Yule Ball/Caribbean/Announcements

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 6981

Hi --

Welcome back Ebony!!!  Glad you're back again so soon ....

Ebony wrote:

> 1)  I've read the recent Yule Ball posts with interest.  My take on
> Hermione's big entrance is that Harry was just as floored as Ron...
> after all, neither of them have ever seen her dressed up.  I'd post
> more, but I'm sure Penny's said it all already.  :)

Well, but I can always use back-up, you know.  <g>

> 2)  Regarding characters with West Indian ancestry:  I'm writing a
> Harry Potter fic (finally).  Although it's primarily focused on
> Hermione and Ron's marriage troubles, Angelina is the viewpoint
> narrator.  I've decided for my purposes that the Johnsons immigrated
> to Britain from Jamaica the year she was born (according to GoF, she
> was born September 1977--exactly a month after me!).

I think this sounds great Ebony!!  Can't wait to read it ....

> In response to earlier posts, Hermione is *not* black or Jewish in my
> mind.  I still have trouble imagining her with bushy hair and big
> teeth, much less anything else.

She's not black or Jewish in my mind either.  I think JKR would have
been more explicit about the ethnicity of one of her major characters.
After all, we're told explicitly that Dean Thomas & Angelina are black
(and it's implied that Lee Jordan is).  I can't imagine JKR would leave
it ambiguous as to Hermione.  And, I strangely enough do agree with
whoever mentioned that JKR probably had alot to do with the casting
decision for the 3 main characters ... therefore, it's likely she would
have said, "Oh, no, Emma Watson is all wrong; Hermione is black" if that
were indeed the case.

> 3)  I've gotten the job of my dreams.  I'll be teaching AP English 11
> and Creative Writing at nationally-ranked Cass Technical High School
> starting August 2001.  I'll miss my fifth graders, but there's always
> AOL and visits.

Congrats on the new job Ebony!

Penny


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