Scylla * Lycanthra * Voldemort's Passion * AOL Chat

[Catlady]

No: HPFGUIDX 4130

***Scylla is half of the famous pair, Scylla and Charybdis. Two dangers
that are so close together that if a ship sailing between them deviates
even a little from the dead center of the strait, it will be destroyed
by the monster to which it veers near. Charybdis is a maelstrom which
will suck down the whole ship; Scylla is a monster whose body is made of
the heads of dogs which grab sailors off the deck and devour them. My
friend told me that the name Scylla MEANS 'puppy'. I chose that name
because I was trying for a female name with recognisable canine
associations. Here is a URL I just found for the whole sad story of how
the sweet young girl Scylla got turned into the monster Scylla:
http://www.hsa.brown.edu/~maicar/Scylla1.html

***Today I figured out that the best name for her is W. Lupe Villalobos
(which in Britain probably would mean that she has to be an 'ethnic'
character, but in California does not). If the W. stood for Wilfredina
after her father (my friend has a friend named Howardina), that would
explain why she wants to conceal it under an initial AND it would
(co-incidentally) look a little like the word 'wolf'.

***  Lynnia wrote:
> Keep in mind that Voldemort is old enough to be Lily's father (I know
this
> doesn't stop some people...) but that also presents an odd thing...how
often do
> almost-70-year-old men try to take over the world?

But by the time he killed James and Lily, he was no longer a 70-year-old
man, he was by then an immortal snake-anthromorph. Which to me makes it
dubious that he would have an erotic passion for anyone except maybe
Nagini.

*** Tremendous thanks to Pamela for posting the AOL Chat transcript. I
am about to waste bandwidth by repeating the good parts:

Q: What did James and Lily Potter do when they were alive?
A:  well, I can't go into too much detail, because you're going to find
out in future books,  but James inherited plenty of money, so didn't
need a well-paid profession. you'll find out more about both Harry's
parents later

(I kept SAYING that James inherited that money!)

Q:  Ms. Rowling, have you ever made a map or blueprint of the school?
A::  no... because all those staircases keep shifting around  and rooms
pop out of nowhere...  and stuff just moves too much...  but I have got
a notebook that reminds me what floor everything is on,  just to keep
track. of course, if anything moves, I can blame it on magic, not my
mistakes

(Didn't our list folks say that when Steve Van der Ark spoke of making a
map for his Lexicon?)

Q: Narri asks, Does the animal one turns into as an animagi reflect your
personality?
A:  very well deduced, Narri!  I personally would like to think that I
would transform into an otter, which is my favourite animal. imagine how
horrible it would be if I turned out to be a cockroach

(Surprise: whoever wrote all those fanfics in which the fifth Marauder
is a girl who becomes an Otter Animagus with the nickname Rudder was
right!)

Q: When is Hermione's birthday?
A:  Hermione's birthday is September 19th

Q:: Where did James get his Invisibility Cloak?
A:  That was inherited from his own father - a family heirloom!

(So much for the theory that James got it as a perk of his hypothetical
Auror job)
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