I love this quote as well, for many reasons.
For one thing, Dumbledore understands how flighty that darn temptress is. I mean, really though. If you don't take an opportunity, it may never come around again. Even the most powerful wizard in the world, who has been on many adventures in his life, has never questioned the power of not knowing what will happen. Adventure is still a very important part of Dumbledore's (approximately one hundred and fifty year long) life. He never lost his young side, which is absolutely amazing to me.
Another thing that I like about this quote is that he is speaking to Harry when he says it. He is bestowing his knowledge unto yet another deserving pupil. This guy really does know what he is doing.
And then, he follows what he promises. Dumbledore and Harry do go on a fantastic adventure that night. One of the few times that Dumbledore follows through with what he says? Maybe. (Definitely.) But of all the things to follow through with, this does seem to be an important one.
Although, maybe Dumbledore only goes on this adventure because he know that he is going to die anyways. If he had the elixir of life, would he still go on this adventure? Or is he trying to pack in an extra fifty years in about a year of his remaining life? We may never know the answer (mainly because Harry Potter is fictional and we all have trouble dealing with that,) but what's important is that he included Harry in one of his last adventures.
Until next time, fellow Potterheads!
Friday, December 13, 2013
"Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." - Albus Dumbledore
Hello, fellow Potterheads!
I have been thinking about Dumbledore's quotes recently, and how true they are to life (either the wizarding or the muggle world.) Like this one above! "Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." How much more true can that be.
That being said, I think that for the next few weeks, i will be choosing some Albus Dumbledore quotes and just talking about them.
This quote has to be one of my favorites, because of how and when he says it. He says it during the feast on the first night at Hogwarts. He says it the best of reasons. He knows that dark times are coming, and that there is nothing he can really do about it. So he chooses to tell his pupils that they need to look on the light side of things during that year at Hogwarts. He cares so deeply about his students, that he comforts them before they are even in turmoil.
This is also a great use of foreshadowing by JK Rowling. There she goes, being absolutely flawless again. But later in the books, Dumbledore gives Ron Weasley the light-putter-outer Dumbledore uses when he places Harry at the Dursley's "home." When Ron (spoiler alert) leaves Harry and Hermione during their hunt for Horcruxes in the seventh book, he uses the putter-outer in order to find them again, and save Harry's life. They were in a very dark situation, but Ron literally turned on the light to make the situation ten times better, and all around more convenient for everybody involved.
So there we have it, the two reasons that I love the quote so much. I will probably come up with more reasons as my Harry Potter loving life goes on, but for now there are only two.
I have to admit, even through I am not a huge fan of the guy, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore can have his insanely wise moments. Like this one.
Until next time!
I have been thinking about Dumbledore's quotes recently, and how true they are to life (either the wizarding or the muggle world.) Like this one above! "Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." How much more true can that be.
That being said, I think that for the next few weeks, i will be choosing some Albus Dumbledore quotes and just talking about them.
This quote has to be one of my favorites, because of how and when he says it. He says it during the feast on the first night at Hogwarts. He says it the best of reasons. He knows that dark times are coming, and that there is nothing he can really do about it. So he chooses to tell his pupils that they need to look on the light side of things during that year at Hogwarts. He cares so deeply about his students, that he comforts them before they are even in turmoil.
This is also a great use of foreshadowing by JK Rowling. There she goes, being absolutely flawless again. But later in the books, Dumbledore gives Ron Weasley the light-putter-outer Dumbledore uses when he places Harry at the Dursley's "home." When Ron (spoiler alert) leaves Harry and Hermione during their hunt for Horcruxes in the seventh book, he uses the putter-outer in order to find them again, and save Harry's life. They were in a very dark situation, but Ron literally turned on the light to make the situation ten times better, and all around more convenient for everybody involved.
So there we have it, the two reasons that I love the quote so much. I will probably come up with more reasons as my Harry Potter loving life goes on, but for now there are only two.
