Quote:True enough.
Well, the Malfoys have shown time and again that they aren't above taking cheap shots,
Quote:There is that, but it's probably more because Rowling intentionally based the entire Hogwarts Experience (now wouldn't that make a great name for a band? "Ladies and Gentlemen -- Harry Potter and the Hogwarts Experience!") um, anyway, Hogwarts is based on the classic English private boarding school. You can certainly find enough examples in films and books for comparison.
got more of a private school feel from it, but I suppose that's colored by the traditional image of the hermetic mage squirrelled away teaching magic to his apprentices.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.