See -- most high school isn't that evil after all.
Faith: A kid. Angel's got a kid. Wesley: Connor. Faith: A teenage kid born last year. Wesley: I told you, he grew up in a hell dimension. Faith: Right. And what, Cordelia spent her last summer as… Wesley: A divine being. Faith: Uh-huh. Can I just ask--What the hell are you people doing?
'Why We Fight'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
§ ita § - Jun 30, 2004 11:17:32 am PDT #3727 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Steph L. - Jun 30, 2004 11:19:50 am PDT #3728 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Draco would have sent Buckbeak to his feathery death, though.
Holli - Jun 30, 2004 11:19:51 am PDT #3729 of 10002
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
High-schoolers aren't that evil.
Middle-school girls, on the other hand, have a capacity for evil greater than everything right on up to the edge of Godwin's Law.
§ ita § - Jun 30, 2004 11:21:39 am PDT #3730 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Draco would have sent Buckbeak to his feathery death, though.
Maybe he'll be Evil next book.
Jessica - Jun 30, 2004 11:25:12 am PDT #3731 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
He wished Hermione would die in CoS. Does that count?
§ ita § - Jun 30, 2004 11:27:34 am PDT #3732 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He wished Hermione would die in CoS. Does that count?
Then damn us all to hell.
Or just me a whole bunch of times.
Betsy HP - Jun 30, 2004 11:30:58 am PDT #3733 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
ita is dead to me. Again.
I've had a long fannish discussion, and I am convinced Hagrid should be fired over the Buckbeak affair. Draco said something snarky to the hippogriff -- which he hadn't been warned against doing -- and suffered a life-threatening attack. Hagrid has no concept whatever of student safety. If a shop teacher had the injury rate we see in Hagrid's class, he'd be fired.
Polter-Cow - Jun 30, 2004 11:32:34 am PDT #3734 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Draco said something snarky to the hippogriff -- which he hadn't been warned against doing
Didn't Hagrid begin the lesson by telling them to show it respect?
§ ita § - Jun 30, 2004 11:33:55 am PDT #3735 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hagrid's awful. He may be nice, but he's dangerous. These are kids, in loco parentis and all that.
However, the other teachers seem pretty cavalier about life and limb. I just resent Hagrid being given so much emotional space.
Dana - Jun 30, 2004 11:34:38 am PDT #3736 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It wasn't a life-threatening injury. Draco played it up drastically. He got a slash on the arm. And given that Neville's family forced magic out of him by tossing him out of the window, I think it's safe to say that the wizarding world doesn't coddle their kids.