I have to admit, even through I am not a huge fan of the guy, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore can have his insanely wise moments. Like this one.
Until next time!
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
"Ah, music ... a magic far beyond all we do here ..." - Albus Dumbledore
Hello, fellow Potterheads!
I think that it's safe to say that all of you reading this have watched the Harry Potter movies at some point, or have at least watched some of them. But another magic that you have witnessed, possibly without even noticing, is the Harry Potter musical score.
The score for Harry Potter was written so well, the orchestra is flawless, and the music has brought me to tears. Especially the song Leaving Hogwarts. That song is so intense that it can still bring tears to my eyes. I mean, they play it at the end of the first movie right as Harry is saying he truly isn't going home, because Hogwarts is his home. *starts crying*
So three cheers to John Williams! You did an excellent job creating the score for Harry Potter! And I love you because of it.
But there are some songs that aren't composed by John Williams, and aren't performed by an orchestra. Several songs were featured in the fourth Harry Potter movie at the Yule Ball. The band playing at the Yule Ball was supposed to be the Weird Sisters, a band that it talked about throughout the Harry potter books. JK Rowling has stated in interviews that the Weird Sisters were Harry Potter's favorite band.
In the movie, the band played the songs Do the Hypogriff and Magic Works, but a song called This is the Night was also recorded. The band shown in the movie consisted of Jarvis Cocker (of Pulp) as Myron Wagtail (vocals), Jonny Greenwood (of Radiohead) as Kirley Duke (lead guitar), Jason Buckle (of All Seeing I) as Heathcote Barbary (rhythm guitar), Steve Mackey (of Pulp) as Donaghan Tremlett (bass), Steven Claydon (of Add N to (X)) as Gideon Crumb (keyboards and bagpipes), and Phil Selway (of Radiohead) as Orsino Thruston (drums). I love that they went out of there way to book these actual popular band members in order to create yet another piece of magic for the Harry Potter world.
Until next time, Potterheads! Enjoy the music.
I think that it's safe to say that all of you reading this have watched the Harry Potter movies at some point, or have at least watched some of them. But another magic that you have witnessed, possibly without even noticing, is the Harry Potter musical score.
The score for Harry Potter was written so well, the orchestra is flawless, and the music has brought me to tears. Especially the song Leaving Hogwarts. That song is so intense that it can still bring tears to my eyes. I mean, they play it at the end of the first movie right as Harry is saying he truly isn't going home, because Hogwarts is his home. *starts crying*
So three cheers to John Williams! You did an excellent job creating the score for Harry Potter! And I love you because of it.
But there are some songs that aren't composed by John Williams, and aren't performed by an orchestra. Several songs were featured in the fourth Harry Potter movie at the Yule Ball. The band playing at the Yule Ball was supposed to be the Weird Sisters, a band that it talked about throughout the Harry potter books. JK Rowling has stated in interviews that the Weird Sisters were Harry Potter's favorite band.
In the movie, the band played the songs Do the Hypogriff and Magic Works, but a song called This is the Night was also recorded. The band shown in the movie consisted of Jarvis Cocker (of Pulp) as Myron Wagtail (vocals), Jonny Greenwood (of Radiohead) as Kirley Duke (lead guitar), Jason Buckle (of All Seeing I) as Heathcote Barbary (rhythm guitar), Steve Mackey (of Pulp) as Donaghan Tremlett (bass), Steven Claydon (of Add N to (X)) as Gideon Crumb (keyboards and bagpipes), and Phil Selway (of Radiohead) as Orsino Thruston (drums). I love that they went out of there way to book these actual popular band members in order to create yet another piece of magic for the Harry Potter world.
Until next time, Potterheads! Enjoy the music.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
"Dumbledore is gay, actually," - JK Rowling
Hello Fellow Potterheads! I haven't written for awhile due to the break in classes, but I am excited and eager to start up my blog again.
