Love (the Kiddy Stuff)

SPOILER ALERT. However....If you havent seen the last movie...its because you dont care....so feel free to look down!! ^__^

We all saw Harry and Hermione and Ron grow up. Hermione liked Ron, and Ron got jealous in Goblet of Fire when TriWizard Tournament Competitor Victor Krum asked her to the Winter Ball. Then the next book, Ron had a girlfriend then she got jealous! In this book/movie there was a some chocolate spiked with Amortentia ( Love Potion). This chocolate was meant for Harry but Ron ate it and fell in love with the girl who created the potion. a memorable line is when Ron tells Harry, "I love her...can you introduce me to her" *laughs*

There is also Love/Like when Harry has a crush on Padma Patil, but she does not like him and goes to the Winter Ball with Cedric Diggory.  In the last two movies, Harry has his first kiss EVER with Ginny Wesley! Also in the midst of danger, Hermione and Ron share their first kiss, hoping it wont be there last (it wasnt they were saved by Neville Longbotton. wooooo who would have thunkit)



That is all for now. Until later
"I promise I am up to no good"

Serious Love (not the kiddy stuff)

In Harry Potter, love is treated as a branch of magic because let us not forget that Harry's mom died to save her son. (and NO for anyone who wants to compare her to Jesus. OPEN YOUR MIND, kthx) Love is an important theme in the books, and it is implied that it is Voldemort’s inability to understand the concept that leads to his eventual downfall. (SPOILER ALERT) Since he does not understand the selfless love contained in Lily’s sacrifice, he is unable to predict the consequences of Harry’s own sacrifice at the end of Deathly Hallows.

It is implied that the inability to love is what make Voldemort as evil as he is. Severus Snape, who voluntarily joined the Death Eaters on leaving Hogwarts, turns spy for the Order of the Phoenix when he realises that the woman he loves is being threatened by Voldemort.

Narcissa Malfoy’s love for her son Draco eventually leads her to betray Voldemort, directly leading to Harry’s survival– another oversight on Voldemort’s part. 

With these examples, the book strongly hints that anybody with the ability to love cannot go as far down the path of evil as Voldemort has done, and it is his complete lack of compassion that makes him capable of what he does.

Ginny

How Cute!! This Youtube Video will start my 3 (or 4) post rant about LOVE in Harry Potter. Yes this wonderful movie series has LOVE all throughout from crushes to kisses. And NOBODY believed me when I said that Hermione and Ron would get together in the end. NOBODY. Everyone was Team Hermione/Harry ....and what about Ron. Poor ol Ginger Ron. smh! The only thing I always wondered was.....how old was Ginny. She came in after the second book but still. CRADLE ROBBER lol

Quidditch Photos

Harry Potter, a gallery on Flickr.

Check these out while I search for the Golden Snitch! *Casts Flying Charm*

Quidditch #2

Ok I promise, no more Quidditch posts......maybe. I mean I could have made all these into one post...but it would have gotten boooorrrinnnggg (zzzzz) so ok. Remember in one of the last blogs I said the students who play Quidditch at ODU arent "weird kids"..... well they arent. I did some more reseach and Quidditch is HUGE. Here is a video clip a friend of mine pointed me towards.... Oh and about that clip....it is the Quidditch WORLD CUP and it took place in NEW YORK CITY and the crowd was huge and had a positive response! Out of 16 states and 46 colleges, here COVERED BY CBS, are some clips. CBS disabled embedding so HERE is the link.

Also, Virginia has its OWN league page with statistics, rosters and more. Want to see? saaaaayy BLUDGER

ODU Quidditch

Since I am a Public Relations, I guess I can give the team some good PR lol. Our Quidditch team is quite good. They play against the team at VCU all the time. The funny thing is that, some people may think it is weird for regular people to play a fictional game from a movie, however this game is quite popular around the world. Everyone loves Quidditch, If i wasnt such a girly girl (*laughs*) I might play myself, but sweating isnt for me. Also they play rain or shine and since I hate to sweat, I would definitely hate playing in the rain ( I have a image to uphold! lol) Buttttt here is a video of them playing! ^___^ enjoy you guys

Quidditch!!

What some people do not realize that ODU has its own Quidditch team!! They play every Saturday from 10 until 2. I met one of the players today while at work. They use legit brooms and the snitch is a person with a Golden Sock in his back pocket ^___^. For those who dont know, Quidditch is a game where the object is for the seeker to find the Golden Snitch. You can also gain points by putting the Quaffle in the goal. The challenge comes with the magic Bludgers who try and hit the players. There are two players who have the jobs of beating the bludgers away, and like in a lot of sports there is someone blocking the goal from the opponent team. Here is the ODU Quidditch Team page

Charms Class : Lesson One

Accio

Description: This charm summons an object to the caster, potentially over a significant distance. Its opposite is the Banishing Charm.

Mentioned: Mentioned in HP and the Goblet of Fire.  Hermione was mentioned trying to learn this charm during her ride aboard the Hogwarts Express. Later on in the same book, Harry summons his broom to complete the First Task of the Triwizard Tournament against his Dragon.

This is my new favorite song!! The thing about this song is that it was written before the Deathly Hallows book was released and it was strangely kind of accurate in some of his verses. Neat Song!! *grabs air guitar*

Harry Potter Exhibition - London Film Museum: Harry Potter's Gryffindor Quidditch outfit worn in the Dragon task from The Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter Exhibition - London Film Museum: Harry Potter's Gryffindor Quidditch outfit worn in the Dragon task from The Goblet of Fire, a photo by Craig Grobler on Flickr.

^___^ I will be posting clips from this scene later!

Jerram Barrs on HP and the Deathly Hallows

This is the trailer to the FINAL movie. Well the 2nd half of the final movie.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was the last movie for the last book in the series. This scene takes place in Hogwarts where Voldemort is trying to turn the students against him. 

Just a clip from the last movie. Nothin extra spectacular.