When people tell me that James “grew out of bullying”, I always respond with the canonically sound FACTS that James Potter was 21 when he died, 20 when Harry was born and *19* when Harry was conceived. He had *no time* to change out of his bullying bullshit personality towards Severus. Just take a look around toi and see if toi can name half a dozen of your under-21 male friends/acquaintances who toi think would make such an awesome hubby and father right now (oh, and don’t discount the bullies toi know who pick on people “just because they exist”). And when we keep telling toi that...

In February 2006 JK Rowling donated a sketch of the Black family arbre for a Book Aid charity auction, and as expected, it generated a great deal of interest and excitement in the Harry Potter fan community. And finally, as the an draws to a close, the MuggleNet Encyclopedia has managed to get the full family tree, along with information about the people on it, up on site - and about time too, a lot of toi might say.

Whilst the arbre gives a fascinating insight into the background of one of the oldest pure-blood families of all, it also threw up a number of surprising facts and - perhaps - the...