Maybe he tried that and they wound up horribly dead and he didn't want to risk it. (Perhaps Lupin knew the risks when he took the job -- in fact I'm certain that both Mad-Eye and Lupin knew the risks because they're OotP members.)
Anya: Are you stupid or something? Giles: Allow me to answer that question with a firing.
'Sleeper'
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."
sumi - Jul 19, 2007 5:39:18 am PDT #3271 of 28197
Art Crawl!!!
Frankenbuddha - Jul 19, 2007 5:40:32 am PDT #3272 of 28197
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm certain that both Mad-Eye and Lupin knew the risks because they're OotP members
Once I heard about the curse, I never assumed otherwise.
Connie Neil - Jul 19, 2007 5:43:06 am PDT #3273 of 28197
brillig
Hm, hire people you don't like occasionally and hope the curse takes them out?
Ginger - Jul 19, 2007 5:43:44 am PDT #3274 of 28197
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
the NYTimes review has taken just the teeniest edge off my zeal.
The NY Times review increased my zeal to get the book
Here's the quote that made me happy. I don't think it's spoilery, but I will white font and delete it if anyone else thinks it is:
With this volume, the reader realizes that small incidents and asides in earlier installments (hidden among a huge number of red herrings) create a breadcrumb trail of clues to the plot, that Ms. Rowling has fitted together the jigsaw-puzzle pieces of this long undertaking with Dickensian ingenuity and ardor.
Connie Neil - Jul 19, 2007 5:44:47 am PDT #3275 of 28197
brillig
Wow, if I was Rowling, I'd be inscribing that review in bronze and hanging it in the office. That's some heady company they're comparing her to.
Jessica - Jul 19, 2007 6:12:25 am PDT #3276 of 28197
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Frankenbuddha - Jul 19, 2007 6:14:09 am PDT #3277 of 28197
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Jeez, Jess, you didn't put a spoiler warning on that or anything!
dies laughing
Aims - Jul 19, 2007 9:10:11 am PDT #3278 of 28197
Shit's all sorts of different now.
t five year old whining
I WANT MY BOOK NOOOOOOOWWWWW!!!
foot stamp, huff
t /five year old whining
Kathy A - Jul 19, 2007 9:10:59 am PDT #3279 of 28197
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Less that 35 hours, Aimee!
Aims - Jul 19, 2007 9:11:17 am PDT #3280 of 28197
Shit's all sorts of different now.
That's 48 hours TOO LONG.
Although, I am reading quite a bit of fic. (Thank you very much!!!)
I sometimes wonder if there's something wrong with me that I'm this invested in a work of fiction where I just feel every little thing that they feel.
And then I look around at all of youse and think, "Well, if there's something wrong with me, there's something wrong with them and I'm ok with that. We're all wrong together."