Harry Potter 30 Day Blog Challenge Day 5

Day 5: Saddest Moment


No contest. No way that anything breaks my little heart like Fred's death in book 7. 


I was reading this book very very late at night in my bedroom. I was laying on my bed (probably upside down, I somehow always do that?) and obviously I was very into what was going on in the story. I had finished the 6th book a day or two prior to this, so I had already had my heart broken by Dumbledore's sacrificing death. 


Now, I didn't believe that the good guys would come out of this fight unscathed. Going into those final chapters, I knew I was going to lose some of the characters I had come to love. I was mentally prepared for this. 


I was NOT NOT NOT prepared in ANY way to have the twins separated. As I said on another day, the twins were some of my favorite characters. They made me laugh all the time, and were the perfect set and never even seemed like they wanted to be known as separate people. The were always a pair, always the set, and always in sync. The perfect mirror images of each other. And it completely breaks my heart that George has to live the rest of his fictional life without his best friend and other half. 


What makes it worse is the fact that James and Oliver Phelps are phenomenal. The way they play off each other through all the movies is just adorable, and the way that Oliver (as George) reacted to Fred's death as if it was James' death just makes me cry! 


Yes, I am fully aware that I get way too attached to fictional characters. No, I am not ashamed. 

Harry Potter Blog Challenge Day 4

Day 4: Your Favorite Villain


This one is actually a difficult. So many of the villains were such powerful characters, and it's hard to say one that I like enough to label my "favorite."


I'm going back and forth between a couple different people: daddy Malfoy, little Malfoy, mommy Malfoy....but, I think I am going to land on Barty Crouch, Jr. 


I thought his whole story line was impeccable, and I was incredibly disappointed in the fourth movie for leaving it completely out and glossing over basically everything. His storyline was so detailed....his mother taking his place in jail, using Harry's stolen wand to conquer the Dark Mark, acting like he was Moody for an entire school year...everything! I'm rereading the fourth book right now and am pretty excited to get to this part again.


Plus, he is played by David Tennant, who is the 10th doctor in Doctor Who. He's fabulous and I love him.  

Harry Potter Blog Challenge Day 3

Day 3: Your Favorite Character


Well, this is a super easy one. Anyone who knows me well can tell you my favorite character: Ron! Duh. 


Although he is very very very closely followed by the twins and Neville, Ron was my favorite from day 1. The book Ron is pretty much the best friend you could possibly have. He befriends you immediately, doesn't mind the fact that you were raised by Muggles and don't know anything about the wizarding world, he follows you into the most dangerous things he's ever encountered in every.single.book. He isn't book brilliant, and he isn't the best wizard in the world, but he's willing to give his all to his best friend. And even though he is constantly overshadowed by Hermione in classes and Harry in everything else, he still sticks by them. Plus he is hilarious and the only family Harry has consistently from book 1 to book 7. 


And he's played by Rupert Grint, who is adorable. You can't beat that.