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How many of you where born with clothes on?
It's just plain natural
Now where's my Bombay sapphire martini.
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And increased sales for those albums 3000% now I don't have to guess when buying.
05-18-2007, 09:34 PM #42Yes the censorship is another issue which may need to be fought at a later date. But today, it is not a top priority.
"Picking your battles" really amounts to "picking your battlefield." That is, whenever possible you attack your enemy at a time of your choosing and a place of your choosing, when and where you are strong and the enemy is weak.
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Nope. Again, you are wrong. You just don't have anything productive to contribute to the rest of what I said. There is plenty of room for discussion there. You clearly just have nothing to say about it because I made an excellent point and giving me any credit would just undermine you saying I'm wrong. This is how you present yourself, even if it is not the case.
And since when is an opinion a fact? You said my facts are wrong when it's my opinion you are talking about. You need to look up the difference between them. Also, I gave you facts supporting that I am right. Some women do use it as their form of birth control. Some is not equal to all, learn math. How is what your friend said any more valid than what my friend said. You just can seem to tolerate the fact that I have ground to stand on.
I've said what I came here to say and I'm done with it. Do what you will, I don't care. I have more important things to focus on than debating about fucking abortions with people who mistake opinion for fact.
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Hey, Melyssa: don't even waste your time with this. Believe me, some people here are impossible to argue with. You can know what you know and she can know what she knows. The fact is, abortion has exactly zero solutions until someone writes a law that offends half the population. Some people may do it many times; some people may do it once and hate it. But guess what? Neither person is representative of all views. Neither person is right, neither person is wrong. This is a personal choice (hence, that right to choose thing), and because people vary, so will choices. What I'm trying to say is that you don't have to argue with these people. Because every single one of us knows the right answer to this issue, but these right answers don't always match up.
And MOTO put it fairly well.
Quand ils ont dis "Vous vous asseyez," je me suis levé.
That you will die if you use abortion as a replacement for regular birth control: fact.
Knowing someone who talked to someone who says something that sounds like you just made it up on the spot when presented with a post counter to yours: not fact. It also raises more questions than it answers. Like, if this is birth control, why pay $200-$400 dollars per termination instead of $0-$50 a month for condoms, the pill, etc.? Also, is this woman 50? 25?
What I have trouble tolerating is that even a relatively gentle "you know this doesn't happen, right?" is perceived as an attack by you. That you continue to insist that some women use abortion as birth control tells me that you don't fully understand the function of birth control. If I were to start telling people that it's my opinion that the sky is green and how dare they try to attack my opinion, well, it would be equally puzzling.
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I skim most of your posts, Melyssa, because I'm generally not that interested in your comments. I only saw that part because it was what 1565 quoted. And she quoted that part probably because it was the part she had something to say about. Seven abortions =/= using abortion as birth control. Some women are incredibly fertile and bc isn't 100% effective. Others are teenagers and are just dumb and don't know what they're doing. Neither of those groups of women are "too lazy" to use birth control, nor do they deserve to be treated like horrible people who deserve to have their tubes tied around their necks.
PS: Nobody called you an idiot. Actually, you're the only one who's called anyone an idiot in this thread.
You can believe I made that shit up about what my friend said, I don't care. I'm chatting with her on facebook right now and she thinks you are ridiculous to think I would make something like that up. I don't have to prove it to you that she exists, haha. And you have provided just as many facts as I have and in the same manner. You make me laugh.
Suzy, the friend I am talking to, said she would leave this discussion on this quote, which is what I am going to do. "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people"
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I read a story about a woman who was with the same man for years, was on birth control the entire time, and has had 7 abortions. Whore too lazy to take bc? I think what I take issue with are "whore" and "lazy". Having regular sex does not make a person a whore, and being a "whore" (if by whore, one means slut) is not a bad thing. Furthermore, I have never, ever heard of a woman who has easy access to bc and just chooses not to take it because she's too lazy and would prefer to just wait til she gets pregnant and go through an abortion. Seriously. No such accounts exist.
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|鬼童丸 Kidōmaru
|Volume #13, Naruto Chapter #115
|Naruto Episode #68
|Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2
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Kidōmaru (鬼童丸, Kidōmaru) was a shinobi from Otogakure and a member of the Sound Four.
Kidōmaru generally saw a battle as a game, and often played around with the opponent too much because he preferred to have fun seeing the opponent struggle; due to this, he tends to slow down his team by playing too much with an opponent he is interested in.[2] His speech also reflected this when battling Neji Hyūga, he referred to Neji as a "minor character" and analysed his situation using typical gaming language ("level" and "difficulty"). Like the other members of the Sound Four, he is extremely arrogant with his opponents. Kidōmaru was also the only member of the Sound Four not to have a perception of morality.
Kidōmaru was a dark-skinned shinobi with black, shaggy hair and black eyes. Uniquely, Kidōmaru also had six arms. He wore a black, sleeveless top and shorts, over which he wore a tunic that bore the symbol of the Sound Four, and a purple rope belt around his waist. He also wore the forehead protector of his village along with arm warmers, shinobi sandals and bandages around his legs. When under the influence of his cursed seal, the eye on his forehead that was usually closed and concealed under his forehead protector, opens. His skin also becomes noticeably darker, his canine teeth and fingernails elongate, he grows what appears to be a pair of horns, his irides turn black, and his hair becomes grey.
As stated by Orochimaru, Kidōmaru was the most intellectual member of the Sound Four which was witnessed in his fierce battle style and strategies. Like the rest of the Sound Four, Kidōmaru was skilled with creating barriers and seals. When in his Level 2 cursed seal form, his skin became dark red, he gained horns on his forehead, shoulders and elbows, grew long white hair, and gained spinnerets enabling him to spin webs without using his chakra. Kidōmaru was an excellent tactical analyser, capable of figuring out his enemy's weak point quickly and efficiently, and also enjoyed playing with his enemies before he killed them.
Unique Body
Kidōmaru had a unique body structure. He possessed two extra pairs of arms, which essentially gave him a total of eight appendages, relating to his spider theme. These allowed him to add power or variety into his attacks, hold multiple tools, simultaneously perform multiple tasks, and form several hand seals at once. He could also use the multiple arms to pull his bowstring to incredible tension, drastically increasing the arrows' power.
