I just started rereading the books again (am currently just after the completion of the sorting in SS) and am keeping a list of interesting things from the book. Things that we already know by heart and have discussed before have not been making my list, but there is still some things in there that I've been catching. All page numbers given are from American editions.
1) Was that Professor Flitwick outside Vernon Dursley's office building the day after Voldemort was conquered for the first time? If so, what was he doing there? Did it have anything to do with checking out Dursley or was there something more to it? (Pg. 5 - SS).
2) Who is Aunt Petunia's friend Yvonne and will she play any part at all in a future book, as Aunt Marge (who was also mentioned) did? (Pg. 22 - SS)
3) Aunt Petunia says (after Harry suggests staying home for the day on Dudley's birthday) "and come back and find the house in ruins?". Is this forshadowing that sometime in the future the Dursley house will indeed be in ruins??? (pg. 23 - SS)
4) The description of Piers Polkiss says that he has a face like a rat. Is he any relation to Peter Petigrew or is it a mere coincidence? (pg. 23 - SS)
5) Quirrel tells Harry that he has to pick up a new book on vampires. JKR sure likes to through vampireish type clues around, doesn't she? (pg. 70 - SS)
6) Will ANY of these names ever appear again in the books: Agrippa, Ptolemy, Morgana, Hengist of Woodcraft, Alberic, Grunnion, Circe, Paracelsus, Merlin, the druidess Cliodna. These are all cards from chocolate frog boxes. (Of course we all know who Merlin is, but what about the others?). (Pgs. 102 - 103 - SS).
7) Seamus took a full minute to be sorted. Is this of any future importance? (Pg. 120 - SS)
8) With all of her smarts, why was Hermione placed in Gryffindor over Ravenclaw? (Reread the Hat's song to see what I mean). (Pg. 120 - SS). [I think that this question has already answered itself but still, I had to ask it].
As an interesting forshadow of a future chapter in the same book, Ron (at the sorting) says "I'll kill Fred, he was going on about wrestling a troll." (pg. 118 - SS).
As I keep reading through this book and others, I'll be taking down more notes and I'll post those here as well.
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Wow, I just found out I'm a newbie... Well, in spite of that, I do know a lot about Harry Potter, i've read the books like a zillion times, and here's some stuff I've picked up.
You know the kranky barman in The Hog's Head? What if he's Dumbledore's brother Aberforth? The one who had some trouble concerning goats (see The goblet of fire lol). The bar smells like goats doesn't it? And Mundungus Fletcher, he owes Dumbledore for something, Sirius (I think it was him)said so in book five, and he is banned from The hog's head, Dumbledore's brother(?) bar, is there a connection?
And there is a ghost wih the last name Podmore in The Chamber of Secrets (You know, the headless hunt and all), remember Sturgis Podmore?
I have this theory Remus Lupin will be killed by Wormtail (I think the name suits him, so I call him that), because silver is fatal to werewolves. I read that somewhere anyway.
And what I'm gonna say now has probably been discussed a hundred times, but I'm going to say it anyway. That relevant thing in book two, Hagrid's excuse: 'Er...I was looking for some flesh-eating slug repellent!'? What was he really doing in Nocturn Alley?
I have more, but i'm too tired right now so...
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Yeah, I was wondering about that too. In the movie, they make Hagrid seem so guilty. JKR said there is crucial info in the second about the later books-I think that part is it.
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"You too are about to learn what happens to wrongdoing at my school."
Filch cracked his whip threatingly.
"You know what? said Fred. "I dont think we are. George, I think we've outgrown
full-time education."
"Yeah, I've been feeling that way myself," said George lightly.
"Time to test our talents in the real world, d'you reckon?" asked Fred.
"Definitely," said George.
And before Umbridge could say a word, they raised their wands and said together,
"Accio Brooms!"...
"Give her hell from us, Peeves!"
"I didn't know you could read."
