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Rock Cakes and Epic Quotes

This is a dramatic close up of my rock cake in all its splendor. On an unrelated topic, here is an epic quote from a Mugglenet essay: "I think it takes incredible bravery for a writer to make a heroine out of a girl like Hermione Granger; the bookish, nerdish, unpopular girls of the world rejoice in her." This quote is even more awesome since it was being used to show how Harry Potter is better than Twilight.

Chapter 8- The Potions Master

• Quirrell "rescues" Harry and Ron from Filch when they get lost on the first day of school. Any way this could be important? I don't think it really is.
  
• Why do wizards study Astronomy? How is Astronomy any more magical then math or english, and they don't learn those at Hogwarts. The only time they ever use their Astronomy knowledge is in Divination, and they wouldn't learn Astronomy every year just for that.
  
• In Transfiguration, Professor McGonnagall turns a desk into a pig. Doesn't this sort of break all the rules because she is, in a sense, creating life? How much knowledge and power does this pig have? Does it have normal pig instincts? If you were powerful enough at transfiguration could you change a desk to a more complicated life form?
   
• "His turban, he told them, had been given to him by an African Prince as a thank-you for getting rid of a troublesome zombie, but they weren't sure they believed this story." This is sort of like Lockhart, don't you think? Its all lies....
   
• One thing I read today, in the live chat J.K. Rowling did a couple years ago after Deathly Hallows was realesed, somebody asked how was their a curse on the position if Quirrell had tought DADA before Harry's year, something I had been wondering as well. It turns out that Quirrell was the Muggle Studies teacher before he went to Romania! Isn't that cool.
  
• "You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion-making. As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic. I don't expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses... I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death -- if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach." I think that is such an epic quote!!!!  I'm trying to figure out what the things are, "bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death." stopper death comes up in the sixth one... and he could be implying felix felicis for either of the first two.....
  
• Two of the three questons Snape asks Harry at the first potions lesson are brought back up in the sixth book, the Draught of Living Death and bezoars.
  
• What are rock cakes?

Harry Potter's Classmates- Behind the Names

I love name meanings. So I copied from Mugglenet the name meanings for all the characters we met in the last chapter or the next chapter. There are a lot. Yay for Mugglenet.


Binns, Professor - A "bin" is what the British call "a garbage can." Many students consider Professor Binns' information to be rubbish. In Northern England, "Binns" is a slang term for glasses, possibly referring to the professor's academic nature.


Blaise - Blaise was the teacher of Merlin. From the Roman name Blasius, which means "lisping." From the Latin "blaesus." A famous bearer was Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician and philosopher.


Draco - Draco is a constellation that looks like a dragon but is a snake. In Latin, Draco means "dragon." There was also a Greek ruler named Draco who developed a system of severe punishments for the smallest of crimes. "Draconian" means "harsh or cruel." In Romanian, "drac" means "devil."


Filch - Means to "steal."


Filius - In Latin, "filius" means "son." This could perhaps explain why Flitwick is such a short individual.


Flitwick - A town in England. It could also be interpeted as the movement of a wand - flit (to move quickly from one spot to another) and wick (a stick shaped cord of woven fibres).


Ginny - "Ginevra," an Italian female and woman of the people, her name means "Juniper" as in evergreen tree. There is an old myth about a bride named Ginevra, who playfully hid in a trunk on her wedding day. The lid fell, burying her alive; and eventually her skeleton was discovered. This could relate to Ginny being taken into the Chamber of Secrets where her "skeleton would lie forever." However, J.K. Rowling has also said that she picked the name because she wanted something different and special for the only Weasley girl!


Hannah (Abbott) - "Hannah" means "grace."


Hermione - Means "well-born," "earthy," or "stone." Refers to peony-type flowers. The feminine version of Hermes. In Greek mythology, was often known as the patron saint of high magic (no surprise our Hermione is so gifted). She was the daughter of Helen of Troy and King Menelaus of Sparta. In the Aeneid, Hermione was kidnapped by Pyrrhus, but her loving Orestes came and murdered Pyrrhus while he was praying. Hermione is also a character in Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale. The character is accused of adultery and dies before the intermission. At the end of the play she is brought out as a statue, and finally returns to life at the very end of the play. A possible connection to her petrification in Chamber of Secrets?


