Recap for the week of 26 October, Year 1

[alt_moderator]

26 October

Sally-Anne wants to go for a walk. Percy informs the students about the security arrangements for the Lord Protector's visit.

27 October

No posts.

28 October

Pansy wonders why Muggles are so hated, which results in quite a furor. Hermione posts about how she and Terry can't learn to make potions because they haven't any materials. Michael muses on wizard chess.

29 October

Pansy is still on the Muggle question, and in the comments Lucius is not at all amused. Later, she posts about how someone broke Marie. Lupin found Harry's broom. Pansy is disciplined by McGonagall over her Muggle questions. McGonagall reacts to Pansy's outbursts. Boot's word of the day is "sully." Sally-Anne posts about Pansy and her walk with Harry.

30 October

Molly writes about making cider with Xenophilius under foot. Neville notes that people seem off, even though they're excited about the Feast. Arthur reports that there is dysentery in the Muggle camps. Pansy got a Howler. Barty Crouch Jr. is concerned about Pansy's antics at Hogwarts. Draco posts about his gift-giving plans, and works something mysterious gift-related out with Theodore in the comments.

31 October

McGonagall says simply, "Wish me luck." Sirius posts another Grim Truth. Hermione is excited about the gift for the Lord Protector she's been preparing. Sirius posts Order-Only about the 'bumpy ride' they're in for. Pansy posts about how repentant she is.

At the feast, Terry wonders where Hermione is. Percy posts frantically telling all students to go to their Common Rooms. Terry still can't find Hermione. Theodore is happy that the Lord Protector liked his gift; he's totally off in his own little world. But Ron and Neville are still missing. So is Harry. And Draco, it seems. Eventually, they are found. Sally-Anne writes about what went on, but she isn't clear about what Harry and the others were doing, either.

1 November

Pansy posts something cryptic about MacHeath. Myrtle is hacked off that a bathroom got smashed up. Harry has no idea what to do with Dennis Creevey, who has apparently been given to him as a Mudblood servant. Draco doesn't know if he's in trouble. Neville is out of the hospital wing and in the comments everyone hashes out what happened. Hermione is grateful to her rescuers. Dennis posts and meets Boot and Hermione in the comments.

Regulus is back and has a hook hand. Lupin is scared for and therefore angry with Hermione. McGonagall encapsulates what happened, including the consequences. Penelope discusses her perspective on what happened. Sally-Anne talks about Dennis' pratfalls in trying to fulfill Harry's orders, and Pansy is creeped out by Dennis. Michael Corner wishes he saw the troll. Narcissa wants to make sure Draco doesn't run off like that again.

Notes

Another late recap week - this time even worse than usual - but hopefully we'll be back on track next time.

Comments

[black-dog.livejournal.com]

I realized when I was playing catch up how great these recaps are. They link every single post, don't they? I was nostalgically trying to look something up on NA a while back, and you know the indexes people created after the fact took such a huge effort and it would have been even more daunting -- just impossible really -- to reconstruct any kind of annotation or narrative for them. It's got to be a big effort to do these recaps, but if you all don't get driven out of your minds by doing it, it will be a great permanent resource, not just now but months or years down the road. Thank you!

[alt_moderator]

They sure do include every post! (Thank you!)

I played in NA and I remember the misery of having to try and figure out what was said years and years ago, so we're all doing our best to document things from the get-go. We've got some databases you don't get to see (hee) that help, too, keeping the other parts of the story straight.

As the game goes on, I'm already brainstorming ways to preserve it off of LiveJournal (lest something happen). If you have any thoughts, you should let me know. Or if there are other things you wished NA had as far as reference tools go that we could implement here...

[longstrider.livejournal.com]

Copperbadge (of Stealing Harry fame among others) recently had his LJ hacked and has been going through the massive undertaking of attempting to recover things. The part he's had the hardest time (ie has to been able to do) is recover comments.

Here's a link to his tag for the recovery effort. There are posts in there about backing up a journal. http://copperbadge.livejournal.com/tag/picking+up+the+pieces

[alt_moderator]

Ooh, excellent. I knew about that, but I didn't make the connection! I'll ask him about it.

[longstrider.livejournal.com]

Ack, the perils of not being a paid member. That parenthetical should be "... hardest time doing (ie has NOT been able to do) is recovering comments."