Draco from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
"The spiders...The spiders are making me tap dance..." "You tell those spiders, Ron" "Ya, ya, okay, I will." :-D tee hee
"When did she get here? Did you see her come in?" HILARIOUS!!...poor Ron. ;-D
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The comment Aunt Petunia made about the ruins if Harry stayed home on Dudley's birthday was probably just an expression. I don't really think it will come up in any of the books later on. Also, I forgot where I heard it, that someone will switch houses-for the first time ever! Although there are many candidates, this just goes to show that Hermione could be the one!
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Sorry that I haven't been updating this here as I promised (I have on the other board, I just need to copy and paste). So, here are the new things I've added since that first list:
9) Quirrel has a lot of garlic, etc. in his room to ward off vampires. (Another vampire clue! and we all know that Snape was after him in that book too! Too bad that snape as a vampire theory was already discredited!!! It worked out SO WELL and I really liked it!!!) (pg. 134 - SS)
10) Harry thought that Marcus Flint looked as though he had troll blood in him. Will this come up again later? (pg. 185 - SS)
11) "[Harry] sometimes had the horrible feeling that Snape could read minds". Okay, so we already know the outcome of this foreshadowing, but it is still interesting to see that it was planted this far back in the series (just as somebody already mentioned in another thread how Voldemort was already in Harry's dreams in the first book when Harry had that dream that Quirrel's turban was talking to him and telling him to transfer into Slytherin house). (pg. 221 - SS)
12) "... Neville will play quidditch for England before Hagrid lets Dumbledore down." -Ron - pg. 264 SS
13) "A lot of the greatest wizards haven't got an ounce of logic." -Hermione - pg. 285 SS (An interesting comment, I think!)
14) "So useful to have [Snape] swooping around like an over grown bat." -Professor Quirrell - pg. 288 SS (Why oh why did JKR set up such a good case for Snape to be a vampire and then come out and say that he isn't??? Maybe he's an animagus??? A Vampire Bat Animagus!).
15) "... You're mother needn't have died..." -Voldemort - pg. 295 SS (Okay, so we already know this one but I felt like adding it anyway, just as a reminder to us all that he never intended to kill Lilly at all, just James and Harry.)
16) "... We'll be shopping for a vaction home in Majorca this time tomorrow." -Vernon Dursley. (Majorca is the very same place that Petunia's friend Yvonne was visiting when she was mentioned in SS. Just thought this was interesting). -pg. 7 COS
17) "... There are powers Dumbledore hasn't... powers no decent wizard..." -Dobby (Interesting quote. Which powers doesn't Dumbledore have?). pg. 17 COS
18) The Weasley twins think that it is a good idea to learn muggle tricks (such as picking a lock with a hairpin) even though they are a bit slow and most wizards find it a big waste of time. What other muggle tricks do they have up their sleeves that will come in handy later? -pg. 26 COS
19) The radio at the Weasley's home announces that witching hour with the popular singing sorceress Celestina Warbeck will soon be on. (just another new name from the wizarding world to keep in mind). -pg. 34 COS
20) "Mundungus Fletcher tried to hex me when I had my back turned." -Mr. Weasley. (Why would he do that??? Is he seceretly evil?). -pg. 38 COS
21) "Montlake was taken away for questioning about some extreamly odd ferrets." -Mr. Weasley (Who's Montlake? Yet another new wizarding name to remember!). -pg. 38 COS
22) All of Ron's comic book collection feature "The Adventures Of Martin Miggs, The Mad Muggle". (Nothing of importance here, I don't think, I just thought it was funny). -pg. 40 COS
23) Ron's ears went pink after Harry said that his house was the best he'd ever been to. Don't Dumbledore's ears go pink like that too? (More to add to the Dumbeldore is Ron theory which, although very well thought out, I don't think will happen. However, I thought I'd throw this in anyway). -Pg. 41 COS
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24) "[Dumbledore] doesn't miss a trick, that man" -Mr. Weasley -pg. 43 COS (Dumbledore, obviously, either really is all knowing, or has more people watching after Harry than we know).
25) "The name Malfoy still commands a certain respect." -Lucias Malfoy - pg. 51 COS (respect for what?)
26) "I hope that my son will ammount to more than a thief or a plunderer." -Lucias Malfoy - pg. 52 COS (Interesting comment for a Death Eater to make about his son).
