Patricide, matricide and various-other-members-of-your-family-cide

[bluesqueak]

--- In HP4GU-FAQ at y..., "lucky_kari" <lucky_kari at y...> wrote:
> Found a good word in the Silmarillion:
> 
> "Kin-Slaying" 
> 
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Do I get casting vote as the FAQ-er who first brought the topic up? 
If so, I go for "Kin-slaying"

Both 'parricide' as a general term and 'revenge' would require 
explanation; whereas 'kin-slaying' is going to be immediately obvious 
to any new FAQ-er.

Besides, JKR has obviously read Greek mythology (Fluffy, anyone?) and 
if she's working her way through the legends we have *accidental* kin-
slayings to look forward to. Oedipus killed his father in a fight, 
not for revenge - at that point he didn't know who his father *was*.

[Evil Thought] Oh, and if she's working through the Greek myths - 
incest. Can you imagine the interesting shade of pale green her 
publishers are going to go if she tells them a series they're 
marketing at 9 to 12 year olds is going to have *incest* in Book 5, 6 
or 7? [grin]

[First Posts]
Eileen:
> They can't be as bad as mine, Cindy.
<Snip>.

> 
> Ah, they must have winced. Why couldn't I be like Elkins who
> scandalized the entire list with her first post and became an 
> instant celebrity? 
> > 
> Eileen"

She did? Has anyone catalogued that post? If so, could you send me 
the message number?

My first post was pretty lame too. Pointing out Ron's similarities to 
Snape. Which would have been ok, except I came in at the end of a 
thread which had started with that very same point...

<Snip>
> And then this list taught me, "There is no such thing as good or 
> evil intrepretations. Only subversion and those too afraid to use  
> it."
> 

Yup. To misquote the old News of the World editor [British tabloid 
with notoriously low standards of veracity] : 
"never mind whether it's true or not, will it make a good post?"

Pip
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