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[idiosyncreant.livejournal.com]

I know--the While She Knits posts have become more "occasional" than bi-weekly. Part of this is Fridays are no longer a good blogging day for me, the other part...

Well, I don't like it when there are as many OT posts as there are ones on the books!
It's probably time to do something to reintroduce ourselves, or make up a contest or something. But for today, here's my ON topic While She Knits query:

What are your "prophecies" about coming books in the series? Hopes? Random plot-bunnies?

 and if you must, Add One Non-MWT book prophecy/hope/plot bunny to your list.
Since so many of us have read the same books outside, since we've done so much recommendation swap, that should prove fun.


[For example: Does the Magus get heart-broken when Eddis marries Sophos for love & politics? Does Sophos come back from the dead, having escaped a captive engagement to a pirate queen who rescued him from the Sounisian guerrillas? Does Cassandra Mortmain in "I Capture the Castle" ever hook up with Simon?]

Comments

[idiosyncreant.livejournal.com]

Heh. I get to double-comment, because I provide the example, that's why...

I would like to think:

1) Costis falls in love with the one Queen's attendant (no books to hand to check: Ipheginia or something?) who is watching when he tells Gen to go back to sleep. WHY--there is a bit of actual description of her looks, as if he's noticing her.
Deny it if you will.

2) Something really nice is coming Heiro's way.

3) George Weasley, once he recovers somewhat from losing his twin, marries Luna Lovegood. Why: she's a perfect muse for the crazy and unreal, who better to play straight-man in a joke shop? And I don't care if Rowling had a different pairing in mind for either of them.
I don't know why no one else thinks this, that I've come across. (Then again, I've never been in fic circles; I'm sure it's surfaced there somewhere.)

[lipton-tea.livejournal.com]

Ha. I was thinking the same thing about Costis and the Queen's attendant (Ileia, I think) for the precise same reason. Glad to know I'm not the only one ;).

[idiosyncreant.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's the one, I guess.

Is Iphegenia the goddess in the story? I was just reading that part to my siblings, it must have been the only odd Greek name to hand. ^_^

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Me too! I think they're going to get together. Or they should, anyway.

Hey, me too!

[rosaleeluann.livejournal.com]

Everyone join the Costis & Ileia ship!

;)

[pigrescuer.livejournal.com]

Snap! (On the attendant thing). At the time, I though she might come up later in the book, but clearly she didn't... I'm thinking she will pop up again later, or why would Megan have gone to the trouble of describing her?

On the Luna/George thing - I actually like JKR's pairing for Luna - she marries Newt Scamander's (the author of Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, on their first year reading list) grandson, and they spend their lives chasing fantastic and fictional beasts. :D

[(Anonymous)]

But GEORGE. *weeps for George*

(Oh, I'm sure there was a pairing for him, too. This is one of the few times I've indulged in this sort of thing, though, so I'm sticking to my guns.)

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

This icon--how have I not seen this icon before? This icon is AWESOME.

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

No no no. Clearly, Neville is the quiet, kind, sort of bumbling Hogwarts professor that all the Hufflepuff girls think is just adorable. They continually gossip about how there must be a nice girl out there somewhere to help him not be so absentminded, and oh, he'd be such a sweet husband, etc. etc. etc.

Little do they know that every few months or so Luna stops by in the midst of one of her whirlwind worldwide adventures and they rent a room in the Three Broomsticks and SHACK IT UP LIKE CRAZY MONKEYS. Oh yes. Those little Hufflepuffs' hair would curl (...more than it already does...) if they knew what a little firepistol Neville could be. And then, when the weekend's over, Neville goes back to being a quiet professor, and Luna goes back to chasing Crumple-Horned Snorkacks*.

Yep. That's my canon, and I'm sticking to it.


*note: at this point, I fetched my copy of OotP to look up the name of said Snorkacks, and instead spent about an hour rereading it. Oh HP, never die.

This is my canonical view

[idiosyncreant.livejournal.com]

Whatev.

