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| Posted: | Sat Apr 16, 2005 4:02 pm |
| Forum: | The Common Room |
| Subject: | American Wizardry - A question and a dare |
| sophierom Replies: 27 Views: 66872 |
Overall, you have a loose network of individual nation states, each with their own distinct culture, dialect and value system, operating under a federal oversight committee that represents the states ... |
| Posted: | Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:17 pm |
| Forum: | The Common Room |
| Subject: | American Wizardry - A question and a dare |
| sophierom Replies: 27 Views: 66872 |
Sophierom, just wanted you to know that not all of us square state people are cultureless neanderthals that the popular media makes us out to be. Heck, my mobil home hasen't been hit by a tornado in w ... |
| Posted: | Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:09 pm |
| Forum: | The Common Room |
| Subject: | American Wizardry - A question and a dare |
| sophierom Replies: 27 Views: 66872 |
International Code of Wizarding Secrecy/International Confederation of Wizards' Statute of Secrecy
The real-world parallel to this might be the UN...and we know how well we fall in lockstep with th ... |
| Posted: | Thu Apr 14, 2005 1:35 pm |
| Forum: | The Common Room |
| Subject: | American Wizardry - A question and a dare |
| sophierom Replies: 27 Views: 66872 |
Sophierom made the comment that large wizarding centers would be East coast/West coast or NO. Basically Blue States. I live in a red state. Town population 3000. (don't roll your eyes ) My town thriv ... |
| Posted: | Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:19 pm |
| Forum: | The Common Room |
| Subject: | American Wizardry - A question and a dare |
| sophierom Replies: 27 Views: 66872 |
Good point, and one that definitely made sense.  |
| Posted: | Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:52 pm |
| Forum: | The Common Room |
| Subject: | American Wizardry - A question and a dare |
| sophierom Replies: 27 Views: 66872 |
Fantastic discussion topic and replies!
By the end of the 20th century, there is no distinct line between magic and non-magic folks. Those who can do magic keep it a well-guarded secret, but they'r ... |
| Posted: | Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:23 pm |
| Forum: | The Common Room |
| Subject: | Random things dug up from interviews |
| sophierom Replies: 4 Views: 18786 |
Thanks for this post! Some great reminders, though I may have to, er, ignore the bit about professors not staying at Hogwarts during the summer, as I'm currently using this plot device, not to get two ... |
| Posted: | Tue Mar 22, 2005 5:19 pm |
| Forum: | The Common Room |
| Subject: | Confessions of an Angst Whore... |
| sophierom Replies: 17 Views: 50940 |
I still cannot win. I like sad and happy endings. I dislike inappropriate happy endings on the end of rape and pregnancy fics, where everyone is miserable. I like whatever endings are appropriate. At ... |
| Posted: | Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:42 am |
| Forum: | The Common Room |
| Subject: | Confessions of an Angst Whore... |
| sophierom Replies: 17 Views: 50940 |
Where has all the angst gone?
... well, that's what the young, wayward writer writes because they aren't to the point of constructing a story, they're writing out a reviewer led script for reader f ... |
| Posted: | Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:17 pm |
| Forum: | The Common Room |
| Subject: | Unconventional Pairings |
| sophierom Replies: 35 Views: 89121 |
I suppose I should have been a little clearer on what I meant by not liking the books. I adore the world Rowling created, I'm just not big into her intent. Though they are loved by people of al ... |
| Posted: | Wed Mar 02, 2005 6:05 pm |
| Forum: | The Common Room |
| Subject: | Unconventional Pairings |
| sophierom Replies: 35 Views: 89121 |
I don't even really like the Harry Potter books. So why am I reading the fanfiction? Well, there are some great characters in the books and some extremely talented writers doing great things with them ... |
| Posted: | Mon Feb 21, 2005 7:27 pm |
| Forum: | The Common Room |
| Subject: | Confusion of a reader.......(discussion starter) |
| sophierom Replies: 21 Views: 111348 |
I tend to be of the opinion that if you call a spade a spade, I don't care what you do with it. If you want to use a stapler to butter your toast, go for it, but don't try to convince me it's a but ... |
| Posted: | Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:34 pm |
| Forum: | The Library |
| Subject: | Draco an only child? |
| sophierom Replies: 12 Views: 11261 |
Rape who? They wouldn't sully themselves with a Muggle, and any magical sort would hex their nards off. While I believe that there's been no canon evidence for the idea that Death Eaters are rapi ... |
| Posted: | Sun Feb 06, 2005 1:53 pm |
| Forum: | The Quibbler |
| Subject: | Re: Great Snape Fics |
| sophierom Replies: 3 Views: 19822 |
My enduring Snape/OFC all time classic favourite is "The Darkness and Light" trilogy by R J Anderson. The first fanfic I ever read with total pleasure, and I have a softspot for it to this day. ... |
| Posted: | Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:40 am |
| Forum: | The Common Room |
| Subject: | Fanfic and free - beware, very long post, sorry |
| sophierom Replies: 21 Views: 111348 |
I got a little carried away in the length of this post. Sorry. Trying to avoid work, I guess! 
I hear people make comments that they'll 'tolerate anything except intolerance'. I gladly tolerat ... |
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