Longbottom - The name itself is considered quite humorous, but "bottom" is an old word for "staying power." This seems to accurately fit Neville's personality and overall devotion to Harry.


Malfoy - In Latin, "malus" means "bad" and "mal" means "pale." "Mal foi" means "bad faith, an act with bad intentions, or a malicious act" in French. "Mal de foi" means a "loss of faith." The similar French phrase "Mal fait" can be interpeted as "badly made" or "evil deeds." In Portuguese, (J.K. Rowling taught English in Portugal for a few years) "Mal foi" means "was bad" or "is bad." In Arthurian legends, Lancelot (King Arthur's greatest knight and his betrayor) is sometimes called "Le Chevallier Mal Fait" (the "mal fait" knight). "Foy" means "a farewell feast, drink, or gift, as at a wedding."


McGonagall, Professor - The name is Scottish (also written as McGonigle or McGonegal) and is from the Celtic name "Conegal," which means "the bravest." The "Mc" in McGonagall means "son of." The bravery fits well with her first name, Minerva, the goddess of wisdom and war.


Neville - Old French for "from the new farmland.


Padma - Means "lotus" in Sanskrit. In Hindu myth, this was another name of both the hero Rama and the goddess Lakshmi.


Pansy - Type of flower. Derived from the Old French "pensee," which means "thought."


Parvati - Parvati is a Hindu goddess married to the Hindu god, Shiva the Destroyer. She gave birth to a baby boy named Ganesh, whom Shiva beheaded, but replaced the old head with an elephant head after Parvati reamed him out. Sister of the Goddess of the Ganges, Padma. There was a character named "Parvati the Witch" in Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children, in which the names "Padma" and "Patil" were also significant. Parvati means "daughter of the mountain."


Pomona (Sprout) - Pomona is the name of a Roman divinity. According to Edith Hamilton's book Mythology, "she cared for fruits and orchards and that was all she cared for. Her delight was in pruning and grafting and everything that belongs to the garderner's art. She shut herself away from men, alone with her beloved trees, and let no wooer come near her."


Quirinus - The name Quirinus is derived from the words "co-viri," meaning "of two men." Quirinus was applied to Romulus, for whom Rome was named, when he was considered a god. Furthermore, there is a connection between Quirinus and Janus Quirinus, the two-faced god. Janus was the god of both beginnings and endings and was depicted as having one face look forward while the other watched behind, much like our dear professor Quirrell.


Quirrell - Perhaps derived from the word "quarrel," which means "an angry dispute or argument." Also sounds like squirrel, for a nervous, nut-eating rodent that lives in trees. The professor was a scared, shaky man who behaved a lot like one, later an act to cover up his allegiance to Voldemort. Possibly from "querulous" meaning full of "doubts and questions."


Severus - Sever means "to cut off." Snape appears to have "cut off" his ties with the Dark Lord through the first five books, and then with Dumbledore and the Order in Half-Blood Prince. "Severe" means "cruel, strict" - two characteristics that accurately describe the Potions Professor. Sounds very similiar to the Latin word "servus," meaning "servant." Is he still a servant of Voldemort's? In ancient history, Lucius Septimius Severus restored stability to the Roman Empire after the tumultuous reign of Emperor Commodus (See Albus) and the civil wars that erupted in the wake of Commodus' murder. To read more on this story, go here. The name Severus is also mentioned in Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, a favorite book of J.K. Rowling. Additionally, a Saint Severus of Alexandria (Egypt) was martyred along with a Saint Peter and a Saint Leucius for publicly proclaiming the faith around 309 C.E. Severus, Peter, and Lucius - quite a coincidence!


Sprout, Professor - A suitable name for a Herbology teacher. "To sprout" means to "spring up and grow."


