Showing posts with label Severus Snape.. Show all posts
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Friday, June 24, 2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows *spoilers if you haven't read the books* With movie posters inside!


After 13 years, it is finally ending. From the best all time popular books to movies, it is ending. After growing up with it my whole life, it is finally ending. *sighs sadly* I can't even begin to express my feelings right now. But I guess I'll try and get it all out.
As it slowly ends, a part of me slowly starts dying in the inside. Like the rest of the world, who has grown up with Harry Potter and his amazing adventures and life, a part of us is ending too. For those who read my blog, will know that I am Harry Potter obsessed, I know every little detail about it, I have read the books more than 30 times each. That's right, EACH!

Okay, I remember reading the books when I was 9 years old. It was amazing, and I was a real bookworm. I fell in love with the book the moment I finished reading it. It became a part of me and the rest of the world. J.K.Rowling, you made my childhood as well as everyone else.
So, now it's ending, our childhood is ending. For those who have read The Deathly Hallows, knows exactly what happens. I wrote spoilers on here, because anyone who hasn't read the books, and don't like to be spoiled, I suggest you don't read any further.
For true Harry Potter fans who have read the book, read along and feel the emotions roll with me.





So...the finale. All the books have lead Harry and us to this point, this is where is all comes to. Harry leads us on a journey on finding the horcuxes, and destroying them all to finally defeat Lord Voldemort. But there is a catch, and he doesn't know it too, not until the end.
So what are horcruxes? It is a dark magical object to give yourself immortality. A part of your soul will get ripped out and go into an object or living organism of your choice. But there is a catch to live forever, you have to kill in order to make them, it is the 'supreme act of evil' when one commits murder. Tom Riddle wanted to live on forvever so much, that he made 7 horcruxes. That's right, seven! Imagine ripping your soul into seven pieces, and storing them in objects/living organisms. But by accident, he made 8 horcruxes.

1. The first Horcrux is Marvolo Gaunt's Ring. Marvolo is Tom Riddles maternal grandfather. In fact, Tom Riddles full name is Tom Marvolo Riddle, which he despises so much. His name Tom Riddle is the name of his father too, who was Tom Riddle Senior. It was already destroyed by Albus Dumbledore, hence why his hand was poisoned, which led to his death. It was first shown in Half Blood Prince.

2. Tom Riddles Diary. Which everyone should remember from Chamber of Secrets, where Harry saved Ginny. Do you remember when Tom Riddle was there? The teenage gorgeous version? That was a Horcrux, that was part of Voldemort's soul. And when Harry destroyed the diary with the Basilisk fang, it destroyed Tom Riddle too, hence destroying the Horcrux and the first part of Voldemort's soul. It's amazing how all the movies come together eh? And it was only the second one!

3. Helga Hufflepuff's Cup: This was actually shown in the book with The Half Blood Prince. But unfortunately the movie didn't show most of the most important bits. It was used as the third Horcrux, because Voldemort loves everything to do with Hogwart, it was like Harry, his home, a place where he could be himself. And having a part of himself in one of the founding members, was priceless. Literally. I have no idea how they are going to mention it in the second part of the movie, but we'll see.

4. Salazar Slytherin's Locket: This locket was first mentioned in Order of the Phoenix (a heavy locket which none of them could open), but it was shown in The Half Blood Prince when Harry and Dumbledore went to the caves, across the inferi-infested waters, and found the locket in the poisoness basin. There was a letter inside from Regulus Black (Sirius's older brother who was a Death Eater) saying that has destroyed the real locket, and replaced it with a fake. So that was also destroyed.

5. Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem: Another object from one of the founding members of Hogwarts. It was her tiara. It is first mentioned in passing in The Half Blood Prince, when Harry goes into the Room of Requirement to dispose of the Potion's book from Snape, it is mentioned as 'an old discoloured tiara,".

