Harry won't have the protection of the Dursleys once he's of age, will he? I wonder how they will play out? We've seen more of Dudley etc. than I thought we would.
Crap, now I'm wondering if hte Dursleys are doomed.
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Connie Neil - Aug 09, 2005 7:54:45 am PDT #1072 of 3301
brillig
Aims - Aug 09, 2005 7:57:09 am PDT #1073 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I wonder if Harry will end up protecting them. It sucked, but it was/is his home. Grimmauld Place he owns, but it doesn't have the blood link.
Anne W. - Aug 09, 2005 8:23:49 am PDT #1074 of 3301
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I have a feeling that Hogwarts will play a large role (about the size of the role Grimmauld Place played in OotP), but that the final showdown is going to be at Godric's Hollow. It's where everything started, and it's the one place that was actually Harry's home, if only for a little while.
beekaytee - Aug 09, 2005 8:49:28 am PDT #1075 of 3301
Compassionately intolerant
I think protecting the home he's found is going to be his task now.
This is my thinking. I have a visual of H/R/H storming back into the Great Hall for a pitched battle after spending time (being drawn away by foul artifice) in Godric's Hollow. Or recruiting giants (Grawp has become the regional sales rep for joining the frey). Or cleaning up the ministry. And by 'cleaning up' I mean whupping ass.
Not sure why my HP7!Harry has come over all Rambo, but I'm enjoying it.
Atropa - Aug 09, 2005 9:40:31 am PDT #1076 of 3301
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Crap, now I'm wondering if hte Dursleys are doomed.
I'm just waiting for Petunia to reveal that the 'awful boy' who came to visit Lily one summer (and told Petunia what dementors were) wasn't James, but was Snape.
And yes, I am still clinging to the theory that the reason Snape's change of heart about the Death Eaters was because he caused Lily's death.
(pokes Fay for more fic)
Aims - Aug 09, 2005 9:42:31 am PDT #1077 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Hrrrmmmmmm.........
I *like* it.
DCJensen - Aug 09, 2005 10:37:36 am PDT #1078 of 3301
All is well that ends in pizza.
I can see that.
Fay - Aug 09, 2005 10:45:35 am PDT #1079 of 3301
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
What. Jilli. Said.
Yes. That.
They are, as many of you have guessed, most often home educated.
This just makes me shudder. Not that I'm dissing home education in general - I reckon that the handful of parents (in reality) who do this don't make the decision lightly, and one-on-one tuition is the ideal in many ways. But for a whole civilized society to be doing that?
Ngah! JKR, how could you? It wouldn't be so hard to tell us that there are Wizarding Nurseries! Plus - cute! And funny! And the teachers should get danger money!
Connie Neil - Aug 09, 2005 10:47:01 am PDT #1080 of 3301
brillig
But for a whole civilized society to be doing that?
Maybe there are professional tutors. I doubt Narcissa was sitting in the schoolroom teaching Draco how to multiply.
Wolfram - Aug 09, 2005 10:47:26 am PDT #1081 of 3301
Visilurking
I don't think home-educated negates nurseries and what-not. She could mean they don't have formal schools, but rather informal groups for children with rotating parent/teachers teaching them the basics.
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