Changes I would make

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 177439

 "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:

> Saying it [the Elder Wand] was 
> destroyed would be the smartest
> thing to do. 

The comments Dumbledore made concerning the destruction of Harry's
Phoenix wand would indicate that destroying a wand as powerful as the
Elder Wand would be difficult. 

But for me there is a more serious problem; too many fantasy and
science fiction stories end with the amazing alien planet being blown
up, the land of the Dinosaurs getting covered in lava, the time
machine getting hit by a train,  and Dr. Frankenstein's lab notebook
being thrown into the fire. I suppose writers do that because they
think readers want to preserve the Status Quo, but I'm not that crazy
about the Status Quo and I just think it's a poor way to end a story.
The Potter series has already destroyed enough amazing magical objects
thank you very much; there is no need to add the Elder Wand to the list.

> 'Spiral' is a lot more simple and
> straight forward that 'Helix'. 

It is also incorrect, the steam could not be rising in a spiral. A
spiral is 2 dimensional, a Helix is 3. And far from being "fancy"
helix has one fewer letter than spiral.

"Geoff Bannister" Write:

> I know a fair bit about helices because 
> I am a mathematician 

I was a math major.

> DNA and its double helix is not the 
> usual stuff of casual conversation
> over coffee and biscuits. 

And if JKR had the opportunity to do a little something to help change
that sorry fact then she should have done so. I'm not saying this
spiral business is earth shattering or anything, its just a little
thing that nags at me for some reason. 

 Eggplant