The Alternity Re-Read: December, Year 1

[alt_moderator]

We're up to December already in our re-read!

Here's the link to the pdf file: December

As before, there is no need to avoid spoilers in the comments.

(Question for the group: We are coming up on several months where we logged a lower number of posts. Do you still want each month to be its own post or should we combine months (i.e., Feb-Mar instead of Feb, Mar) when the post count is about half the larger / longer months? I don't mind either way....)

Comments

[naomikritzer]

Lavender Brown: "Just so Everybody knows--my name is Lavender, or Lav if you are my
Very Good Friend. It is not Lavatory or Loo, Thank You Very Much! That means you, Linus Moon!!!!"

ROFL at annoying 11-year-old Linus, tormenting his future girlfriend.

[gwendolyngrace]

I am hugely amused that Y1 Lavender sounds only slightly younger than Y7 Lav. (And yes, all these pre-ship and proto-ship moments are hilarious.)

[queenbookwench]

Y1 or Y7--Lav's a brat! ;) She did grow out of the capital letter thing _eventually_. ;)

[atheilen.livejournal.com]

I was amused to recall that Pansy apparently had a crush on Ernie, which never went anywhere. Seems so random right now.

[gwendolyngrace]

Actually, I'm not sure whether that was lost in the player transfer or what - but I'm really, really glad that for realism's sake, not all these initial crushes (Draco on Lavender, Pansy on Ernie and/or Ron, etc.), wound up being the final pairings. Because who you fancy at 11 rarely the person you fancy when you're 17-18.

[reenie]

Most of these crushes seem girl-initiated, while the boys are clueless (which makes sense at that age). I know Draco did have a crush on Lav, but I don't know if it comes out to the surface of the game this year, or next.