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Dirty Frank posted:
America's definition of liberal is pretty much the opposite of the European one you have listed here. Republicans i.e. Conservatives are all about big industry and keeping the government out of our business, etc.
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Dirty Frank posted:She paints a dim view of fascist governments, the idea that no government can do good, is a liberal failing. which shows how the word liberal means such different things on each side of the atlantic. I think a lot of JK Rowling's politics stem from her time as a struggling single parent which is directly linked to perhaps her most outspoken political acidity - opposing David Cameron's plan to incentivise marriage. I would say that Rowling seems to target bureaucracy eroding and corrupting institutions more than strictly fascism, although there are definitely extremely obvious parallels to the erosion of civil liberties in a response to terrorism. It'd be interesting if any of the current issues with the NHS would have leaked into Potter if she were writing them today.
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Apr 14, 2012 00:43
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Dirty Frank posted:I suspect both are retarded. You have mastered an understanding of every political system ever, pretty much. In America "liberal" doesn't have a single definition, because it generally means "agreeing with the Democratic Party," whose opinions are so varied it's impossible to classify them as "pro-freedom," "pro-big-government," "progressive," or anything like that. For example, they're generally referred to as the party that's for big government, but they generally oppose war, which is a large part of our government spending; they also generally oppose taxes, because everyone generally opposes taxes, which obviously isn't very pro-big-government of them. I don't know much about British politics, but I'd bet it's pretty much exactly the opposite of the British meaning of "liberal." Also, "Libertarian" is more like American "conservative"/British "liberal" than American "liberal." It's all hosed up.
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Apr 14, 2012 09:04
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Pottermore is open for everyone now.
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Apr 14, 2012 09:17
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Blodskur posted:Pottermore is open for everyone now. As soon as I saw that announcement through MuggleNet on Facebook, I was there. I do have some worries as others have complained about how boring it is after a day or two of exploring. SkullStar19783 for me! I got to choose from quite a few good names, I was surprised. But this sounded the most badass. Edited to Add: A couple of more thoughts about Harry Potter. One: What is the implication of wizarding birth control? You have a big school like that with both genders basically living together, you're going to have teenage sex. Two: Who are we kidding? Had Snape lived, he would have hated both of Harry's sons. And before you say, "Well, his youngest son has the middle name Severus"--he wouldn't have been called that if Snape hadn't died. I doubt Snape would have shared his memories with Harry had he lived. I mean, you can tell that the eldest son is a little poo poo already and he's even named James Potter II. bean_shadow fucked around with this message at 14:19 on Apr 14, 2012 |
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Apr 14, 2012 13:41
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bean_shadow posted:I mean, you can tell that the eldest son is a little poo poo already and he's even named James Potter II.
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Apr 14, 2012 17:18
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I always find it annoying when people bitch about the characters in YA fiction being little shits. To me, it would be much more surprising and unrealistic if they weren't.
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Apr 14, 2012 17:23
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PT6A posted:I always find it annoying when people bitch about the characters in YA fiction being little shits. To me, it would be much more surprising and unrealistic if they weren't.
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Apr 14, 2012 17:41
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SunFirebolt7119 reporting for duty, though I'm still annoyed that we can't pick our name and are "assigned" to protect our poor selves.
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Anya posted:SunFirebolt7119 reporting for duty, though I'm still annoyed that we can't pick our name and are "assigned" to protect our poor selves. But... but... WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!?  That's the entire point of being assigned names - so Pottermore moderators don't have to chase down usernames for being inappropriate and possibly even HARMFUL TO TEH CHIDLRENS ONOES 
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Apr 14, 2012 20:38
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Joined as the rather evil sounding BloodSnitch29665.
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Apr 14, 2012 21:51
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JinxCentaur23370 here! I wondered what a jinx centaur would look like, so I GISed it and got this as the first result: I hope I get to change my username soon!
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Apr 14, 2012 22:35
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daggerdragon posted:HARMFUL TO TEH CHIDLRENS ONOES Ugh, this mindset kills me to no end. Has anyone figured out how to wave a wand during a potion, because this is driving me crazy right now.
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Apr 15, 2012 04:45
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Does anyone have any idea when Chamber of Secrets (and all the others) are going to be unlocked? Because I've been through Philosopher's Stone twice now, and the site has completely run out of things that are interesting.
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Apr 15, 2012 08:14
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I'm a Hufflepuff! I honestly expected to get into Ravenclaw because I'm smart and lazy, but I have to admit that I do care more about being good than being wise. V V
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Apr 15, 2012 09:38
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Pththya-lyi posted:I'm a Hufflepuff! I honestly expected to get into Ravenclaw because I'm smart and lazy, but I have to admit that I do care more about being good than being wise. V
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Apr 15, 2012 10:33
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I'm sure it's interesting reading other stranger's results but yo wassup girl check out my unyeilding 10 3/4 inch Hawthorn with Unicorn core. EDIT: "Hey Szmitten, what's up?" "Nothing, I'm just....Slytherin'  "
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Apr 15, 2012 14:02
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My wand is Elder with unicorn core, ten and three quarters inches, unyielding. House is Ravenclaw (I figured I'd be in Hufflepuff). Pet is a brown / grey tabby cat. I'm sure most people chose owls. Anybody choose a toad?
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bean_shadow posted:My wand is Elder with unicorn core, ten and three quarters inches, unyielding. I have a Harlequin toad (  ) and a hazel wand, ten-and-three-quarter inches, slightly springy, with a phoenix feather core.