He also possessed a third eye on his forehead, usually concealed by his forehead protector. In a serious battle, he would reveal the eye. This eye increased his perception and accuracy by a significant amount, allowing him to pinpoint the enemy's vital points with his arrow.
Spider Webs and Sticky Gold
Kidōmaru had the ability to make spider webs by infusing his spit or sweat with chakra. These threads were extremely sticky, yet durable and elastic. This is because his chakra is constantly flowing through the webs, and they cannot be cut with normal tools such as kunai. He could use them to bind, trap, or even be used for just sensing enemies. However, the Gentle Fist can cut them, as the fighting style is based on using the user's chakra to attack precise points.
He could also create a thicker golden liquid that hardened into a chakra-blocking metal on contact with air. By chewing the spider web liquid inside his mouth, he could make it more solid and gum-like, allowing him to form makeshift weapons. However, this hardened material could be instead released through the sweat pores and fabricated into a body-covering armour that could completely defend him from physical attacks, metal throwing weapons, and even chakra-based attacks, such as the Gentle Fist. Finally, he could form his especially deadly bow and arrows which could shatter trees when fired.
Summoning Technique
In keeping with his spider-theme, he could summon the Kyodaigumo, a giant spider that spawn an immense number of smaller spiders to use the Rain of Spiders technique, which created threads as powerful as Kidōmaru's own. He could also make the Kyodaigumo to burst into his thread for aid in battle.
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Invasion of Konoha Arc
Kidōmaru made his first appearance with the rest of the Sound Four, erecting a barrier to keep others from interfering in Orochimaru's fight with the Third Hokage. He and the rest of the Sound Four later escorted Orochimaru when he fled. Kidōmaru used his Spider Bind technique to prevent Konoha ANBU from following them.
Sasuke Retrieval Arc
The Sound Four escorted Sasuke Uchiha when he decided to join sides with Orochimaru. After the Sasuke Retrieval Team found the Sound Four after having left Chōji behind to deal with Jirōbō, Kidōmaru allowed his comrades to go ahead of him while he caught and toyed with their pursuers. Because Naruto could use shadow clones, Kidomaru decided to kill him first. Kidōmaru slowly picked the clones off to try and find the real one. When all turned out to be shadow clones, the real Naruto attacked Kidōmaru from behind. He dodged and caught Naruto and tried to kill him but is stopped by Neji, who freed him having already freed everyone else from Kidōmaru's webbing using his Gentle Fist. Neji engaged Kidōmaru in battle after the others had gone ahead.
Kidōmaru was at first confident that he could kill Neji very quickly. He sent several volleys of webs at Neji and managed to pin him to a tree, but Neji broke free and even managed to get close to and attack Kidōmaru with his Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, though Kidōmaru blocked it with his armour. Since he couldn't win a close-range battle, Kidōmaru fell back and attacked Neji at a distance. Neji's Byakugan allowed him to detect all incoming attacks, which he blocks with his Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven and then threw a kunai at Kidōmaru which he barely dodged. Finally viewing Neji as a challenge, Kidōmaru activated the first stage of his cursed seal.
He then summoned the Kyodaigumo to blanket Neji in webbing and prevent him from using his Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven technique against his attack, but Neji is still able to dodge by slowing it down with chakra. Kidōmaru then continued to attack Neji by sending more spiders and kunai at him. He noticed that Neji did not avoid all of his attacks when a kunai cuts Neji's shoulder, and upon further testing realised the Byakugan had a blind spot. He then sent more kunai and spiders and hits him twice more. He claimed he couldn't beat him before signalling the Kyodaigumo to finish Neji. Neji repelled it with his Gentle Fist only for it to turn into thread. Kidōmaru then attacked Neji with more kunai and hit him three more times causing him to collapse. Kidōmaru then stated he had enjoyed himself even though he knew he would win before starting to leave. At that moment, Neji stood up again.
Happy that Neji had been so much of a challenge, Kidōmaru advanced to his cursed seal's second stage and created a bow and arrow. He fired at Neji's blind spot, but Neji is able to move it in time to keep it from hitting a vital organ and instead it hits him through his shoulder. Surprised, Kidōmaru realised that Neji must have been using exuded chakra to sense attacks directed at his blind spot. Kidōmaru creates a new arrow that is connected to him by a thread, which will allow him to move the arrow mid-flight to ensure it will hit Neji, but it was thrown off by the trees. Kidōmaru then jumped to the top of the tree line for a better vantage point and created a new arrow with spin so it will cut through a tree if it hits one. He then attaches a thread to ensure that he will hit Neji that time. He succeeded, but Neji — seeing the cord — sent some of his chakra through it back to Kidōmaru, damaging several of his internal organs causing him to fall. Kidōmaru could still move though and became angry with himself for getting damaged in such a way.
Kidōmaru however believed this to have been Neji's dying effort and started to leave, all the while Neji was locating and approaching him. When he got close enough, he found he was wrong about Neji when he jumped up and turned off his chakra with his Gentle Fist attack and delivered a fatal blow to Kidōmaru's heart, causing him to scream in agony and collapse to the ground. Kidōmaru then returned to his normal form having lost all his chakra and asked Neji how he was still alive. Neji told him he couldn't let down his friends while also telling him that he was the strongest opponent he had ever fought.
As he coughed up blood and started dying, Kidōmaru told him that there is no way to save Sasuke since he had come voluntarily. Kidōmaru then collapsed again saying he hadn't been pushed that far since Kimimaro. With his last breath, Kidōmaru cursed Neji then died, leaving Neji the victor of their battle.
Part II
Shinobi World War Arc
In the anime, Kidōmaru along was reincarnated by Kabuto Yakushi along with his Sound Four team-mates during the Fourth Shinobi World War. He was deployed at the northern edge of the Land of Lightning's peninsula and fought Neji again. Despite losing even when his body was enhanced by his summoner, Kidōmaru quickly reconstructed himself and cast Turned Underworld Technique to teleport himself, his group, and their original opponents to another location.[3]
Having used the DNA of the Sound Five in his experiments during his quest to find himself, Kabuto Yakushi gained access to Sakon and Ukon's kekkei genkai which allowed him to access the DNA of the other Sound Five members within his body by creating constructs of them which appeared from the base of his navel-snake. This copy of Kidōmaru has access to his unique abilities to create webbing which Kabuto used to corner the Uchiha siblings in his battle with them during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
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Kidōmaru is a playable character in the following video games:
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|English release
|Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 4
|5 April 2007
|24 March 2009
|Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 5
|20 December 2007
|27 November 2009
|Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
|4 February 2016
|9 February 2016
|Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 4
|21 November 2005
|Naruto: Ninja Council 3
|27 April 2006
|22 May 2007
|Naruto: The Broken Bond
|18 November 2008
|Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2
|30 September 2004
|12 June 2007
|Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3
|22 December 2005
|25 March 2008
- He was the only member of the Sound Four to be seen wearing an Otogakure forehead protector.