Weasley - From J.K. Rowling's site weasels were known to have a bad reputation, especially in Ireland, as an unfortunate animal. And well, the Weasleys are unfortunate because they're poor. J.K. Rowling said: "Ron was the only one of three major characters whose surname never changed; he has been 'Weasley' from start to finish. In Britain and Ireland the weasel has a bad reputation as an unfortunate, even malevolent, animal. However, since childhood I have had a great fondness for the family mustelidae; not so much malignant as maligned, in my opinion." The Weasleys and the weasel both share red hair. The Weasleys live near Ottery St. Catchpole, and it is interesting that a family with weasel in their surname lives near a town that has otter in its name (an otter is a member of the weasel family). Also, in Goblet of Fire, the group all go to Stoatshead Hill to take the Portkey to the Triwizard Tournament. A stoat is another relative of the weasel family.


Ron means advisor to the king. :) and Harry means powerful :) I know Harry was by accident but I wonder about Ron...

Granger - Possibly from the Granger movement in the 1800s, a movement to improve the lives of farmers. Could be a connection to Hermione's desire to start SPEW, a movement to improve the lives of house-elves. A granger was also a very common person, just like Hermione's parents. Granger is the name of a character from the book Fahrenheit 451. He is the leader of a group of intellectuals known as "The Book People," whose goal is the preservation of liturature in the face of their government's efforts to burn and destroy all books. A possible reference to Hermione's fanatical love of books?

Chapter 7- The Sorting Hat

After a long hiatus, I am attempting to revive our chapter by chapters. 

• "Professor McGonagall showed the first years into a small, empty chamber off the hall." There are a ton of empty classrooms in Hogwarts. In the fourth year you learn of some when they practice for the triwizard tournament, and the sheer size of the castle should show for how much empty space their must be. Why is there so much empty space? There are only so many subjects that need classrooms so why was Hogwarts built this big? Did their used to be more magic students?
  
  
  
• "Neville's cloak, which was fastened under his left ear." Why is it fastened under his ear??
  
• Harry asks Ron how they get sorted, and he doesn't know. How, growing up in a wizarding family, does he not know? His whole family would have. Did it just never get mentioned?
  
• This is our first encounter with Peeves and the ghosts. I never understood why Peeves couldn't leave Hogwarts, but I know J.K. Rowling answered it at one point but I can't find where....
  Peeves - "Peeve" means "little devil" or something that "gets on your nerves" (like a pet peeve)."
  I never understood what a poltergeist was, so i just looked it up. It is.... (i had to turn wikipedia to simple english to for me to understand.
  "A Poltergeist is a spirit or ghost is able to move and influence objects. Poltergeists are said to be invisible.Poltergeists are said to bother only one person at a time. This person is called their "focus". Poltergeists will bother only their focus. They are said to only last a few weeks, then will move on to another target. Often poltergeists are reported around children and adolescents. In Harry Potter there is a poltergeist named Peeves. However, Peeves is not a classic poltergeist. He can be seen and does not focus on bothering just one person."
• In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, on page 671, it says, "Where are you heading if you've got the choice?' James lifted an invisible sword. "Gryffindor, where dwell the brave of heart.' Like my dad." How can James have this phrase, where dwell the brave of heart in his mind. It is indicated that he is quoting something. As far as our knowledge goes, this isn't ever said until after James dies, during the sorting in Harry's first year at Hogwarts when the sorting hat says "You might belong in Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve and chivalry, Set Gryffindors apart." The sorting hat makes a new song every year, so James shouldn't have had that quote in his mind.
  
• The never-solved question, why isn't everyone at Hogwarts fat? They have huge amazing feasts!!
  
• The only time they ever sing the school song!!! I love the school song!!!
  
• The password to the common room is Caput Draconis, which means dragon's head!
  Thats about it I think!!! I only have one more thing to say about this chapter.
  
  Some Background information on the Hogwarts houses. First of all, they all represent the four elements, earth air fire and water if you didn't get that before.
  
