Updated May Be Too Strong a Word

One post does not necessitate hoopla, unless you count the surprising accuracy of prediction #4.
Who would have thought that Ron's seemingly innocent comment to Harry about the book Ron got him for his birthday improving his "wandwork" would be so graphically described?

Later, did anyone else catch this response to Ron's question "Oh my god, is that your wand?": "All eleven glorious inches of it! I can't wait to show Hermione!"

And who can forget this exchange between Harry and Bellatrix (GASP! Sirius's killer):
"Take it, you witch!" Harry cried, his eyes filling with a mixture of ecstasy and regret. Bellatrix cackled, "I barely felt that! Remember what I told you last time? You have to really mean it!"
Harry thrust his wand further. "I do mean it this time!" Harry shouted. "Before you black out, I want the last thing you remember to be the sight of my face hovering over yours."

And then on page 458, when it was revealed that Lupin was NOT in fact bitten by a werewolf, but became excessively hairy because he played too much with his wand under a full moon. Thank goodness Remus revealed the truth before Harry Potter became Harry Palmer.

Potter Predictions

It's about three hours away from the last Potter book coming out around here, and before I begin reading it tomorrow, I would like to offer the following predictions to see whether or not I would pass my O.W.L. in Divination:

1.Neville Longbottom will play a critical role near the end of the book. What role that will be precisely the tea leaves will not say.

2. At least one of the hoarcruxes is located in 12 Grimmauld Place, having been placed there by Sirius's brother Regulus. Quite possibly Kreacher is hoarding it.

3. Snape turns out to be a good guy, and Dumbledore's faith in him will not have been misplaced. The secret shared between them will have something to do with Snape's secret but unrealized love for Harry's mother.

4. To show beyond a doubt that the Potter series has moved out of the realm of children's fantasy and firmly into the realm of serious adult literature, Harry will get laid.