- "Kidō" (鬼童) means "demon child", and "-maru" (丸, Literally meaning: circle", "perfection) is a common ending for male Japanese names.
- Kidōmaru can be seen during the omake of Naruto Shippūden episode 129. He's picking masks with Sakon nearby.
- According to the databook(s):
- His favourite phrase was: Game over (ゲームオーバー, gēmu ōbā).
- His hobby was playing games.
- He desired to fight opponents that allow him to enjoy himself.
- Kidōmaru has completed 46 official missions in total: 20 D-rank, 15 C-rank, 8 B-rank, 2 A-rank, 1 S-rank.
- "This game has a higher difficulty level than I thought!"
- "I guess it was more fun this way… but now game over!!"
- "What kind of a freak is this guy?"
- "The weakest one in the game always goes down first!"


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Played by Jerry Garcia with Marshall Leicester and Robert Hunter at the Carlos Bookstall in July 1961. Not to be confused with the Robert Hunter song, also titles Jesse James. Thanks to Matt Schofield for the lyrics.
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I got down on my knees and delivered up the keys
To Frank and his brother Jesse James
Jesse had a wife, she's a mourner all her life
Three children, they were brave
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- —Remus Lupin talking to Harry Potter about Lily Potter[src]
Lily Potter (née Evans) (30 January, 1960 – 31 October, 1981) was a Muggle-born witch, the younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Evans and the sister of Petunia. She learned that she was a witch as a child, after Severus Snape, a wizard boy who lived nearby, recognised her as a witch and told her of the existence of magic. The two became close friends, but their friendship became strained over the years due to Snape's irrepressible interest in the Dark Arts and his passion in joining the Death Eaters. Lily ended the friendship in their fifth year, after Snape called her a Mudblood. She attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1971 to 1978 and was sorted into Gryffindor house. A talented student, Lily was a member of the Slug Club and was made Head Girl in her seventh year.
After Hogwarts, Lily married James Potter and they had a son, Harry. The couple and their best friends (Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew) all joined the Order of the Phoenix during the First Wizarding War; she and her husband defied Lord Voldemort himself three times. However, Lily and James were forced to go into hiding after a prophecy was made concerning Lord Voldemort and their infant son. James and Lily were betrayed by Peter Pettigrew to Lord Voldemort. Lily was murdered by Voldemort in 1981, along with her husband, while they were trying to protect their son. Lily briefly appeared again through the Resurrection Stone, along with James, Sirius and Remus in 1998. After the Second Wizarding War, Lily had three grandchildren through her son, Harry Potter; James Sirius Potter, Albus Severus Potter and Lily Luna Potter, who was named after her grandmother.
Early life
- Lily: "I'm not a freak. That's a horrible thing to say."
- Petunia: "That's where you're going. A special school for freaks. You and that Snape boy ... weirdos, that's what you two are..."
- Lily: "You didn't think it was such a freak's school when you wrote to the headmaster and begged him to take you."
- — Lily and Petunia argue before Lily departs for Hogwarts.[src]
Lily bought her wand from Ollivanders Wand Shop in Diagon Alley at the age of eleven. The wand was 10¼" willow, "swishy", and, according to Garrick Ollivander, good for charm work.
Hogwarts years
- Severus Snape: "I never meant to call you Mudblood, it just —"
- Lily: "Slipped out? It's too late. I've made excuses for you for years. None of my friends can understand why I even talk to you. You and your precious little Death Eater friends ... You've chosen your way, I've chosen mine."
- — The end of Lily's friendship with Severus Snape.[src]
In her fifth year, Lily stood up for her then best friend — Severus Snape — when he was being bullied by James Potter, whom she considered to be an arrogant toe-rag. She had addressed James by his surname —James himself having called Lily by hers — and attempted to stop his bullying. Snape lashed out at her in his humiliation, calling her a "Mudblood." [4] Severus begged for Lily's forgiveness and she, in turn, asked him if he still intended to join the Death Eaters. When he did not deny this, Lily realized that Snape did not understand what was wrong with the Death Eaters.
This led to a parting of ways between Lily and Snape, as the former had already become dismayed by Snape's fascination with the Dark Arts, and his friendship with his Slytherin house-mates Mulciber and Avery, both of whom were aspiring Death Eaters. Harry would later witness the scene of his father's bullying and his mother's ambiguous intervention twice via a pensieve, as well as other scenes depicting his mother's friendship with Snape.[5]
By Lily's fifth year, James was repeatedly asking her out, but she refused him, calling him an "arrogant toerag" because he bullied other students, particularly Severus Snape. James's best friend Sirius Black later commented that James could not resist showing off and making a fool of himself whenever she was around. Lily did not, however, hate James. While she didn't approve of his bullying, she did admire how James stood up for his friends and other people who were cruelly treated by Snape's aspiring-Death Eater friends.[4]
During their seventh year, James matured greatly, proving himself to be responsible and brave. This led to her finally agreeing to go out with him; and Lily's attraction to him grew into genuine affection and eventually love. The young couple were chosen to be Head Boy and Head Girl.[6]
In late 1977, Lily and James had a disastrous first meeting with Petunia and her then-fiancé, Vernon Dursley,[7] which presumably took place over Christmas break, as they were both still at Hogwarts. When Vernon tried to impress James with his car, the wizard in turn boasted of his own material wealth, and a row ensued.[7] The evening ended with both Vernon and Petunia storming out of the restaurant and Lily bursting into tears.[7]
Petunia was married by the end of 1977. Though Lily and James were invited to the wedding, Petunia refused to have Lily as a bridesmaid, upsetting her deeply. [7] At the reception, Vernon would not talk to James, but described him as "some magician" within his earshot.[7]
Marriage and the Order
- Severus Snape: "The — the prophecy ... the prediction ... Trelawney... He thinks it means Lily Evans!"
