[HPforGrownups] Re: Star draco

[annegirl11 at juno.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 116306

Lady Mcbeth said:
>I put up charts to help you (and anyone else who is curious) find the
>others.

Oh, cool! Thank you! Does Canis Major rise in N. America in October? The
myth you posted was interesting, too. I now expect McG blast Draco off
the astronomy tower out of self-defence, right before he's about to hex
her. I had a chuckle, too, that Draco the myth could relate to some
dragon; sounds like the Basilisk myth that roamed across the ancient
world, picking up different stories and connotations over the years.
Maybe they're related.

Hannah said:
> I doubt that Lucius was 'gutter trash' though it would be 
> funny if he had been.

<snicker> True dat. Am I the only one who doesn't think he's sexy, just
evil and mean? :)

Hannah:
>  (I think that 'pureblood' for the Blacks really 
> meant 'rich and pureblood', ie. not a Weasley).

Yeah, you're probably right. Narcissa probably would have been blasted
off the tapestry if she'd married beneath her. Unless the Noble House of
Black doesn't care what their daughters did, only the sons. But I kinda
doubt that. BTW, anyone else think the Black marriages are all arranged?

Hannah:
>  I don't think that  
> it fits with Lucius' general demeanor either, though that sort of 
> generalisation can be very misleading, I know. 

<nod> Not that I'm really advocating that Lucius was poor, but a person
can change a lot in however many years since he was a kid. Maybe he
always had high falutin airs. Maybe he fooled Narcissa into thinking he
was rich, and the secret came out after the marriage. As someone noted,
the way he flaunts his money and power can be interpreted as nuvo riche.

Hannah:
> Also with the WW's antiquated 
> views, I think it's unlikely that the family line would pass through
> the mother's side.

People tend to assume that the WW's is old fashioned in the way the
*muggle world* was old fashioned, but that isn't true. The WW isn't
gender-biased. Witches have equality. 

Hannah:
> I always thought Draco was named that because of it's 
> meaning 'dragon.'  <snip>  I personally suspect JKR chose the name
because she 
>  it and thought it fit the character, but who knows. JKR may 
> not even have realised that there was a star called Draco

Considering the carefulness with which JKR picks her names and draws her
characters, I have no doubt she knew it was a star. Out of all the star
names, JKR picked the one that sounds like a spoiled little dragon. 

Hanna:
> who admires Aura's dedication in looking up the star!

<g> Thanks. I got curious from a R/S fanart. Was I looking at the nekkid
boys? Nope, cuz I'm gay; I was looking at the strange tattoo just above
Sirius' tush and wondering which constellation it was. 

Aura

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