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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.
Deadline: 26th November 5pm UTC Converter
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Hmm I don't know if he would have been spoiled and defiant. It depends on who raised him and what values they taught him. He obviously would have known about his fame from an early age and would be in a home that loved and respected him, but I don't know if that necessarily means he'd grow up to be arrogant. Nature vs nurture is a hard subject to analyze.

Chelsea//Ravenclaw

In fact, if he knew about his fame earlier and had support from a loving family about how to deal with it. It seems to me that part of his problems with people turning against him, both during CoS and during GoF, are from being tossed into fame he doesn't know how to handle.

Allison//Ravenclaw

Edited 2011-11-25 16:45 (UTC)

I don't think I agree with this, though it's a very hard topic. we're not talking about a little change, we're talking about big changes in circumstance and character. I suppose my problem is I've never bought Harry as a product of the home that's described to us, as someone who'd grown up with neglect. In fact, I'd say the upbringing Harry had would be more likely to produce the effect you're thinking of. Harry who's never known love is suddenly handed everything he wants on a plate. People are willing to do a lot just to be his friends. He's almost the darling child for a while, and after being denied love for so long, I'd expect him to be desperate for it and grab it wherever he could.

But we don't see that in Harry. Right from the start we see him as humble, not downtrodden but with a realistic sense of his worth (that he does have value, a sense that seems to neither be depressed by the Dursleys or inflated by the wizarding world to a massive degree). He has a strong moral core.

I think what I'm saying is, if he could develop these things in a house where he had no help to do so and every encouragement to see himself as worthless and always wrong, i don't see how having love and support to develop those things would stop him developing them.

Emma//Hufflepuff//1

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