Posted July 22, 20186 yr Hi Having missed out on much of the previous HP themes, I'm really looking forward to the new sets and have been catching up with the "Wizarding World" by reading some of the spin off books. This is a little build I threw together after reading J.K Rowling's "The Tales of Beedle the Bard". It represents an incident recounted by "Dumbledore" in the book's notes as the inspiration for Beedle's tale "Babbity Rabbity and her Cackling Stump"! Lisette De Lapin was a French sorceress who, in 1422, was arrested in Paris and put on trial for witchcraft. Found guilty, she was sentenced to death but mysteriously disappeared from her locked cell the night before her execution. Officially, her guards were blamed and put on trial for aiding her escape but rumours soon spread that she had used her powerful magic to turn into a rabbit and squeeze through the bars. Further reports from sailors of sightings of a large white rabbit crossing the English Channel in a cauldron fitted with a sail, seemed to back up these accounts. Even more astonishingly, over the next few years, records from the English Royal Court claimed that King Henry VI had appointed a white rabbit as one of his chief advisors. (although that could have just been a story made up by rivals trying to prove his insanity). If this is all true, then the question is, if she was an Animagus why not simply turn back into a human? Perhaps she had rushed the difficult process or hadn't completed the long preparation required to be able to successfully control the transformation. Whatever the truth is, it's likely that the legend inspired Beedle's story of Babbity - a washerwoman who turns into a rabbit to teach a king a valuable lesson. My little scene is of Lisette crossing the Channel... Untitled by g.nat, on Flickr Untitled by g.nat, on Flickr The whole build Untitled by g.nat, on Flickr The cauldron "boat" Untitled by g.nat, on Flickr Like Star Wars, the thing I enjoy about Harry Potter is the idea that that there's a whole world and history behind the little bits we see/read about so I quite enjoyed this little build and have ideas for more MOCs using the upcoming sets. Thanks for looking... comments are always welcome!! Edited July 22, 20186 yr by greg3
July 23, 20186 yr This is such a cool little vignette! I love it when someone builds something that’s a bit more left of field from what we expect to see for a theme. Would be cool to see a whole series of Beedle the Bard inspired stuff!
July 25, 20186 yr Author Thanks for the comments!! On 7/23/2018 at 7:35 AM, Spencerbuilds said: Would be cool to see a whole series of Beedle the Bard inspired stuff! Funny you should say that.... The Wizard and the Hopping Pot
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