6. Harry Potter. Yes, he is a Horcrux. It was an unintentional act done by Voldemort. He himself doesn't know he made Harry a Horcrux. It was the night he killed Lily and James. He was intending to make a Horcrux by killing 'The Chosen One', but instead the killing curse backfired, and when Voldemort was torn apart, a piece of his soul went into Harry. Hence, why Harry Potter can speak Parseltongue, see into Voldemort's thoughts, know what he is feeling. Throughout the whole series, the reason why Harry's scar hurts, is because of what Voldemort is feeling, and that piece of soul inside of him wanting to go back to it's master. When Voldemort tried to kill Harry again near the end of The Deathly Hallows, he killed a piece of himself, by accident. A false move from the infamous Tom Riddle.

7. Nagini: She is Voldemort's most beloved organism. She is his snake. She is destroyed by Neville with Godric's Griffindor's sword.

8. The 8th and final Horcrux is Voldemort himself. That last piece of soul inside of him. Destroy the Horcruxes, finish off Voldemort for good.


As we grew up with Harry Potter, we feel what he feels, we see what he sees, all our senses tingle with Harry James Potter. That sounds stupid, but that's how obsessed I am. I know so much about it, it makes me happy just knowing I have grown up with this.

The Deathly Hallows. Of course anyone who has read the book and seen the movie will know what is about.
There are 3 Hallows.
1. The Elder Wand.
2. The Invisibility Cloak.
3. The Resurrection Stone.

All three are seen throughout the whole series of Harry Potter. For those who haven't seen the movie or read the books will be shocked. All three objects together, will make you the most powerful Witch or Wizard in the entire world.

I'm gonna show you some really epic and funny pictures for Harry Potter. Enjoy Potterheads!!!! :)

Harry: "You'll stay with me?" - James: "Until the very end,"

 Possibly the most awaited scene in the movie EVER! Seriously, this moment is so iconic and heart-stopping, I'm pretty sure everyone including myself is going to be bawling their eyes out at this scene.

R.I.P Fred Weasley




Anyone who has read the book, will know EXACTLY what scene this is. I CAN'T WAIT!!!

You're kicking ass, Neville!

Ah, this is one of the scenes I am not looking forward too, but I am because I know I will be sobbing so much in this part. R.I.P Fred Weasley. :'(

Seems like Hermione has already been in the Chamber of Secrets!



AND TWO MORE!!! Because I know this might be too long for you guys and you might be getting annoyed by now.




Last but not least, this is the letter that Alan Rickman himself (Severus Snape), wrote to J.K.Rowling. It is such a moving letter, because we can also feel how emotional Alan is about the series and how much he loves it.


Basically, Alan Rickman sums up everything that we feel too. Thank you J.K.Rowling for such a wonderful and magical childhood. I'll be sure to pass on this legacy to my future children in the hopes they'll love it as much as me and the rest of the world. As sad as I am for the series to end, it'll never be forgotten, we'll all make sure of that. :)

"Never can live, while the other survives,"

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Severus Snape. To be an Animagus or not an Animagus? That is the question.



Now as an avid and obsessed Harry Potter fan, I have read each books more than 20 times each. That's right, EACH! Yeah, I have a lot of time on my hands, plus i read fast. :)
Anyway, imagine reading something you think you are a whizz at, only to find out something had slipped your mind the ENTIRE TIME! First of all, come on! Snape is hot! He is such a badass.

SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK!

Okay, to start off, I have the LG Optimus phone, so you get android applications. I picked the Harry Potter trivias, and whizzed by them all! Except for one. It was a question on what form of an animal does Snape take? Now, throughout my whole knowledge of Harry Potter, I have never heard of Snape being an Animagus at all! So I quickly looked it up on the internet and found that there are questions and theories surrounding the fact the Severus may indeed be an Animagus.

Crap, I forgot to tell you what Animagus means for those who don't know. An Animagus is basically a person that can transform themselves into a chosen animal (most likely based on looks and personality) with pretty heavy magic involved.

