And Lucius Malfoy was voted "AssMonkey of the Century".
Please...Wesley...why can't I stay?
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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Miracleman - Jul 25, 2007 10:40:14 am PDT #1738 of 3301
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Aims - Jul 25, 2007 10:41:06 am PDT #1739 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
AssClown; Not monkey.
beth b - Jul 25, 2007 10:51:16 am PDT #1740 of 3301
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I think that the reason Hermione is in Gryffindor rather than Ravenclaw is because of her attitude towards learning- which is highly competitive and she must always be the best. If Luna is a good example of Raven claw - learning/knowledge is more important.gryffindor plays to win, but how they win matters (No blood doping). I would want to be in Ravenclaw.
Polter-Cow - Jul 25, 2007 10:55:22 am PDT #1741 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
which is highly competitive and she must always be the best.
That sounds more like Slytherin than Gryffindor.
how they win matters (No blood doping)
And that's Hufflepuff.
beth b - Jul 25, 2007 11:06:34 am PDT #1742 of 3301
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
that's sorta the point - the combo of traits pulls her into gryffindor
Kathy A - Jul 25, 2007 11:23:54 am PDT #1743 of 3301
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
IIRC, Tonks says in OotP that she was in Hufflepuff, sometime before they go to Hogwarts, I believe.
Did we find out what Neville's Patronus is? I'm thinking it was a bear, but maybe I'm getting that confused with Ernie's boar.
Aims - Jul 25, 2007 11:57:01 am PDT #1744 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ok - I just came across something in my re-read. Check me on this:
Harry's cloak came to him from his father via Dumbledore. The cloak is thought to have come down through the Perevell line, and Harry deduces that he is a descendant of Ignatos Perevell, one of the three brothers. Male line dies out, eventually becomes the Potter line.
Marvolo Gaunt tells the Ministry guy in HPB that *he* is a descendant of the Perevell's - one of the oldest wizarding families. Perevells die out, become the Gaunt line, hence Marvolo has the ring with the sign of the Deathly Hallows on it.
Wouldn't that make Harry and Voldemort cousins? Maybe that's why it was so easy for Harry to become a horcrux? That part of Voldemort's soul recognized something "like" in Harry's soul? And also explain the Slytherin pre-sort?
Aims - Jul 25, 2007 11:58:44 am PDT #1745 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
It's possible I think WAAAAAAAAYYYY too much about this stuff.
Polter-Cow - Jul 25, 2007 12:03:34 pm PDT #1746 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Aimee, as soon as Harry realized he was a descendant of Peverell, I kept waiting for him to realize that he must be related to Voldemort, but he never did, and not even Dumbledore bothered to mention it. But, yes, they'd have to be cousins of some sort.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jul 25, 2007 12:05:40 pm PDT #1747 of 3301
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Yeah, but the wizarding world seems fairly incestuous anyway. A blood link that goes back centuries really isn't going to be that unusual I suspect.