( The Polyjuice Potion )

I've posted an essay speculating on connections between the founding of Hogwarts and the state of education in Europe at the time over at my journal:

here.

We have a lot of brilliant people here, so I'm hoping for some additional thoughts and corrections on what I got wrong!

Just unlocked all new Chamber of Secrets "Exclusive Content".

( Pure-blood )

Some of this will be highly speculative, but I will try to justify speculation with canon as much as possible. There will also be plenty of open questions. The goal is to fill in the missing years, between the moment Albus parted ways with Gellert in the summer of 1899 and the moment we see him going to meet Tom Riddle at the orphanage in 1938 ( Read more... )

( Hogwarts and Greyfriars )

So here is an idea for an AU scenario. Anyone is free to develop it into a fic, but we can just discuss the what-if ( Read more... )

I don't remember the post, but a while ago there was an argument that depended on whether the head's portraits were as free to roam the halls of Hogwarts as they were to visit their portraits in other locales (Dilys to St. Mungo's, Everard to the Ministry, Phineas to 12 Grimmauld ( Read more... )

I've signed up to do this fic exchange, and the prompt I'm working with had me wondering about the procedure for admitting Muggle-borns to Hogwarts. If anyone can help me iron out a few issues or offer some speculation and theories, I'd appreciate it. ^_^

( Random ramblings )

Having recently become a grad student after a couple year's hiatus, I have been looking back on the Harry Potter series with new eyes, especially after all the crap I went through to get funding ( Read more... )