Deathly Hallows uberwank: Chapter 15, The Goblin's Revenge
"The goblin's revenge" sounds like a real ale, or possibly a euphemism for what happens to you the day after you eat a goblin curry. :-/
( 'Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!' - President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb )
( 'Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!' - President Merkin Muffley, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb )
I agree with you on Harry/Ginny; that's why Harry/Luna is one of my few het pairs of choice (Nargles :3).
Incidentally, amanuesis1 had a good debate about writing plot rather than character in H/G here: http://amanuensis1.livejournal.com/122134.html.
They get provided with feasts for the entirety of their school careers, and then sent out into the world with no idea of how to apply for a job, buy or rent a house, cook, eat healthily, exercise, clean up after themselves and what have you. OK, I know half that stuff is done by magic, but there don't seem to be any home ec or life skills classes to show the kids how to do that stuff by magic (maybe they get them in seventh year, but I doubt it).
I doubt it too. I think this is where JKR's intended audience becomes apparent; surely there should be classes in Latin and English as well as other languages, Muggle Studies should be complusory for the wizard born and Muggle born first years should have some sort of Wizarding Culture class where they can learn about traditions and how write with quills? But few nine or ten year olds would want to read about things like this.
three muggleborn wizards (including Tonks's dad and Harry and Ron's old roommate Dean) and two goblins just happen to sit down to dinner right outside the magic invisible tent, and have a very indepth conversation about the state of the world, which provides our intrepid trio with a very useful update on what's happening out there.
Even when I was speed-reading this the evening of the 21st after work, that and the lack of Patronus struck as WTF moments. Again with the bad fanfic.
She addresses him as Professor Black - I am confused by that, as I thought Nigellus was his surname (isn't that Latin for "black" anyway?)
His surname's definetly Black. Nigellus must be a middle name. *coughRemusLupincough*
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Me too - I'm more or less indifferent to any Harry het pairings, but I figure if he's going to be with paired up with someone, I'd've preferred it to be someone who brings out his good qualities, encourages him to think, isn't conventional and all the rest of it. I can't see Luna silently accepting that snog in front of an entire common room either. Sigh.
surely there should be classes in Latin and English as well as other languages, Muggle Studies should be complusory for the wizard born and Muggle born first years should have some sort of Wizarding Culture class where they can learn about traditions and how write with quills?
YES YES YES. It's bothered me for a long time that they don't learn Latin, given that they use it in almost every spell. And it seems kind of pointless that they do astronomy too - the only purpose seems to be so that there can be classes at midnight and therefore show how crazy and mixed-up the wizarding world is. Your point about muggleborn kids is an excellent one. And why an entire class for transfiguration? When was the last time any character turned anything into anything?
I guess this is because all the classes were devised for PS/SS which is very much A Children's Book, so there doesn't need to be any logic - why wouldn't a wizard school work that way? And then you get to this book and, er, they don't know how to feed themselves. *Headdesk*
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