What about Dumbledore's erstwhile friend, didn't he have a Germanic name? Which I, of course, cannot remember.
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-t - Oct 16, 2007 8:36:42 pm PDT #3003 of 3301
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
megan walker - Oct 16, 2007 8:47:39 pm PDT #3004 of 3301
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I can't remember it either, but I was referring to major characters that we follow from book to book. It's one reason I felt all along that Snape wasn't evil .
-t - Oct 16, 2007 8:52:06 pm PDT #3005 of 3301
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Fair enough. I guess the Blacks were either all redeemed or dead or used their married names. Crabbe and Goyle?
megan walker - Oct 16, 2007 8:56:20 pm PDT #3006 of 3301
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Crabbe and Goyle?
I'd call them flunkies rather than proactively evil.
-t - Oct 16, 2007 8:57:49 pm PDT #3007 of 3301
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, I was thinking of them as henchmen myself, but I thought I'd throw them out for completeness's sake.
megan walker - Oct 16, 2007 9:06:12 pm PDT #3008 of 3301
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Of course, Goyle might very well be meant to imply a gargoyle, which would be another French image.
-t - Oct 16, 2007 9:09:54 pm PDT #3009 of 3301
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Are the French names meant to imply Frenchness or aristocratic/wealthy Britishness? Because I was thinking the latter but I don't know where I got that idea. Probably muddling up that beef vs chicken etymological business.
Hil R. - Oct 16, 2007 9:10:10 pm PDT #3010 of 3301
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Peter Pettigrew?
Hil R. - Oct 16, 2007 9:26:45 pm PDT #3011 of 3301
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Are the French names meant to imply Frenchness or aristocratic/wealthy Britishness? Because I was thinking the latter but I don't know where I got that idea.
I figured the latter. Plus, French and/or Latin names are good for making a family seem cleary evil without actually going so far as to name them Badfaith or something like that in English. Just about everybody who had name that connoted bad things in English ended up being on the right side.
You can also tell the people who are clearly on the right side by their salt-of-the-earth type English last names -- Potter, Granger, Weasley, Longbottom, Lovegood.
While we're on the topic of names, why all the flower names? Lily, Petunia, Lavender, Pansy, Rose, off the top of my head. I really can't think of any character traits that make those particular flowers appropriate names for those people.
megan walker - Oct 16, 2007 9:35:59 pm PDT #3012 of 3301
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Peter Pettigrew?
I did say really evil.
Why all the flower names?
Well, lily implies purity and royalty. Petunia and pansies are "common" flowers. And don't forget the literal flower, Fleur.