27) "Good day yourself, Mister Malfoy, and if the stories are true, you haven't sold me half of what's hidden in your manor." -Mr. Borgin pg. 53 COS (what are the rumors? What else does Malfoy have in his manor?).
28) How do muggles get into Diagon Alley? Furthermore, how do muggle born witches and wizards even know where to go and how to get there for everything they need, and to board the train??? Hermione's parents are both muggles, yet there they are. -Pg. 56-57 COS
29) Percy was reading a book called "Prefects Who Gained Power". What power will Percy get? Is HE the next MoM? Could be foreshadowing something there. -pg. 58 COS
30) "... [Percy's] got it all planned out, he wants to be Minister of Magic." -Ron -pg. 58 COS (AH HA! And we all know Ron's ability to predict the future without knowing that he's doing it!).
31) "... Slytherin, the house that turned out more dark witches and wizards than any other." -pg. 77 COS (Funny how it was changed in the book from every dark wizard who ever went bad was in Slytherin to now Slytherin has turned out more dark witches and wizards than any other house, implying that other houses really have produced dark witches and wizards).
32) "This wasn't the first time Snape had given Harry the impression of being able to read minds." -pg. 79 COS (Again, the clues had been appearing early on, hadn't they?).
33) "Fred and George must've flied that car five or six times..." -Ron -pg. 83 COS (Where did they go in the car, for what reason, and when?)
34) What was in Neville's package at breakfast the first morning back? -pg. 87 COS
35) What was Neville's howler from his gran about? (The one that he ignored that was horrible). -pg. 87 COS
36) Mrs. Weasley was really unfair to Ron when she told him in her howler that what happened was entirely his fault. Shouldn't Mr. Weasley have to take some of the blame for that too? After all, he's the one who did all that bewitching to the car in the first place!. -pg. 88 COS
37) Justin Finch-Fletchley's name was originally down for Eton. -pg. 94 COS
38) Colin Creevey's dad is a milkman. (lol!) -pg. 96 COS
39) "He [i]says[/i] he's done." -Ron about Lockhart's accomplishments. He once again has foreshadowed a reality. -pg. 103 COS
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Most of the interesting things I found have already been listed but there are two thing I wonderind... In the SS hagrid say " yer mum an'dad were as good a witch an' wizard as I ever knew. Head boy an' girl at hogwarts..." SS p.55 And we find out in the 5th book James wasn't a prefect and I was wonder ing if it was common for a head boy to be prefects.
Hagrid also says "Theres not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin." SS p.80 And at that time Sirius was consider the baddest wizard (after voldemort)and he was in Gryffendor wasn't he. Does anyone have any proof that James, Sirius, Lupin, and Peter were in Gryffendor?
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Yup, JKR said they were all in Gryffindor. Hagrid was just exaggarating. I'm sure there were other evil wizards and witches that were in Gryffindor, Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw.
I have a response to 3 of your interesting tidbits:
3) I always had the impression that Petunia says this (about the house being in ruins if they left him alone there) because Harry's family's house did get blown up.
14) About Snape--Harry says in one of the books (I can't remember which one--I've reread 4 and 5 in the last few weeks, and I'm reading 3 aloud to my husband--and yes, he can read, I just like to read aloud) that Snape couldn't have gotten somewhere fast enough to do something unless he could turn into a bat or something (he was talking to Ron at the time, I think, but I guess that's a pretty safe bet).
24) Dumbledore tells Harry at the end of Book 5 that he's been watching him very closely, even more closely than he (Harry) knows.
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40) "[Flint] had a look of trollish cunning on his face" -pg. 110 COS (another Flint is part troll hint).
