In case anyone wasn't sure...

[teaberryblue]

liret just called to inform me that she saw a copy of DH that was accidentally put out early in a bookstore.

It is in the New Haven Train Station, if anyone wants one.

And in case anyone wants to know for sure whether the carpet copy is real,

It is.



PS: MAJOR SPOILERS IN COMMENTS.

Comments

Re: Quick question, not looking @ other comments, but dying to know if you do know and bought a copy

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

Lupin dies. Mad-Eye vanishes and presumably dies but it's up to speculation and Hermione remains convinced he didn't.

Re: Quick question, not looking @ other comments, but dying to know if you do know and bought a copy

[mariye.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Poor Lupin... kinda figured that'd happen though.

Re: Quick question, not looking @ other comments, but dying to know if you do know and bought a copy

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

No problem!

I've already made myself MOODY LIVES icons that I'm going to start using once the book is actually released :-D

mariye don't read this comment because it has more spoilers/details

[ariesathena.livejournal.com]

See, I thought Mad-Eye was pretty much a given (for the deceased list, I mean) after the whole Ministry/eye thing? I don't remember, was Hermione expressing doubts before or after that discovery?

Re: mariye don't read this comment because it has more spoilers/details

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

Before, but I still think he's alive.

Because, dude, he's Mad-Eye Moody. If you're Mad-Eye and you want people to think you're dead, what's the best way to prove it?

Re: mariye don't read this comment because it has more spoilers/details

[finchburg.livejournal.com]

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist.

Re: mariye don't read this comment because it has more spoilers/details

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

HELL YES.

It doesn't hurt that I am the biggest Moody fangirl known to man.

Re: mariye don't read this comment because it has more spoilers/details

[finchburg.livejournal.com]

:) That quote came to mind immediately after reading that comment.

I can't wait for sorting next term. It is going to be really interesting to see how things change now that people have been able to see the entire story arch.

Should we add a question that asks if they have read DH?

Re: mariye don't read this comment because it has more spoilers/details

[ariesathena.livejournal.com]

We used to have a question on the app just asking if they've read all of the books, but I don't know if it will come back. The app will go through some revisions before the next term starts, I'm sure and depending on when sorting restarts there may be some sort of spoiler policy regarding applications. We were open through the release of HBP and it was definitely interesting.

Re: mariye don't read this comment because it has more spoilers/details

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not a fan of that question, because we had so many people who would squib ANYONE who hadn't read the last book yet, even if it was clearly people who couldn't afford the hardback or people who were new fans and found us around the fourth or fifth book. Squibbing someone because of something they'll amend in a couple months when the squibbing is permanent just kind of sucked to me.

I think just asking members not to spoil in voting comments is a better way to go.

Re: mariye don't read this comment because it has more spoilers/details

[ariesathena.livejournal.com]

As with many things in H_E, it was a question that started out well and then became problematic when we got some of the erm...perhaps a little overzealous members into the community. I don't support its return, but we might end up coming up with some sort of "If you have not yet read Deathly Hallows, please indicate as much at the top of your application and members will refrain from mentioning spoilers in the comments" policy, at least for a while. Although the initial apps we're going to get are actually going to be ones in the queue now - pre DH, so that will give us a little buffer at least. Maybe. I suppose I should probably talk to Noah about this and figure out what we're going to do.

Re: mariye don't read this comment because it has more spoilers/details

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I think most of the members right now have gotten way cooler about not sorting people based on weird rules that they make up in their head but I'm sure we can all think of a few whose names I won't mention in a public post :-P

Re: mariye don't read this comment because it has more spoilers/details

[ariesathena.livejournal.com]

And really I'd probably be depressed if they all went away because then I wouldn't have any more inspiration for my sorting rants! I do love my sorting rants...

Re: mariye don't read this comment because it has more spoilers/details

[ariesathena.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha, fair enough. Personally I'm in the "I WANT THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE BODY COUNT IMAGINABLE!!!" camp, so I'm pulling for him being dead. :)

Re: mariye don't read this comment because it has more spoilers/details

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

He says with him alive, the body count would be even higher. ON THE OTHER SIDE.

Re: mariye don't read this comment because it has more spoilers/details

[ariesathena.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha well yes, but you know me and my love for the evil guys. We need more dead good guys, damnit! War is bloody!