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Black swan causes mayhem
By buying a new house, driving Henry to and from places, hanging out with Hook and parents, and having conversations with Regina on a front porch.
Yes, mayhem indeed.
*shrug* Maybe they are in Camelot for a longer period of time, but it doesn’t explain Henry because I’m pretty sure he wasn’t amongst those who got picked up and taken in 501 unless we just never saw him, which is always possible.
[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"One thing that always left me curious is why Hermione Granger never seems to make friends with the other female students, with the possible exceptions of Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood.
I think a lot of it is jealousy. Hermione’s show off nature causes people to reject her before they get to know her. Most girls probably believed that Hermione thought herself better than them and thus didn’t want to befriend her. They don’t realize that she’s most likely very insecure and hiding behind her ample smarts. (more in depth analysis of that coming next chapter)
Had Hermione been sorted into Ravenclaw, as the hat was tempted to do, I think it would’ve been much easier for Hermione to have met some more like-minded students, both male and female, whom Hermione would’ve found to be her peers academically speaking.
I do agree there. She wouldn’t have been so ostracized since the Ravenclaw’s would have seen her as someone who “got it” in terms of what’s important.
The Sorting Hat spent five-and-a-half minutes wavering between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw before deciding to place Minerva in the former; it spent nearly four minutes trying to decide between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, and “seriously considered” putting Hermione in Ravenclaw, but ultimately went with Gryffindor instead. Both witches were put into Gryffindor, probably because of those remarkable ladies’ sheer guts, even though their brains are top-notch.
Which brings us back to that question of the Hat and how does it know? (yes, yes, yes, it’s magic and it’s charming so I shouldn’t question it too much) but did the Hat sense something about Hermione and Minerva? Does it have some sort of prescience? What about Hermione as she stands right now in chapter 9 shows her Gryffindor nature–the bravery portion of what Gryffindor supposedly stands for? She goes on accidental adventures like the Trapdoor escapade in this chapter, but does not seek them out. In fact, she tries to get Harry and Ron to NOT go on the Midnight Duel adventure and she’s clearly a stickler for the rules. While I think she’s trying to forge a connection with the boys, I don’t think it’s that she longs for adventure in the same way that Harry and Ron are going to feel post Trapdoor midnight run. So what did the Hat see??
(RG is still bothered by this Hat, y’all)
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I think it does make sense. In my mind the ‘flashbacks’ this season will all be from their time in Camelot, which everyone traveled to in 5.01. So this scene is a flashback, but only from a couple of months ago. Like the Missing Year flashback
Right, but pretty sure Henry didn’t go with them in 501. Which is why it doesn’t make sense. Also, they weren’t in Camelot that long because they are back in SB by 502 unless episode 501 is extended beyond one day or thereabouts.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Slightly jumping ahead briefly, but doesn’t anyone else find it jarring how some of the ages of characters don’t match up with how you envision them.
To an extent, yes, but JKR explained once that Wizards and Witches live longer than Muggle-Humans.
Question: How old is old in the wizarding world, and how old are Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall?
J.K. Rowling: Dumbledore is a hundred and fifty, and Professor McGonagall is a sprightly seventy. Wizards have a much longer life expectancy than Muggles. (Harry hasn’t found out about that yet.)
It must be something in the magical DNA/blood. It’s not uncommon, I suppose. Merlin is supposed to be ancient (and aging backwards) but I think for JKR, specifically for Dumbledore, it was a matter of plot: she needed Dumbledore and Gellert Grindlewald to be fight in the 1940s because of World War II and the fact that the magical and the Muggle world feed off each other
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Unless there is some magical plot device that allows everyone to move between SB and Camelot with ease, that makes no sense.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I may have a bit of a hat problem…
Women’s Peaked Hat in Paton’s Worsted in “Coral”
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"It’s also possible that some of the students may have heard rumours abut Draco’s dad that they don’t want to risk messing with Draco for fear of reprisals. Ron knows who Draco and his family are before Hogwarts so it’s possible that other students do too.
I would be very surprised if there Wizarding families who didn’t know who the Malfoy’s were. The Malfoys are like the Kardashians. They make sure everyone knows who they are.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"It’s cute that you think they care about the timeline.
I know you just paraphrased TBBT!
SFGIf ever there comes a time when I’m not referencing TBBT, we should probably call out the National Guard.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