41) Hagrid about Lockhart: "'If one word is true, I'll eat my kettle'" Even Hagrid foreshadowes Lockhart to be a fake! -pg. 115 COS
42) Hagrid mentions that Lockhart was the only man who applied, because DADA teachers haven't been lasting very long and people thought that the job may be jinxed. This would imply that Quirrell hadn't been around for long either, as well as the teachers before him. How long has this been going on for, who were the people before Quirrell, and what happened to them? -pg. 115 COS
43) More of a random thought here: Harry (for good reason) suspects that Hagrid's old wand pieces are hidden in his umbrella, and that Hagrid uses them. Why doesn't the ministry find out when Hagid does magic but they do find out when Harry uses it (or even someone near him, such as Dobby, yet they think that it's Harry anyway). -pg. 117 COS
44) Gladys Gudgeon and Veronica Smethley are on Lockhart's fan list. They probably won't appear again but still, the names should be kept in mind, just incase they do. -pg. 120 COS
45) Madam Z. Nettles of Topsham and Warlock D.J. Prod of Didsburg are Kwickspell users. More names to remember for future reference. -pg. 127 COS
46) On his 500th deathday party, Harry finds out that NHN died on October 31, 1492, which means that the second book takes place in 1992. -pg. 133 COS
47) Transmogrifian Torture - is there such a thing? Lockhart suggests that it is possible for that to have killed Mrs. Norris on Halloween. (Knowing Lockhart, I doubt that it is real. Any comments?) -pg. 141 COS
48) "[Dumbledore's] twinkling light-blue gaze made Harry feel as though he were being x-rayed." -pg. 144 COS (As I've only read book 5 once, I can't remember, does Dumbledore also possess the power to read minds?).
49) Not of importance, I don't think, but interesting: all of the initials of the Hogwarts founders are the same (not of eachother, but of themsleves. Godic Gryffindor (GG), Helga Hufflepuff (HH), Rowena Ravenclaw (RR), Salazar Slytherin (SS).
50) "You've only got to look at [Malfoy's] foul rat face to know it's him." -Ron -pg. 158 COS (Could Malfoy be another Pettigrew relative?)
51) Madam Pince is described as looking like an underfed vulture. -pg. 163 COS (Vulture anamagus? I doubt it, but that description, just interesting, is all).
52) Someone told Hermione that Flitwick was a dueling champion when he was young. Is this true, and if it is, will Flitwick become a bigger part later on with his dueling expertese? (sp?) -pg. 189 COS
53) "Wouldn't it be good if [Lockhart and Snape] finished eachother off?" -Ron (With his future telling abilities, perhaps Lockhart and Snape really will finish eachother off someday, and that it will be good?). -pg. 189 COS
54) "... Snape, gliding over like a large and malevolant bat..." (Even MORE Snape is a vampire evidence. Damn JKR for shooting that theory down. But I still stand by what I said before, maybe he is an animagus to become a vampire bat). -pg. 193 COS
55) It says that Harry doesn't know anything about his dad's family. Does that mean he does know about his mom's side, other than Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, and Dudley? If so, how much does he already know? -pg. 197 COS
56) Who may have turned who into a badger in McGonagall's class? -pg. 198 COS
57) It says that Harry was "hidden in the invisibility section" of the library, when he was listening to the Hufflepuffs. Does going into the invisible section really make you invisible? I somehow dout it, it was just there to be something funny, I guess. -pg. 198 COS
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59) Dumbledore says that on a normal day Fawkes has beautiful red and gold plumage. (Fawkes as Gryffindor/once "owned" by Gryffindor theory evidence!). -pg. 207 COs
60) "... Snape had given them so much homework, Harry thought he was likely to be in the sixth year before he finished it." (Just a random thought or a forshadow that Harry will be through with all of Snape's work (meaning no more classes with Snape) in his sixth year?). -pg. 228 COS
61) Variety Store on Vauxhall Road, London = Origin of Riddle's dirary. (I don't know why this is important but if JKR put it in there is a chance that it may come up again. Maybe this particular variety store is wizard owned yet run in a muggle area?). -pg. 231 COS
62) "... maybe [Riddle] murdered Myrtle..." -Ron (Yet another fine example of the way Ron knows what's going on without actually knowing that he knows it!). -pg. 232 COS
63) Harry thinks that Riddle sounds like someone he once knew when he was very small, but had half forgotten. (Why would this be? Riddle went by Voldemort by then and not many people know his true identity). -pgs. 233-234 COS
