I wish there was at least a chapter about Neville, Ginny and Luna leading the Hogwarts resistance.
oh, that would be a nice coda. or even another book. OTOH, I can see JKR being tired of it, and it's not like she needs the money.
I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.
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Vortex - Aug 21, 2007 8:15:41 am PDT #2487 of 3301
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Sophia Brooks - Aug 21, 2007 8:17:36 am PDT #2488 of 3301
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Is this where I admit that I never noticed they were both named after flowers until DH?
Is this where I never noticed until right this minute! Boy, I feel dum.
Hil R. - Aug 21, 2007 8:17:52 am PDT #2489 of 3301
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Though Narcissa fits in more with the Greek mythology/astronomy names of the Black family -- Sirius, Regulus, Andromeda, Bellatrix. I'm thinking it's more coincidence that it's also a flower.
Aims - Aug 21, 2007 8:18:21 am PDT #2490 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I want a Petunia II and Lily II going to school together fic. RIGHT NOW.
victor infante - Aug 21, 2007 8:19:01 am PDT #2491 of 3301
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
I did miss the action back at Hogwarts. I wish there was at least a chapter about Neville, Ginny and Luna leading the Hogwarts resistance.
Rowling's biggest weakness in the HP books is that she married herself so much to Harry's point of view. She breaks it very seldomly.
On the other hand, she came up with some pretty innovative ways around it -- the scar visions, the pensieve, etc. But once in a while, I wanted to see what people were doing, rather than hear about it later.
Nothing to prevent multiple parents from using the same name (or multiple names like Alfred, Frederick, Wilfred, that lend themselves to the same nickname).
And then, there's the case of George Foreman ...
I suspect their 7th year was studying for leaving exams, and Ron trying to get Hermione to sleep with him.
Whereas Ginny jumped Harry the first moment she could ...
Sue - Aug 21, 2007 8:20:05 am PDT #2492 of 3301
hip deep in pie
(I'm guessing Senior Week is not actually a thing in the UK...but it is funny to imagine them all drunk on wine coolers, sleeping on the beach, getting into drunken epic fight with their best friends, and making out with random dudes from DC...um not that I'd know anything about that kind of a Senior Week. woo)
Well, I always wondered about butterbeer? How alcoholic is it? They're pretty free with drinking it in the last couple of books. I think JK Rowling shows a lot more casual attitude towards the young'uns and alcohol that reflects English attitudes.
Hil R. - Aug 21, 2007 8:22:03 am PDT #2493 of 3301
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Well, the butterbeer is certainly less alcoholic than the firewhiskey. (Hermione gets all "You. Are. A. PREFECT!" when Ron considers seeing if they can get served firewhiskey, but there isn't any problem with them drinking butterbeer.)
Sue - Aug 21, 2007 8:24:18 am PDT #2494 of 3301
hip deep in pie
Whereas Ginny jumped Harry the first moment she could ...
Totally.
JZ - Aug 21, 2007 8:25:07 am PDT #2495 of 3301
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
For some reason, I've always imagined butterbeer as a sort of butterscotch/root beer hybrid, all foamy and rich and spicy and alcohol-reminiscent without actually being alcohol. The color of cream soda, but with a very dense Guinness-like head. I've never seen it or tasted it (obviously, on account of the not existing), but I feel certain I'd recognize it in a second if I ever did.
Trudy Booth - Aug 21, 2007 8:25:29 am PDT #2496 of 3301
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
There's lots of flower names. Lily, Petunia, Narcissa, Lavender, Pansy