paragonpro
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Wow I had no clue the original meaning had been corrupted that badly. Now I feel dumb.
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J.K Rowling Unveils the magic school names for U.S.A, Brazil, Japan, and Africa
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Wow I had no clue the original meaning had been corrupted that badly. Now I feel dumb.
Eh, I don't want to stray this to off topic but I problem accepting that he is gay and to me the story read as if his sexuality had a place in the story, but as a passiv character trait. I'll send you guys a PM if you want me to elaborate on that, so this whole thread doesn't go off the rails.
The name was stupid, and they still can't pronounce it right.
bengraven
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It sounds like a pretentious as fuck school in the north-east US.
I wasn't as into it (since it doesn't sound nearly as cool as Hogwart's) but it fits.
And makes me mad that we'd be much more picky and elite about where our kids would go to school than the English. The Weasley's would be fucked.
Manmademan
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Should just go full troll and have them cast spells using clicks and whistles.
yongeandcollege
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One of these geographic entities is not like the others
Read before complaining.
Big Baybee
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Is she going to write more books? She really should.
There's nothing wrong with literal names. Did you know that Tokyo, translated, means "Eastern Capital"?
Wow, that's a pretty lazy name for a capital city, eh?
Plenty of places have literal names. We just tend to forget, tune-out, or just plain not know their origin.
It's been eight years, dude. Let it go.
I feel like it's pretty much inevitable that she will some day. Heck she's said she has a ton of stories in her head for future books.
Just to spell it out a little better:
In Canada we have a province called Newfoundland. (Typically pronounced "noof'nland".)
It literally means "New Found Land", from the time it was discovered.
When we us the name in everyday conversation, absolutely no one thinks of the literal meaning of the name. It's just a name. With time and repetition, literal meanings tend to drop out of names.
INT. JK'S APARTMENT. LIVING ROOM.
A RAMSHACKLE, DECAYING APARTMENT. IN A DARKENED LIVING ROOM, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED CHILDREN'S AUTHOR JK ROWLING IS BLEARILY SNORTING ENDLESS LINES OF COCAINE ON TOP OF A DISCARDED COPY OF HALF BLOOD PRINCE. A STEREO IS BLARING IN THE BACKGROUND.
SUDDENLY, THE PHONE RINGS. WITH A GROAN, JK ROWLING STUMBLES TOWARDS IT, KNOCKING OVER A GROWING PILE OF PIZZA BOXES AS SHE PICKS UP THE RECEIVER.
JK Rowling: I thought I told you I wasn't to be disturbed!
Agent: Sorry, Mrs Rowling. It's just the people up at Bloomsbury were wondering if you happened to come up with those names for the new magical schools yet?
JK Rowling: (Takes a drag from a cigarette) You fucking what?
Agent: You know, names for new magical schools. Normally there wouldn't be such a rush, it's just you promised to come up with something two weeks ago-
JK Rowling: Oh, right...that fucking Pottermore update. Jesus. Shit, man...I dunno. This isn't exactly a good time. I'm kind of tweaking out here.
Agent: I know Mrs Rowling, it's just that-
JK Rowling: (Putting head in her hands) Alright, alright. For fuck's sake. For the Americans...call their school...I don't know....just throw a lot of consonants together in a makeshift Scrabble explosion. Ivermorny or some shit.
Agent: Ivermorny? What does that mean?
JK Rowling: WHO GIVES A SHIT? THEY'RE KIDS! THEY'LL LIKE WHAT I TELL THEM TO LIKE!
Agent: Yes, Mrs Rowling.
JK Rowling: Then...then...give Brazil a school! Yeah! Fucking Brazil! Call it Castelobruxo or something. Something with castle in it to sound fancy, who gives a fuck. Then...call the Japenese school...oh, what the fuck do I care...call it "Magic Place".
Agent: Well, Google Translate tells me that would translate into Mahoutokoro...
JK Rowling: Perfect. Little shits will eat it right the fuck up.
Agent: Thank you for your time, Mrs Rowling.
