If the Epilogue had been longer....

[heidi]

JKR tells more about what she thinks happened in the characters' futures



Government Stole My Toad For The Win! Just goes to show that no matter how definitive JKR sounds in her website postings, sometimes the characters force her to change her mind. Or she just heard the ship name and thought it was adorable?

And yay for Hermione the Lawyer.

But, um.... is Ginny working? At all? Has she ever? Because I kinda really hope so.....

Comments

[shocolate.livejournal.com]

I am just so happy for the Neville/Luna - especially as it is the only ship name I ever liked!

I'd hope that Ginny is working - but she only answered about the Trio.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

I have placed my Govt Stole My Toad mug on my desk in a place of pride and recognition!

: sticks collection of glitter pens into it

[lizardlaugh.livejournal.com]

SWEET! I got a little giddy when I saw that. Awesome, awesome ship. Definately best ship name EVAR.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

It really is! And given what happened in DH, I am sure that the government really *did* try to steal Neville's toad! And you just know that Neville and Luna did everything possible to protect him until he got a wonderful little sleeping space in the Room of Requirement, and even got flies to eat, which did annoy some of the girls, but Neville and Trevor were pretty good about keeping them in his terrarium-zone.

[mmichelle.livejournal.com]

OMG NEVILLE/LUNA. I love that you were just posting about this the other day, and I'm SO glad she changed her mind. *glee*

[mmichelle.livejournal.com]

also, I am intrigued by the possibility of an HP encyclopedia.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Me too! Sometimes, characters take on a life of their own! Heee!

[12-12-12.livejournal.com]

Harry and Ron completely revolutionize the Auror Department = FOR THE WIN.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

I think I need to get folk to redo this icon as LEGALLY HERMIONE.

[casirafics.livejournal.com]

Neville/Luna yay! ...really, I'd have coherent comments about Ministry reform and all that, but I seem to be turning into a shipper after all, and Neville/Luna yay!

Ahem. ;)

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

I actually am in love with the fic potential as re Ministry Reform. Damned law degree!

But first, yes, much N/L SQUEE.

[ani-bester.livejournal.com]

See, and people got mad at me for not taking things JKR says outside of the book as canon.
This is exactly why. ^__^

I'm amused that even she culd see shippy content she dind't intend *L*

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Also see: Grindlewald, Not Actually Dead pre-DH

[ginsu.livejournal.com]

Of course, since

(1) Neville is a Hogwarts professor, and
(2) Hogwarts professors always lead celibate, unmarried lives

it seems peculiar that

(3) Neville and Luna could ever pair off

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

#2 is fanon, not canon.

READ THE BOOK! :D

[ginsu.livejournal.com]

Oh, hey, I asked you for confirmation on #2 just yesterday. You could think of no exception. It's remarkable that Rowling has never supplied one example that either of us can name of a Hogwarts prof with a spouse.

I have to admit GSMT is a pretty good ship name. Though I also like Goodbottom.

[fuel-for-flight.livejournal.com]

Maybe she's running Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes with George? Or FOR George, if he drank himself to death after Fred's passing, which I suspect may have happened. And which makes me sad.

Someone suggested that Percy would take over Fred's role, but I'm not so sure. Percy's not very imaginative. I can't see him coming up with the Crazy Hornet Bomb. Ginny, on the other hand, seems to be well suited for the job.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, I love that. I would *love* for their to be a gen-fic Ginny's Career fest because there's so much nifty stuff to play with!

[trinity_clare]

Yay Neville/Luna! See, JKR, your characters really do have lives of their own outside your Master Plan!

Also, this is what I imagine happening after the interview:

Lexicon people: OMG our canon is closed and once we get everything updated we're DONE! *cheer*
JKR: "...encyclopedia."
Lexicon people: Well, shit.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

I talked to Steve about it today and he is just amused.

[trinity_clare]

I think JKR should ask Steve to edit the encyclopedia so he can fix all her math before it even gets published.

[our-innocence.livejournal.com]

Ginny's probably off doing miraculous, magical things that would put Hermione to shame. We just never get to actually see her do it cos, you know, she's Ginny.


Sorry. Residual bitterness towards She Who Must Be Sparkly is seeping through again.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Meep, I noticed. I really wish there had been a chance for more Ginny in this because, yeah, still a bit of a cipher compared to, say, Dean. Alas.

[our-innocence.livejournal.com]

I dunno. I don't see Ginny as an engima. She's more like Molly Weasley lite with a little bit of the twins mixed in. I guess I always saw her as a bit, well, boring.

[goldie-black.livejournal.com]

Oh, they'll fix Ginny up nicely for sure in the DH film....

[miriammoules.livejournal.com]

Ginny - pro-Quidditch player with the Harpies, according to today's chat :)