•  Gryffindor - "A "griffin" was "a creature in mythology with the body of a lion and the head of an eagle." Also known in Greek Mythology as the "gryphon," it was the protector of a god's gold from mortal men. In Greek, "gryphon" means "protector of wealth." In French "d'or" means "of gold," one of the Gryffindor House colors. The gryffin is fitting, considering lions are characterized as brave and courageous and eagles are desrcibed as being noble birds, all traits of the Gryffindor House. Ravenclaw -"Ravens are known to be smart birds. Makes sense that Ravenclaws are known as wise, quick learners." Hufflepuff- "The name Hufflepuff conjures up images of huffing and puffing. Its resident ghost is the Fat Friar, its head is Professor Sprout (suitably associated with the earth), and its animal, the badger (again, an earthy choice). Interestingly, the French version of the Harry Potter series calls this house Poufsouffle, which in French has very much the same feel as Hufflepuff produces in English. Slytherin- "The name has the idea of snakes in it due to the word “slither”, and remains unchanged in the translations of the Harry Potter series except in French, in which it becomes Serpentard, an obvious development."
  
  
• Ok, I found that interesting. Especially the Hufflepuff bit because i am prejudiced :) This thing is also incredibly interesting, I like it so much that I made emily type it up for me cause she has my copy of the book this quote is from, The Deathly Hallows Lectures: The Hogwarts Professor Explains the Final Harry Potter Adventure by John Granger. (yes, i know, i am nubby to have asked for this for my birthday :) 
  
  
  "The Italian Renaissance is largely about the relations between the four principle cities of the peninsula: Florence, Naples, Venice, and Milan.  Their inability to get along, or even cooperate in shared emergencies, leads to their subjection to France (charles vii, louis xii) and Spain (Ferdinand of Aragon).  "Four rivals in division being vulnerable to takeover"--sound familiar?  I suspect, too, that one of the spurs to Ms Rowling's creation of Quidditch as experienced at Hogwarts was the palio di silena.  Though now a competition between 17 different sections of the city, these passionate horse races, according to Titus Birckhardt in his book on siena, were originally between the principal four quarters of the city." Either this is a huge coincidence, or J.K. Rowling really did her homework!!!

Pottermore!

Here is J.K. Rowling's Pottermore announcement, if you haven't watched it yet...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5DOKOt7ZF4

What do you think of Pottermore so far? Discuss!!
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Deathly Hallows Runtime

It has been announced that the runtime for Part 2 will be 125 minutes, or 2 hours and 5 minutes. This is the shortest film in the series.




- Chamber of Secrets: 161 minutes
- Goblet of Fire: 157 minutes
- Half-Blood Prince: 153 minutes
- Sorcerer's Stone: 152 minutes
- Deathly Hallows, Part 1: 147 minutes
- Prisoner of Azkaban: 141 minutes
- Order of the Phoenix: 138 minutes
- Deathly Hallows, Part 2: 125 minutes

Posters

11 New Character Posters

Warner Brothers released 11 new character posters of the trio, Draco, Bellatrix, Voldemort, the Twins, McGonagall, Snape, and Neville. You can see them here. I don't like these ones as much because they all have weird poses.

Happy Birthday Draco Malfoy!

Happy belated birthday to Draco Malfoy, who celebrated his birthday yesturday. In honor of his 31st birthday, here are the top 31 Draco Quotes.

“Honestly, if you were any slower, you'd be going backwards."

"Longbottom, if brains were gold, you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something."

“Well, I can certainly see why we're trying to keep them alive. Who wouldn't want pets that can burn, sting, and bite all at once?"

“"Oh how silly we've been! We should have stroked them! Why didn't we guess?"

"Really witty, giving us books that try and rip our hands off!"

“Reading? I didn't know you could read.”

“Training for the ballet, Potter?”

“ You and your bloody chicken.”

“Well, well. Look who's here - you two shopping for your new dream home? Bit grand for you, isn't it, Weasel-Bee?”

“Didn't your mummy ever tell you it's rude to eaves drop Potter?”

“Who blacked your eye, Granger? I want to send them flowers."

"You'd better hurry up, they'll be waiting for 'the Chosen Captain'-- 'The Boy Who Scored'... whatever they call you these days."

“Anyway, members of the Inquisitorial Squad do have the power to dock points... So, Granger, I’ll have five from you for being rude about our new headmistress...Macmillan, five for contradicting me... Five because I don’t like you, Potter... Weasley, your shirt's untucked, so I’ll have another five for that... Oh yeah, I forgot, you’re a Mudblood, Granger, so ten for that..."

“Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferret.”

