Luigi
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Post by Luigi on Dec 22, 2003 22:33:29 GMT -5
Blase Zabini was only mentioned once, wasn't it? What's the big deal about it?
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Post by MambaduMal on Dec 22, 2003 23:59:37 GMT -5
He's in lots of fanfics, at any rate... I think Dean deserves more recognition in both the books and movies... it was mentioned in one of the books that he was artistic, and that interested me... I'd like to see more of him around  |
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Post by DariaSquagromie on Dec 23, 2003 10:30:47 GMT -5
Blaise is in a lot of fanfics? Humm, that probably explains why I've never read any.
I was just wondering why JK would Sort a kid in Harry's year into Slytherin and then never mention him again, as Slytherins get almost as much notice as Gryffindors. So, basically, my question was, "Where did he go?"
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Post by Luigi on Dec 23, 2003 17:30:26 GMT -5
Ever here the phrase "stock characters"? A lot of kids are sorted and never heard from again, just to add to the obok. There are stock characters (Blaise, etc), upper class stock characters (stock characters with lines) (Dean, Justin, etc) secondary characters (Dobby, etc) middle class secondary (Sirius,etc) uppest class secondary (Hermione, etc) and THE main character.
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Post by DariaSquagromie on Dec 23, 2003 22:28:17 GMT -5
Well, yes, I have heard of stock characters, of course. I'm just one of those people who likes to think that they have lives, too. (Yes, I do feel sad when the extras die in movies.)
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Post by trish on Dec 26, 2003 1:34:27 GMT -5
You know in the fifth book, when they are looking at the thestrals, and only Harry, Neville, and a skinny slytherin boy could see them. Personally, I would like to think that that slytherin boy is Blaise, just so he has some character to him. He is definately a forgotten hero. Probably not a stock character, though. Something about him makes me think he will play a bigger role in future books. Rowling VERY RARELY just puts something in for nothing or just to fill up space.
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Post by Luigi on Dec 26, 2003 12:49:36 GMT -5
But sometimes she DOES. I suppose the qull Hermione got at the friggin' quill store in OotP will have some magical link to Voldemort...Sometimes authors need to fill up space, and sometimes the rabid fans jump all over the scene like maggots on meat.
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Post by Indistinguishable Blob on Dec 26, 2003 16:16:07 GMT -5
True. People will freak out over a doorknob, if she mentions one.
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Post by Luigi on Dec 26, 2003 16:25:25 GMT -5
lol!
I've seriously seen people like this:
"OMG!!!!111111 HEDWIG IS MENTIONED IN BOOK 1, 2, 3, 4, 5!!11111 OMG! WUT CUD DIZ MEEN?
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Post by Indistinguishable Blob on Dec 26, 2003 17:01:08 GMT -5
Exactly. Sometimes people just seem to want to believe that everything has meaning/purpose/that JKR would never, under any circumstances mess up.
She's just a writer, she'll have plot holes and filler things.
Where is Blaise mentioned, anyway? I know I read about them quite a bit in fan fics, but I can't for the life of me think of where this person came from. Meh.
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Post by Shaffuru! on Dec 26, 2003 17:18:39 GMT -5
As far as I can remember, he was just the last first year to be sorted in PS... he might have been mentioned in OotP, though, maybe. (I don't know why I bother replying... I don't knowwhat I'm talking about.)
I don't like how some fanfic authors make Blaise a girl... well, there's no proof he isn't, but it bugs me some.
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Post by trish on Dec 27, 2003 1:52:37 GMT -5
Blaise could be a girl?? *jumps like maggot on rotten meat* HARRYS NEW GIRLFRIEND, OMG DEFINITELY!
Seriously though, I sort of thought Susan Bones was a stock character until the 5th book. I am just hoping maybe he is not. I don't know why. Slytherins usually get bunches of negative attention if they are particularly evil...so even if he is not a forgotten hero, he is not as evil as Pansy Parkinson.
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Post by DariaSquagromie on Dec 27, 2003 12:25:36 GMT -5
Yes, Susan has shattered my vision that Hufflepuffs are all filler extras. Haha, sort of kidding. I guess. Humm, the only this that bothers me about people thinking that Blaise is a girl is the fact that Blaise was a male name. Errlack. The French.
I forgot about that Slytherin boy who can see thestrals. He's interesting. (In a sort of only-alluded-to-once way.)
Blaise Zabini is just a cool name. Heh.
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Post by Woe on Jan 16, 2004 3:11:47 GMT -5
what about Eloise Midgen?
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Post by Mental on Jan 16, 2004 3:47:15 GMT -5
who's he
must have been fogotten
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