
5) A glass
6) A Dasani water bottle
7) Cell phone
8) "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
9) Drawings of a farmhouse in Kansas
10) Frank's RedHot Cayenne Pepper Sauce
11) A pile of unpaid bills
12) "The Mind of the Maker"
13) "The Three A.M. Epiphony"
14) "Retarded Isn't Stupid, Mom" (Really - that's the name of the book - it's actually for one of my classes...)
15) Two writing magazines.
16) Three spiral notebooks - not full
17) $2. 78 in pocket change
18) A 2006 desk calendar with nothing written in it - but wonderful Ansel Adam pictures - and I always turn the page to the right date.
19) A quote by Leo Tolstoy "Remember then: there is only one time that is important - Now! It is the most important time because it is the only time we have any power." (A questionable quote, now that we have String Theory)
20) One earring - sad and lonely
21) A clock I've had for three years but has never worked
22) Eye-glasses
23) Deck of cards
24) A picture of the band I was in at Baylor
25) A rock

So...what's on your desk?

posted by Headless-in-GR @ 12/08/2006 10:35:00 PM | (1) comments