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Pththya-lyi posted:I'm a Hufflepuff! I honestly expected to get into Ravenclaw because I'm smart and lazy, but I have to admit that I do care more about being good than being wise. V I thought people would put in randomly according to what House needs more people? What are the stats now?
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Apr 15, 2012 17:25
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Got a 123/4 inch unyielding sycamore wand with unicorn hair core, a Siamese cat, and just got sorted into Ravenclaw. Pretty sure I just won Pottermore.  Seriously though, I'm a little ashamed at how into this I'm getting. Punished Chuck fucked around with this message at 03:45 on Apr 17, 2012 |
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Apr 15, 2012 18:33
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I was honestly more excited about my wand than my house. Holly and dragon heartstring, yeah.
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Apr 15, 2012 19:49
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Do the other books unlock if you own the e-versions of them?
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Apr 15, 2012 20:58
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Azubah posted:Do the other books unlock if you own the e-versions of them?
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Apr 15, 2012 21:05
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In hufflepuff as SkullBludger30473 12 & 3/4 in Maple with pheonix feather core, supple. I listed shorter than average height too. Toad here, represent.
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Apr 16, 2012 04:28
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In as FlameCloak18780 the GRYFFINDOR. :3 Wand is Laurel and Dragon Core, 14 inches, pliant. Echoing the "oh god i am embarrassed how awesome this is" sentiment. Also, friending everyone on this page so far. I was so skeptical of this stuff, too, when it took so long to open. "Pff, who cares?" For now, at least, this has been worth the wait.
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Apr 16, 2012 05:02
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Pottermore is doing a great job of illustrating how horribly tedious and finicky potion creation is.
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Apr 16, 2012 05:32
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Blasted through the first book since I didn't really have anything else to do today. It was pretty fun as just a silly thing to waste time on, hopefully the second book doesn't take too long to go up (although judging by how long it took to open to the public considering it was originally supposed to in October, I won't get my hopes up). I enjoyed the ending parts especially, things like finding the right key and finding the Philosopher's Stone being dependent on (or at least greatly aided by) having actually read the books. Also really liked the element of kleptomania that the Harry Potter series desperately needed. Hope you don't ever need that copy of Quidditch Through The Ages, Hermione. 
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Jesus H. Christ posted:In as FlameCloak18780 the GRYFFINDOR. :3 Wand is Laurel and Dragon Core, 14 inches, pliant. What's up Gryffindor buddy? Just got sorted into my house under FeatherWild3604. Wand is 10 inches, Ebony, Unicorn core and slightly springy. White cat pet, no regrets! This is actually fun to whittle away some time with during the day.
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Apr 16, 2012 06:47
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Sorted into Ravenclaw  I'm also probably not gonna read the new book. It sounds boring.
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Ohgod, sorted into Slitherin. I don't even know how I feel about this. I was kinda hoping for Ravenclaw.
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Apr 16, 2012 16:38
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Site's buggy and overloaded again I guess. Oh well, too bad, I'm still in Hufflepuff, now there's like 16 million house points or something.
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Fourteen-inch, black walnut, unicorn hair. Unyielding. And it sent me, my ginger cat, and my massive, unyielding black rod off to Slytherin. Just as I'd expected. I've never been super-duper into HP but I am a sucker for a) quizzes, and b) author's commentary, so this site is pretty sweet for me.
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I read through most of the new information on pottermore yesterday, and what stood out the most is how autobiographical McGonagall's back story is. There's an obvious case to be made for Hermione being Rowling's self-insert (as well as Harry himself), but McGonagall is essentially Rowling's idealized grandma self, and no-one ever knew.
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reflir posted:Sorted into Ravenclaw I don't know, it's definitely not a PEW PEW MAGIC LASERS AND DRAGONS sort of exciting like Harry Potter, but I think it could be really good if she keeps the same kind of charm and wit she wrote HP with. I'll probably end up picking it up.
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reflir posted:I read through most of the new information on pottermore yesterday, and what stood out the most is how autobiographical McGonagall's back story is. There's an obvious case to be made for Hermione being Rowling's self-insert (as well as Harry himself), but McGonagall is essentially Rowling's idealized grandma self, and no-one ever knew. Yeah, McGoogle's story made me mist up for real (  ), but you can tell that she put a lot more thought into it than in some other characters' write-ups (e.g. Quirrel).I also enjoyed Vernon and Petunia's back story. I can just see Vernon at the breakfast table, shaking out his Daily Mail and complaining about these drat wizards spending his tax money on newt eyes and leeches and all that other rubbish 
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I think my favorite bit of behind-the-scenes trivia is that the Patil twins were originally the Patel twins. I wonder what made her decide that an "i" works much better than an "e?"
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PhoenixBludger30069 (lol). Redwood and dragon wand, 12 3/4", unyielding. Sorted into Slytherin, but I really wanted Ravenclaw.  More than anything, I'm enjoying the artwork. Dueling is kind of fun, but I pretty much sailed through book 1 not knowing book 2 isn't out yet. Ugh, just get me to PoA already!
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I signed up this morning, got the first confirmation email but didn't get the second one "inviting me to explore pottermore" or whatever. How long did you guys have to wait? I wonder if it's overloaded already...
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Mine took almost 24 hours after I confirmed my account. From what my other friends have said, that seems to be the average.
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