Wizarding Games: What if

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What if...


Details: What if one slight decision at any point in the Harry Potter books had been different? What if Dean Thomas' father had told Dean's mother why he left the family to protect them? What if Ariana was standing one foot to the right had never been killed? What if Ariana had decided to stay indoors instead of going outside and meeting those Muggles in the first place? What if Kreacher had gone crazy and killed the baby Regulus meaning Sirius was the only child of the Blacks?

Have a think and a debate/disscussion about how small/big a change could have changed something ridic big/not at all. Uh. Be creative! try to find something different or interesting to change, you can use the ones above if you must.

Steps:
1. Pick a thing from HP to change
2. Explain how you think this would have changed the way the story unfolded, and if it'd change the outcome at all. Maybe the differences in the world once the story was over? (min 100 words)
3. Discuss/debate with other people about yours and theirs. Do you think it wouldn't have made the changes they think it would? Explain why. Do you agree and see some other changes that would have occurred, let them know :) (min 30 words and you can't just wholeheartedlyagree and gush at them)


Rules:

1. Don't pick the same one as someone else. If someone has already picked something then reply to their comment discussing/debating
2. Don't cause drama. Prove you can all civilly debate and discuss stuff.
3. Take heed of the word limits (100 words for first comment, 30 words for additional replies with a point that add to the discussion/debate)
4. Try not to make it a silly thing e.g. Harry ate some toast one morning instead of cereal and therefore the world ended.

Points: 10pts for your 100 word comment, 2pts per 30 word comment with a point. 30pts cap. 10pts for any crystal ball if you earn over 15pts. Dont' forget to register your bonus items in this post.
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[anbyrobanby.livejournal.com]

trololol, the Fat Friar stole the cookies from the cookie jar; his cause of death was complications from diabetes.

Anyway, yeah. There was a debate a few months back re: Epilogue, and the part where Harry was all "if yer're a slytherin, albus we won't mind, fer yer' always gun be our wee bairn LOLJK the Hat cannae put ye there if you dont want it te". I'm not sure why Harry became Scottish there, but he managed to undermine his whole argument in that one sentence. JK had set up the epilogue to say don't fall on your prejudices and don't be afraid to stand up for your choices, but the two were left sadly at odds.

Rob/Gryff/2

[slumber.livejournal.com]

URGH, yes, that too! I mean yes, the idea behind saying that is to reinforce the whole notion that your choices are what define who you are as a person, but at the same time, why is the way it is demonstrated in the books have to be by rejecting House Slytherin while you're getting Sorted?

Evy//Ravenclaw//7

[faeriesfolly.livejournal.com]

Choked on a choco chip. ;)

I found your comment extra funny, because I am reading a book with a couple characters who speak this way and I just didn't even really notice that you 'made Harry Scottish' until you mentioned it. lol. JKR spends a good deal of the books outside of the epilogue contradicting herself. That's one thing I hope does come of Pottermore--more emphasis on the positives of ALL the houses and not just Gryffindor and to a lesser amount Ravenclaw.

Morgan//Slytherin//9

[anbyrobanby.livejournal.com]

That's one thing that always puzzled me about the houses: people always say there was never much attention paid to Hufflepuff, or how Puff house is kinda wishy-washy because it doesn't have specific traits to itself. I can name more badgers than eagles, and really don't recall Ravenclaw having.... any role in the story as a large whatsoever, beyond the chapter with the diadem.

Anyway, that's neither here nor there. I agree with the hope that Pottermore does fill in the gaps that were missing from canon- and that enough people read it and accept it that it becomes a firm admission into canon.

Rob/Gryff/5

[faeriesfolly.livejournal.com]

I don't think Hufflepuff is wishy-washy or anything. I actually think they are almost as misunderstood as Slytherins though. I feel like Ravenclaw had more large characters. While Hufflepuff does have the 'numbers' you list, the majority of their actions seem to be in book 4 where they united against Harry.

[anbyrobanby.livejournal.com]

Agreed on every single count here. But at least it's them doing something. It's always the puffs like Ernie who speak up and side with Harry outside of Gryffindor, or the types of Zacharias who speak up and do the opposite. Ravenclaw? Call me biased but Cho was a product of her emotions most of the time, and I reckon if we could listen into Luna's brain it would sound like a pinball machine.

tbh, i never quite understood why Puffs are considered wishy-washy by people. There's a bunch of substance there, and they're often the better objective litmus test on what the wizarding community as a whole thinks of Harry/current affairs (synonymous for much of the series) than a Slytherin or Gryffindor would ever be.

rob/gryff/6?

[naushika.livejournal.com]

Well I clearly remember reading somewhere that JKR wrote the epilogue early on, while she was writing the first book, I believe. Which in my mind, explains why it's so weirdly contradictory in places. I think in the beginning of the series, to her Slytherin really was just a one-dimensional house of baddies. JKR's writing as a whole improved throughout the series, and I think along the way she did realize that everything has layers, even Slytherin. But the epilogue had already be written, so.

Noelle // Slytherin // 9