64) "[Riddle] sounds like Percy" -Ron (Will Percy, in some way, end up like Riddle? Maybe he'll eventually become somewhat like the good Voldemort, or do you think he'll just get worse than he already is and become one of Voldey's main helpers? Or maybe he'll end up having nothing to do with the Ministry or Voldemort at all, and do his own thing altogether while still gaining power, good or bad? Or maybe, nothing at all will happen with him or he'll die trying. lol). -pg. 234 COS
65) Ron says (yet again) that Riddle does sound like Percy. -pg. 250 COS
66) Mr. Malfoy tells Hagrid that one day his (Hagrid's) temper will get him into trouble. (A meaningless threat or a forshadow?). -pg. 263 COS
67) The Basilisk is also known as the king of serpents. (HBP theory here, half wizard, half basilisk. Okay, JK, LOL!). -pg. 290 COS
68) The crowing of a rooster is fatal to the basilisk. (A bit of information which may have a small chance of coming into play later, maybe.) -pg. 290 COS
69) Olive Hornby used to tease Myrtle about her glasses. (A name to remember! All of the names we thought were nothing before have almost always come back to us. Maybe (though far fetched) this is one of them. She came back as a ghost because she was determined to haunt Olive for teasing her. lol). -pg. 299 COS
70) Riddle was in his 5th year 3 years before Gindelwald's defeat. (Just figured this out using math, and it was something that randomly occured to me so there is no page number to indicate here. I do find it amusing though that Grindelwald and Hitler were both defeated in the same year - 1945. Maybe Grindelwald had Hitler under the imperious curse to conquer both worlds. LOL).
71) Riddle says that he and Harry have a lot of similarities, even that they LOOK something alike. (Too bad JKR shot down the Star-Wars type theories of Professor Kibbles and Harry being related. Well, actually, not really, that would have kind of been a cheap ripoff. lol). -pg. 317 COS
72) Myrtle tells Harry that if he had died that he could have shared her toilet with her. (Harry + Myrtle in book 6, or maybe if he does die, Harry + Myrtle in the end of book 7! lol, jk. Myrtle obviously does like Harry though but I don't know as of yet what purpose that will play later). -pg. 326 COS
73) "...[Riddle] was probably the most brilliant student Hogwarts has ever seen." -Dumbledore. -pg. 329
74) "...never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain." -Mr. Weasley (will this bit of advice become important later?) -pg. 329 COS
75) "... Lord Voldemort... is the last remaining ancestor of Salazar Slytherin..." -Dumbledore (Time travel theory here! Though not back in time, ahead in time! This mistake can't have been not deliberate, can it? Has JKR ever commented on it?). -pgs. 332-333 COS
Wish I could have figured out what the forshadowing in the chamber for book 6 was. The basilisk skin? The sword? The statue of Slytherin? What?
Okay, Chamber of Secrets took me quite a while to finish. I wasn't reading every day and then I had to take nearly a full week away from it when I went on my camping trip so tonight I will get to start on POA!!! (Woohoo! My favriote one so far!).
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76) Possible name to remember: Wendlin the Wierd (liked getting caught and burned during witch burning times). -pg. 2 POA
77) Another name to keep in mind: Colonel Fubster (Marge's neighbor). -pg. 23 POA
78) Another name: Madam Marsh (Got off the knight bus somewhere in Wales). -pg. 36 POA
79) From the Daily Prophet article, it seems that muggle governments shouldn't even know about the wizarding world. (Which shoots down the idea that the Ministry of Magic is a branch off of any muggle government). -pg. 37-38 POA
80) A Sirius Black/Vampire connection is brought up, which is has not (so far, that I can remember) ever been brought up again. -pg. 38 POA
81) "...[The Dursleys] are your family, after all, and I'm sure you are fond of eachother - er - very deep down." -Fudge (A hint that Petunia really does care a whole lot more about Harry than she has ever let on?). -pg. 44 POA
82) "Shaking Percy's hand was like being introduced to the mayor." (Maybe Percy will somehow end up mayor someone. Possibly Hogsmeade?). -pg. 62 POA
83) Lupin took the train to school. (A pro in the werewolves cannot apperate theory. I don't like that one personally, yet here is some evidence toward it. Though it may also have been for Harry's sake that he was there, because of Black and all). -pg. 74 POA (his first mention).
