Ink and Stink: A Halloween Post-mortem

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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

[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.