Harry Potter Workout Special: Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

A spell is cast….740 Jumping Jacks

Anyone is awarded points….0 Lunges

Points are taken away….10 Squats

Hagrid says “I shouldn’t have said that”….0 Jumping Jacks

A painting talk .....0 Crunches

Someone says “He who must not be named” or “you know who”…..10 Mountain Climbers

Ron says “bloody mess”……40 Butt Busters

Someone cries .......200 Crunches

Someone says Voldemort……..35 Push ups

Anytime a pet is shown……70 Bicycle Abs

A ghost talks…..0 Push ups

Young Snape and Harry -- more similar than we think?

Throughout the course of the series, we have seen Harry, on more than one occasion, accusing and/or attacking Snape and Draco, much to the annoyance of Hermione and Ron who grow tired of Harry always turning out to be wrong. Of course, in the end (of Half-Blood Prince anyway), Harry turns out to be right.

Interestingly, Snape went through the thing with Lily. He was constantly accusing the Marauders, especially Lupin, of being up to something . . . specifically of Lupin being a werewolf. Lily refuses to believe him and says he's making something out of nothing. And, of course, Snape turns out to be right in the end.


It's strange how often Harry is told he is like his father and mother, even Sirius Black. But, in this matter, he is also very similar to Snape -- the man he hated most in the world, even more than Voldemort.

Irony for the win?

Are you a witch/wizard or aren't you?!

When studying Rowling's epic series, Harry Potter, one of the things continually remarked upon is her circularity. Everything comes back. For example, Colin Creevey gets carried off by a crowd of students due to his small stature in Chamber of Secrets and is remarked upon as being "small in death" as Oliver Wood carries him to join the other dead in Deathly Hallows.

One circle I came across while rereading the series this time is a small exchange between Ron and Hermione, each teasing the other for their lack of common sense in a moment of peril.

In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Hermione realizes they need a fire to escape the Devil's Snare, but panics because she has no matches. Ron is quick to make the scathing remark: "HAVE YOU GONE MAD? ... ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?"

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, however, the roles are reversed. Harry, Hermione, and Ron are working hard towards defeating Voldemort which, at this particular moment, means finding Snape in the Shrieking Shack. They were stuck at the Whomping Willow, trying to figure out how to stop the tree so they can use the secret passage way. Ron mourns not having Crookshanks around to hit that special knot in the tree. Hermione exclaims "Crookshanks! . . . Are you a wizard, or what?" while trying to catch her breath.

Just one of the many humorous exchanges between the constantly arguing, but still very much loving relationship that is Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. But even in these small moments, it's nice to see Ms. Rowling is still revealing the high level of her genius in connecting everything in the series -- even the most miniscule of things.

Patil Twins Dying

In a post I made earlier this year, I talked about twins dying during the Battle at Hogwarts. Fred Weasley is one of them (obviously). As you might recall, I also remarked on the fact that in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, all logic points to one of the twins dying.

While reading Deathly Hallows this time around, I noticed a small comment that I had always glanced over before. While running through Hogwarts, Harry notices Pavarti Patil battling a Death Eater. 


Now, one of two conclusions can be drawn from this:


     1. Pavarti is the one seen fighting, so she must be the one who dies.

OR

     2. Padma is no where to be found, so she must be already dead at this point.



I'm going to hazard a guess that Pavarti is the one who dies, but I still haven't found any record regarding this matter, but it's still driving me crazy. 

I have to know which one it is!

Harry Potter Workout Special - Order of the Phoenix

Please bear in mind that most of the spell cast count is a guestimation. It's hard to keep track during the DA meetings and the Battle at the Ministry.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix


A spell is cast….1400 Jumping Jacks

Anyone is awarded points….0 Lunges

Points are taken away….0 Squats

Hagrid says “I shouldn’t have said that”….30 Jumping Jacks

A painting talk .....45 Crunches

Someone says “He who must not be named” or “you know who”…..50 Mountain Climbers

Ron says “bloody mess”……0 Butt Busters

Someone cries .......0 Crunches

Someone says Voldemort……..55 Push ups

Anytime a pet is shown……130 Bicycle Abs

A ghost talks…..0 Push ups

Puking Pastille in My Pillowcase

When Harry returns to the Burrow in Half-Blood Prince, he stays in Fred and George's old room because the twins now live above their store. When he lays down to go to sleep, he discovers that there is a Puking Pastille in his pillow case. 

Rowling doesn't specify which bed he sleeps in, so which twin is most likely to have a Puking Pastille in their pillowcase?

FRED:
     more of a jokester
     was the one with Ton-Tongue Toffees on hand to "give" to Dudley in GF
     had bruise removing paste on hand to give to Hermione when she visits the store with Harry and the Weasleys in HBP

GEORGE
     was caught sneaking Weasley Wizard Wheezes products out of the house in GF

My guess is George -- he was trying to hide the products from Mrs. Weasley before they had moved out of the Burrow.

Thoughts?

Harry Potter Workout Special -- Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter Workout Special continued . . . 

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

A spell is cast….380 Jumping Jacks

Anyone is awarded points….0 Lunges

Points are taken away….0 Squats

Hagrid says “I shouldn’t have said that”….0 Jumping Jacks

A painting talks .....0 Crunches

Someone says “He who must not be named” or “you know who”…..10 Mountain Climbers

Ron says “bloody mess”……20 Butt Busters

Someone cries .......100 Crunches

Someone says Voldemort……..35 Push ups

Anytime a pet is shown……30 Bicycle Abs

A ghost talks…..0 Push ups

Harry Potter Workout Special - Prisoner of Azkaban

Workout special continued . . . 

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

A spell is cast….480 Jumping Jacks

Anyone is awarded points….0 Lunges

Points are taken away….10 Squats

Hagrid says “I shouldn’t have said that”….0 Jumping Jacks

A painting talk .....210 Crunches

Someone says “He who must not be named” or “you know who”…..50 Mountain Climbers

Ron says “bloody mess”……20 Butt Busters

Someone cries .......40 Crunches

Someone says Voldemort……..15 Push ups

Anytime a pet is shown……200 Bicycle Abs

A ghost talks…..15 Push ups

Again with the spells . . .