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glad to say. His money
Damp Squib! (Dr. Filibuster's Fabulous Wet-Start No-Heat Fireworks) Very clever, Mona!
Verity, ummm... in 1990, what was the new mood of celebration in the country for?
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EDIT: Repeated 'glad'. Used 6 words in a later post.
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- ...was no match for my many years of experience, or something to show how well Fudge thinks of himself? (Just thinking about how rich Muggle businessmen spend millions on their campaigns....)
Damp Squib! (Dr. Filibuster's Fabulous Wet-Start No-Heat Fireworks) Very clever, Mona! Verity, ummm... in 1990, what was the new mood of celebration in the country for? page 64!
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Verity Weasley Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:34 am
was no match for my
Mona, I agree with PAH. That was a very clever word choice.
PAH, perhaps celebrating Voldemort's downfall continued for a long time! Or if the political process in the wizarding world is anything like that in the U.S., it would have been a very long process!
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Mona, I agree with PAH. That was a very clever word choice.
PAH, perhaps celebrating Voldemort's downfall continued for a long time! Or if the political process in the wizarding world is anything like that in the U.S., it would have been a very long process!
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Mona Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:47 am
craftiness, and my many years --> I'm thinking a politician like Fudge would consider craftiness a quality to be proud of.
Thanks!
Verity, I thought I was just guessing what you had in mind!
PAH, take 6 words next time as you've repeated a word.
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Thanks!
Verity, I thought I was just guessing what you had in mind!
PAH, take 6 words next time as you've repeated a word.
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Potteraholic Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:56 am
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of experience.
My thorough understanding of
Thanks, Mona. 6 words! Hard enough to come up with 5, sometimes. 
Verity, phew... I thought I forgot some new major thing that happened in 1990. Good to see I hadn't.
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of experience. My thorough understanding of
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- ...was thinking ... the inner-workings of the government/the Ministry... but just an idea, after all.
Thanks, Mona.
6 words! Hard enough to come up with 5, sometimes. Verity, phew... I thought I forgot some new major thing that happened in 1990. Good to see I hadn't.
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Verity Weasley Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:44 am
the voting system certainly paid
I'm sorry, but I really want to know how wizards vote.
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I'm sorry, but I really want to know how wizards vote.
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off as well. First, there's
(Or whoever posts next.) I'm breathless with anticipation.
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off as well. First, there's Here's your chance to tell us, Verity.Verity Weasley wrote:I'm sorry, but I really want to know how wizards vote.
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Verity Weasley Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:24 am
the question of choosing locations
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for the voting to take
I'm assuming only witches/wizards over 17 get to vote? And not any non-humans, half-giants excluded?
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for the voting to take I'm assuming only witches/wizards over 17 get to vote? And not any non-humans, half-giants excluded?
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Julia H. Mon Oct 03, 2011 1:43 pm
place. Not everyone pays attention
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Featured Story of the Week
"Dumbledore’s Army: Alive and Kicking"
One of the reasons why I have chosen this story is that it was the first one I participated in and I became instantly hooked. But I think it is also a successful story with a coherent plot that satisfyingly fills a "gap" in the DH-year, exploring details not revealed in the book. The characters are in character from Neville to Phineas Nigellus Black, and I like the variety of HP characters appearing in this story. There is an entertaining mixture of drama and humour, and we successfully created a genuine "Hogwarts-feeling". I simply love Luna's insanely insightful remark at the end of the story! And, last but not least, the story includes Headmaster Snape, whose life in the DH-year we know so little about.
I look forward to reading others' opinions about this story.
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Featured Story of the Week
"Dumbledore’s Army: Alive and Kicking"
One of the reasons why I have chosen this story is that it was the first one I participated in and I became instantly hooked. But I think it is also a successful story with a coherent plot that satisfyingly fills a "gap" in the DH-year, exploring details not revealed in the book. The characters are in character from Neville to Phineas Nigellus Black, and I like the variety of HP characters appearing in this story. There is an entertaining mixture of drama and humour, and we successfully created a genuine "Hogwarts-feeling". I simply love Luna's insanely insightful remark at the end of the story! And, last but not least, the story includes Headmaster Snape, whose life in the DH-year we know so little about.
I look forward to reading others' opinions about this story.
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Verity Weasley Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:40 pm
to such matters, but I
Yes, I imagine voting is restricted in such a way, PAH. No voting rights for house-elves, centaurs and the like.
