Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Willow: Something evil-crashed to earth in this. Then it broke out and slithered away to do badness.
Giles: Well, in all fairness, we don't really know about the "slithered" part. Anya: No, no, I'm sure it frisked about like a fluffy lamb.
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Aims - Aug 09, 2005 1:11:52 pm PDT #1113 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
§ ita § - Aug 09, 2005 1:12:57 pm PDT #1114 of 3301
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Plus, 40 kids per year times 7 years = 280 kids not 600.
She cops to that error in the quote. Also it wouldn't multiply (probably) by 7 -- there'll be some attrition after fifth form, and not really many other places to get students.
So I'm thinking her 3000 population is from the 600 school roster.
Hil R. - Aug 09, 2005 1:15:27 pm PDT #1115 of 3301
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
That would make 10 kids per house per year, and that number just seems small to me.
But it can't be that much bigger than that -- it seems like a lot of their classes are all the kids in a certain year from two houses together, and these seem to be close to regular classroom sizes (I'd say no more than 40 or so kids, total, so 20 per house per year) rather than lecture halls.
Kat - Aug 09, 2005 1:27:38 pm PDT #1116 of 3301
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
So, then, it's possible that there are fewer than 3000?
I always kinda wondered if there were other schools in each country. So that, would it also be possible in wizarding world terms to have more than one school?
Funny, but it never occurred to me to think how many kids?
And for a boarding school, 40 per year? Does that seem large or small?
Aims - Aug 09, 2005 1:28:53 pm PDT #1117 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I wonder if Beauxbaton and Durmstrang are set up the same? Class-wise, I mean.
Dana - Aug 09, 2005 1:29:02 pm PDT #1118 of 3301
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I always kinda wondered if there were other schools.
Other than Beaubaxtons and Durmstrang? (Never mind, you edited.)
There's almost certainly got to be an American tradition of magic, and an Asian one, and...
This is why there's fanfic.
Kat - Aug 09, 2005 1:30:17 pm PDT #1119 of 3301
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Nah, edited right after I posted for clarity, Dana. I meant multiple schools per country. It never occurred to me to think of Hogwarts as Britian's only wizard school.
Kathy A - Aug 09, 2005 1:32:07 pm PDT #1120 of 3301
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I don't see how Hogwarts would have any British competition--you would think that Ron, at least, would have know about it in GoF, when Hermione talks about Durmstrang and Beauxbatons. Also, isn't the letter from Hogwarts the determination of whether a wizarding child has the capability to enter their world? Neville's relief at getting into Hogwarts leads me to think that there were no other wizarding options for him.
Betsy HP - Aug 09, 2005 2:43:59 pm PDT #1121 of 3301
If I only had a brain...
Is there a United States of America in the Potterverse?
§ ita § - Aug 09, 2005 2:46:41 pm PDT #1122 of 3301
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I get the impression it's this world, with magic, so yes.