I'm wondering why Rowling chose the name Gellert for him. The association that I have for that name is Welsh mythology -- Gellert was Llewellyn's dog. Gellert killed a wolf that was trying to steal Llewellyn's son. When Llewellyn found his son gone (he'd ended up under the bed, or something), and the bed and Gellert's mouth stained with blood, he thought that Gellert had killed the baby, and so he killed Gellert, and only then realized that the baby was still alive and there was a dead wolf in the room.
It really seems like exactly the wrong name for that character.
I think D&D needs a spell called Fiendfire. In much the way it doesn't need a spell called Expectorate Patron.
The Hellfire in Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells might be a reasonable analogue.
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the potter celebration we put on at my library
DH missed that there is a picture of me
The start of what looks like a good Neville at Hogwarts series.
But then there's the new problem of why Harry survived the killing curse in the woods. My understanding is that, if the Elder wand recognized Harry as its Master, the curse didn't have the power to kill him, much like Harry couldn't get his "snatcher" wand to work properly.
I was under the impression that Harry survived because of the Deathly Hallows.
He had the cloak. He'd just had possession of the Resurrection Stone. And, as we find out later, he was "master" of the Elder Wand.
According to the story, that makes him the Master of Death, able to choose whether or not to die. And Dumbledore offers him that choice in King's Cross. Harry chooses to go back for his friends' sake.
Of course, my question about the whole Elder Wand thing...if every time you disarm your opponent and take his wand that makes you that wand's new master...or anytime you disarm an opponent and take a wand that makes you master of any wand that opponent has...then the D.A. sessions must have really fucked with peoples' wand use.
"Expelliarmus!"
"Good one! Where's my wand!"
"Oh, here it is, mate. Cheers."
"Thanks. Expelliarmus! What the--? Hey, why'd it produce a bunch of flowers?"
"Ooh, pretty ones, though. Nice arrangement."
Rowling reveals a little more about what happened after the end of the book.
As for his occupation, Harry, along with Ron, is working at the Auror Department at the Ministry of Magic. After all these years, Harry is now the department head.
“Harry and Ron utterly revolutionized the Auror Department,” Rowling said. “They are now the experts. It doesn’t matter how old they are or what else they’ve done.”
Meanwhile, Hermione, Ron’s wife, is “pretty high up” in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, despite laughing at the idea of becoming a lawyer in “Deathly Hallows.”
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To heck with the Potters, tell me Draco's wife's name, what he's up to and how often he and Harry get together without their wives knowing about it? And does Ginny stay at home and watch the kids or what?
