Fans of Alternity

Happy Christmas holidays! I'm excited to see the characters go home and to learn a little more about their home lives.

*What do you think is the Strettons' motivation for fostering Sally-Anne? It doesn't really sound like they want to welcome her as a family member.

*Also, Penelope and Percy finally getting along was really adorable. It seems like the one thing they have in common is that they don't really have any friends (that might be too much of a leap, but I'm basing it on Percy's general snotty attitude plus Penelope's statement that she couldn't get anybody to come to Hogsmeade with her). I wonder what they found to talk about over their butterbeer.

*Poor Bellatrix, having her Lord forget her birthday. She named her entry "V" which is interesting because it seems like she still thinks of him as Voldemort rather than Lord Protector, although I suspect she wouldn't use that name publicly anymore.

And what could Voldemort be working on? He's already achieved immortality and conquered Britain. What else does he want?

*from longstrider: Pansy freaking breaks my heart. I know she's a little bit of a brat, but who wasn't at 11? She's been tortured, crucio and otherwise, multiple times in the last four months. (I don't want to know what Lucius did in the line of that resulted in her needing to freshen ... up before going on to our next appointment. I just don't. I know it could have just been a stern talking to, but Lucius, Pansy this universe? No I just don't want to know.)

*from travelintheways: So many of these characters are fascinating, but I think I look forward to Pansy's entries and comments the most. I'm never entirely sure when she's being serious about the LP and when she's being subversive. Pretty crafty for an 11 year old, though it's heart-breaking that she's had to learn that so early.

Share other thoughts/observations/hellos in the comments. It's been quiet here this week. How is everyone?

EDIT: I've just had an idea for how alt_fen posts like this could work. Can everybody who has been reading lately and who has a few minutes link to one or two threads that struck them as interesting, and then add a comment or question about that thread? Then I'll copy everything up into the main post, and it'll be a way for us to touch base and share our thoughts in between the times when we have a big topic of discussion.