Now those Harry Potter fans know who the main Animagus's are.
James Potter: Stag -unregistered
Sirius Black (so sexy!): Large Black Dog - unregistered
Minerva McGonagall: Tabby Cat - registed
Peter Pettigrew: Rat aka Scabbers (Ron's pet). - unregistered
Rita Skeeter: Beetle - unregistered

Now, you see on that list that most of them are on the unregistered list, that means that they did it illegally, and the Ministry of Magic didn't know about it. Since there are so many unregistered Animagus's around, maybe someone else we know could be one and we don't know it?! Maybe it could be Severus Snape!

Clues and Theories:

1. The Triwizard Tournament (GoF): Remember the Sphinx that Harry encounters? She gives him a riddle?
"First think of the person who lives in disguise, Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies."
- p. 629, GoF
Now, Harry guesses that it could be a 'spy'. Because a Spy lives in disguise and deals in secrets and always tells lies. Now this reminds me of Snape. Snape in fact is a 'spy' for Dumbledore, always as been. He lives in lies as Voldemort thinks that Snape is really his faithful Death Eater, but he isn't.
Harry was given yet another riddle to solve.

"Now string them together, and answer me this, Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?"
p. 629, GoF
Harry here, guessed the riddle to be a Spider. "Spy-spy-er-spy-er-spider!" (or something to that effect). He found out that a Spider will be attacking right after he is allowed to get past. Now who wouldn't want to kiss Snape? I'd sure love to, but not in his Spidey form of course hehe.

2. "Harry sat there staring at Snape as the lesson began, picturing horrific things happening to him . . . If only he knew how to do the Cruciatus Curse . . . he'd have Snape flat on his back like that spider, jerking and twitching. . . ."
- p. 300, GoF
Now, I'm sure we remember that scene in the book and movie where Mad Eye Moody (or Barty Crouch Jr) tested the 3 Unforgivable Curses on Spiders. (Avadra Kedavra (killing), Imperius (controlling) and Cruciatus (excruicating pain)),

3. "Harry looked around and glimpsed Snape a short way away, moving between the tables toward the doors into the entrance hall, still absorbed in his own examination paper. Round-shouldered yet angular, he walked in a twitchy manner that recalled a spider, his oily hair swinging around his face."
- p. 643, OotP
Now this scene in the book is where Harry goes into the Pensieve (which holds memories) and lands in one of Snape's high school (or shall I say Hogwarts) memories. You see how Snape's characteristics are like a spider? There is way more to come I tell you! :D

4. A hand had closed tight over his upper arm, closed with a pincerlike grip. Wincing, Harry looked around to see who had hold of him, and saw, with a thrill of horror, a fully grown, adult-sized Snape standing right bedside him, white with rage."

- p. 649, OotP

This scene in the book is where Snape catches Harry peeking into his memories. Note his 'pincerlike grip'. Spiders have the habit of catching their prey with a 'pincerlike grip'. Eeeee, so exciting! :D Snape has a 'prowling walk, likes to be in the darkness, cold black eyes and greasy hair'.

5. But it was no use-the spider was either so large, or so magical, that the spells were doing no more than aggravating it. Harry had one horrifying glimpse of eight shining black eyes and razor-sharp pincers before it was upon him."
- p. 631, GoF

Now, note the 'shining black eyes' and 'sharp pincers' of the Spider. This scene was in the Triwizard Tournament, it was just after solving The Sphinx's riddle and Harry finding out that it was a Spider that will be attacking him. And of course the Spider is pissed, just like Snape is all the time.

6. Now Sirius mentions in Prisoner of Azkaban, that before Snape went into Hogwarts, he knew a lot of dark magic and curses than anyone! Now that brings us to his hatred with James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew (Prongs, Padfoot, Moony and Wormtail). Snape has always hated them, especially James. Maybe it was his undying love for Lily that made him hate him so much. Maybe he was already an Animagus before going into Hogwarts?