- Albus Dumbledore: "The prophecy did not refer to a woman. It spoke of a boy born at the end of July —"
- Severus Snape: "You know what I mean! He thinks it means her son, he is going to hunt her down — kill them all —"
- — Severus Snape warns Dumbledore of the danger to the Potters[src]
Sometime after graduating from Hogwarts in 1978, Lily and James married, with Sirius Black serving as James' best man.[8] Petunia and Vernon refused to attend the wedding.[7] Lily had little contact with her sister from that point.
Living off James' family fortune, the Potters became full-time members of the Order of the Phoenix, an organisation dedicated to fighting Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters, along with their friends Sirius, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew.[9] During the war, they defied Voldemort on at least three occasions, the first being when they refused to join his cause when he tried to recruit them.[10]
Life in hiding and death
- Lily: "Not Harry, please no, take me, kill me instead —"
- Lord Voldemort: "This is my last warning —"
- Lily: "Not Harry! Please ... have mercy ... Not Harry! Please — I'll do anything..."
- — Lily Potter stands between Lord Voldemort and her son.[src]
The Potters went into hiding while Lily was still pregnant.[9] Their son, Harry James Potter, was born on 31 July, 1980. Due to the danger they were in, Lily and James chose to keep Harry's christening a "very hurried, quiet affair" with Sirius Black as the only guest.[14][15] The couple also chose Sirius to be Harry's godfather.[8] Lily sent a birth announcement to Petunia; it was to be the last piece of mail she ever sent her sister.[7]
In a letter to Sirius dated around Harry's first birthday in July 1981, Lily mentioned that the family had a pet cat, and relayed a story about Harry flying on the toy broomstick Sirius had given him as a birthday present.[5] The Fidelius Charm was placed on their home in Godric's Hollow. Their Secret-Keeper, Peter Pettigrew, was chosen as a less likely choice than Sirius Black, but he betrayed the Potters by telling Voldemort of their whereabouts.[16]
- "The Boy Who Lived. How lies have fed your legend, Harry. Shall I reveal what really happened that night 13 years ago? Shall I divulge how I truly lost my powers? Yes, shall I? It was love. You see, when dear sweet Lily Potter gave her life for her only son...she provided the ultimate protection. I could not touch him. It was old magic. Something I should have foreseen. But no matter, no matter. Things have changed. I can touch you...now!"
- —Voldemort reflecting on his first defeat[src]
On 31 October in 1981, Voldemort entered their home. James told Lily to take Harry and leave while he held him off. James, however, was killed before Lily and Harry could escape the house. Trapping mother and son in Harry's nursery, Voldemort, honouring Snape's request to spare her life, offered Lily a chance to step aside. She steadfastly refused to stop shielding her son, and Voldemort killed her. Because Lily's death was a pure sacrifice (she intended to die, and was not hoping to save herself) Harry was marked with the protection of her love, and Voldemort's Killing Curse rebounded off the one-year old, destroying the Dark Lord's body and temporarily defeating him. If not for Snape's love for Lily, which led to him to beg Voldemort for Lily's life, her death would not have been a willing sacrifice, and there would have been no Boy Who Lived. [5]
- Lily: "You've been so brave."
- James: "You are nearly there. Very close. We are . . . so proud of you."
- — Lily and James Potter speak to their son through the Resurrection Stone[src]
When Lily and James were murdered Lily's sister, Petunia, was the one to arrange the funeral, as James had no family left; after this, she grudingly cared for her sister's child. However, his mother's death would not be the last Harry would see of his mother. During his first year at Hogwarts, he stumbled upon the Mirror of Erised and saw his parents beside him, along with his grandparents and other ancestors. At the end of the first year, Hagrid gave him a photo album filled with pictures of his family. In his third year, whenever he encountered a Dementor, he was forced to relive his parents' deaths.
- "Sweetheart, you're ready. Let go! Let go!""
- —Lily to Harry in the Graveyard of Little Hangleton as he prepares to let go of the Priori Incantatem between him and Voldemort.[src]
In Harry's fourth year, while duelling with Voldemort in the Little Hangleton graveyard, they experienced Priori Incantatem and shades of his mother and father and others which Voldemort's wand had killed came out of Voldemort's wand to help Harry in his escape from the graveyard.
In Harry's fifth year, he entered Severus Snape's memory of being bullied by James and Sirius via the use of Pensieve and saw his mother standing up for Snape. In 1998, he relived that same memory of Snape's, as well as many others containing his mother.
Finally, during the Battle of Hogwarts, when Harry believed himself to be walking to his own death, he used the Resurrection Stone to bring back the spirits of Lily, James Potter, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin. Both James and Lily told Harry that they were so very proud of him, proud of his outstanding courage and strength, and assured him that they would stay with him until the very end. Harry described their very presence as his courage, the reason he was able to keep putting one foot in front of the other, with Lily smiling at him, and James nodding encouragingly.
Lily's only granddaughter was named after her.[5]
Physical description
Lily was a beautiful woman with thick, dark red hair that fell to her shoulders and bright green almond-shaped eyes.[5] Apparently, her bright green eyes were extremely distinctive, because every person who knew Lily would always see them in Harry.
Personality and traits
- "Lily. Lovely Lily. She was exceedingly bright... your mother. Even more impressive when one considers she was Muggle-born."
- —Horace Slughorn told to Harry Potter[src]
Lily was known for being an exceptionally kind-hearted and talented witch, becoming Head Girl in her final year at Hogwarts. She also was an all-time favourite of her Potions Master, Professor Horace Slughorn, who noted that she was witty and charming, as well as having a knack for potions.[17] Remus described her as having a habit of seeing the best in others, even when they could not see it themselves. On at least one occasion she called out James and Sirius for their bullying of Severus Snape while Remus sat by and did nothing. Her actions were not, however, effective.
J.K Rowling also states that Lily was very popular in Hogwarts, not unlike her daughter-in-law, Ginny Weasley.
When in a temper, Lily had a sharp tongue, and had no trouble standing up to others. She had strong principles, ending her friendship with Snape when she could no longer tolerate his fascination with the Dark Arts or his devotion to Voldemort's genocidal cause.
Lily and her husband were also brave and self-sacrificing, defying Voldemort three times as members of the Order of the Phoenix, and dying to protect their son. Dumbledore has claimed that she was very much like her son, Harry.
