Yes, I know that one. I think we have a link to it on PolyRecs.
Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.
'Serenity'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Dana - May 18, 2011 10:01:58 am PDT #14787 of 28293
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Hil R. - May 18, 2011 10:04:55 am PDT #14788 of 28293
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Oh, that sounds familiar, Hil. And don't Malfoy and Harry have to go looking for the kids together?
Yeah. And there's some backstory where Malfoy's wife had been in the Army, or something? And there's a scene where some of the other kids are teasing the Potter and Malfoy boys because they're in Slytherin, and Slytherin now has a reputation for being cowards and/or morally suspect because they ran away from the battle, and Harry says something like, "Well, that is what happened," and Draco replies, "We were never given a choice, and anyway, what the hell else were we supposed to do?"
Hil R. - May 18, 2011 10:08:14 am PDT #14789 of 28293
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Looks like it's "Coda to an Epilogue" by Maya, but all the links I can find are broken.
Gris - May 18, 2011 10:16:44 am PDT #14790 of 28293
Hey. New board.
I always thought Hogwarts was a ministry-funded public school. Don't all the UK wizard children go there? That sounds public to me. And it makes it more sensible that they can do so much interfering in book 5.
Dana - May 18, 2011 10:23:43 am PDT #14791 of 28293
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, I think Maya pulled all her stuff off the net.
Consuela - May 18, 2011 11:10:35 am PDT #14792 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I always thought Hogwarts was a ministry-funded public school. Don't all the UK wizard children go there? That sounds public to me. And it makes it more sensible that they can do so much interfering in book 5.
That makes a lot of sense, Gris.
I'm right in the middle of the business about the disciplinary hearing (I listened to it while I got my lunch), and it occurs to me that if they're so concerned about children using magic outside of school, why not confiscate their wands at the end of the school year? At the least, it makes magic more difficult for them to perform.
Of course, this would interfere with JKR's plotting...
Ginger - May 18, 2011 11:12:15 am PDT #14793 of 28293
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It was also my impression that Hogwarts was part of wizarding government and therefore supported by magic taxes.
Toddson - May 18, 2011 11:53:40 am PDT #14794 of 28293
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
ah ... they're under a Republican budget (sorry - couldn't resist)
Ginger - May 18, 2011 11:56:35 am PDT #14795 of 28293
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
No, under a Republican budget, you remove magic taxes and wait for the economy to improve.
Consuela - May 18, 2011 12:08:59 pm PDT #14796 of 28293
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
No, under a Republican budget, you remove magic taxes and lay all the Ministry staff off and cancel all the contracts with vendors and consultants and wait for the economy to improve.
Fixed that for you, as they say. *grins*