JK Rowling: Go fuck yourself!
JK ROWLING SLAMS DOWN THE RECEIVER. AFTER A MOMENTS PAUSE, SHE STAGGERS BACK TOWARDS THE TABLE, WHERE SHE HUNGRILY BEGINS TO SNORT ANOTHER LINE OF COCAINE.
JK Rowling: I AM THE EIGHTH HORCRUX!
A RAMSHACKLE, DECAYING APARTMENT. IN A DARKENED LIVING ROOM, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED CHILDREN'S AUTHOR JK ROWLING IS BLEARILY SNORTING ENDLESS LINES OF COCAINE ON TOP OF A DISCARDED COPY OF HALF BLOOD PRINCE. A STEREO IS BLARING IN THE BACKGROUND.
SUDDENLY, THE PHONE RINGS. WITH A GROAN, JK ROWLING STUMBLES TOWARDS IT, KNOCKING OVER A GROWING PILE OF PIZZA BOXES AS SHE PICKS UP THE RECEIVER.
JK Rowling: I thought I told you I wasn't to be disturbed!
Agent: Sorry, Mrs Rowling. It's just the people up at Bloomsbury were wondering if you happened to come up with those names for the new magical schools yet?
JK Rowling: (Takes a drag from a cigarette) You fucking what?
Agent: You know, names for new magical schools. Normally there wouldn't be such a rush, it's just you promised to come up with something two weeks ago-
JK Rowling: Oh, right...that fucking Pottermore update. Jesus. Shit, man...I dunno. This isn't exactly a good time. I'm kind of tweaking out here.
Agent: I know Mrs Rowling, it's just that-
JK Rowling: (Putting head in her hands) Alright, alright. For fuck's sake. For the Americans...call their school...I don't know....just throw a lot of consonants together in a makeshift Scrabble explosion. Ivermorny or some shit.
Agent: Ivermorny? What does that mean?
JK Rowling: WHO GIVES A SHIT? THEY'RE KIDS! THEY'LL LIKE WHAT I TELL THEM TO LIKE!
Agent: Yes, Mrs Rowling.
JK Rowling: Then...then...give Brazil a school! Yeah! Fucking Brazil! Call it Castelobruxo or something. Something with castle in it to sound fancy, who gives a fuck. Then...call the Japenese school...oh, what the fuck do I care...call it "Magic Place".
Agent: Well, Google Translate tells me that would translate into Mahoutokoro...
JK Rowling: Perfect. Little shits will eat it right the fuck up.
Agent: Thank you for your time, Mrs Rowling.
JK Rowling: Go fuck yourself!
JK ROWLING SLAMS DOWN THE RECEIVER. AFTER A MOMENTS PAUSE, SHE STAGGERS BACK TOWARDS THE TABLE, WHERE SHE HUNGRILY BEGINS TO SNORT ANOTHER LINE OF COCAINE.
JK Rowling: I AM THE EIGHTH HORCRUX!
WrenchNinja
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Really? No Indian or chinese magic school yet?
Vulcano's assistant
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There's no way there isn't a 100 magic schools in capitalists america. Even if each only has like 20 students. Just look at them churches.
As for Brazil, chances are that in reality it would have the name of someone. Something like "Instituto Paulo de Carvalho", (but an actual figure she created rather tha my made up name) just sounds more authentic
As for Brazil, chances are that in reality it would have the name of someone. Something like "Instituto Paulo de Carvalho", (but an actual figure she created rather tha my made up name) just sounds more authentic
Boss Doggie
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Who's to say the church is against magic.
Or at least, wizarding church?
who's to say the pope isn't magical
Or at least, wizarding church?
who's to say the pope isn't magical
That was probably a lot funnier in your head.
Angelus Errare
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lmao! Lost it at 8th Horcrux!
foxuzamaki
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Im actually super pumped at this extended HP lore
I read Rowling's lines in Bill Burr's voice and it worked surprisingly well.
