The Lexicon Blog
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by Lisa Bunker
in Website news
Well I’ve finished my first survey of book 6, and think I have added all the new characters, both wizard and Muggle. Next I will be double-checking and adding dates, researching name meanings, and hunting for new artwork. Read More
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by Lisa Bunker
in Characters
Neville has his own page now, so hopefully it will be easier to find information on him. Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Website news
We’re still adding new information from Half-Blood Prince. Lisa has the new characters added and Michele has been adding new spells and magic items. John has been working on the Reader’s Guide pages for the new book, listing all the new information in chapter-by-chapter format. You’ve been very helpful as well. Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Rants
I need to add a follow-up to my comments of July 20. I wrote that in response to a horrible, sickening post on a Harry/Hermione website. I still feel exactly the same way about what I read there. I am still appalled at what someone wrote in the name of… Read More
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by micheleworley
in Website news
If you want to see my notes prior to my making updates, I’ve been putting them out on my livejournal. I warn you that they contain massive spoilers (that’s what they’re for!) I’ve made some small updates to the Spells Encyclopedia and the wands page already (more to come)… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Canon discussion
The Open Letter to J.K. Rowling September 2004 FROM MUGGLENET AND THE HARRY POTTER LEXICON Dear Jo: Not surprisingly, we’re thrilled to know that you visit the Lexicon and MuggleNet on occasion. We are delighted that the work we’ve done is helpful and appreciated, not only to you but… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Website news
I’ve been adding spells and other things from the last few chapters of Order of the Phoenix over the last couple of days, finishing up the cataloging of book five. Our new editor, John Kearns, has been working through the Reader’s Guide pages, organizing them with index material and making sure they’re… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Website news
I’ve added a few more maps to the Atlas of Hogwarts. I think there are enough there now to satisfy just about anyone’s wishes. But there is much bigger and better news. If you follow the links to Sources of Lexicon information, you’ll find pages giving details about the various… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Website news
Just added new maps to the Atlas of Hogwarts and a new essay by Cornelia Remi which is simply outstanding. There will be more to come. We’re hard at work getting things ready for the 16th…which is barely two weeks away!… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Website news
I just added a new link to the resources page. It’s been a while since I’ve added any new resource links, and as I added this one it occurred to me that it would be worth mentioning why I don’t add more links. As a policy, the Lexicon does not include… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Website news
Over the past few years I’ve received an occasional e-mail pointing out the spelling error in the title banner of the Lexicon. Penny just forwarded another one to me today. So this afternoon I created a page which will let you all in on the secret. Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Website news
We’ve just passed the 30-day point, waiting for the publication of the sixth book. Here at the Lexicon, we’re gearing up for the massive task of integrating all the new information from Half-Blood Prince into the 700+ pages of the site. Between now and July 16, we’re trying to make… Read More
"My Dad Didn't Strut... and Neither do I!"
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Often there is a fine line between arrogance and confidence, stubbornness and being willful. Snape, for one, accuses Harry of strutting around Hogwart, arrogant like his father. For the most part, I don’t believe Harry is arrogant at all. Arrogance is defined as follows: giving one’s self an undue degree of importance; having or showing feelings of… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Website news
This evening I’ve been doing a lot of file maintenance throughout the Lexicon. In the process, a lot of filenames and links have been changed. Dreamweaver does a marvelous job of managing that sort of thing, but it takes a while to re-synch everything. If you happen to encounter a… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Website news
Every so often I get an e-mail from someone who is dismayed because nothing new has been added to this page. I completely understand. I don’t post here nearly often enough. If you really want to know why that is, you can refer to any number of apologetic entries in… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Websites
Our Spanish language partner site, Eldiccionario.org celebrates its first anniversary tomorrow! ¡Enhorabuena Pablo! ¡Feliz cumpleaños!… Read More
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by Lisa Bunker
in Website news
And now… announcing a page with Peeves quotes, just in time for April Fool’s Day. Come join the fun over at the Leaky Lounge where Peeves has gotten loose and is raising quite a ruckus!… Read More
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by josh
in What's New
I’ve just updated the Floo Network Home Page for March. With it I have added (as requested by you) an archive of all the past trivia. Soon there will be a similar archive, but for the Recipe section. So, have a look and see how much of a Harry Potter… Read More
The "Wand Order Problem"
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Sooner or later every fan stumbles across certain mysteries in the Harry Potter books. Some actually find them in the books, other stumbled across them in discussions online. Once discovered, any good fan will then ponder whether this intriguing new mystery is a clue, foreshadowing, foreboding, a misdirection (red herring),… Read More