"I play Quidditch. Father says it's a crime if I'm not picked to play for my house, and I must say, I agree.

"Montague's just been found in a toilet, Sir."

You don't know what I'm capable of, you don't know what I've done!" 

"When the Dark Lord takes over, is he going to care how many O.W.L.s or N.E.W.T.s anyone's got? Of course he isn't..it'll be all about the kind of service he received, the level of devotion he was shown."

"They thought I'd die in the attempt, but I'm here... and you're in my power.... I'm the one with the wand.... You're at my mercy...." 

"I'd be careful if I were you, Potter. Unless you're a bit politer, you'll go the same way as your parents. They didn't know what was good for them, either.

'But we don't feel like leaving, do we, boys? We've eaten all our food, and you still seem to have some.'

You're in luck, Weasley, Potter's obviously spotted some money on the ground!

'… everyone thinks he's so smart, wonderful Potter with his scar and his broomstick –'

'Everyone queue up! Harry Potter's giving out signed photos!'

'I heard your rather finally got his hands on some gold this summer, Weasley, Did your mother die of shock?' 

'Well, look who it is, Potty and the Weasel.' 

'Keep that big bushy head down, Granger,'

'Ah, look, boys, it's the champion, Got your autographs books? Better get a signature now, because I doubt he's going to be around much longer…half the Triwizard champions have died… how long d'you reckon you're going to last, Potter? Ten minutes into the first task's my bet.'

'Manners, Potter, or I'll have to give you a detention,'

'Weasley cannot save a thing,
He cannot block a single ring,
That's why Slytherins all sing:
Weasley is our King.

'We wanted to write another couple of verses! But we couldn't find rhymes for fat and ugly – we wanted to sing about his mother, see –'

Two New Baddies

I am wondering why they made a Bellatrix poster. I guess they wanted to keep it even, 4 bad guys and 4 good guys, but there are a lot of other people more important to the plot of the story!

Time Travel Gone Wrong

I found this cool thing on Mugglenet about one situation that might have happened if Harry and Hermione hadn't made the decisions they did while time traveling in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Click here to read it!

Chapter 6- The Journey from Platform 9 and 3\4

-There is a really interesting meaning for why King's Cross Station is the station that Harry leaves from, besides that J.K. Rowling's parents had met there. I am too tired to explain at the moment, but I will write something on it and post it soon.
"My mother and father were both Londoners. They met on a train travelling from King's Cross station to Arbroath in Scotland when they were both eighteen; my father was off to join the Royal Navy, my mother to join the WRNS (the women's equivalent). My mother said she was cold, my father offered her a half share in his coat, and they got married just over a year later, when they were nineteen."-From J.k. Rowling's official site


-I wonder what the Doctors at the hospital in London thought when Dudley arrived there with a pig's tail. Did the Ministry have to intervene?


-I have always wondered why they make everyone go to Kings Cross. Shouldn't they just have everyone go to their local train station, and go to Platform 9 3\4 and be transported to the same area everyone else is?


-Ginny being at Platform 9 and 3\4 and wanting to go is very similar to what Lily (2nd generation) and even Petunia wanted. 
Ginny says "Mom, can't I go..." "You're not old enough, Ginny, now be quiet. All right, Percy, you go first." 

and
"It won't be long and you'll be going too," Harry told her.
"Two years," sniffed Lily. "I want to go now!"
- All of the people on the chocolate frog cards were real people, or are in mythology. I looked them all up.


-In this chapter both Ron and Harry meet their future true love's. Neither of them have "love at first sight". Quite the opposite. Harry barely notices Ginny and Ron hates Hermione.


-Nicholas Flamel was a real alchemist.


-Guess what? This is where the boats end up. I never imagined it like this. "...as the first boats reached the cliff; they all bent their heads and the little boats carried them through a curtain of ivy that hid a wide opening in the cliff face. They were carried along a dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking them right underneath the castle, until they reached a kind of underground harbor, where they clambered out onto rocks and pebbles."


Keep each other safe, Keep faith. The next password will be obscure.








