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[ladynorbert]

Nicked from aerynstales and hidden under a cut for long-ness.

A Random Harry Potter Survey!
Name	Lady Norbert
Age	28
Birthday	September 6
Age when you first read Harry Potter	23
Favorite Book	kind of a tie between GoF and OOTP
Favorite Character(s)	Harry, Ron, Hermione, Lupin, Dumbledore
Favorite Professor(s)	McGonagall
Favorite House	Gryffindor, of course!
Favorite Quidditch Team	Holyhead Harpies
Favorite Couple	Ron/Hermione
Favorite Magical Animal	Crookshanks
Favorite Magical Place	Flourish and Blotts
Favorite Weasley	Bill
Favorite Pet	Hedwig
Favorite Order Member	Lupin, Tonks, Moody, and Kingsley Shacklebolt
Favorite Class	Charms
Favorite Wizarding Snack	Cauldron Cakes
Favorite Gryffindor Student	Hermione
Draco or Harry?	Harry
H/Hr or R/Hr?	R/Hr
Snape or Lupin?	Lupin
Crookshanks or Scabbers?	Crookshanks!
Hedwig or Pig?	Hedwig
Harry or Ron?	Ron
Crabbe or Goyle?	no
Canon/Fanon Draco?	Canon
Canon/Fanon Snape?	Canon
D/Hr or D/G?	neither
H/D or H/SS?	neither
Your OTP?	Ron/Hermione
Favorite Slytherin	Snape
Cho - annoying or not?	sometimes annoying, sometimes not
Fanfiction
Do you write Fanfiction?	yes
Do you read Fanfition?	not as much as I used to
Favorite Fanfiction?	in HP, that would have to be Arabella's outstanding "Hermione, Queen of Witches" series
Canon or Fanon?	Canon
One shot or Novel length?	both
Fluff or Angst?	both
Darkfic?	sometimes
Very Powerful Harry?	if it's done well
Very Sexy Draco?	uhh...not often
Gen, Het, or Slash?	usually gen or het, I'm not a big slash fan
Fanfiction Petpeeves?	demands for reviews, incoherent reviews, people who don't use spellcheck, people who have no respect for Canon
Books
Did you Cry when Cedric Died?	no
Did you cry when Sirius Died?	no
All time favorite part	the duel between Harry and Voldemort in GoF
Were you mad about the whole H/C mistake?	no
Do you like Viktor Krum?	sure, as long as Hermione picks Ron in the end ;)
Do you like Cho Chang?	she's all right
Do you like Fluer?	yeah
Do you like Cedric?	I did, yes
What did you think of the Prophecy?	creepy and fascinating
Which characters need more development?	Luna, Firenze, and there can't be too much Snape development
Did Harry pass his O.W.Ls in Potions?	I think so
Will Harry die or survive at the end of book 7?	that's the $64,000 question, innit?
Do you like the Marauders?	3/4 of them
Light side or dark side?	light!
Who do you think is the HBP?	Dumbledore
Who do you think will die in HBP?	Dumbledore or Hagrid
Who do you think Harry's new "love interest" is in HBP?	Luna or Ginny
What do you think will be the "something huge" revealed about Lily Potter?	That she was adopted, and was in fact a pureblood, and through her Harry is related to someone he already knows.
Are you a Luna fan?	she's a fun character, yeah
Favorite Marauder?	Lupin
Is Harry going to be back on the Quidditch team?	well, I sure hope so!
How well do you think Harry will cope with Sirius's death in HBP?	Harry's a fighter, I think he'll pull through
Do you think Harry will be even more angry in HBP than in OotP?	I think he'll learn to take his anger and make it something useful
Will Ron or Hermione die in either of the next 2 books?	I hope not!
How do you think Ron and Hermione will react when they find out about the prophecy?	they'll be scared and worried, but more determined than ever to stick by Harry
Harry Potter Movies
Do you like the movies as much as the books?	no, but I do like them
Hottest HP actor?	gosh, there are so many...Alan Rickman
Do you think Emma Watson is too girly for Hermione?	no
What do you think of Ruperts long hair in GoF?	*drool*
Daniel Radcliffe or Rupert Grint?	Rupert -- you know me and my redhead fixation
Chris Columbus or Alfonso?	Chris
Was the werewolf too bald?	yes!
What scene did they leave out in the movie you wish they hadn't?	they didn't leave it out, but they changed it -- in PoA, Ron was supposed to tell Snape off for calling Hermione a know-it-all, and instead he AGREED with him
Favorite movie moment?	in PoA, when the Gryff boys were eating the candies that made them act like animals (roaring Ron *shiver*)
Least favorite movie moment?	Harry talking about killing Sirius
Favorite character in movie?	Lockhart!
Favorite Movie?	Chamber of Secrets
Was that how you imagined the basilisk?	YES
Do you wish Richard Harris could still play Dumbledore?	YES
Do you think Snape is sexy?	HELL YES
Do you wish you looked like Emma Watson?	no, why would I want to look fifteen? that is one beautiful girl though
And for the lst question, how has Harry Potter changed your life?	in more ways than I have space to explain in a survey
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That said, let's do a recap of what we can expect tomorrow. Tomorrow, of course, commences the most awesome weekend in the history of everything kids love -- the release of HP 6 and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I'm focusing on the book here, though.

What we know:

• The U.S. edition of the book will be 672 pages long and have fewer than 38 chapters.
  
• The Half-Blood Prince, according to JKR, is neither Harry Potter nor Lord Voldemort.
  
• Chapter 2 is called "Spinner's End."
  
• Chapter 6 is called "Draco's Detour."
  
• Chapter 14 is called "Felix Felicis."
  
• One character is described as looking like "an old lion." Presumably this is someone we've never before seen.
  
• Luna and Neville will not hook up romantically.
  
• Harry does not stand trial again.
  
• Neville will need a new wand to replace the one he broke in the Deparment of Mysteries in OOTP. Since we know that wand was his father's, and that a wand never works completely perfectly except for the wizard for whom it was destined, it may be that the acquisition of a new wand will mean Neville's competence in magic will increase.
  
• Hermione, who is the oldest of the trio, will turn seventeen on September 19th, and Ron will turn seventeen on March 1st. This means they will be "of age" in the wizarding world and can work toward their Apparition licenses.
  
• There will, of course, be a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. There's always a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher!
  

What we know we will learn:

• How Harry and company did on their O.W.L.s
  
• Why Harry is having his "shortest summer yet" with the Dursleys (all JKR would say is that it's "a much pleasanter reason than a court trial")
  
• How Harry faces life without Sirius
  
• "Something huge" about Lily Potter
  
• Who the next big death will be
  
• Who the new Minister of Magic is, since JKR said Fudge is being fired (she also says it won't be Arthur Weasley)
  
• And, of course, the identity of the Half-Blood Prince

What we don't know:

• Who's going to get involved romantically with whom
  
• If Harry will return to the Gryffindor Quidditch team
  
• If Harry will tell his friends about the Prophecy
  
• What becomes of the house on Grimmauld Place (I think Sirius would have willed everything he owned to Harry, but we shall see)
  
• If Snape's double-agent role will be uncovered by the Death Eaters
  
• And a whole lot of other stuff

You can find lots more information (including JKR debunking the Ron-is-Dumbledore theory) here.

And finally, if you REALLY want to be spoiled (*tempt* *tempt*), Bloomsbury has officially released the back cover of the UK edition. It doesn't tell us much, really. But if you want to see it, here it is.

In some ways, I'm almost sorry the suspense has to end. "It has afforded me some pleasing speculation," as Mycroft says.