[I'm fairly demonstrably Hufflepuff, so watch what you say, kiddo--what makes you think we can't curl peoples' hair, too?
[[Granted, my hair's already pretty curly.]]

And what about GEORGE!?
I mean, I'd take him. I'd GO GET him, but that's not the point.

And I think Luna's more into commitment than that, but again...whatev.

[rowana.livejournal.com]

What do you think it is that might be coming Heiro's way? :) I'm thinking she'll get something nice too, but I can't really think of anything, (or anyone), suitable and realistic.

And how is it that there's more Harry Potter talk than MWT talk in the comments? *sigh*

But I'm totally with Jade on the Luna/Neville shacking it up like crazy monkeys every few months scenario.

[aged-crone.livejournal.com]

No; I'm sorry, but Luna marries Draco Malfoy. Because, 1)Both with the lovely blonde hair, and 2)Thinking about it makes me laugh hysterically.

[elvenjaneite.livejournal.com]

Sophos must not die! That my only hope. For the rest, I'm content to see what MWT dishes up for us.

And yes, in my world, because I need happy endings, Cassandra does get together with Simon.

[idiosyncreant.livejournal.com]

Well, my mom thought she did, so I reread it and agreed there was more hope than was explicit. But at first I was kinda crankified.

I mean, it was a great ending. I do not quibble with it. But the hope escaped me the first time through.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I always thought, "Cassandra is really young. She'll get over Simon and meet someone else." And that seemed like a happy ending to me, I don't know. :P

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I have NO idea what is going on with Sophos. I can't even guess.

I also can't guess what use Gen is going to put Costis to.

My only real prediction is that I will be surprised, because I always am with these books.

[rosaleeluann.livejournal.com]

Ditto what sandtree said.

[jesusphreaq.livejournal.com]

I would like book four to be mostly told in Sophos' perspective! Maybe he'll start out in prison like The Thief! xD And he and Eddis should build a relationship. <3 <3 <3 That is all.

My non-MWT hope is that Eoin Colfer would stop writing Artemis Fowl books. They went steadily downhill from book one. I liked the series and he's mangling all that was good about it.

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I MUST DISAGREE WITH YOU HEARTILY ON YOUR LAST STATEMENT.

In a friendly, respectful, all-in-good-fun sort of way.

My hope is that...uh, there aren't too many more AF books? 'cause it seems like he's starting to hit the edge of the road. I think one or two more, max.

[(Anonymous)]

YES! Besides, there is a pattern of all the books staring with someone who is imprisoned or on the verge of being imprisoned.

And I think Gen will drag Costis off to Medea to rescue Sophos and take care of that Mede. That is why he wanted to know if Costis would serve him and his god.

[ricardienne.livejournal.com]

At Eddis and Sophos' wedding, Gen (as King of Attolia) has a chat with Sounis, and Completely And Utterly takes him apart with subtle snarkery and allusions to The Thief and burning up navies.

[rosaleeluann.livejournal.com]

TOTALLY RANDOM AND MOSTLY OFF TOPIC.

Maybe you have a whole bunch of ideas, but a thought just randomly occurred to me... maybe we could have a While She Knits topic be suggestions for future WSK topics?

Just a thought.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Good idea.

And hey, Rosie...DID YOU SEE THAT SHANNON HALE MENTIONS YOU IN THIS POST? (http://oinks.squeetus.com/2008/08/straining-for-t.html)

edit: It IS you, isn't it?

[teacherstories.livejournal.com]

I think Sophos is leading the rebellion against Sounis. I also thing that Gen will have to make a hard choice about Eddis. I'm not certain what it will be, but there was some definite foreshadowing going on in King.

[thelasteddis.livejournal.com]

What, like whether or not to kill her? I heartily disagree. My bet is that Eddis (and probably Sophos - romantic last words!) will die in the Sacred Mountain's explosion. I've got a sort of nebulous fanfic going on that starts like that (except Sophos is already dead, after he and Eddis had a daughter). If you're interested in hearing about it, I can elaborate at the next chat- it's way to long to type on one comment.