Rowling, you crazy genius

This is a blog celebrating the genius of J.K.Rowling. Most of it is obviously Harry Potter, but let us not forget that she is an author of other books as well, mmkay?

[knockturnallley]

New Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows moments from Pottermore

[morgan-isnt-funny]

All I really want from JK Rowling is Hogwarts student handbook. And the professors syllabuses. I wanna know snape’s bathroom break policy, and flitwick’s late work policy, and how many tardies equal an absence, and how many books you can check out from the library at one time, how many credits does a student need in order to graduate.

[firewhisky]

A thousand live bats fluttered from the walls and ceiling while a thousand more swooped over the tables in low black clouds, making the candles in the pumpkins stutter.

[firewhisky]

[Tom Felton Meets the Superfans]

[sandandglass]

Total respect. 

[vulgarweed]

Not only was she the first female writer to make the Forbes billionaires list, she then became one of the very few people to take herself off that list by giving so much to charity that it actually made a dent in her fortune.

And she gets it. There aren’t enough generous billionaires in the world who remember where they came from, therefore private charity isn’t the ultimate (only) answer to poverty like some politicians would have us believe. We are all interconnected, we all need each other, in democratic countries we are part of the government, and so keeping needy people from falling into complete destitution and despair is an important and worthy role for government to take. It benefits all of us in the long run. And nobody who feels comfortable and secure now (fewer and fewer of those people around these days) has any guarantee they won’t need help themselves someday.

[elegantpaws]

JK Rowling…reason numbers 2.7 billion why I adore this woman.

[rowlingyoucrazygenius]

Harry moved so quickly that, had he been solid, he would have knocked desks flying. Instead he seemed to slide, dreamlike, across two aisles and up a third. The back of the black-haired boy's head drew nearer and ... he was straightening up now, putting down his quill, pulling his roll of parchment towards him so as to reread what he had written ... Harry stopped in front of the desk and gazed down at his fifteen-year-old father. Excitement exploded in the pit of his stomach: it was as though he was looking at himself but with deliberate mistakes. James's eyes were hazel, his nose was slightly longer than Harry's and there was no scar on his forehead, but they had the same thin face, same mouth, same eyebrows; James's hair stuck up at the back exactly as Harry's did, his hands could have been Harry's and Harry could tell that, when James stood up, they would be within an inch of each other in height. James yawned hugely and rumpled up his hair, making it even messier than it had been. Then, with a glance towards Professor Flitwick, he turned in his seat and grinned at a boy sitting four seats behind him. With another shock of excitement, Harry saw Sirius give James the thumbs-up. Sirius was lounging in his chair at his ease, tilting it back on two legs. He was very good-looking; his dark hair fell into his eyes with a sort of casual elegance neither James's nor Harry's could ever have achieved, and a girl sitting behind him was eyeing him hopefully, though he didn't seem to have noticed. And two seats along from this girl--Harry's stomach gave another pleasurable squirm-- was Remus Lupin. He looked rather pale and peaky (was the full moon approaching?) and was absorbed in the exam: as he reread his answers, he scratched his chin with the end of his quill, frowning slightly.

Order of the Phoenix, chapter 28 "Snape's Worst Memory"

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Tess Wall (Monica Dolan) and Barry Fairbrother (Rory Kinnear)

"The Casual Vacancy" begins on Sunday 15th Feb 9pm on BBC One

Media Pack   Programme Information (BBC)  Character Images (Inside Media Track) BAFTA Q&A (Life of Wylie)  Preview (Radio Times)

[thenjie-blog]

THE MAGIC BEGINS - A Harry Potter Challenge » Emily and I thought we all need a little more HP in our lives again so we came up with this 30 Day Photoshop -challenge to revive all the feels.

1 - Favourite character. 2 - Favourite book. 3 - Favourite movie. 4 - Favourite ship. 5 - Favourite house/your house. 6 - Most powerful quote/favourite lines. 7 - Favourite scene. 8 - A scene you really wanted to be in the movies, but wasn’t. 9 - A character you feel the need to defend. 10 - Saddest scene. 11 - A character death you wish didn’t happen. 12 - Favourite canon ship/couple. 13 - Favourite Wizarding Family. 14 -Favourite villain/anti-hero/antagonist. 15 - Dreamcast for your favourite character(s). 16 -Favourite scenery/locations. 17 - Favourite marauder. 18 - A ship you like, but you think everyone else doesn’t. 19 - Funniest moment. 20 - Favourite Professor. 21 - Favourite spell/curse. 22 - Favourite patronus/your patronus. 23 - Dumbledore’s Army? The Order of the Phoenix? or The Death Eaters? 24 - Scariest scene/character. 25 - Favourite class. 26 - A really emotional scene/moment. 27 - Favourite friendship. 28 - A ship you wish everyone else is into. 29 - A character you’d like to see more of on your dashboard. 30 - Favourite memory of the HP fandom. (This can be in text form)

[entertainmentweekly]

J.K. Rowling will release 12 Harry Potter short stories this month.

