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Green Flame Torch? wtf

Discussion in 'Fanfic Discussion' started by ofthedepths, Dec 19, 2006.

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  1. ofthedepths

    ofthedepths First Year

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    Dec 19, 2006 #1
    serious question why is there all this crap about a green flame torch
     
  2. LT2000

    LT2000 Heir

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    Dec 19, 2006 #2
    I blame Maito Gai.
     
  3. Shezza

    Shezza Renegade 4 Life DLP Supporter

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    Dec 19, 2006 #3
    Green Flame Torch- It was the supposed name of book 5 or 6...can't remember which. A lot of writers used it in their stories because they thought it was going to be cannon or something. To tell the truth, none of the stories with that in it were good, or none that I can remember anyway.
     
  4. ofthedepths

    ofthedepths First Year

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    Dec 19, 2006 #4
    Thanks and we all blame Gai
     
  5. Son of the Forsaken

    Son of the Forsaken Third Year

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    Dec 19, 2006 #5
    ......DAAAAMN YOOOOU GAI........Damn you and my you rot in your youthfull Hell
     
  6. Jeram

    Jeram Elder of Zion ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

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    Dec 19, 2006 #6
    Don't worry too much about it - it's what we in the industry call "Ridiculous Idiocy." For example, here's a quote from MuggleNot in an old article speculating about Book 6:
    "There have been many rumors on what the Sixth Book is going to be called. I for one think Harry Potter and the Green Flame Torch is a good bet."

    Why is it a "good bet"? Because the author of the article has no idea what he's talking about. The whole "Green Flame Torch" started as a joke, when people who only saw the concept art for HBP tried to guess what the title could possibly be.

    According the fake news site "The Quibbler" (at http://www.spinnersend.com/quibbler/frontpage.php), the title for Book 7 will actually be "Harry Potter & the Graveyard of the Green Flame Torch", and they provide the new cover art: http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/5605/7zg5.gif. Looks exciting.

    I'm just kidding of course, the real reason is that JKR applied for many trademarks for the HP book titles: http://www.patent.gov.uk/tm/t-find/...assselected=99&crosssearch=Y&statusselected=A (It's a link to the UK patent office).

    I find it interesting some of the titles registed, and some that were withdrawn...

    It could've been Harry Potter &... (bold ones are still active as registered)
    The Chariots of Light
    The Final Revelation (withdrawn)
    The Great Revelation (withdrawn)
    The Green Flame Torch (withdrawn)
    The Hallows of Hogwarts (withdrawn)
    The Hogsmeade Tombs (withdrawn)
    The Hogwarts Hallows (withdrawn)
    The Mudblood Revolt (withdrawn)
    The Parseltongue Trophy (withdrawn)
    The Pyramids of Furmat
    The Quest of the Centuar (withdrawn)
    The Realm of the Lion (withdrawn)
    The Serpent's Revenge (withdrawn)
    The Shadow of the Serpent (withdrawn)


    Well.... since Harry Potter itself is registered, JKR really might change the title to just about anything - and we'd never never never know, until it was too late (Harry Potter and the Red-Haired Harlot's Love Potion).

    -J
     
  7. Muttering Condolences

    Muttering Condolences Card Captored and buttsecksed

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    Dec 19, 2006 #7
    That's odd. I thought JKR said that the word 'Scar' would be included in the title of the 7th book, and it's not up there.
     
  8. Skeletaure

    Skeletaure Magical Core Enthusiast ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

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    No - she said that the word "scar" was the last word of the seventh book.
     
  9. sparkydiedtoday

    sparkydiedtoday First Year

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    Dec 20, 2006 #9
    If only because it intimates that Harry would stop being a putz and use his parseltongue ability to greater (read any) effect
     
  10. Quidam

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    Well somewhere on the Rupert Grint message board, I found the 'last page' of the last HP book and the last word was scar. However, I don't think that what I read was really the last page.