I'll re-read the Featured Story of the Week and be back with comments later on.
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Yes, I imagine voting is restricted in such a way, PAH. No voting rights for house-elves, centaurs and the like.
I'll re-read the Featured Story of the Week and be back with comments later on.
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Mona Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:52 pm
took great care to ensure
Groping in the dark here.
Will read and comment on featured story later.
Groping in the dark here.
Will read and comment on featured story later.
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Verity Weasley Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:17 am
that locations favoured those wizards
I imagine Fudge might have used some sneaky tactics to ensure he got the lion's share of the vote, perhaps by making it difficult for certain witches and wizards to get to wherever they needed to get to in order to cast their vote. I'm not sure who might favour Fudge, perhaps older wizards?
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This was a great choice Julia. I enjoyed re-reading it. I remember starting this story and being a little concerned initially as other posters didn't seem to get my intention. However, it soon got on track and continued apace. For a long, action-packed story I think we did very well. It has good pace and stays nicely on track. Suspension builds gradually, aided by the split towards the end from the action in the great hall to the action in the headmaster's office. It certainly fills in a gap inn the existing story and I think it does that very convincingly. And as you say, Luna's delightfully original take on the situation was the perfect ending!
I imagine Fudge might have used some sneaky tactics to ensure he got the lion's share of the vote, perhaps by making it difficult for certain witches and wizards to get to wherever they needed to get to in order to cast their vote. I'm not sure who might favour Fudge, perhaps older wizards?
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This was a great choice Julia. I enjoyed re-reading it. I remember starting this story and being a little concerned initially as other posters didn't seem to get my intention. However, it soon got on track and continued apace. For a long, action-packed story I think we did very well. It has good pace and stays nicely on track. Suspension builds gradually, aided by the split towards the end from the action in the great hall to the action in the headmaster's office. It certainly fills in a gap inn the existing story and I think it does that very convincingly. And as you say, Luna's delightfully original take on the situation was the perfect ending!
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Mona Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:01 am
and witches who were most
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Great choice, Julia. It was a good story with an interesting plot, and I enjoyed reading it.
The concluding sentence, spoken by Luna, was wonderful!
I also liked this one -
"Try Alohamora," said Neville. "That's what Hermione would do."
"Or we could perhaps smash the case," Luna added serenely.
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Great choice, Julia. It was a good story with an interesting plot, and I enjoyed reading it.
The concluding sentence, spoken by Luna, was wonderful!
I also liked this one -
"Try Alohamora," said Neville. "That's what Hermione would do."
"Or we could perhaps smash the case," Luna added serenely.
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advanced in years and my
Here's the voting section, in case this helps anyone.
My thorough understanding of the voting system certainly paid off as well. First, there's the question of choosing locations for the voting to take place. Not everyone pays attention to such matters, but I took great care to ensure that locations favoured those wizards and witches who were most advanced in years and my... (54 words)
) ... I'm stumped as to the sorts of places in the wizarding world that would be especially convenient to older wizards and witches, but not to younger folks. 
Also, thinking ahead, about the last few words of this story, I'm wondering if there should be a narrative sentence? Or should it jest ending with the last of Fudge's reflections before he leaves?
Looking forward to what comes next!
Julia, love your choice of FSOTW, especially because I didn't have time to archive the post-story comments that were originally written about it. I, too, will post my comments about it later.
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advanced in years and my - Spoiler:
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Here's the voting section, in case this helps anyone.
My thorough understanding of the voting system certainly paid off as well. First, there's the question of choosing locations for the voting to take place. Not everyone pays attention to such matters, but I took great care to ensure that locations favoured those wizards and witches who were most advanced in years and my... (54 words)
In the States, especially in rural areas, to make it easy for the oldest voters to get out and cast their ballots, voting is held in or near places where they are most likely to go: churches and other places of worship, libraries, post offices, or some building in the center of town where they do their shopping. Election Day is the first Tuesday in November, with additional special elections as needed, for a seat that opens up in the middle of a term, for example. But, particularly in rural areas, voting can happen on a Sunday so that older, churchgoing citizens who don't travel much during the week, can vote before or after the service. So with all that being said, all of these places would tend to be convenient to all citizens, and not just the senior ones. My point in sharing this info.? (I do have one.Verity Weasley wrote:I imagine Fudge might have used some sneaky tactics to ensure he got the lion's share of the vote, perhaps by making it difficult for certain witches and wizards to get to wherever they needed to get to in order to cast their vote. I'm not sure who might favour Fudge, perhaps older wizards?
