thoughts inspired by movie

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

Kai wrote:

<< You know something else I have picked up on over watching the movies
and few times in the books. Some wizards use wands some use their
hands. Lupin, in the movie, unlocks the chest with a wave of his hand
yet he opens must use his wand to open the cubboard. The wizard
reading the book while waving his finger causing the spoon to stir his
tea. What's up? Can they do magic w/o wands or is small stuff like
this easy? >>

In my opinion, I think in some cases, the magic is small enough and
the wizard is powerful enough to do magic without a wand (e.g. ropes
shooting from Snape's hands in canonical Shrieking Shack) but in other
cases, the wizard is not actually *doing* magic with bare hands, just
giving signals to an already enchanted spoon, cupboard, etc. 

Kai wrote:

<< I caught something in the credits last night as I watched PoA.
I forget how far down it is but on the leftside of the screen in a
little bit of a circular corner are two "people" (footprints) standing
rather intimately together-that is one set of feet are between the
other. I laughed out loud-how very sharky. Must be Percy and Penelope!
Anyone else catch that? >>

Tim (my spouse) saw it and chuckled and said: "I think we've just
witnessed a tryst." I made a mental note to watch for that next time 
I see the movie ... I was actually *reading* the names. 

Lady McBeth wrote:

<< I don't know if any of the other members of this site have found
this to be true, but aside from the T shirts and scarves all of the
wearable HP merch from WB is definitely geared towards kids . . . so
I made my own HP inspired jewelry. So far I've got a nifty pair of
earings and a beaded necklace . . . for about $10 in supplies at my
local bead shop. If anyone is interested in making their own, I'd be
glad to share my ideas. >>

I'd enjoy to hear about your ideas and maybe see photos posted to the
Photos section of this group. My own ideas of HP related jewelry for
grown-ups involve shopping in the "occult" section to get things like
silver broomstick charms...