I show not your face but your heart's desire

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

Assuming alternity continues to incorporate big canon events, we should expect Harry to find the Mirror of Erised in a little under a month.

"It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts." -Dumbledore

What do you predict Harry Marvolo will see there?

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[lapin-agile.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking about a corner of this question, too, as students talk about where they'll be for the holidays. My question has been whether there will be some excuse made up for Harry to have to stay at Hogwarts for the holiday so that, as in canon, he could be in the castle with Ron for Christmas.

I'm waiting to see what the players choose to do about this. (Perhaps nothing. Perhaps Harry will just go home to Buckingham Palace and will have a bang up time exploring New London with Draco's Aunty Bellatrix and attending the Malfoy's holiday party and eating whatever his heart desires that Dennis can procure for him.)

[lapin-agile.livejournal.com]

Along these lines, I should say that I was startled by Molly's post which provided the reason for Ron to be at Hogwarts through the holidays. I had not expected that given the differences in the game. So that's what made me begin to think we might see a sudden reason crop up for Harry to stay. (I just can't really imagine how that would be made to seem necessary short of a major rebellion cropping up that can't be surpressed in a night or two...)

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

Yes, I didn't initially catch the significance of Ron staying, but it does now seem that it's setting us up for the next match between Alternity and canon.

The question is, out of Harry and Neville, who is going to be the most likely to stay at Hogwarts with Ron?

-Harry seems unlikely, because even if Voldemort had to be away or something, he'd be far more likely to stay with the Malfoys than stay behind at school.

-I thought Neville was fairly likely to decide to stay, maybe to be with Ron, until I remembered him posting that Seamus was staying with him (http://alt-neville.livejournal.com/4538.html) over the holidays, and since Seamus doesn't seem to have anywhere else to go, and both boys are excited about the visit, it seems somewhat less likely that Neville would choose to change that plan.

-Or maybe I'm putting too much on this Harry vs. Neville thing. Maybe Ron will discover the mirror with Hermione or Terry, as heavenscalyx said.