) ... I'm stumped as to the sorts of places in the wizarding world that would be especially convenient to older wizards and witches, but not to younger folks. Also, thinking ahead, about the last few words of this story, I'm wondering if there should be a narrative sentence? Or should it jest ending with the last of Fudge's reflections before he leaves?
Looking forward to what comes next!
Julia, love your choice of FSOTW, especially because I didn't have time to archive the post-story comments that were originally written about it.
I, too, will post my comments about it later. 's info. on Cornelius Fudge.27
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Verity Weasley Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:16 am
greatest supporters. The Celestina Warbeck
I don't know if we will need a narrative sentence to end with. I guess it would round it off nicely.
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I don't know if we will need a narrative sentence to end with. I guess it would round it off nicely.
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Verity Weasley Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:39 pm
concert-goers were only too happy
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to vote for me in
So, what's the next voting point? There was a first: location, so there must be at least one other point, right? And then, we probably only have room for one more topic, for the closing paragraph. Any ideas, anyone? (I figure about 12 posts for each of the two remainingposts paragraphs.)
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to vote for me in So, what's the next voting point? There was a first: location, so there must be at least one other point, right? And then, we probably only have room for one more topic, for the closing paragraph. Any ideas, anyone? (I figure about 12 posts for each of the two remaining
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appreciation of the mead donated
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Verity Weasley Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:44 am
at the concert.
My advertisement
I see your point about needing a 'second' to go with the first, but this is a journal entry, not an organised report, so it's quite possible that Fudge might go off on a different tangent and not say any more about the voting system specifically.
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I see your point about needing a 'second' to go with the first, but this is a journal entry, not an organised report, so it's quite possible that Fudge might go off on a different tangent and not say any more about the voting system specifically.
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campaign was quite clever, if
Fudge not following up on something in a logical way would also totally fit his style of governance, IMHO. So, the next 20 posts about his ad campaign? Or is there another tangent ol' Fudgy will get sidetracked on before he Apparates to Number 10? Or does he remember his second point about voting after all?
Julia, I will try and read the 'FSOTW' and comment soon... right now am working on reposting the PS/SS section of the 'Series Read-along' thread, and am in that mindframe only. My system is posting the chapter notes/summary on its own followed by that chapter's comments. All the chapter notes/summaries posts will be linked in an index in each book's first post. (It's just like how I reposted the 'Pre-DH Movie Read-along' thread.) So, I'm having to do some skimming through the posts to see where chapters start and end. Halfway through PS/SS. I can't wait til I get to actually read some of these reposted threads. Which reminds me... Mona, how's rereading the
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campaign was quite clever, if Fudge not following up on something in a logical way would also totally fit his style of governance, IMHO. So, the next 20 posts about his ad campaign? Or is there another tangent ol' Fudgy will get sidetracked on before he Apparates to Number 10? Or does he remember his second point about voting after all? I am, too, Mona... quite a few times. Thank goodness for the spoiler box ideas!Mona wrote:Groping in the dark here.
Julia, I will try and read the 'FSOTW' and comment soon... right now am working on reposting the PS/SS section of the 'Series Read-along' thread, and am in that mindframe only. My system is posting the chapter notes/summary on its own followed by that chapter's comments. All the chapter notes/summaries posts will be linked in an index in each book's first post. (It's just like how I reposted the 'Pre-DH Movie Read-along' thread.) So, I'm having to do some skimming through the posts to see where chapters start and end. Halfway through PS/SS. I can't wait til I get to actually read some of these reposted threads. Which reminds me... Mona, how's rereading the
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Verity Weasley Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:47 am
I do say so myself.
I don't think we'll have enough posts for Fudge to return to his voting point. The ad campaign and a closing narrative sentence will probably take us to the limit. So, who has a clever political slogan?
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I don't think we'll have enough posts for Fudge to return to his voting point.
The ad campaign and a closing narrative sentence will probably take us to the limit. So, who has a clever political slogan? 19 posts left
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Dr. Filibister had no chance ... against... ready for that slogan... who's got one?
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against me. The campaign slogan
Ideas (if nothing better comes up):
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FUDGE WON'T BUDGE ON THE
I used caps, since we're already in italics.
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