I've been thinking of magic as a recessive gene all along...
Right, there comes a point where you have to either move on, or just buy yourself a Klingon costume and go with it.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Susan W. - Aug 21, 2007 9:46:48 am PDT #2524 of 3301
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Vortex - Aug 21, 2007 9:46:54 am PDT #2525 of 3301
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
And while Ginny would probably jump Harry's bones at the first opportunity, I suspect Harry would have to get over some worries about how Ron would react
heh. I can just see the story now of Harry trying to get Ginny out of his room before Ron sees her. Ginny wouldn't want to leave, or wouldn't care about being seen, but Harry would.
What if Dudley married a witch? Like...one of the Slytherin girls?
Oh! I hadn't thought about that. DUH. Like maybe he comes over to Harry's house for a visit and runs into a witch friend of Harry's? lovely!
victor infante - Aug 21, 2007 9:47:01 am PDT #2526 of 3301
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
What if Dudley married a witch? Like...one of the Slytherin girls?
Dudley and Pansy Parkinson 4eVah!
Sue - Aug 21, 2007 9:50:49 am PDT #2527 of 3301
hip deep in pie
And while Ginny would probably jump Harry's bones at the first opportunity, I suspect Harry would have to get over some worries about how Ron would react.
You know how Harry kisses Ginny and then leads her out of the common room at the end of Chapter 24 of HBP? I doubt his virginity made it to Chapter 25.
Fred Pete - Aug 21, 2007 9:51:55 am PDT #2528 of 3301
Ann, that's a ferret.
We know that magical couples can bear non-magical offspring or barely-magical squibs. And that Muggle couples can bear magical offspring (obvious example: Hermione). But that both are the exception rather than the rule.
And the magical world seems to have ways of telling, around the age of 10 or 11, who's magical and who isn't.
Another story idea, though it wouldn't necessarily fit in Aberforth's memoirs because students aren't allowed into Hogsmeade during 1st year -- POV of ordinary Muggle-born wizard, knowing nothing about wizarding world, sees Hogwarts for the first time. Such as Harry and Hermione might have been if Ron hadn't latched on to them. (OK, Harry also had Hagrid to show him around Diagon Alley.)
Dana - Aug 21, 2007 9:52:01 am PDT #2529 of 3301
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
A story or two set during the Hogwarts of the parents' generation
There are about eight million stories set in the Marauders' generation, if that's what you mean.
Polter-Cow - Aug 21, 2007 9:53:58 am PDT #2530 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
You know how Harry kisses Ginny and then leads her out of the common room at the end of Chapter 24 of HBP? I doubt his virginity made it to Chapter 25.
I don't. That scene in DH sure looked like it was supposed to be Their First Time.
tommyrot - Aug 21, 2007 9:57:27 am PDT #2531 of 3301
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I've been thinking of magic as a recessive gene all along...
Yeah, this.
Or else maybe a spontaneous mutation, kind of like the one that sometimes produces hairless kittens even though there's no hairless cats in the family background....
Sue - Aug 21, 2007 9:59:24 am PDT #2532 of 3301
hip deep in pie
I don't. That scene in DH sure looked like it was supposed to be Their First Time.
Yeah, you're probably right. But not for Ginny's lack of trying.
victor infante - Aug 21, 2007 10:14:38 am PDT #2533 of 3301
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Or else maybe a spontaneous mutation, kind of like the one that sometimes produces hairless kittens even though there's no hairless cats in the family background....
I think there's always a fundamental mistake in trying to apply real-life scientific laws to fantasy magic. It inevitably constrains more than is really neccesary. One would always expect the response to be, "well ... kind of."