Name Meanings from Mugglenet-
Hedwig - The Saint of Orphans that lived in Germany in the 13th and 14th Century. Means "refuge in battle." Mentioned in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
Ginny - "Ginevra," an Italian female and woman of the people, her name means "Juniper" as in evergreen tree. There is an old myth about a bride named Ginevra, who playfully hid in a trunk on her wedding day. The lid fell, burying her alive; and eventually her skeleton was discovered. This could relate to Ginny being taken into the Chamber of Secrets where her "skeleton would lie forever." However, J.K. Rowling has also said that she picked the name because she wanted something different and special for the only Weasley girl!
Weasley- From J.K. Rowling's site weasels were known to have a bad reputation, especially in Ireland, as an unfortunate animal. And well, the Weasleys are unfortunate because they're poor. J.K. Rowling said: "Ron was the only one of three major characters whose surname never changed; he has been 'Weasley' from start to finish. In Britain and Ireland the weasel has a bad reputation as an unfortunate, even malevolent, animal. However, since childhood I have had a great fondness for the family mustelidae; not so much malignant as maligned, in my opinion." The Weasleys and the weasel both share red hair. The Weasleys live near Ottery St. Catchpole, and it is interesting that a family with weasel in their surname lives near a town that has otter in its name (an otter is a member of the weasel family). Also, in Goblet of Fire, the group all go to Stoatshead Hill to take the Portkey to the Triwizard Tournament. A stoat is another relative of the weasel family.
Grindelwald - Perhaps derived from the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf character Grendel, the demon. (Many theories in which the Dark wizard Grindelwald is compared to Hitler have been explored by <i>Harry Potter</i> fans in the past, especially since the date of his demise, 1945, is the same as the end of WWII.) A beautiful village in the mountains of Bernese Oberaland, Switzerland. Also, a well-known hotel chain in Germany.
Neville - Old French for "from the new farmland."
Longbottom - The name itself is considered quite humorous, but "bottom" is an old word for "staying power." This seems to accurately fit Neville's personality and overall devotion to Harry.
Hermione - Means "well-born," "earthy," or "stone." Refers to peony-type flowers. The feminine version of Hermes. In Greek mythology, was often known as the patron saint of high magic (no surprise our Hermione is so gifted). She was the daughter of Helen of Troy and King Menelaus of Sparta. In the Aeneid, Hermione was kidnapped by Pyrrhus, but her loving Orestes came and murdered Pyrrhus while he was praying. Hermione is also a character in Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale. The character is accused of adultery and dies before the intermission. At the end of the play she is brought out as a statue, and finally returns to life at the very end of the play. A possible connection to her petrification in Chamber of Secrets?
Granger - Possibly from the Granger movement in the 1800s, a movement to improve the lives of farmers. Could be a connection to Hermione's desire to start SPEW, a movement to improve the lives of house-elves. A granger was also a very common person, just like Hermione's parents. Granger is the name of a character from the book Fahrenheit 451. He is the leader of a group of intellectuals known as "The Book People," whose goal is the preservation of liturature in the face of their government's efforts to burn and destroy all books. A possible reference to Hermione's fanatical love of books?
Quidditch - J.K. Rowling has stated that the origin of this name is entirely made up (she wrote five pages of "Q" words until she found one that she liked), but it is still interesting to the note that the word "quiddity" means "the essence or real nature of a thing."
Charlie - A diminutive of Charles, which means "manly" and "strong."
Draco - Draco is a constellation that looks like a dragon but is a snake. In Latin, Draco means "dragon." There was also a Greek ruler named Draco who developed a system of severe punishments for the smallest of crimes. "Draconian" means "harsh or cruel." In Romanian, "drac" means "devil."
Malfoy - In Latin, "malus" means "bad" and "mal" means "pale." "Mal foi" means "bad faith, an act with bad intentions, or a malicious act" in French. "Mal de foi" means a "loss of faith." The similar French phrase "Mal fait" can be interpeted as "badly made" or "evil deeds." In Portuguese, (J.K. Rowling taught English in Portugal for a few years) "Mal foi" means "was bad" or "is bad." In Arthurian legends, Lancelot (King Arthur's greatest knight and his betrayor) is sometimes called "Le Chevallier Mal Fait" (the "mal fait" knight). "Foy" means "a farewell feast, drink, or gift, as at a wedding."