[aurorharry]

[souzyandherbooks]

October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every morning and icy drafts that bit at exposed hands and faces.

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (via mustangblood)

[tenderpotter]

do you ever stop to think what it would be like if the dursleys were nice to harry? what if their reason for hating magic wasn’t simply that it was magic and they were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much but that it took petunia’s sister away from her and then killed her? what if it wasn’t even really hatred bc wizards are different and not normal but accumulated pain and fear bc some wizards kill?

imagine harry actually being able to call privet drive his home. imagine him having a room like any other kid and playing with dudley and eating full meals every day. imagine dudley defending harry instead of being the one to bully him. imagine the dursleys celebrating harry’s birthdays as well, having his pictures on the walls next to dudley’s, buying him new clothes, hugging him. imagine if they actually told him the truth about his parents, that they had magic and they were killed but they loved him so so much. imagine harry being able to talk with petunia about his mother, to hear stories about her childhood and what was she liked and that he has her eyes and they’re beautiful. imagine harry getting to read his letter at breakfast and be excited bc he’s like his mum and dad, he has magic too.

imagine harry knowing love from the very start.

but now think about this happy harry who would have a family to go back to and ask yourself: would he be so eager to sacrifice himself in the forest? would it be so easy for him to accept death? would there be any reason for him to do just that? of course not. and of course dumbledore knew all that. if the dursleys were indeed nice people dumbledore would probably find a different place for harry bc he needed him broken, he needed him selfless to the point where it’s unhealthy, he needed him to be the weapon to kill voldemort and nobody cares if weapons get a happy childhood, they’re just weapons after all.

[fuckitfireeverything]

#h a ha a if the dursleys showed harry compassion#harry who grows up emotionally healthy and dumbledore becomes a more obvious villain#because this child is fine he’s alright he’s capable and yes still with a hero complex#but he didn’t need dumbledore as a savior away from the cruel dursleys#and dumbledore has no emotional ammo to manipulate him with#so what would he do#say ”harry your mother would have wanted this”#because petunia would be right there too saying ”she’d want you happy and alive”#your mother never wanted you to drag yourselves through the mud for survival and heroism#she’d be proud of course her son’s a savior but she’d be so sad to see what you went through to win#so what would dumbledore say to be subtle and keep the veneer of Good Wise Old Man Leader of the Light#how would he push and pull harry onto his side and under his thumb#harry wouldnt need his approval at all#who would listen but with a clear mind#how would dumbledore sharpen his weapon when the weapon refuses to be held (via themaraudersaredead)

[solarcat]

ALL OF THIS. It’s amazing how much your interpretation of the series changes, that day when you wake up, old enough to understand that Dumbledore /isn’t really a good guy/. Maybe in the macro level, but certainly not when it comes to the way he deals with Harry.

[no-cash-for-ass]

“*WHIRLS SNAPE OUT OF THE WAY*

DID YOU 

*SHOVES MINERVA INTO A WALL*

PUT YOUR NAME

*KNOCKS OVER A TABLE AGGRESSIVELY* 

IN THE GOBLET

*GRABS HARRY AND SLAMS HIM INTO THE WALL*

OF FIRE!?!?!?1111?!?!111321I3591130583FERGEKLJRKGJ GRLGJWRLKGVJLKJ G” Dumbledore asked calmly.

[burdge]

ok but hear me out- what about a lightning bolt scar that looked like real lightning?

[caitidh]

#before the films came out this is what i thought it looked like #like his scar doesnt even look like a scar in the films or offish illustrations it looks like a scratch #i think its cool to imagine his scar being very conspicuous and deep idk (via parmachkai​)

[rainbowrites]

I love this, the way it looks like his head was split open and then healed back jagged and wrong. Reminds me of how there’s a little bit of Voldemort’s soul hiding within that scar.

Also yeah, the movie scar just looks like a weird little ‘N’ scratched over his eyebrow. IT BUGGED ME SO MUCH

[harrypotterdailly]

Harry Potter might be returning x

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But it’s also an anagram for “STATEMENT OF THE YEAR: NORWAY’S FINAL COW DRANK YOUR SNOWMEN.”

[amoying]

Emma Watson is someone who Hermione would look up to

[crushalltheraspberries]

all new covers for the US [already out] and the UK [coming in September]