Magical abilities and skills
Lily Potter was an extremely talented and skilful witch. Her skills were such that, Lord Voldemort was willing to overlook her Muggle-born status and asked that she and her husband join him.[10][18]
- Love: Lily displayed a tremendous amount of love during her life. She sacrificed herself for her only son when she was twenty-one years old, and it was this sacrifice, fuelled by her love for him, that enabled Harry to survive the Killing Curse. Not only this, but Lily's loving sacrifice continued to protect Harry for almost sixteen years after her death.
- Control of under-age magic: Before attending Hogwarts, Lily was revealed to already have a level of control over her magic, which was a rare skill. She was able to slow her descent through the air after jumping off a swing, and control the petals of a flower.
- Potioneer: According to Horace Slughorn, Lily was an excellent potioneer.
- Charms: Her wand was said to have been good for Charms work, which meant that Lily must have been talented at Charms. Also, she was able to make a teapot sing, which is generally regarded as a type of charm.[19]
- Patronus Charm: Lily could conjure a Patronus in the shape of a doe, which is identical to Severus Snape's Patronus and the female counterpart to her husband's Patronus and Animagus form, as well as her son's Patronus.
- Duelling: Lily, along with her husband, James, was able to defy and escape Lord Voldemort three times. On the fourth encounter, however, she was killed (though it must be noted that she was not carrying her wand at the time).
- Transfiguration: Lily also had at least some skill in Transfiguration. During her youth, she performed some Transfiguration spells in front of her sister Petunia during the holidays, doing illegal under-age magic. She gave Horace Slughorn a present, a lily petal floating in a bowl, and as he witnessed the petal fall towards the bottom of the bowl, it was transformed into a fish that he kept as a pet, until it disappeared on the day she was killed by Voldemort.
- "You didn't just lose a mother that night in Godric's Hollow, you know. I lost a sister."
- —Petunia showing her affection for Lily.[src]
Lily had a close relationship with her mother and father and, initially, with her older sister, Petunia. The two girls played together, and when Lily began demonstrating magical ability, Petunia was "torn between curiosity and disapproval." Petunia was disdainful of the friendship Lily struck up with Severus Snape, the poor, young wizard who had taken to spying on Lily and who first informed her that she was a witch; in turn, Snape was quite insulting to Petunia for being a Muggle. When Lily was invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Petunia wrote to the headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, requesting that she be permitted to do the same. Although his refusal was kind, Petunia became very bitter, and jealously deemed her sister a "freak".[5] Their relationship seems to have deteriorated greatly afterwards, and even as an adult, Petunia resented that her parents were proud of Lily's magical abilities and took out her enmity on Lily's son, Harry. However, despite the bitterness on Petunia's end, the two appeared to still be in contact; Harry, as an infant, was said to have "smashed a horrible vase Petunia sent [Lily] for Christmas."[5] Petunia also grudgingly took Harry in, at Dumbledore's request, after Lily's death.
Severus Snape
- Lily: "Does it make a difference, being Muggle-born?"
- Snape: "No. It doesn't make any difference."
- — Severus Snape discussing Lily's Muggle-born status as children[src]
Severus Snape lived near the Evans family when he was a child, and soon began spying on Lily after he noticed that she was a witch. The two became friends when he started telling her about the wizarding world, and were best friends until their fifth year at Hogwarts, despite being sorted into different houses. Lily became increasingly dismayed by Snape's friendships with people such as Avery and Mulciber, who practised the Dark Arts and disdained Muggle-borns. Ironically, Lily might have grown to love Snape romantically (she certainly loved him as a friend) if he had not loved Dark Magic so much, and been drawn to such loathsome people and acts, yet it was Snape's desire for Lily's admiration that drew him to the dark arts in the first place. When Snape called Lily a "Mudblood" in a fit of anger and humiliation, it was the last straw for Lily. When she later asked him if he still intended to become a Death Eater and he did not deny it, she severed all ties with him.
Despite the ending of their friendship, Snape still loved Lily. When he realised that it was Harry who Voldemort had fixated on as his enemy mentioned in the Prophecy, Snape begged him to spare Lily's life. He, however, showed no concern for the life of her son or husband. Voldemort agreed to this request and offered Lily several chances to step aside. Her refusal to do so even though she had a choice is what created the magic that protected Harry.
Lily loved Snape as a friend, and, tragically for him, might have returned his romantic love if he had not once been consumed by the Dark Arts[2]. The deep, unrequited love Snape held for Lily for almost all of his life also influenced his Patronus, which took the form of a silver doe-- the same as hers, caused him to spy on Voldemort for Albus Dumbledore, and protect her son, Harry, until his own death, where he told Harry to 'Look at me', wishing to see Lily's eyes once more before he died as it was shown he was particularly fond of her green eyes, which Harry inherited.
Lily's grandson, Albus, has both Lily's eyes (like Harry) and the middle name Severus.
James Potter
- Harry: "How come she married him? She hated him!"
- Sirius: "Nah, she didn't."
- Remus: "She started going out with him in seventh year."
- — Sirius Black and Remus Lupin telling Harry Potter about his parents[src]
Lily's relationship with James Potter was initially a volatile one. They first met on the train just before the start of their first year at Hogwarts, where Lily was angered by James' and Sirius Black's mockery of her best friend, Severus Snape[5]. Although James was a popular student and a talented Quidditch player, well-liked by most, Lily considered him an arrogant bully and treated him with contempt. This was likely motivated partly by James' hostile relationship with Snape, and partly by his bad habit of hexing innocent students just for fun. By his fifth year, James started to have romantic feelings for Lily, and would show off to try to impress her, without success.[4] She refused to accept his many invitations to go out with him until their seventh year. It seems that, by that time, James had "deflated his head a bit" and stopped hexing people "for the fun of it"[4]. The two joined the Order of the Phoenix after graduating, in addition to getting married and having one child: Harry James Potter.
It is said that Lily loved her husband, James, dearly as when Voldemort entered the house Lily screamed James's name when seeing his dead body.
