Newbie intro, ship, story style, Avada Kedavra, Kappas, Chicago, Animagi

[Mrs. G. Weasley]

No: HPFGUIDX 14339

Hi everyone!  I've been on this list for a few weeks and have just 
decided to make my presence known.  Umm... so... hi!  ::Waves 
shyly::  I'm Jana and most of you probably don't know me, but I'll 
keep my intro brief.  I love writing and reading.  I'm in choir (Go 
altos!).  I'm very involved in theatre, both performing and set 
construction/stage crew (I'm a techtor!) and am completely in love 
with Broadway (Jekyll & Hyde, Miss Siagon, Footloose, Once on This 
Island).  Okay, enough about me - onto HP (Heh, that rhymed).

Amanda said: <<No, no, there's lots of us here. But by definition, 
[we that are no-shippers are] not in a ship at all; we're bobbing 
around in inner tubes, drinking beer and watching the fireworks shows 
from the big ships (a la tubing down the Guadalupe, for you Texans). 
Just paddle over. Want a nacho?>>

::reaches over and plucks a nacho from Amanda's tray::  Thanks, 
love.  ::paddles around in her innertube a little::  Woo, this is a 
whole lot more fun than being on a ship.  Ooh, look, 
fireworks!  ::points upwards and tumbles backwards out of innertube::

Amy Z. wrote: <<Therefore, I wouldn't be surprised if Hermione fell 
in love with Ron, Harry, or Neville for that matter--as long as Jo 
builds up to whatever happens with the same skill she used in the 
above examples.>>

Ah, someone else who feels as I do!  Right now, I feel as though Ron 
and Hermione could end up together - and things could work out (as 
long as they each change a bit - but then, isn't that the same with 
all couples).  But that's not cemented in stone, nor can I back it up 
with loads of canonical evidence or psychobabble.  Just a feeling.  
At the end of OoP, I may believe that Hermione and Neville are 
destined to go riding off into the sunset.  JKR has a way of making 
me *believe* what she writes.  As long as she keeps up this trend, I 
should feel very satisfied at the end of book VII.  Though if any of 
my favorite characters die, I'll be sad... but I'll know it was 
necessary to happen.  I can't see Ms. R. killing off characters 
without a reason.

Pippin wrote: <<Avada Kedavra - A filk by Pippin, to the tune of 
Hakuna Matata, from the Lion King.>>

This was absolutely rolling-on-the-floor, clutching-my-stomach 
hilarious.  It's funny because it's the Killing Curse to a Disney 
song.  ::holds back giggles::  I actually started humming it.  Wrong, 
I know, but ::shrug::  What're you going to do, right?

Penny wrote: <<4.  I don't understand why Japanese is underlined in 
the description of Kappas (or the comment "Snape hasn't read this 
either").  Can anyone explain?>>

Well, in PoA, Lupin is out "sick" for day (or is it two?) and Snape 
has to take over DADA.  While looking over graded papers, he makes 
rude comments about the work like, "Eight out of ten?  I wouldn't 
have given it three!"  Finally, he comes to one about Kappas and he 
says something along the lines of, "They're more commonly found in 
*Mongolia.*"  That explains the "Snape hasn't read this" part, but 
the "either" part comes into play when, earlier in FBAWTFT, 
Hippogriffs are mentioned and the fact that they should only be 
handled by professionals.  Next to it, Harry (or is it Ron?) 
writes: "Has Hagrid read this book?"  It's terrible that I actually 
can spew (No pun intended.) this stuff off the top of my head.

Florence wrote: <<I just love the fact that the Chudley Cannons are 
the Red Sox of Quidditch.>>

Red Sox?  How about the Cubs?  I'm a Chicago native and can tell you 
firsthand that the Cubbies have the most dedicated fans in the MLB.  
They haven't won a pennant in over a century and they're still well-
loved.  ::shrug::  My brother's an unconditional fan.  Me, I was 
raised to be a Yankee fan like my father.

Doreen wrote: <<Has anyone covered this yet? Can Crookshanks be  an 
animagi like Scabbers? What about Pigwidgeon? (I mean, he was sent to 
Harry by Sirius) Or even Hedwig?>>

See, this is where I see a small inconsistency in the book.  How 
could Fred and George *not* see the name "Peter Pettigrew" on the 
Marauder's Map constantly around Ron/Percy and think something of 
it?  Certainly they'd've heard of the name and even if they didn't, 
the twins know the rat's name was Scabbers.  So I suppose Crookshanks 
could be a Animagus.  Pigwidgeon, too.  And if Hedwig turned out to 
be an Animagus form of a beautiful woman, Simon would only be too 
pleased.  ;)

*~*~Jana aka George Weasley's Girlfriend~*~*
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"It's the same things your whole life. Clean up your room!  Stand up 
straight!  Pick up your feet!  Take it like a man!  Be nice to your 
sister!  Don't mix beer and wine, ever!  Oh yeah, and DON'T drive on 
the railroad tracks!" – Bill Murray as Phil Connors, in Groundhog Day 
(1993)