I would also imagine that the families of the good guys would have had a number of casualties during Voldemort's era, especially if they were actively working against him.
By the way, how long was Voldemort in power for the first time?
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Anne W. - Aug 04, 2007 1:57:43 am PDT #2259 of 3301
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Matt M. - Aug 04, 2007 5:22:28 am PDT #2260 of 3301
"I'm finished being everyone's butt-monkey."
Same impression I got. That because of all the battles, there weren't a lot of grandparents still around. That's obviously going to be different in the HP future.
By the way, how long was Voldemort in power for the first time?
According to the ever-trustworthy Wikipedia, Voldemort was only in power for about 10 years, from 1970 to 1980. Before that, people were suspicious of him, as he kept disappearing for long periods of time. But it wasn't until disco that he showed his power.
Anne W. - Aug 04, 2007 5:27:27 am PDT #2261 of 3301
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
That because of all the battles, there weren't a lot of grandparents still around. That's obviously going to be different in the HP future.
There's an excellent fic (recced further upstream, I believe) which posits that eleven years from the Battle of Hogwarts, the incoming class is going to be very small, due to the number of muggleborn wizards who'd been killed off, fled the country, etc.
But it wasn't until disco that he showed his power.
My mind is going to some very bad and very cracky places
DebetEsse - Aug 04, 2007 6:07:12 am PDT #2262 of 3301
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I would think that the numbers would be lower than during Harry's tenure from the next year (What would be year 8)
sumi - Aug 04, 2007 6:10:46 am PDT #2263 of 3301
Art Crawl!!!
But I bet that there were alot of births in the years following Voldemort's death so that even though there weren't that many kids in Teddy's class the younger ones would have much bigger classes.
Love the Teddy Lupin fic and also the one with Giles and the Marauders. Now I want her to write a follow-up in which Giles gets the news of everything from OOP on and then gets sent to Sunnydale.
Scrappy - Aug 04, 2007 6:33:00 am PDT #2264 of 3301
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
But it wasn't until disco that he showed his power.
HiLARious.
Laga - Aug 04, 2007 7:29:51 am PDT #2265 of 3301
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Voldemort does seem like a very 70s sort of villain.
Ginger - Aug 04, 2007 8:11:32 am PDT #2266 of 3301
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
But it wasn't until disco that he showed his power.
Finally, an explanation for disco.
Connie Neil - Aug 04, 2007 1:45:31 pm PDT #2267 of 3301
brillig
I just re-read the Epilogue, and it never refers to Ginny as Harry's wife, just as the kids' mother. Just something for the slashfic minded of us.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Aug 04, 2007 3:34:43 pm PDT #2268 of 3301
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Aw hell, I missed the cover art discussion. Crappity.
FWIW, I prefer the American covers over most everything I've seen, though I think the covers for OotP & HBP are really dreary.
Now, if you want to talk really bad, here's the Italian cover to book 1 - [link]
Well, I do have one set of covers that I think are better than the American ones, it's just that I've never been able to see the images at anything much larger than a couple of inches high. These would be the wonderful covers done by Alvaro Tapia for the Swedish editions - [link]