The MaraudersLily met Sirius Black on the Hogwarts Express at the same time she met James. She disliked them both, as they quickly began teasing Severus Snape, Lily's best friend at the time, though it was Snape who had initiated the argument by mocking the other boys' preference of House. When Lily and Sirius were both sorted into Gryffindor House, Lily remembered him from the train, and turned her back on him when he made room for her at the Gryffindor table. However, during their later school years, they became good friends, and Lily eventually married Sirius's best friend, James. The Marauders themselves did not seem to be aware of Lily's friendship with Severus, due to the animosity that existed between the four of them and Snape, particularly James. Sirius, Lily and the Marauders became members of the Order of the Phoenix during the First Wizarding War and fought in several battles against Lord Voldemort. When James and Lily cast a Fidelius Charm to hide from Voldemort, they originally wanted to make Sirius their Secret Keeper, as they knew him to be completely and utterly trustworthy, and Lily sent him at least one letter and a photograph of her family during her time in hiding. However, Sirius had proposed that Peter be made Secret Keeper instead, thinking that Voldemort would not expect a "weak, talentless thing" like Peter to be given a such crucial role. This turned out to be a fatal mistake, as Peter had turned traitor and become a spy for the Death Eaters; thus Peter betrayed James and Lily to Voldemort one week after becoming their Secret Keeper, leading to them being tragically killed. Sirius was deeply devastated; he attacked Peter and attempted to kill him.
Sirius was also godfather to Lily's son, Harry Potter, and they shared an intimate relationship; Harry regarded Sirius as a mixture of father and older brother, and Sirius viewed Harry as an exceptionally brave and matured adult with rights to knowing difficult truths, fully capable of shouldering burdens that many wizards much older and wiser than he could not.
Lily was also a good friend of Remus Lupin, paying no mind to the stigma surrounding his condition as a werewolf. Unlike his friends, Remus rarely if ever took part in bullying students out of either dislike or boredom, including Severus Snape, though he also did nothing to stop it. When Snape insisted there was something strange about Remus, Lily answered that she didn't care about what the Marauders did; most likely, she had also realised that Remus was a werewolf, but didn't want others to know. After graduating from Hogwarts, Remus helped James and Lily hide, and would have willingly died for his friends rather than betray them to save his own skin. When James and Lily died, Remus was devastated, and initially believed, along the rest of the wizarding world, that Sirius had been a traitor.
Later on, Remus grew close to Lily's son, Harry Potter. He taught Harry the Patronus Charm, and protected him throughout the Second Wizarding War, while Harry ended up becoming godfather to Remus's son Teddy.
Despite Peter Pettigrew's cowardly nature, Lily became more friendly with him as she warmed to James, even affectionately referring to Peter as "Wormy," from his nickname "Wormtail." When James and Lily went into hiding from Lord Voldemort, Lily and James trusted Peter enough to make him their Secret Keeper, though only at Sirius' suggestion to use someone less obvious than himself for the role. By then, however, Peter had already become a spy for Voldemort, and he betrayed his dearest friends out of fear for his own life; one time Peter saw Lily and James while they were in hiding, Lily noted that he "seemed down." After Voldemort killed Lily and James, it is possible that Pettigrew felt some regret for his treacherous, heartless betrayal; in 1998, Pettigrew unintentionally saved Harry from Lord Voldemort, who was trying to kill the boy through Pettigrew's silver hand, by briefly hesitating when Harry reminded him of his life debt. This one, tiny impulse of mercy, however, led to Pettigrew being killed by the same hand.
Harry Potter
- Lily: "You've been so brave."
- James: "You are nearly there. Very close. We are…so proud of you."
- — Harry's parents speaking to him through the Resurrection Stone[src]
James and Lily loved their son more than anything, sacrificing themselves in order to save him when he was but one year old. Harry barely knew them, but nevertheless regarded them with great reverence and fiercely defended their memory if anyone spoke ill of them. In 1995, he punched Draco Malfoy for insulting his mother, and he was frequently at odds with Professor Snape, who taunted Harry that James was not the great man others made him out to be. An incident that Snape would have delightfully used as an example was witnessed by Harry in the spring of 1996, when Harry accidentally watched James bullying Snape with no provocation (other than the already-existing animosity between them,) in one of Snape's own memories, during Harry's Occlumency lessons. Harry began to question how his mother even came to marry James when she clearly despised him for acting in such a way, though Remus and Sirius later assured Harry that his father had changed his ways, having matured enough to become Head Boy and eventually win Lily over.
The few times he ever saw his parents were in pictures given to him by Rubeus Hagrid, through a vision within the Mirror of Erised, as spectral forms which came out of Voldemort's wand during Priori Incantatem, as stored memories within the Pensieve, and again as spectral forms when he "recalled" them during the Battle of Hogwarts, by using the Resurrection Stone. Lily's spirit was described as looking at Harry as if she couldn't do so enough, and Harry asked his mother to stay close to him as he approached the Death Eaters' camp, and certain doom. Both James and Lily told Harry that they were tremendously proud of him for being so brave and strong despite all the pain and suffering he had endured, and gave him the support he needed to sacrifice himself to Voldemort.
Harry eventually named two of his children after his late parents and godfather, James Sirius and Lily Luna.
Horace Slughorn
- Slughorn: "Lily. Lovely Lily. She was exceedingly bright, your mother. Even more impressive considering she was Muggle-born..."
- Harry: "One of my best friends is Muggle-born, and she's the best in our year."
- Slughorn: "No, no! You mustn't think I'm prejudiced! Your mother was one of my absolute favourites!"
- — Horace Slughorn to Harry Potter in 1996.[src]
During her time at Hogwarts, Lily demonstrated brilliance in potions, becoming one of Potions master Horace Slughorn's "all-time favourites" and a member of his Slug Club. Slughorn considered her to be one of the brightest students he had ever taught, and knew her to be a vivacious, charming, talented, if sometimes cheeky, girl; he even stated, "I don't imagine anyone who met her wouldn't have like her...very brave...very funny...", though he was surprised by her Muggle lineage. Lily also gave Slughorn a present, probably as a token of her respect and love for him as her teacher: a bowl of water, on which a petal from a lily floated, and as the petal sank, it transformed into a fish, just before it reached the bottom. He described it as "beautiful magic, wondrous to behold", and named the fish Francis. When Francis suddenly disappeared one day, Slughorn realised that Lily had died[20], and her death haunted him for many years. Harry Potter used Slughorn's sympathy and grief for his mother's death to his advantage while under the effects of Felix Felicis, persuading Slughorn to give him the true memory of Tom Riddle's inquiry about Horcruxes, by encouraging him to be as brave as his mother was, and claiming that it would undo whatever great wrong he had done.
