ADMIN: 'now me:'

[bluesqueak]

No: HPFGUIDX 56917


Greetings from Hexquarters!
 
 Recently we have noticed a huge increase in posters heading their 
 replies 'now me:'

As in:

You quote Anymember's post, then reply -

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Now me:
I don't think many people will die in OOP. Just Hagrid. And 
Hermione. And Lupin. Maybe Snape will get killed when he's spying? 
And Malfoy might kill Hedwig to get at Harry. And Voldemort will 
kill one of the twins for throwing snowballs at him in PS. Uh, and 
maybe Dumbledore will die so that Harry has to face Voldemort by 
himself. Oh, that would mean Ron would have to die as well.
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 This is beginning to give us headaches.

 You see, 'now me:' is fine until someone quotes you, and then  
heads *their* reply, 'now me:'

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Now me:
> I don't think many people will die in OOP. Just Hagrid. And 
> Hermione. And Lupin. Maybe Snape will get killed when he's spying? 
> And Malfoy might kill Hedwig to get at Harry. And Voldemort will 
> kill one of the twins for throwing snowballs at him in PS. Uh, and 
> maybe Dumbledore will die so that Harry has to face Voldemort by 
> himself. Oh, that would mean Ron would have to die as well.

Now me: 
That would make for a really dramatic opening of Book Six. Harry 
would be standing at the graveside, crying, with Dumbledore and 
Snape sobbing in the background. Oh, they'd be dead, wouldn't they? 
OK, Harry with the *ghosts* of Dumbledore and Snape in the 
background.
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 We then have to work out whether it's 'now me:' or 'now me:' 
 who's speaking. This can be confusing.
 
Things are further complicated when a third person quotes both of 
 you. 

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>> Now me:
>> I don't think many people will die in OOP. Just Hagrid. And 
>> Hermione. And Lupin. Maybe Snape will get killed when he's 
spying? 
>> And Malfoy might kill Hedwig to get at Harry. And Voldemort will 
>> kill one of the twins for throwing snowballs at him in PS. Uh, 
and 
>> maybe Dumbledore will die so that Harry has to face Voldemort by 
>> himself. Oh, that would mean Ron would have to die as well.

> Now me: 
> That would make for a really dramatic opening of Book Six. Harry 
> would be standing at the graveside, crying, with Dumbledore and 
> Snape sobbing in the background. Oh, they'd be dead, wouldn't 
they? 
> OK, Harry with the *ghosts* of Dumbledore and Snape in the 
> background.

Now me:
So what will Book Six be called? Harry Potter and the Hogwarts Mass 
Funeral?

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We then have to work out whether 'now me:' is replying to 'now 
 me:', or whether it's actually 'now me:' replying to 'now me:' 
AND 'now me:'. 
 
Or, of course, it could be 'now me:' replying to 'now me:' who is 
 replying to 'now me:', now (but not me).

In the interests of reducing the consumption of headache potion 
 among the administration team; could posters consider heading 
 replies with their name?.

 This is not a requirement. No one will be sent a howler for 
 heading a reply 'now me:'.

But we'd be very grateful. ;-)

Pip
For the Administration Team