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But I'd like to think there was a fad for the name (and a few others) for some time after Voldemort's defeat. Nothing to prevent multiple parents from using the same name (or multiple names like Alfred, Frederick, Wilfred, that lend themselves to the same nickname).
I absolutely love this idea. There is certainly a precedent for children being named after heroes. Generations of Freds, Alastairs, Nymphadoras, is a nice idea.
And yes, I'm with you on wondering if Mad-Eye was really dead. Pretty much until the last page.
Did anyone else spend half the book thinking Mad-Eye wasn't really dead?
Oh, God yes. It wasn’t until Harry saw the eye in the door that I knew for sure.
She left several fascinating stories untold -- for example, Hogwarts during 7th year, what happened during the year after Voldemort was defeated.
Yes, these would be interesting, but I suspect that nothing really happened except they finished. After the excitement of the first books, would that work? Actually, what I think would be really fun is if Hermione or Luna started a blog during her 7th year.
Luna started a blog
This, I would pay to see.
Or maybe a counterpoint blog with the two of them bickering over what does and does not exist.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't remember ever seeing computers in the wizarding world? Wouldn't it be fun if Luna brought this marvelous new magic object to Hogwarts?
Mr. Weasley would wet himself.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't remember ever seeing computers in the wizarding world?
Magic could probably substitute for most uses of the computer.
Now I'm imagining a Google curse. You'd say, "Googleus bike!" and then the victim would compulsively start listing facts and uses for bikes.
If my calculations are correct, the final chapter takes place in 2017.
If they have decided to rethink the whole muggle aparthied, perhaps computers are already in Hogworts...
Am I wrong to have wanted to see Dudley escorting a kid to his first year at Hogwarts in the epilouge, with a comment about how miserable it's making his parents.
Aww, Victor, that would have been too cool.
Except I'd want Grandma Petunia to be excited for the little one.
Am I wrong to have wanted to see Dudley escorting a kid to his first year at Hogwarts in the epilouge, with a comment about how miserable it's making his parents.
Not wrong at all. I posted something similar upthread:
I think it would have been kind of interesting to see Dudley’s son/daughter get on the train to Hogwarts at the end.
And, now that I think about it, it should be a daughter named Petunia, which would bring us full circle with the original Petunia wanting to got to Hogwarts when Lily did.
