Ink and Stink: A Halloween Post-mortem

[zorb]

Whew! That was fun. I thought I'd start a new discussion post now that all the facts are available and the drama is done.

Notable events:
- Harry accidentally spilled indelible ink on the book Hermione copied for the LP, the Pretiosissimum Donum Dei, thus sending her off in tears. :-(
- Teddy showed off his Dark Mark (inked by Draco) to the Lord Protector, who was pleased to see a new generation of minions coming to life, as was Bellatrix.
- TROOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLL in the castle! MacNair was the rumored source, most likely by virtue of his announcing it. Sucks to be the messenger. (ETA: The troll belonged to him, so I guess that's more reason.)
- Even before the panic, boot realized Hermione was missing and told Neville, who also knew from Lavender that Hermione had gone off to cry. Harry put the pieces together and ran off after her with Ron, Neville, and a reluctant Draco.
- The battle with the troll seems to have played out much like it did in canon, with two extra people. Harry still ended up upended, prompting Neville to charge the troll (oh, Neville!). Ron wingardium leviosa'd the troll's club above its head, where it dropped for the KO, with a brief stop on Neville. Draco pulled Neville out of the way.
- Pansy is quoting things.

And finally, the LP left Harry a most devoted gift - welcome, Dennis Creevey! (I love him already.)

Thoughts? Theories?

Comments

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

2. So Dennis is 8. He would be a third grader if he were in American school. It's interesting how even the more open-minded kids feel fine saying he's gross and creepy. Not Neville and Ron, but Pansy and Sally Anne and Harry, all of whom I might have expected to be a bit more sympathetic, for various reasons.

3. Oh, I had misremembered the scene and thought Hermione was the original one to use the levitation spell. Oops. But I'm still sad that this isn't the start of a new friendship for Hermione.

5. Yeah, I love those other two as well. Ron and Pansy seem to be quite a good match for each other as friends. I wish we got to see more of Hermione and Boot talking to each other. Their characters are interesting, but I'd like to see more of their interactions. They clearly care about each other, but everything they say to each other has to be so guarded. I wish they had more of a chance to have fun and enjoy each other's company sometimes. I actually wish there could be more secret groups, like Order Only. But instead of inviting Terry into the order, allow a Mudbloods Only code for the three of them to get to chat without other people seeing them, or whatever. I mean, there's no reason why it would be a good idea for either Voldemort (gives them a chance to plan against wizards) or the Order (gives Dennis the chance to tip off Voldemort about the existence of such secret journal spells), but it would be great for me!

Also, come on Pansy! Make (http://community.livejournal.com/hpalternity/9159.html?thread=61895#t61895) the connection (http://alt-harry.livejournal.com/3664.html?thread=60496#t60496)!

[alt-sally-anne.livejournal.com]

Oh come on. He sits there and stares at you and stares and stares and stares with that weird little smile on his face the whole time. TELL ME you people wouldn't be creeped out, even if he is just eight.

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

Oh, I totally believe that 11-year-olds would feel that way and say it. But picking on the weird kids for being weird is still sort of bully-like behavior, and if he were a student at least there would be more of a chance that another student or a teacher would feel sorry for him and stick up for him a bit. Or teach him how to act in a way that won't attract so much negative attention.

I mean, you don't need a social caste system for a couple fifth graders to laugh at and tease a third grader if they could convince him to try to climb up a staircase that kept turning into a slide and making him fall down. But the fact that he can't actually refuse without getting pretty badly punished makes it start to seem a lot less funny. It seems like even Sally Anne and Pansy feel that way a little.

And I personally like players posting here with their journals, because that way we know whose player we're hearing from, and it's sometimes hard to tell with the alt-player account.

[alt-sally-anne.livejournal.com]

Er sorry I'm not sure we're supposed to post with our character accounts instead of alt-player. :-D

[alt_moderator]

No worries. ;) It's your choice.

[lapin-agile.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't mind seeing a troll but I'd rather not see it up close until I've learned a few more spells. 'Wingardium Leviosa' can't possibly take out a troll more than once.

Now there's a sensible girl! Clearly Ravenclaw would have been a possibility for you if you'd not been placed in Slytherin!

:)