Some speculations on the night at GH

[nkafkafi]

> Charme:
> 
> Neri, I humbly submit my apologies for what I am about to ask. :)
Well, not 
> humbly, but give me credit for the good intentions anyway. ;) I
gotta tell 
> ya....I read that paragraph above, guffawed, and spewed Coke through
my nose 
> (which shows how much a failure I am at multitasking no less, a
considerable 
> shame) thereby necessitating the immediate cleaning of my display. The 
> troublemaking wench I am, I just can't fight the urge (have pity on
me, I'm 
> weak) to inquire about it.
> 
> I have an insatiable, albeit slightly mischievious, curiousity about
why it 
> is "dangerous" as you've noted above. Why is speculation on anything in 
> Potterverse "dangerous" no matter how you get to the concept or
exchange 
> ideas with another Potterhead?  If I were to take that paragraph
literally 
> as you've suggested,  I'm all aquiver waiting for this "dangerous" 
fallout 
> to bear its horrendous payload.....what will happen now?  Will my
computer 
> explode? <Gasp>  Will my accessories not match tomorrow?????  Heh. :)
> 
> Waiting for Doom To Pass,
> Charme

Neri:
It is only dangerous to a very small sub-group of Potterheads (myself
included, unfortunately) who are totally obsessed with finding the
ultimate theory that explains everything in the Harry Potter books,
and would go to any length to discover it (short of breaking into JKR
house and looting her drawers. I think). We poor addicts have a
tendency to invest hours on hours of our free (and not-free) time
picking the books apart and building huge and intricate theories that
might crumble at any moment if you take out a single card from the
bottom. Naturally, investing so much time and thought in our theories,
we tend to become very protective about them and very hostile to other
possibilities. A cure for this terrible condition was not yet
discovered (hopefully it will disappear by itself when Book 7 is out)
but there may be certain precautions that the addict can take in order
to minimize the risks for distress and heartache. So if you are lucky
not to be in this risk group, I assure you that you can speculate on
HP as much as you want to, with no damage to yourself or to your
accessories.

Neri