7. Severus Snape lives in a place called 'Spinner's End'. Ooh! Spinner's End! You get it? Like a Spider spinning a web? That sort of thing? Are you getting excited? Because I sure am! I'm sure you can tell! :)

8. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry has a conversation with Aragog (who is Hagrid's Massive Spider Pet). He asks Aragog if he ever hurt anyone, to which Aragog replies that he was raised by Hagrid in the cupboard and that he has never hurt anyone and their kind like the dark and quiet. This reminds me of Snape, although like Spider's, they like to attack, which Snape does on most occasions, he attacks his students with venomous insults. Snape seems to come out of the darkness most of the time, wears a lot of black too (can you imagine him wearing colourful clothes?!).

"Snape had imposed his personality on the room already, it was gloomier than usual, as the curtains had ben drawn over the windows, and was lit by candlelight."
(CoS)
9. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry has his first lesson of Occlumency (which will help block Voldemort's thoughts, oops I mean He Must Not Be Named, out from Harry's mind). Harry is startled by Snape's voice speaking to him from out the shadows. The only light in the room is a candle and the pensieve.

10. Now you've read Chamber of Secrets. So you know about the Basilisk (A gigantic serpent). There is a clue here that Snape is a spider once again.

Spiders flee before the Basilisk, for it is their mortal enemy, and the Basilisk flee's only from the crowing of the rooster, which is fatal to it.
Do you remember when they find out that a girl (Ginny) was taken into the Chamber itself? Harry and Ron (in the invisibility cloak) go into the teacher's staffroom and overhear that the Basilisk has taken Ginny. Now you'd think that Snape is a tough guy right? Wrong.

Snape gripped the back of the chair very hard and said, "How can you be sure?"

Now, I know everyone was scared of it, but we're really focusing on Severus at the moment. Maybe his spider senses started making him freak out, as spider's are scared of the Basilisk? I mean, it was SO easy for Hermione to figure out that the Monster was a Basilisk (right before she got stoned, haha get it?). So we know for a fact that Snape isn't as dumb as he doesn't looks hehe, so maybe he could've figured that out too? Right?

11. Now I found out something REALLY exciting! I think you'll jump at this. There is a kind of spider called Callobiius Severus. Spooky right?! More to come!

12. Now, I'm sure by now you guys are itching for MORE clues right? Now we will talk about his physical appearances like before. We know he lives in 'Spinner's End', likes dark and quiet places.

'Round shouldered, yet angular, he walked in a twitchy manner that recalled a spider, and his oily hair was jumping about his face."

"Feet away, towering above him, was a solid walls of spiders, clicking, their many eyes gleaming in
their ugly black heads..."

Now, if you've read the book heaps of times, you'll note that Harry describe Snape's hair and skin as being 'greasy' and 'oily'. Now if you look up Spiders, all of them produce a natural body of oil.
Harry usually thinks that Snape has a ugly head. And that J.K.Rowling describes Snape
s eyes as "glittering, gleaming and glistening'. Remember that 'pincer-like' grip Snape has when he finds Harry snooping through his memories?

13: Now get ready for something else exciting! In Goblet of Fire, Cedric and Harry 'ganged up' on the Spider when they encountered it. They used a disarming spell and the spider 'kneeled sideways'.
Now in The Order of the Phoenix, in Snape's Hogwarts Days, he is 'ganged up' by  James Potter and Sirius Black, when he is attacked, he 'kneeled over sideways'. *jumps in excitement!*

So now, after reading all this (thanks for being so patient and reading it too), for all you Harry Potter fans, what do you think? Do you think that Severus Snape is an Animagus, or do you think that we've read too much into the story? Maybe J.K.Rowling hid it from us so we could figure it out ourselves. Have I persuaded you yet that you believe it? Or do you think that it's just a bunch of coincidences? In my opinion, there is no such thing as TOO many coincidences,

Please tell me what you think? What is good? Do you believe it? I find Severus more freaky now, I hate Spiders (my worst fear), just imagine. Still one of the best characters ever! :D