I like your idea Daniel!
I'm going to see to Wesley, see if he's still whimpering.
Giles ,'Chosen'
The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
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sumi - Aug 09, 2005 6:33:24 am PDT #1057 of 3301
Art Crawl!!!
Jars - Aug 09, 2005 6:35:19 am PDT #1058 of 3301
I think the last book will definitely be set in the school. From the first book it's been set up as Harry's home, his haven. We've also seen that it means much the same thing to Voldemort, albeit in a more twisted manner, and Dumbledore was the only one stopping him from taking it over. Now Dumbledore's gone, Voldemort's going to want what he tried to get so many years ago. The Final Battle, if there is one, would almost certainly have to be set there, I think.
DCJensen - Aug 09, 2005 6:38:18 am PDT #1059 of 3301
All is well that ends in pizza.
I would throw the book across the room if that happened.
I knew that was coming. Hee.
I told you I was a sap. I liked that moment in Superman II when the people thought Superman was dead and did the whole "They Killed Superman!" "Let's get 'em!"
Pure schmaltz...
Kathy A - Aug 09, 2005 6:58:28 am PDT #1060 of 3301
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Are there Wizarding universities?
There is an Auror Academy for training the Aurors, so I would think that there might be other higher educational facilities for specialty fields. But, if there were general higher education places, I would think that Percy (being Head Boy and all) would have gone there rather than directly to the Ministry.
Connie Neil - Aug 09, 2005 6:59:32 am PDT #1061 of 3301
brillig
The Final Battle, if there is one, would almost certainly have to be set there, I think.
It may be that Hogwarts itself doesn't survive Book 7. Rowling's own Gotterdammerung.
Aims - Aug 09, 2005 7:19:13 am PDT #1062 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
They all get pissed and do a collective spell that shows that together they are stronger than the evil that is the former Tom Riddle.
t whaps head
"Cross the streams!"
Narrator - Aug 09, 2005 7:22:31 am PDT #1063 of 3301
The evil is this way?
It may be that Hogwarts itself doesn't survive Book 7. Rowling's own Gotterdammerung.
I dunno. Unlike Sunnydale High, Hogarts has been a good place for )most) of the students who attend. At least, it's not over a hellmouth. What meaning would there be in destroying it, particularly if the headmaster's office is the only place that anyone can "interact" with DD?
DCJensen - Aug 09, 2005 7:28:45 am PDT #1064 of 3301
All is well that ends in pizza.
"Cross the streams!"
I must confess, that although I'm a sucker for collective ganging up on bullies, I can see such a scene being nail-on-chalkboard scratching if handled poorly.
DebetEsse - Aug 09, 2005 7:28:54 am PDT #1065 of 3301
Woe to the fucking wicked.
The only possible symbolic benefit I could see would be the abolishement of the houses, so that All the Wizarding World (in the UK) Shall Be As One, but that seems a bit of over-kill, as there haven't been a lot of rot evident in the characterization of the school.
Jars - Aug 09, 2005 7:29:02 am PDT #1066 of 3301
Unless Hogwarts is one of the horcruxes? Horcruces?