Saw this on intothebookcase.wordpress.com and I just had had had to do it! Time to talk about the man who has been with me throughout my childhood and adolescence and now well into my adult years. Not my boyfriend, someone I've loved and known even longer than him. The one and only HP and his magical world. So....here we go!
1. What is your favourite book?
This could be very accurately ascertained by looking at all my very tatty copies of the books and seeing which one has had the most wear and tear. From this scale (and the sheer amount of sellotape surrounding the spine) it is very clear that Goblet of Fire is the clear favourite. There was so much to love and get excited about in it: the devilish Rita Skeeter, the Triwizard tournament, Cedric Diggory, the Yule ball and all the hormonal drama that brought, the whole House Elf debacle, Voldemort coming back I could go on! Basically, this book was jam packed full of drama and that's why I love it so much.
2. What is your least favourite film?
The Half Blood Prince, it's the only one I don't have on DVD, I can count the times I've seen it on one hand which is really saying something when it comes to me and Harry. It's because I don't really love or care for the romantic side of the books, Ron and Hermione were cute to read and I didn't mind them in the movies but Daniel Radcliffe and his love interests (for me) had ZERO chemistry. I found all of his scenes with Ginny in particular so so awkward to watch and there were just more of them in this film and that's why I don't watch it much.
3. What is your least favourite book?
Chamber of Secrets is the one I feel like rereading the least but I don't know why, I like the story and the movie! I still love it anyway.
4. What is your favourite film?
Aaah, this is hard. I remember we all had to cheer when the tour guide said the names of each movie and he mentioned our favourite and I found myself yelling quite enthusiastically along with...no one else in the room. Firstly, I didn't know I felt so strongly for the first one and secondly, I didn't realise no one else did! I think The Philosopher's Stone will always hold a dear place in my heart because of the utter excitement I felt waiting for it to come out, knowing that the stories I loved were going to be on screen was just so much for little 10 year old me! I still remember loading the trailer on quicktime on the apple website where they had all the trailers (anyone else remember that?) I remember going with all my friends numerous times and I remember counting down the days until the VHS (wooo kicking it old school) was released. I think it's because I attribute so many happy times to the movie that I love it so much, but even now when I rematch it as an adult I still hugely enjoy it and love it dearly. Plus they were all so so cute back then.
5. Parts of the books/films that made you cry?
When Dumbledore died (in the books) and when it all ended, just so many feelings.
6. If you could hook up with any character, who would it be?
Hmm,
this is hard, I'm gonna go with Oliver Wood the HOTTIE Quidditch coach,
for sure. Totes teenage crush right there. Failing that, Cedric
Diggory, just because.
7. Who is your favourite character?
Again, tricky, I love Hermione, she's a bit of a kick ass female role model no? In the movies I really enjoyed Malfoy, thought Tom Felton was great.
8. Who is your least favourite character?
So not bothered about Winky the house elf, she annoyed me, sorry Dobby is enough for me!
9. What is your least favourite line?
In movies I was never really bothered about Hermione's little, 'books, cleverness, there are more important things, friendship and bravery,' speech in Philosopher's Stone but I wouldn't say it was my least favourite at all. But my clear favourite in the movies would be 'now I'm going to bed before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed, or worse, expelled'. Poor Hermione and her mixed up priorities.
10. What would your patronus be?
A big panda bear.
11. If you could have the resurrection stone, invisibility cloak or elder wand which would it be?
Invisibility cloak, so I could travel the world, go anywhere for free and shoplift! Who said that last one?! Disgraceful...
12. Which house would you be in?
I have a thirst for knowledge like a Ravenclaw but when I do quizzes I end up in Hufflepuff (I know) so I'm not sure. Basically I like to think of my self as a brave Gryffindor with Ravenclaw intellect, Hufflepuff kindness and Slytherin's fierceness but maybe I'm hoping for a bit too much!
13. If you could meet any member of the cast, who would it be?
Emma Watson. I have so much respect for everything she's doing with the heforshe campaign with the UN, it's very inspiring and I'd love to pick her brain and just see what she was like in person. I just think she is truly a class act and I feel proud that is she is out there representing British women.
14. If you were on the Quidditch team, which position would it be?
I guess I'd be a seeker because I'm tiny and could whiz around looking for the snitch and no one would know about it!
15. Were you happy with the ending?
I was happy with the ending as in the last chapter, but not the epilogue. If it had without the epilogue I would have been thrilled. I see why JK showed us the future to avoid any continuations or speculation but still I don't think it needed to be so twee. It's very unlikely that they would have all gotten married and I won't start on the names of the kids! For me the Hunger Games epilogue is perfect and I would have loved something like that. It was clear enough that we knew what was going on with the characters but nowhere near so specific. To me HP's epilogue felt like what you think as a kid when you have a crush on a boy at school and you imagine marrying him and what you'd call your kids and they're all after people you know. That's just me though, I still just feel a little cringey whenever I see or read it.
16. How much does Harry Potter mean to you?
Everything haha! I'm by no means some dedicated fan writing fanfics and living on HP tumblrs but I read and and read and read the books and loved them and the characters with all of my heart. They were my childhood, I spent months counting down for the movies and the books, I spent hours queueing and I spent days discussing them with my friends. Some of my best memories were because of Harry Potter and I'm very, very grateful for that.
I hope you enjoyed reading this, I certainly loved writing it! Give me a chance to talk about Harry Potter and I will wax lyrical!
How about you? Are you as a big a fan? Have you done this tag on your blog?
Sophia xxx
