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.
Deadline: 26th November 5pm UTC Converter
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<b>Thing you're changing:</b> <b>How do you think this would have affected the outcome of the books?</b> min 100words for this section



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[yasonablack.livejournal.com]

I thought the Slytherins (or at least some of them) did come back with Slughorn...perhaps I made it head!canon...If it's not already in the books then I completely agree, and if it is, then I think it should have been more explicitly described, like which Slytherins? Who are the Slytherin students we're supposed to love? It felt like there was a lot of wasted potential with the Slytherins and while I'm glad that there was such a unique focus on the Draco and his family, the rest of the students got rather dumped on.

Yasona//Slytherin//2

[anbyrobanby.livejournal.com]

JK mentioned it in an interview that they did, but didn't actually put it in the books. Here's the paragraph in question:

And now there were more, even more people storming up the front steps, and Harry saw Charlie Weasley overtaking Horace Slughorn, who was still wearing his emerald pajamas. They seemed to have returned at the head of what looked like the families and friends of every Hogwarts student who had remained to fight, along with the shopkeepers and homeowners of Hogsmeade. The centaurs Bane, Ronan and Magorian burst into the hall with a great clatter of hooves, as behind Harry the door that led to the kitchens was blasted off its hinges.

So even though there was reference to the *centaurs* unifying with the humans (and then the elves), what was overlooked was the bit that ran rampant for the whole seven books up to that point. So yeah.

Rob/Gryffindor/3

[slumber.livejournal.com]

The intent certainly had been there, but not everyone that reads Harry Potter is going to be as crazy as us to listen to every single interview JKR gives out. :P I want to know who I should love in Slytherin too! But really, the whole prejudice angle would have been such a solid theme for the entire series had it not been for that one thing.

Evy//Ravenclaw//8