After he was supposed to graduate. He turns the age at the beginning of each book. Unless you mean he could have joined for those three months, gone back and finished school, then headed back to the Ministry.
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The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
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DebetEsse - Sep 30, 2007 5:31:59 pm PDT #2876 of 3301
Woe to the fucking wicked.
DCJensen - Sep 30, 2007 5:42:22 pm PDT #2877 of 3301
All is well that ends in pizza.
Does Harry not turn 17 at the beginning of Deathly Hallows?
Laga - Sep 30, 2007 5:45:30 pm PDT #2878 of 3301
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm such a potterhead. I just got an email notification from my high school reunion committee that someone with the last name Jordan just registered and my first thought was, "Lee Jordan?"
DCJensen - Sep 30, 2007 5:45:39 pm PDT #2879 of 3301
All is well that ends in pizza.
I guess I'm assuming too much that they would sort of CLEP-test Harry, Ron, and Hermione for their time away from Hogwarts that year.
Gudanov - Oct 01, 2007 4:53:56 am PDT #2880 of 3301
Coding and Sleeping
Due to circumstance I haven't been able to listen to much. Anyhow Harry said the name and they got snatched. It seemed for a little bit that they might get out of it, but it didn't last long and now they are on the way to Malfoy manor.
There is a big hole here, why not just apperate away when they hear the snatchers coming? I think the hole can be plugged with a bit of exposition explained that the taboo prevented apperation for a few minutes, it would just make sense. Anyhow, I think it was too big a hole not to be plugged. I will just assume my theory to appease my sense of internal consistency.
Greyback is written especially repulsive in this scene.
Emily - Oct 01, 2007 5:02:00 am PDT #2881 of 3301
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I was sort of uneasy with the taboo in general -- it makes Voldemort sort of all-powerful in a way that feels like it breaks the rules of that universe. To me.
DCJensen - Oct 01, 2007 5:24:13 am PDT #2882 of 3301
All is well that ends in pizza.
I just assumed that they just had a spell that sampled conversations everywhere magically. It's like the government tapping all those lines in major cities after 9/11, searching for keywords.
Makes Voldemort devious, but not all powerful. And it could be broken down into regional spells by his lackeys. Voldemort may not have had to produce the spell directly.
As far as why they didn't just disapperate, I was assuming 1. they really haven't gotten it down quite yet. and 2. there is a bit of hesitancy on the part of the trio because it's forbidden for underage wizards.
It's just not in their first-to-mind bag of tricks, and that hesitancy would lose the advantage.
Emily - Oct 01, 2007 5:30:45 am PDT #2883 of 3301
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I just assumed that they just had a spell that sampled conversations everywhere magically.
Me too, but I still find that a little over-powerful for the rules of the world.
Fay - Oct 01, 2007 5:33:54 am PDT #2884 of 3301
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Didn't they get their wands confiscated? Can they disapparate without wands?
t /unsure
victor infante - Oct 01, 2007 6:19:14 am PDT #2885 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 was sort of uneasy with the taboo in general -- it makes Voldemort sort of all-powerful in a way that feels like it breaks the rules of that universe. To me.
Never bothered me. Invoking evil's name resulting in summoning evil is pretty much a classic, and really, I thought it was nice to have a payoff after seven books of people insisting on saying "You Know Who," no matter how annoying it got. I liked that there really was a reason to fear his name.