Albus Dumbledore
Albus Dumbledore was Lily's Headmaster when she was a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. When Dumbledore invited Lily to attend Hogwarts, her sister, Petunia, became jealous, and sent a letter to Dumbledore requesting to be enrolled in Hogwarts as well. Dumbledore answered Petunia that she could not, though in a way Lily found to be "very kind". During Lily's years at Hogwarts, Dumbledore became very fond of her, seeing her as an extremely talented witch with a pure, kind heart, and eventually appointing her Head Girl. After Lily and her friends graduated from Hogwarts, they became members of the Order of the Phoenix, an organisation Dumbledore founded and led. When James and Lily became targets of Lord Voldemort, Dumbledore offered to be their Secret Keeper in an attempt to protect them, but the role went to Peter Pettigrew instead, at Sirius' suggestion. This turned out to be the couple's death sentence, as Peter betrayed them to Voldemort, who found them and killed them. Dumbledore was deeply upset by their deaths, and dedicated the rest of his life to keeping their son safe. During a conversation with Severus Snape shortly after Lily's death, Dumbledore appeared to be extremely cold and angry, emphasising how much he cared for Lily and how distressed he was about her murder. He eventually became Harry's mentor, often telling Harry of the love and goodness of his parents, and continually insisting that Harry's love for his parents was his greatest strength and a source of incredible power-- the power the Dark Lord knows not.
Minerva McGonagall
Minerva McGonagall appeared to have a very close relationship with Lily during the First Wizarding War. McGonagall was the Transfiguration Professor and also the Head of Gryffindor House while Lily attended Hogwarts. During Lily's years at Hogwarts, she presumably became a favourite of McGonagall, as she was an extremely talented witch with a pure kind heart, and would neither participate in nor tolerate bullying, the qualities that McGonagall undeniably would have favoured in a student. After Lily left Hogwarts, both she and McGonagall became members of the first Order of the Phoenix and fought against Voldemort and his Death Eaters. After Voldemort found and killed the Potters, McGonagall was devastated to learn of Lily's death, and that of her husband, James, to which she actually broke down into tears. Professor McGonagall was fond of Lily's son, and protected him as best as she could throughout his time at Hogwarts.
Order of the Phoenix members
During the First Wizarding War, Lily was a member of the Order of the Phoenix and would have fought alongside many of its members during the First Wizarding War. She appeared to be friendly with some members, such as Rubeus Hagrid, Elphias Doge and the McKinnons; she also appeared to be very upset when she learned about the McKinnons' death, crying all night.
The given name Lily comes from the name of the flower, which is a symbol of purity.[21] Specifically, the lily is often associated with the Blessed Virgin Mary; one type of the flower is known as the Madonna lily. Greek mythology also links lilies to the Muses and to the goddess Hera, and the flowers continue to be representative of purity and love in Europe. In China, lily means "forever in love", and the flowers were thought to be capable of averting evil.[22]
Lily's maiden name was Evans. Evans is a Welsh or English surname derived from the given name Evan[23]. As a Welsh name, Evan means "young warrior"; it can also be considered a form of the name John, (named after the apostle John) meaning "God is gracious and merciful"[24].
Lily's married surname is Potter. Potter is a very common surname of English origin.[25] It traditionally refers to the occupation of making pottery. Beatrix Potter was a well-known English children's author. Potter's Field is the name for a burial ground for the unknown or unclaimed dead, particularly soldiers and orphans; It is first mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew, the Potter family had many members that fit that description. The Potter Box is a model for making ethical decisions developed at Harvard University. J. K. Rowling has also commented that she has liked this name since childhood, due to a relationship with two friends who were named Ian and Vikki Potter.[26]
Behind the scenes
- In the films, Geraldine Somerville plays Lily as an adult, Susie Shinner plays her as a teenager, and Ellie Darcey-Alden plays an even younger Lily in the film adaptations of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [27] and so is one of the 14 characters to appear in all 8 film adaptions. J.K. Rowling was asked to play Lily in the Mirror of Erised scene of the film version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, but she refused the part because she said that she was "not cut out to be an actress because she'd mess-up somehow."[28]
- Technically, Geraldine Somerville is one of just over a dozen actors and actresses to have appeared in all eight Harry Potter films and played the same character. However, several films do not feature new footage of her and simply short clips from other films.
- In the Harry Potter novels, Lily is mentioned to have died aged 21, yet in the films she appears much older. This could be that she is seen with Harry in the mirror at the age she would be at the time, had she been alive (31), though this doesn't make sense as she still appears to be older than 21 in flashbacks, photographs and during the Priori Incantatem scene. So it's most likely that just like Severus Snape in the films (the character is in his 30s, Alan Rickman is in his 60s) the character herself is still in her 20s, however she merely looks like she is in her 30s.
- In the novels it is often mentioned that Lily had green eyes and that Harry had the same eyes. In the films it is often remarked that Harry has his mother's eyes, but it is never stated what colour they are. Also in the films, Harry has blue eyes and young Lily has brown eyes.
- In the film version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Remus Lupin mentions that Lily had been there for him at a time when no one else was. This statement may or may not be canon, as the books never imply that Lily knew Lupin well until after she started dating James. However, considering her high academic standing prior to her appointment as Head Girl, it seems likely that Lily and Remus would have served as Gryffindor prefects together.
- Susie Shinner did not appear as Lily in the film version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, although a promotional image showed her in costume.
- In the film version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Voldemort taunts Harry by calling Lily "your filthy Muggle mother" rather than "Mudblood", even though she's a Muggle-born witch. Note that in the film version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the Tom Riddle coming out of his diary uses the term Mudblood. Although, it should be noted that Voldemort, believing in total blood purity, wouldn't care for technicalities and likely considered muggle-borns as "bad" as muggles themselves
- In European folklore and the infamous treatise on witchcraft, Malleus Maleficarum, the combination of red hair and green eyes was considered the mark of a witch, thus it is notable that Lily Evans possesses this exact colouring.[29]
- In the film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, there is an additional sequence after Aragog's funeral where Horace Slughorn describes a gift given to him by Harry's mother, Lily. One day, he'd found a bowl in his office with a small amount of water in it, upon which floated a single petal from a lily. As he watched, the petal sank into the water, and just before it reached the bottom, it transformed into a fish. Slughorn was delighted by what he considered a beautiful piece of magic, and kept the fish for many years, naming it Francis. On the night of 31 October, 1981, the night Lily Potter died, Francis disappeared from his bowl, and Slughorn knew right then and there what had happened to Lily.