84) Name: Professor Kettleburn (COMC teacher before Hagid). -pg. 93 POA
85) Now that Hagird's name has been cleared, will he be free to buy a new wand and continue to learn magic? (Or was his name really ever officially cleared?). -pg. 94 POA
86) Why did Mr. Weasley once have to go to Azkaban? Was he a prisoner or just there on ministry business? -pg. 97 POA
87) What might be wrong with Neville's grandmother? (A Trelawney Prediction!) -pg. 103 POA
88) Trelawney to Parvati Patil: "beware the red-headed man." -pg. 103 POA
89) Will Ron really really suffer and be happy about it? (Maybe it will happen in a fight against Voldemort. He'll suffer because of Voldemort yet be happy that he is helping in Voldey's downfall). -pg. 105 POA
90) "There's a blob like a bowler hat... maybe you'll work for the ministry of magic... But this way it looks more like an acorn... what's that?... A windfall, unexpected gold. Excellent, you can lend me some... and there's a thing in here, that looks like an animal... yeah, if that was its head... it looks like a hippo... no, a sheep..." -Ron (We never find out what Ron thought it was for sure because then Professor Trelawney took the cup away from him to inform Harry that it was a falcon, which means that he has a deadly enemy (well duh! Voldemort!) and then she says that there's a club: an attack, then the skull: danger in his path, and then, the grim: death. Let's disect this now: the first thing about the ministry: maybe Harry really will get that auror job! unexpected gold: the tri-ward tournament winnings! He didn't lend Ron any but he gave all of it to the twins, who may or may not have lent some to Ron. We don't know. And then, unfortunately, we never know what Ron thinks for sure is the last thing in there, and I think Trelawney was just doing her normal "this student is going to die" thing like she does every year according to Professor McGonagall). -pg. 105-106 POA & 106-107 POA (Trelawney's thoughts). Pg. 109 POA (The McGonagall saying that Trelawney always predicts a death part).
91) Ron's Uncle Bilius saw a grim and died 24 hours later. -pg. 110 POA
92) Draco + Pansy in future books? -misc. pages, first noticed though on pg. 118 POA
93) People Boggarts: Neville: Snape (made him wear his grandmother's clothes), Parvati: A Mummy (made it unravel and its head fell off), Seasmus: A Banshee (made it loose its voice), Unknow: A Rat (who chased its tail in circles), Unknown: A Rattle Snake, Unknown: A single, bloody eyeball, Dean: A Severed Hand which flipped over and began to creep along the floor like a crab (put into a mouse trap), Ron: A Giant Spider (took its legs off), Lupin: An Orb (which we later find out is a full moon. We don't know what Lupin's ridikulus spell does to it, he sent the Boggart back to Neville to finish it off). pg. 137-139
94) What would Hermione's boggart have really been? (I think that maybe she lies later on, or maybe it was just because of the pressure she was under at the time because of final exams? Ron suggests that hers would probably be a piece of homework that only got a 9 out of 10).
95) Parvati and Lavander go to visit Trelawney during lunches now, and they come back looking like they knew things others didn't. What things did they find out up there? -pg. 142 POA
96) "There's something funny about [Crookshanks]. [He] heard me say that Scabbers was in my bag!" (Isn't Crookshanks part Kneazel or whatever it's called? I wonder when they'll find out what he really is and how it will advance the plot later!). -pg. 147 POA
97) Might Dean Thomas being able to forge names come in handy later? -pg. 151 POA
98) What would Snape do to Ron if he critisized him again? -pg. 172 POA
99) Harry agrees with Ron about Crookshanks. Again, how will Crookshanks' Kneazel or whatever come in later? -pg. 174 POA
100) "Not Harry, not Harry, please not Harry!"
"Stand aside, you silly girl... stand aside, now..."
"Not Harry, please no, take me, kill me instead-"
"Not Harry! Please... Have mercy... Have mercy."
-Some of the exchange between Lily and Voldemort during the attack on the Potters. -pg. 179 POA
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Well, in spite of that, I do know a lot about Harry Potter, i've read the books like a zillion times, and here's some stuff I've picked up. 
