I love you, Alfonso!

"For instance, Professor Lupin, played by David Thewlis. We said he was your favourite gay uncle who does smack."

--Alfonso Cuaron (from this interview)

In other (HP-related) news, the title of book six has been officially released... Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

The aforementioned Prince, however, is neither Harry nor Voldemort. Apparently, some of the information (along with the title) in this book almost went into Chamber of Secrets. CoS also holds key clues to the ultimate outcome of the series.

I've started rereading the books from start to finish in an effort to make some educated guesses about the next two novels. I'm already amazed at the clues that I missed the first time around. For example, JKR seems to have been hinting at Snape's Occlumency abilities since the first volume.

Speaking of clues, I've been trying to figure out what the inadvertant foreshadowing in the PoA movie is. ( Here's what I've got so far. )

Yes, I've been obsessed with the HP series lately. Political issues still make me want to vomit, and it's not like I have a life or anything.