- Lily's youngest grandson and her son are the only Potter members to inherit Lily's eyes. It is very clear they are Lily's eyes, most people comment that Harry has her eyes, and looks very much like James. Harry, when looking into Albus' eyes, comments they were Lily's eyes.
- Lily and Order of the Phoenix member, Nymphadora Tonks, are very similar. They are the only people who married a Marauder. Lily married James and Nymphadora married Remus Lupin. They both are related to Muggles (Lily's parents and Nymphadora's paternal grandparents) and have one son, Harry Potter and Teddy Lupin, both sons were only babies when their mothers died fighting Dark forces and both sons have inherited something from their mothers: Harry inherited his mother's eyes, Teddy inherited his mother's Metamorphmagus ability.
- Lily and her daughter-in-law Ginny, also are very very similar to each other. They both have red hair, they both married a Potter: Lily married James Potter; Ginny married Harry Potter, they both were very popular in school, both weren't afraid to stand up for their friends: Lily when the Marauders harassed Severus Snape, and Ginny when people ridiculed Luna Lovegood by calling her Looney Lovegood.
- Rubeus Hagrid revealed that Lord Voldemort tried to recruit James Potter and Lily Evans before they left Hogwarts. While this is understandable for James, it was revealed by Rowling that Muggle-borns such as Lily can be permitted to join the Death Eaters, but only in extremely rare circumstances.[30]
- J.K. Rowling said that like Ginny, she was a popular girl.[31]
- Lily Evans's life bears some resemblances to that of the character Lilias Craven in Marsha Norman's stage musical adaptation of Francis Hodgson Burnett's novel The Secret Garden, having died prematurely, been part of an unrequited love triangle, and having passed her eyes on to a young relative.
- Lily's name continues a pattern of flower names in the series. For instance, in the generation during the First Wizarding War, there was her and Petunia Evans. A lily and a petunia are both flowers. In the generation of the Second Wizarding War there was Narcissa Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson, Fleur Delacour, Poppy Pomfrey and Lavender Brown. In the generation after the war there was Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger's daughter, Rose Weasley. There was also Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley's daughter, Lily Luna Potter.
- Lily is the only known Head Girl, asides from Minerva McGonagall.
- Though Harry bears a great resemblance to his father, it is often noted that he has Lily's eyes. In a 1999 interview, Rowling stated, "Harry has his father's and mother's good looks. But he has his mother's eyes and that's very important in a future book". That future book was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In Snape's death scene in that novel, after having passed on his memories to Harry, he whispers to Harry: "Look... at... me..." In one of Snape's memories, it is revealed that Dumbledore persuades Snape to protect Harry after Lily's death by mentioning the fact that he has "precisely" the same eyes as his mother. His last words to Harry were simply a desire to see Lily's eyes before he died.
- Lily's initially negative opinion of James is not shown in the films, and the attraction between them seems to develop much sooner.
- Ellie Darcey-Alden who plays young Lily Potter in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, actually has brown eyes, unlike how Lily's eyes are described, Daniel Radcliffe's eyes or Geraldine Somerville's eyes.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance) (Appears in flashback(s))
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) (Appears in flashback(s))
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Appears in photographs)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Appears in flashback(s))
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Appears in photographs)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Appears in flashback(s)) (Appears as a ghost or a spirit)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) (Appears as a ghost or a spirit)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Appears in flashback(s)) (Appears in photographs)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Appears in photographs)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (Appears in photographs)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Appears in flashback(s)), (Appears as a ghost or a spirit)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Appears in flashback(s))
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Appears in flashback(s)) (Appears as a ghost or a spirit)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game) (Appears as a ghost or a spirit)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World (Appears in flashback(s))
- LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World (Appears in flashback(s))
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Appears in flashback(s)) (Appears as a ghost or a spirit) (Appears in photographs)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (Appears in flashback(s)) (Appears as a ghost or a spirit)
- Pottermore (Mentioned as Harry's mother)
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
- Harry Potter LEGO Sets (Appears in flashback(s))
Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Chapter 16 (Godric's Hollow)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 30 July 2007 Bloomsbury Live Chat with J.K. Rowling
- ↑ http://lady-slytherin-forever.tumblr.com/post/8983645876/uncle-and-aunt-dursley-the-love-story-pottermore
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 4
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 The Dursleys' backstory was shown onscreen during the Pottermore press conference on 23 June, 2011, as seen in this YouTube video from the Telegraph (partial transcription available here).
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 10
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 19 October 2007 J.K. Rowling at Carnegie Hall
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 J. K. Rowling interview on PotterCast #130
- ↑ The timeframe of the prophecy can be determined as late 1979 from J. K. Rowling's statement during her 2007 Carnegie Hall appearance that the Potters went into hiding when Lily was pregnant, and the scene in Deathly Hallows, Chapter 33 where Snape goes to ask Dumbledore to protect Lily, which must have taken place in autumn given the description of the setting ("...the sound of the wind in the branches" and "Though leaves and branches still flew through the night air around them...").
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 25
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 33
- ↑ J.K. Rowling at the 2004 Edinburgh Book Festival
- ↑ 2005 Leaky Cauldron/MuggleNet interview with J. K. Rowling
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- ↑ J K Rowling at the Edinburgh Book Festival
- ↑ It is stated on Pottermore that Petunia is free from houses with teapots that sang when you walked past, and as Lily was the only witch in the family it makes sense she'd be the one to cast the spell.
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- ↑ Behind the Name: Lily
- ↑ Flower Facts: Lily
- ↑ Behind the Name: Evans
- ↑ Behind the Name: Evan
- ↑ Behind the Name: Rankings for 'Potter'
- ↑ MuggleNet: Name Origins
- ↑ http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/08/22/new-casting-information-for-harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows/
- ↑ http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/rumours_view.cfm?id=11
- ↑ Wikipedia article on red hair
- ↑ http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/news_view.cfm?id=80
- ↑ http://www.accio-quote.org/themes/weaselys.htme


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