I read a fic once which had a Gringotts vault near the center of the Earth. :facepalm

 

Well, the Gringotts entrance doesn't necessarily have to be the first entrance. They could have added more in front.

 

What really happens is that the goblins dig away under the bottom layer and let everything fall down, then build a new layer in the gap created just under the surface.

Or, they're magically making the world expand around Gringotts, making ground appear between Gringotts and the surface which they make vaults in.

 

Why? I mean if you are going that far might as well build on in the exact centre of the Earth or the centre of the Moon that works too.

 

Maybe they have a way of cooling it all down so they aren't suffocated by the heat of the inner earth. Isn't it something ridiculous...like hotter than anywhere on the surface after some small amount of miles deep (far less than you'd think, and only a fraction of the whole way down).

 

Depends where in the earth, but I had a friend who worked in a mine in south africa and its deepest shaft was over 3 miles and it was tipping 70C.

 

Only Jules Verne can do something like that.

 

Ron being Head Boy in most of the fics. Out of all the students at Hogwarts Ron Wealsey is somehow the best candidate to be a Head Boy.

 

Why wouldn't he be?

He has the magical aptitude, he has the real life experience in a society at war to protect others, and he's probably the best choice out of Gryffindor. Neville's just starting to grow up, and Seamus and Dean look to be just your typical 17 year olds. Slytherin is pretty much out, the way Harry's year is written in canon. That leaves Ernie Macmillan, who seems a little full of himself, and a few Ravenclaws that, again, have no real-life experience. And no, making Harry a head-boy is dumb as hell, IMO. If the war's still going, it's the last thing he needs. If it's over, well, it's the last thing he needs.

I don't really see a problem with it.

EDIT: If they're drawn from prefects, there's only three others to chose from. Two if you discount Malfoy: Macmillan or Goldstein or Ron.

Not much of a difference there, IMO.

--and I realized I was confused canon Macmillan with a fanfic Macmillan, but still, that's not a stretch at all to see Ron above those two

Unless you're into Ron-bashing.

 

Any fic that refers to Draco Malfoy as the Prince of Slytherin.

 

EC, I agree with everything you said, and I like Ron-as-prefect since I really really love Ron in general, but I think you skipped a mental beat there. We know Head Boy isn't just from Prefects because James Potter was Head Boy in his year.

Alexx, while it's a shitty phrase, I don't really hate it that much other than the cliche-ness of it all because he really does have the most ... popularity (clout?) out of the Slytherins... at least from Harry's viewpoint, and it's probably true.

I really like the systems in place in Hogwarts so a peeve with fics AND canon is the lack of any mention of prefects who aren't in Harry's year or Percy about 99% of the time, and also the fact that the House Cup is barely ever a factor in canon post year 3, and that most fics gloss over it.

I get that it's not very plot important, but it's part of life at Hogwarts and I really like when stuff is immersive (sp?) and actually talks about all aspects of school life there.

 

I fucking resent that shit. The only one who has the legitimate right to that title is Tom Marvolo Riddle not Draco fucking Malfoy, who is an insult to most Slytherins.

Whenever I visit fanfiction.net it seems there are always loads of fics of centered around Snape, Malfoy, Hermione than around Harry. Are they more popular than Harry or something?

 

Technically, Snape was a 'Prince' in Slytherin.

 

Yes, Alexx. Hermione is generally the character girls identify themselves with. Malfoy tends to be the insert for whatever bad boy they're hot for. Or Snape, I guess, if they're hot for their teacher.

There are variants on these, but it pretty much summarizes a lot of Harry Potter fanfiction.

 

Everyone loves a redemption.

 

How do Harry and Ron react to Hermione/Malfoy or Hermione/Snape in these fics?

 

Probably not very well. It'd reinforce the whole love against all odds shit. Then again, I really don't read any fics featuring Snape or Malfoy, so I'm probably not the guy to ask. I hear Oz loves slash and fics with both Snape and Malfoy. Ask him.

 

They would probably have a chapter where Ron/Harry are shouting at Hermione that Snape/Malfoy are 'evil Slitherinz" when Snape/Draco suddenly sweeps in and wtfpwns them with his superior 'Slytherin Cunning'.

 

:facepalm, enough said.

 

True, and I thought about that when I posted it (or at least the general idea, forgot about James being Headboy). But I think that it'd only be in extreme cases that something like that would happen, since the headboy is over the other prefects.

In James's case, I think it probably had something to do with the war, his saving Snape from Black's trick, etc.

But yeah, it doesn't have to be.

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Long running Pet-Peeve in a new way: Ron bashing.

I've said it now and then around here, but what's really starting to get on my nerves is the way Harry and Hermione treat Ron in Ron-bashing fics. Ninety-nine percent of the time, the author makes one or both of them worse than Ron ever was in canon, turning their back on him and/or never forgiving him for being upset that he thought Harry was lying to him.

What's worse, someone being mad when they think they're lied to (after being told how they'd put their name in the Goblet the night before it was drawn), or severing a relationship the first time someone didn't believe you?

Yeah, way to paint your protagonist in a positive light.