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@Steffyss, it'll do that until...a long time. o.o So don't worry about it...
And it generally only does that to your own account, too.

@xuebiii, wow, interesting insight! But the main similarity between Lucius/Brutus and Lucius/Riddle really is just the name. Malfoy follows Riddle because the pureblood purging goes along with his beliefs. Lucius follows Brutus because he's a slave, and doesn't have much of another choice. Also, I'd say that Cassius in the Lucius/Brutus situation is the guy who really knows what he's doing (while Brutus is the runaway puppet) but Riddle in the Lucius/Riddle situation is in power and control the whole time. Well, besides the whole less-than-a-ghost thing, but let's ignore that for now. Another thing is that Brutus is all honorable and like, let's not kill anyone we don't need to. But Voldemort's goal isn't for the "good of the people" (like Brutus') it's for the good of the purebloods, of which he isn't even one. (It's also based on a prejudice, which carries on to Malfoy).

Wow. Aftering thinking about that, I wish our teacher would ask us to compare and contrast Voldemort and Brutus for our final essay. The same way I wish magic existed... -sigh-

Hah it's ok, here, rambleing is good. We like it. A lot. It shows intellegence, or (in my case) the rare moment of clairity that can occasionally surface after spending eons trying to push through my less important thoughts such as Scottie.

Oh! I have a question.
Do any of you understand the HP timeline?
Like, generation-wise.
I'm not even sure if these names are correct, because I probably picked up a few from fanfiction...
I'm assuming that Abraxas Malfoy, Tom Riddle, Hagrid...something..., Eileen Prince, Minerva McGonagall and other teachers (not including Dumbledore) were at school around the same time?
Then the next generation down would be Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Black, Bellatrix Black, Regulus Black, Rodolphus Lestrange, Sirius Black, James Potter, Lily Evans, the Longbottoms, Remus Lupin...etc. Then following them shortly would be Nymphadora Tonks.
Afterwards (about a generation down...let's say 5 years) would be the HP generation, with Harry, Ron, Hermione, Draco...etc.
It doesn't make much sense though.
I'm guessing that Lucius and Narcissa came earlier than Sirius, James, Lily, Remus (etc) because the book never mentions encounters between the two. But Snape was at the time of James and Sirius, and he's connected to Lucius? Here I'm befuddled, because lots of fanfics say that Snape and Lucius are close. >.>
Anyways. Any of you have clarifying comments?

I have a question: I was listening to the newest episode of pottercast today and they discussed what house Umbridge was in. So I'm wondering what house do you think Umbridge was in and why?

For some reason I always viewed her as a Slytherin. She is very ruthless to get what she wants.

You have a rather low outlook on Slytherins, there, hehe. As a fellow Gryffindor, I can't really object too much, but I've always found that house rather intriguing. I've read some interesting fanfiction that centres more on the "driven" and less on the "evil and ambitious" side of Slytherin. To put
Umbridge in Slytherin simply because we dislike her is not too fair to them.

The fact that she is driven and ambitious, however, might put her there. She looks to power and her personal order as her main goal, which would be a rather Slytherin thing. At the same time, I can agree with turayza that she is rather brave in her own, screwed-up way, as well as foolhardy and, as we can be at times, single-minded. Which could, technically, put her in Gryffindor. I don't believe any of the other Houses are even an option. She's too plain dumb to be in Ravenclaw and I doubt her loyalty is the kind that would get her put in Hufflepuff.

...And back to Umbridge.
Truthfully, I think Slytherins are very honorable. They may have 'old' thoughts and beliefs, but there is nothing in them that labels them as "bad". I'll point out the 'bad' stuff in all the other houses. From the Gryffindors, you get the stubborness, the unwillingness to see the other point of view, and the killer bravery. Literally killer. From the Hufflepuffs, you get the people who think of others too much, which screws up their own lives. The Ravenclaws, who are too smart for their own good, and--in a sense much like the Slytherins--will go to great lengths to achieve that little snatch of knowledge. (These are, of course, all my random interpretations) Rowling doesn't give us much about Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, unfortunately. But Slytherin isn't full of evil people. Just...Republicans. Reminds me of Rome.

From PadfootsPet:


Disliking halfbreeds isn't necessarily a Slytherin trait. Though this may come from my fanfic-mixed info, some purebloods in Ravenclaw also showed disdain for people with non-pure blood.
Abusing power doesn't really fit into any of the houses. After all, the Founders chose people for their good traits, not the bad.
Shooting off her mouth when she shouldn't is, I suppose, a Gryffindor thing. After all, isn't that what gets Harry and Ron in trouble so often? Slytherins (I think) have the good sense to wait and judge when to make the knife hurt the most...
She is sadistic. Dunno if that's a Slytherin thing. But I don't think she gets the happiness from Harry's pain. Just how Harry has to bow down to her and stuff. Power-drunk, like.

Perhaps we should say Umbridge went to Beauxbatons. Or Durmstrang.
Have you noticed how, in the movies, all the Beauxbatons were girls, and all the Durmstrangs were guys? o.o It was weird.

Aha! Stef, now I see why you wanted to know if I had GOF. Sorry It's still in Cali. I wish I had it though! Since you, Katie and your boytoy are all online we should so meet up in here.

oh yeah, you'll never guess what I bought a few min ago... Unless Mike told you what I texted him.