Voldemort is sucking blood the first time Harry lays eyes upon him. The Quirrellmort has killed a unicorn in the Forbidden Forest. The blood keeps the Dark Lord alive, but he is damned to “have but a half-life, a cursed life, from the moment the blood touches [his] lips,” explains Firenze, the helpful centaur. Unicorn […]
After the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling kept revealing facts from the lives of the main characters, especially what happened to them after the events of the seventh book. Some of these revelations were done during interviews or reading events, some of them in pieces that she published in Pottermore, […]
==== Spoilers from The Christmas Pig ==== Some passages of The Christmas Pig will trigger memories on those readers who are very fond of the Harry Potter series. Are these scenes and dialogues a nod to the Harry Potter books, or just a mere coincidence? Jack arrives at a new school and somehow he is […]
Harry must descend into the Underworld, the realm of the dead, traditionally situated below the world of the living.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”* Ten-year-old Harry Potter sleeps in a cupboard. He dreams of a magical world. His mean, adoptive family inspire the villains in his imagined adventures. Strange people he sees are transfigured into witches and wizards. […]
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