[HPforGrownups] Re: Dark creatures

[Simon]

No: HPFGUIDX 19256

Pippin: <<<We talk alot about Dark Creatures on this list...but is this a
phrase JKR has actually used? I can't remember reading it in the books...can
somebody give me a citation? Or is this fanon?>>>

Amy: <<<On behalf of L.O.O.N., I salute you.  I'm not sure this is canon
either.  The reference that comes to mind is something I can't check because
my copy of GF is still lent (apparently there exist people who can keep a
Harry Potter book on their nighttable and read a chapter a night rather than
stay up all night until it's done).  When Harry first goes into Moody's office
(this would be in "The First Task," IIRC), there's a description of how it
looked under previous occupants.  It says something about how when Lupin lived
there there was usually some interesting creature they were about to study.
The adjective might've been "dark.">>>

GoF chapter 20: He had visited this office under two of its previous
occupants. ... When Lupin had lived here, you were more likely to come across
a specimen of some fascinating new Dark creature he had procured for them to
study in class.

The point to notice is, assuming it is not a mistype, that the word used is
Dark and not dark.



Simon
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