The most hilarious part of the brazilian school being called "Wizard Castle" is that there is NOT EVEN A SINGLE CASTLE IN BRAZIL xD
"Mr Curupira's Institute of Wizard Pratices" would explain the focus on herbology and zoology
Tolkien had LOT of worldbuilding for middle earth outside the lord of the rings books. Unfinished tales, letters, the stuff that eventualy became the Silmarillion ...
Stephen King usualy does these stuff but he eventualy turns them into books (most notable being the dark tower that merged lots of almost non coexisting books)
USA and Brazil are also countries nailed down =P
"Mr Curupira's Institute of Wizard Pratices" would explain the focus on herbology and zoology
Tolkien had LOT of worldbuilding for middle earth outside the lord of the rings books. Unfinished tales, letters, the stuff that eventualy became the Silmarillion ...
Stephen King usualy does these stuff but he eventualy turns them into books (most notable being the dark tower that merged lots of almost non coexisting books)
USA and Brazil are also countries nailed down =P
They are, but they're enormous countries with no specific place mentioned.
DrForester
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Brazil yes, but the North American School isn't stated to be in any particular country, and given it's location it could be USA or Canada.
Looks like a lot of water on the side. Maybe it's behind Niagra Falls.
There are actually quite a few of them, they just aren't necessarily massive structures for the most part.
http://viagem.uol.com.br/noticias/2...stelos-construcoes-vao-do-sul-ao-nordeste.htm
http://quantocustaviajar.com/blog/os-belos-e-exoticos-castelos-do-brasil/
http://www.festanailha.com/fique por dentro/Castelos.htm
One of them will even have a Harry Potter event taking place in it this year:
http://www.castelodecamposdojordao.com.br
foxuzamaki
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tfw your rewatching yu yu hakusho and see this
Boss Doggie
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I just realized muggle is pretty much an equivalent term for normie
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Admiral Woofington
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I love the idea that Chinese wizards and Japanese Wizards, at least now with the assumption that no Chinese school exist, all will likely go to the Japanese school. That's not going to be a war zone of a school at all.
Also I can already see Anime studios asking her for rights to use the school. And then they write it where hogwarts was actually built after the Japanese school, and that the Japanese magic school is actually the best magic school ever and the center of the Wizarding community. And of course the best magicians ever are Japanese now.
Also I can already see Anime studios asking her for rights to use the school. And then they write it where hogwarts was actually built after the Japanese school, and that the Japanese magic school is actually the best magic school ever and the center of the Wizarding community. And of course the best magicians ever are Japanese now.
Muggle isn't an insult, though.
Trojita
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It's Ilvermorny. Not Livermorny.
Easy for a wizard to say.
I detected instant dogwhistle when I read, 'USA, Brazil, Japan, and Africa.'
Like, seriously, pick a fucking country.
Testicular Sound Express
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I love how people have the audacity to act as if they know more about the characters then the author who created them. How the hell do you know if she intended for him to be gay or not. She never really spoke about his relationships in any of the books.
All of the Africa!
Like a mountain range that is on the border of Congo and Uganda?
Chaos2Frozen
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What? You never heard of the Transfer Student from Hong Kong?
I'm almost certain that's not how it works...
Dash_Riprock
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It kinda is.
NipplesAndToes23
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Oh snap, didn't know there was a thread for this.
The lead African school seems like they give Hogwarts a run for their money. They don't rely on wands so that already gives them an advantage unlike England wizards and witches who can't do shit once they're disarmed. Even Voldemort felt that he couldn't do shit without one. It's also common for fourteen year-old Animagus at their school, while Sirius and James were rare exceptions.
Please give me a story about Uagadou.
The lead African school seems like they give Hogwarts a run for their money. They don't rely on wands so that already gives them an advantage unlike England wizards and witches who can't do shit once they're disarmed. Even Voldemort felt that he couldn't do shit without one. It's also common for fourteen year-old Animagus at their school, while Sirius and James were rare exceptions.
Please give me a story about Uagadou.
BronsonLee
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One is a cruise ship that just circles around the Pacific Ocean
The other one is hidden behind a speakeasy in Cambodia
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