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by Michele Worley
in Website news
The following essays have been hooked up to the essay index that were previously missed: The Ethics of Rowling Luna’s Place in the Expanding Circle of Friends by Antosha Quirrell’s Leave of Absence by Melissa Erin Friedline Where Does the name “Knight Bus” Come From? by Morag Traynor In cases… Read More
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by Michele Worley
in Website news
First, congratulations to JKR on the birth of her daughter. And for the rest of you out there… the following essays have been hooked up to the essay index that were previously missed: Battle of the Department of Mysteries by Kendall Smiley George Weasley by Jana Tucker Is Dobby a… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Website news
Happy birthday! No, it’s not some Harry Potter character this time. It’s two people, actually. By a wonderful quirk of fate, Melissa Anelli of The Leaky Cauldron and I share a birthday, which is today, the 27th of December. I have no idea what Mel is doing to celebrate hers,… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Fandom News
Yeah, July 16, I know! I have a feeling that I’m the only fan who read that and panicked. I started looking hard at what needs to be finished around here before then, and it’s a bit daunting. It looks like it’s going to be an exciting seven months! I… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Website news
Christmas is early! We just couldn’t wait. The Floo Network is pleased to announce its holiday gift to you, our loyal readers. We are delighted to welcome a new website, Madam Scoop’s, to the Network. The Floo Network, which brings you the best Harry Potter resources on the planet, now… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Website news
Just updated the timelines with Hermione’s birthyear, just revealed on Jo’s site. There are more details, but they will have to wait until this evening. Let me just say again how thrilling it is to have this kind of direct line from Jo. (And just how thrilling it is to… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in What's New
If you haven’t already seen it, check out the holiday version of our main menu. Thanks to Laura Freeman, whose artwork already graces many pages of the Lexicon, our friends Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs are having a bit of fun with their favorite Slytherin. We can’t thank Laura enough… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Website news
A couple of new pages have been added: a page listing various competitions in the Wizarding World, including the Daily Prophet Grand Prize Galleon Draw and the annual Swedish broom race. a page listing organizations such as the B.O.G. (Brotherhood of Goblins) and S.P.E.W. an expanded guide to Jo’s website in our “sources of Lexicon… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Website news
I’m working very hard to catch up on essays which have been waiting in my work pile for so long. This evening I added one entitled …and I Grew Up With Percy…which I really enjoy. A beautiful drawing by Marta T. of the Weasley siblings appears on the page, too. Read More
...and I Grew Up With Percy...
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Okay, so we weren’t there as the Weasley children grew up, all seven of them in that wonderful magical house. But I think we can make some fairly shrewd guesses as to what it was like. After all, one thing is certainly true, and that’s the fact that siblings compete for their… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Website news
Thanks to Trish Drasnin, I have now posted the synopses of all four Daily Prophet newsletters which Jo wrote in the late 1990s for Bloomsbury. Sorry, I don’t have permission to reprint them word for word (although Jo, if you’re reading this, please consider letting me do so!). However, I have… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Uncategorized
Well, here’s another tiny little mystery cleared up. I have just received word from a very reliable source that this sentence of Fudge’s on page 613 of the UK version of Goblet of Fire is incorrect: “You’ll forgive me, Dumbledore, but I’ve heard of a curse scar acting as an… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in About Sources
The following changes were released by Rowling’s publishers in the summer of 2004. As of summer, 2005, they had not been included in Scholastic editions. However, both Bloomsbury and Raincoast editions now incorporate the changes. The translators, who work from the Bloomsbury text, are incorporating these changes into their editions of the book as well. PS… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Website news
Well, you might already see one thing that’s new…the font on this page. We’re gradually changing every page in the Lexicon to this new font, Georgia, since it’s designed to be particularly easy to read on a web page. Josh and I are changing each page that we edit, so… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Website news
I’ve done a lot of editing of the timeline, thanks to helpful suggestions and error-checking from a lot of you. Thanks so much for helping out. I also added a new page, a “year calendar,” which lists birthdays and other dates of importance through the year. This will obviously… Read More
D'you Really Think They're Suited? Why Hermione is Not the Right Girl for Harry
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This essay was written in October 2004, between the publications of Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince. At that point in Potter fandom history, speculation was rampant about who would end up with whom. Friendships were actually broken over arguments of whether Harry would end up with Hermione or with… Read More
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by Steve VanderArk
in Website news
Okay! It’s done! It took me four days, but I’ve finished a complete update of the timeline. There have been a lot of corrections and additions (and I’m still working on adding some of the information about who won the House and Quidditch Cups for the last ten years). And… Read More