[HPFGU-OTChatter] Prefects, Headboys and Headgirls in Real Life

[Morgan D.]

>    From: "Shaun Hately" <drednort at alphalink.com.au>
> 
> OK - now I know this got through (thanks to those who let me know),
> I'll 
> add a little bit to it. Sometimes I wonder if I smell (-8 Posts I
> think 
> might inspire some comment go unnoticed (I guess I'm a bad judge). 


Ouch, I was really rude, wasn't I? Should *at least* have sent a thank
you note. In fact, your previous reply was so impressive and useful
that... You see, I asked that because I'm writing a fic concerning the
choice of Prefects and parents' expectations regarding that choice, and
I was in deep trouble because I had no idea what being a Prefect really
means -- I suppose JKR considers it mandatory background culture, so
she doesn't really explain it to us, lesser mortals who never studied
in schools with a similar hierarchical system. (No problem with that,
research is good for the soul.)

And your description of the job gave me both the insight of why some
students would want so badly to be a Prefect and consider it a huge
honour, and also while others, like the twins, would dismiss the whole
thing with scorn. So as soon as I finished reading your post I had so
many dialogue ideas in my mind that I started writing them down
immediately so I wouldn't I forget them, and I have been working on
them almost non-stop since then and... *moans* ...and instead I ended
up forgetting to be civil and thanking you for your priceless help. I'm
really sorry.

And now I must run, because your new post about the downside of being a
Prefect -- gosh, it's a lot of maturity to ask from a teenager! -- gave
me more and more ideas... 

(BTW, it's so rare for me to get replies from the HPfGU lists that when
I get one is a REAL suprise. More reason for me to be nicer to those
that do send me replies, but... oh well. My bad, entirely my bad.)

Morgan D.
Hogwarts Letters - http://www.hogwartsletters.hpg.com.br

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