Ok, so if you are a true Potterhead, you would know that JK Rowling outed Dumbledore as gay in 2007 at Carnegie Hall. The world was on fire that October evening, but I have to ask why. Why was it so important to the fandom that Dumbledore is gay? Does it change the plotline or character development at all? Why is it so horrible that Dumbledore just happens to romantically love males instead of females? Alas, it is not.
So many people were talking about this Dumbledore outing as this huge plot twist in the books, but in my opinion, they didn't change anything. He still left Harry on that doorstep the night Lily and James died, he still was Harry's only grandfather figure throughout the last years of his life, and he still led Harry to destroy the horcrux, and ultimately defeat Voldemort. He was still an amazing person who led a large and magnificent life. Who could doubt all of that because he was gay?
Don't get me wrong, Dumbledore isn't one of my favorite characters by far, but he was one of the most significant individuals in the series.
And I still don't agree with how he did it.
I know, here we go again, Elaine is hating on one of the main characters in her favorite series. Let me explain.
He hid so much from Harry over those years. He could have helped him out so much by just saying that he would have to be killed by Voldemort in the end anyways. He could have told Harry that he was a horcrux himself. But he didn't. Which makes no sense in my mind.
If you expect this kid to defeat the Dark Lord, how are you supposed to expect him to do that without all of the information needed. You can't. It is slowing down the process.
In that little rant I just had, nowhere did I say that I didn't like Dumbledore because he was gay. But after October 20th, 2013, a lot of people started hating Dumbledore for that reason alone: he was gay, and that wasn't right for them.
In which case, those "Potterheads" didn't learn anything from the Harry Potter series like they should have. Harry Potter is about being nice for your peers when they need it, it's about love, it's about acceptance. Harry Potter is about defeating evil, and letting love prevail. These people don't seem to realize that, which kills me inside. How dare they discriminate against Dumbledore, the brightest wizard who ever lived, and sometimes the entire series merely because Dumbledore is gay. That is an absolute pity.
Until next time, Potterheads.
Ok, so if you are a true Potterhead, you would know that JK Rowling outed Dumbledore as gay in 2007 at Carnegie Hall. The world was on fire that October evening, but I have to ask why. Why was it so important to the fandom that Dumbledore is gay? Does it change the plotline or character development at all? Why is it so horrible that Dumbledore just happens to romantically love males instead of females? Alas, it is not.
So many people were talking about this Dumbledore outing as this huge plot twist in the books, but in my opinion, they didn't change anything. He still left Harry on that doorstep the night Lily and James died, he still was Harry's only grandfather figure throughout the last years of his life, and he still led Harry to destroy the horcrux, and ultimately defeat Voldemort. He was still an amazing person who led a large and magnificent life. Who could doubt all of that because he was gay?
Don't get me wrong, Dumbledore isn't one of my favorite characters by far, but he was one of the most significant individuals in the series.
And I still don't agree with how he did it.
I know, here we go again, Elaine is hating on one of the main characters in her favorite series. Let me explain.
He hid so much from Harry over those years. He could have helped him out so much by just saying that he would have to be killed by Voldemort in the end anyways. He could have told Harry that he was a horcrux himself. But he didn't. Which makes no sense in my mind.
If you expect this kid to defeat the Dark Lord, how are you supposed to expect him to do that without all of the information needed. You can't. It is slowing down the process.
In that little rant I just had, nowhere did I say that I didn't like Dumbledore because he was gay. But after October 20th, 2013, a lot of people started hating Dumbledore for that reason alone: he was gay, and that wasn't right for them.
In which case, those "Potterheads" didn't learn anything from the Harry Potter series like they should have. Harry Potter is about being nice for your peers when they need it, it's about love, it's about acceptance. Harry Potter is about defeating evil, and letting love prevail. These people don't seem to realize that, which kills me inside. How dare they discriminate against Dumbledore, the brightest wizard who ever lived, and sometimes the entire series merely because Dumbledore is gay. That is an absolute pity.
Until next time, Potterheads.
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