Once she publishes it, then it's good.
Giles, help! He's going to scold me!
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
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§ ita § - Jul 14, 2011 2:40:55 pm PDT #15425 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
DavidS - Jul 14, 2011 2:42:43 pm PDT #15426 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Well, I never would have assumed that Hermione was permanently obliviating her parents anyway. Though I wouldn't have guessed about Neville and the largely offscreen Hannah.
Laga - Jul 14, 2011 2:43:20 pm PDT #15427 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I just realized every time they have to apparate in a hurry they end up somewhere Hermione used to go with her mum & dad.
Vonnie K - Jul 14, 2011 2:45:07 pm PDT #15428 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Huh. I took it in my head that Neville would marry Luna. We barely meet Hannah! Neville deserves someone more awesome!
DavidS - Jul 14, 2011 2:47:22 pm PDT #15429 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I took it in my head that Neville would marry Luna.
A lot of people assumed that, I think, but JKR refuted that specifically.
Dana - Jul 14, 2011 2:50:56 pm PDT #15430 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I've read so much fanfic where Hermione gives her parents their memories back that I didn't realize it wasn't canon.
Atropa - Jul 14, 2011 2:52:37 pm PDT #15431 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I've read so much fanfic where Hermione gives her parents their memories back that I didn't realize it wasn't canon.
I've read a lot of that fic, too, but in the back of my head I believed that Obliviate is a no-takebacks sort of deal.
Dana - Jul 14, 2011 3:05:51 pm PDT #15432 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Oh, man, that would be really awful. Jeez.
Laga - Jul 14, 2011 3:18:48 pm PDT #15433 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm OK with the author having knowledge that is outside the books and seeing this on wikipedia
Rowling stated in a webchat that Hermione found her parents in Australia and relieved them of the memory charm she had placed on them.
makes me feel a lot better.
Vonnie K - Jul 14, 2011 3:35:51 pm PDT #15434 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
A lot of people assumed that, I think, but JKR refuted that specifically.
Humph. Well, I don't have to like it. Actually, there is an entire HP fic genre called EWE, short for "epilogue, what epilogue?"...
That scene of Hermione obliviating her parents in HP7.1 really packs a punch. It actually made me tear up (sorta embarrassing to be sniffling barely two minutes into the movie...). I thought it was one of the smartest choices the filmmakers made, to actually show Hermione doing the spell on screen instead of having her just mention it later as it happens in the book. In the book, you go, "boy, that girl is ruthless and scary." In the movie, you really feel her heartbreak, doing this horrific thing to her parents to save their lives. It's a gross act of violation, but you feel even more keenly for Hermione herself, because it's a literal erasure of her childhood, as illustrated by fading images in the photos. Marvellous, evocative stuff.
That scene, and the scene of Harry and Hermione dancing to Nick Cave, were my favourite bits added to the movie. As a matter of fact, I think HP7.1 might be my favourite movie in the entire run, even over PoA. I love how character-based it is, and the moody, elegiac feel to the whole thing. I hope the last movie lives up to it.
Actors who might have been in Harry Potter
Ha! I wonder how the HP fandom might have changed had they cast Tim Roth as Snape. Roth is not a bad choice, actually, and is certainly closer to the age to the Marauders than Rickman. He's got the right nose for the part, even.