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More evidence that Luna=Jilli:
Luna Lovegood, the eccentric Ravenclaw who was fascinated with Crumple-Horned Snorkacks and Umgubular Slashkilters, continues to march to the beat of her own drum.
“I think that Luna is now traveling the world looking for various mad creatures,” Rowling said. “She’s a naturalist, whatever the wizarding equivalent of that is.”
Luna comes to see the truth about her father, eventually acknowledging there are some creatures that don’t exist.
“But I do think that she’s so open-minded and just an incredible person that she probably would be uncovering things that no one’s ever seen before,” Rowling said.
I think it was left a bit mysterious intentionally.
I kinda like the idea of her being the charms professor.
Have any of the Hogwarts professors been married or had children? I'm trying to come up one, but all the ones I can think of or find online have been single. I don't know if that's due to Harry's limited POV or what.
gasp* Seriously? They're for sale?
Not all together, per se. I'd have to probably buy one or two at a time.
I found a set of the first five on eBay today. Selling for the bargain price of $500+.
Like I said, saving the pennies.
I have Brit copies of 2, 3, and 4. I suppose I should check what editions they are.
I bought them all at once in 2000, when I was in England -- I think I was in Stratford, specifically. Then I lugged them all around England and Wales for another week.
Hagrid got married. Not that he's generally very typical in any way.
Have any of the Hogwarts professors been married or had children? I'm trying to come up one, but all the ones I can think of or find online have been single. I don't know if that's due to Harry's limited POV or what.
I have no idea what Rowling's conscious intent was, but, looking back at my own high school teachers, I'd be perfectly okay with chalking it up to Harry's POV. I can think of any number of teachers who were obviously espoused and kid-having but for whom it never, ever registered in my selfish little teenage brain. Except for the husband/wife theater/dance teaching tag team, whose marriage was a huge part of who they were to us, neither I nor most of my classmates had much interest in who any of them were during the hours they weren't at the front of the class.
I agree with JZ. I still get students looking vaguely stunned and uncomfortable when they run into me at the grocery store.
You mean you don't live in the school?
I have no idea what Rowling's conscious intent was, but, looking back at my own high school teachers, I'd be perfectly okay with chalking it up to Harry's POV. I can think of any number of teachers who were obviously espoused and kid-having but for whom it never, ever registered in my selfish little teenage brain.
These things often don't register. My parents taught at my (fairly small) boarding school and there were people who didn't realize I was their daughter (and if you know my last name IRL you know how craxy that really is).
ETA: And we did live at school!
