You know the drill -- ask me five questions here, and I'll attempt to answer them as honestly as I can. You in turn open yourself up to questions from the peanut gallery as well.
1. There is a romance, and 'old world' quality about the Wizarding World that the Muggle World has lost; it seems to me that the Muggle World has acquired far more banality than the WW, though (as Lucius Malfoy's trial showed) the WW is not entirely pristine. But for all that, here is a place where true magic thrives; unicorns exist and are not solely the product of invention. You have no idea what delight I had in learning that the dodo (or rather, the diricawl is not truly extinct. I can't (and indeed, do not want to) escape where I came from, but I don't feel that I could ever leave this other world that has opened up around me.
2. There's a comfortable casualness about the Muggle World that's hard to explain. Some might also call it a naive ignorance about 'more things in heaven & earth than are dreamt of in...philosophy'. It's also the world of my family and extended relatives. I love them, and would never want to be closed off from them.
3. I'm assuming that this question is like the popular radio programme 'Desert Island Discs', instead of the more recent 'Survivor' show. On Survivor, one has to be practical, so I'd think that a guide to edible plants or survival in the tropical wilds would be a wise book to bring. But if you mean what book beyond all others do I want to have...I think I'll choose The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I never get tired of re-reading the stories of the Master Detective.
4. I'd love to learn more magical art techniques. One thing that fascinated me from the moment I arrived at Hogwarts was the wealth of personality in the paintings upon the school walls. Perhaps I might inquire with your mother to find out if she'd be willing to give instruction to me on that subject.
I've always found art to be a very flexible and handy talent. An artist's eye is trained to look for individuality and detail, and being able to produce a likeness of someone/something is always helpful. I think it will also assist me in the construction of disguises. Art also helps me focus my mind and look at matters from different perspectives -- all good things for a criminal investigator, I think.
5. Nothing has ever come close to the suspense and grotesquery of peering around a corner armed only with a second year's hand mirror (Thank you for saving my life, Hermione Granger!) and looking into the terrible visage of the Basilisk. And then, feeling my body petrify, and wondering (as consciousness slipped away) if this was what it was like to die.
2. There's a comfortable casualness about the Muggle World that's hard to explain. Some might also call it a naive ignorance about 'more things in heaven & earth than are dreamt of in...philosophy'. It's also the world of my family and extended relatives. I love them, and would never want to be closed off from them.
3. I'm assuming that this question is like the popular radio programme 'Desert Island Discs', instead of the more recent 'Survivor' show. On Survivor, one has to be practical, so I'd think that a guide to edible plants or survival in the tropical wilds would be a wise book to bring. But if you mean what book beyond all others do I want to have...I think I'll choose The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I never get tired of re-reading the stories of the Master Detective.
4. I'd love to learn more magical art techniques. One thing that fascinated me from the moment I arrived at Hogwarts was the wealth of personality in the paintings upon the school walls. Perhaps I might inquire with your mother to find out if she'd be willing to give instruction to me on that subject.
I've always found art to be a very flexible and handy talent. An artist's eye is trained to look for individuality and detail, and being able to produce a likeness of someone/something is always helpful. I think it will also assist me in the construction of disguises. Art also helps me focus my mind and look at matters from different perspectives -- all good things for a criminal investigator, I think.
5. Nothing has ever come close to the suspense and grotesquery of peering around a corner armed only with a second year's hand mirror (Thank you for saving my life, Hermione Granger!) and looking into the terrible visage of the Basilisk. And then, feeling my body petrify, and wondering (as consciousness slipped away) if this was what it was like to die.
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