How do the headmaster portraits work? Will Dumbledore be available for consultation now that his portrait is on the wall in the headmaster/mistress office? Or do you have to be a ghost to animate it?
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Wolfram - Aug 08, 2005 8:53:54 am PDT #995 of 3301
Visilurking
Connie Neil - Aug 08, 2005 8:54:29 am PDT #996 of 3301
brillig
If Draco isn't redeemed a little, he stays a cardboard villain. Rowling's better at characterization than that.
sumi - Aug 08, 2005 8:56:01 am PDT #997 of 3301
Art Crawl!!!
I'm guessing that Dumbledore will be available for consultation via his portrait.
Aims - Aug 08, 2005 8:57:07 am PDT #998 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Aimee, why do you want it to end that way? I've heard a couple of people say that and I am interested in what is satisfying about that ending?
I think a lot of leftover dissapointment for the ending of LOTR - I was prepared for Frodo to die. I like a good hero's death. I like a bit of martyrdom. For me, the hero dying at the end of the ultimate quest shows me that the writer has some balls.
That said, if he lives, I won't be upset. And I'll still hold JKR in very high regard.
Aims - Aug 08, 2005 8:57:30 am PDT #999 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I'm guessing that Dumbledore will be available for consultation via his portrait.
And The Pensieve. I'll bet The Pensieve reveals why DD trusted Snape so implicitly.
Wolfram - Aug 08, 2005 8:59:12 am PDT #1000 of 3301
Visilurking
I don't think Harry should die. He may be a hero, but he's also a little boy.
Aims - Aug 08, 2005 9:00:02 am PDT #1001 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I don't think he should. I wouldn't be upset if he did.
DCJensen - Aug 08, 2005 9:00:52 am PDT #1002 of 3301
All is well that ends in pizza.
Not so little any more. He'll be 17? 18? during the seventh book.
DCJensen - Aug 08, 2005 9:04:04 am PDT #1003 of 3301
All is well that ends in pizza.
Being that these are nominally a "childrens" book series, the death of the hero of the books would bring widespread condemnation and would overpower the actual writing.
That may not sit right with us Whedonverse/Minearverse/etc. fans but there it is.
Unless he dies and is returned somehow.
sumi - Aug 08, 2005 9:04:44 am PDT #1004 of 3301
Art Crawl!!!
You know, for all intents and purposes, Frodo DID die at the end of LotR.