In canon the Marauder's Map shows all four classrooms, so there's a basis for students knowing the location of other classrooms. Plus, there's interhouse dating.

 

You meant common rooms, yes?

 

But there aren't multiple copies of that map and how many students actually know about it?

Inter-house dating/friendships makes sense.

Thanks all who cleared that bit up. Anyone want to take a stab at the rest of it? Besides Voldemort just being totally bat shit crazy?

 

Because generally we like to read about Harry. And most fics featuring Harry take place during his school years. If Voldemort doesn't attack the school, we aren't going to see much of him.

 

Woman Vs Women. How is it that some authors can't seem to tell the difference between singular and plural? How does 'We spoke to a women' make ANY sense at all? :facepalm I can understand it if English isn't the first language but come on! I've been seeing this from authors that I *know* are native English speakers! It's no biggie if it's a simple typo but when it shows up constantly throughout the whole piece, then the author needs to go back to grade school assuming they're not there already. :fire

 

Their are worst spelling errors then you're example. You should of known that.

 

You make me cry, KrzaQ, even if your just trolling.

 

Oh yes, please excuse me.

 

Uh, yeah, just because /Harry/ doesn't know where all the common rooms are and how to get into them, well, that doesn't say much. I mean, we *are* talking about Voldemort here.

You know, the guy who not only found the Room of Requirement but the Chamber of Secrets, something thought to be merely a legend even *after* he opened it.


So no, I don't think old Tom was somehow ignorant of the location of the Hufflepuff Common Room.

 

Not warning of se/prequels. I just started reading something, and in an Author's note three chapters in (and at the end of that chapter), the author says "oh, by the way, those of you confused by what's going on - go check out the first in the series. You can find it on my page".

So I go and check, just to see if the first fic is short enough for an evening read. And find that I was reading what was probably the sixth, as all her summaries mention the same OC surname. But not any order.

 

sort by date published and then read in order

 

That'd normally work, but not always. Some authors with long series I've found, have got them published out of order for one reason or another. Usually either the fic got deleted at some point, or they went through to edit or rewrite bits. But the end result in them being out of chronological order.

 

They didn't see Buckbeak being killed but that is a minor problem. IMHO JKR invented an impossible paradox where Harry saved himself and Sirius from the Dementors. How can anybody save himself after being "dead" through the Dementor's kiss.
The typical paradox is where somebody goes back in time where he either removes his own existence or the reason he goes back in time.

IMHO JKR completely lost her marbles there.

 

It makes perfect sense, because at no time did Harry receive the Dementors Kiss. He saved himself before it happened. His going back in time and saving himself didn't change the past, because there exists no version of the past where he didn't get saved by himself.

 

It's kind of "garbled," but yeah I'll have to agree with it because that's kind of right on the money...

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Unfortunately I need to go back to an earlier post (and risk a horrible flaming!)

I know I’m playing the same tired old note on the same tired old banjo but; T3t says “Soul Bonding” is canon… And I’ll accept that as canon because he’s a total badsass.

However what I can’t accept, is the fact that so many random arseholes (like myself), seem to find it difficult to prove the veracity of this statement…

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Quote it, or link me to the additional material, because I'm essentially an ignorant cretin

 

A piece of Voldemort's soul is embedded in Harry, and they share a connection as a result of that. That's pretty clearly a soul-bond.

 

Therefore Voldemort/Harry was born and the fandom collectively facepalmed.

 

I think my IQ has dropped about 10 points from exposure to all the dumb on display in this thread.

 

Yeah, but I wrote "two" shitty stories using this concept as a feckless joke! I mean 'Cum On! that's lame in the extreme.

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Not that I'm insulting your obvious reasoning.

*awkward smile*

 

How many years have you been under this mistaken impression?