First, good luck to whoever has to play Snape. I don’t envy the actor stuck following the late great Alan Rickman.
Second, this was inevitable after Hogwarts Legacy made all the money and Radcliffe refused to do a Cursed Child film. That was a reboot one-two punch.
Skip Google for Research
As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse. It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms
As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable. As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.
Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.
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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.
www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.
www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.
https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.
www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.
http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.
www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.
www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.
www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free
Happy Birthday Ron Weasley, one of my top favorite Weasley’s!!
“The train rattled onwards, speeding them out into open country.”
Regency themed Harry Potter featuring dubiously researched costumes and furnishings (artistic license was liberally taken). And in case anyone was wondering… yes, I did just binge Bridgerton season 2 😅
Small Ron/Hermione canon moments that even most books readers don't remember.
1. Ron actually decided to follow his worst fear in COS with Harry after seeing Hermione's empty seat beside him at the great hall.
2. The 1st time Hermione apologised and accepted she was wrong in POA to Ron. She also hugged him and cried.
3. Ron actually read many books in his spare time to help Hermione with Buckbeak's trial.
4. Ron got detentions total 3 times in 7 years. 2 of them by Snape for defending Hermione against his bullying.
5. Hermione kissed Ron on his cheek to distract him from the horrible song Malfoy wrote in OOTP
6. Ron bought Hermione a perfume as a Christmas gift to make up for his atrocious behaviour in 4th year.
7. Hermione's the only person who caught that Twins were terrible to Ron and their pranks were affecting him emotionally.
8. Ron consoled Hermione the most when she was upset. At Dumbledore's funeral he was stroking her hair while she was crying on his shoulder.
9. Hermione asked Ron out on a date for the 1st time even though she said 'we are allowed to bring guests'
10. Ron is the only person who said 'I love you' those exact three words to his S.O in the whole series.
this is genuinely so fucking funny. harrys so emotionally overwhelmed that the only comfort he can think to offer is HERE SMELL HIM
Ron is very protective of Hermione but no one mentions the times Hermione stands up for her Ron
When Malfoy was taunting Ron about his superior broom
“At least no one on the Gryffindor team had to buy their way in,” said Hermione sharply. “They got in on pure talent.” The smug look on Malfoy’s face flickered. (COS)
When Weasley twins were bullying Ron after he got his prefect badge
“Or what?” said Fred, an evil grin spreading across his face. “Going to put us in detention?”
“I’d love to see him try,” sniggered George. “He could if you don’t watch out!” said Hermione angrily.
“Those two!” said Hermione furiously, staring up at the ceiling, through which they could now hear Fred and George roaring with laughter in the room upstairs. “Don’t pay any attention to them, Ron, they’re only jealous!” (OOTP)
When Harry started arguing with Ron after Ron got splinched
Ron snapped back. “Just – just show You-Know-Who some respect, will you?”
“Respect?” Harry repeated, but Hermione shot him a warning look; apparently he was not to argue with Ron while the latter was in such a weakened condition. (DH)
When they were caught by snatchers
“Get – off – her!” Ron shouted. There was the unmistakable sound of knuckles hitting flesh: Ron grunted in pain and Hermione screamed, “No! Leave him alone, leave him alone!” (DH)
Congratulations to Diego Luna for his golden globe nomination for Andor!
Diego Luna getting that golden globe nomination YES WE LOVE TO SEE IT
You ruined a perfectly good droid. Look at it, it’s got anxiety.
shell cottage.
romione in deleted scenes: gifset [1/?] ♡
What are hallows?
What are the Grail Hallows?
How do they relate to the Deathly Hallows?
The second edition of my book, The Lord of the Hallows, is now available as a Kindle e-book on amazon.com.
The Lord of the Hallows examines the Christian symbolism and themes present in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, and J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. This book examines the sources of the religious symbolism used by these three authors, which includes a study of the iconography derived from the Bible, the writings of the early church fathers, Medieval bestiaries, ancient and Medieval Christian artwork, and Medieval Christian literature, in particular the Arthurian legends of the quest for the Hallows of the Holy Grail. Originally published in 2009, this 2021 second edition of The Lord of the Hallows is available in Kindle e-book format for the first time .
