Toujours Pur

[salinea]

The House of Black fangirl in me has just been blown away :

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/MTarchives/week_2006_01_22.php#008301

it is the Black Family Tree, with a portion of the names showing in a photo. Readers will remember of course, that we learned of the tree as it was on the tapestry at Grimmauld Place in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Tony writes:

"There are several familiar names visible, including Callidora who married a Harfang Longbottom. Her sister Charis who married Caspar Crouch. Intriguingly there is a Dorea (1920-1977) who married Charles Potter and had one child, a son. The time frame seems to be consistent with them being James' parents. "

And I can also see a Violetta Bulstrode, a Herbert Burke who married Belvina Black and the infamous Arcturus Black married to Lysandra Yaxley. The aunt Elladora whose charming tradition regarding House Elves Sirius mentionned also figures on it ^^

I love this family. I love having all those new names to play with ♥

Comments

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Glad it's of us ! Harry Potter is fun that way, the past has so much resonnance over the current event of the story. It's really all those dark, twisted, festering, shadowy things in the background that makes it worthwhile.

It will be a welcome diversion from discussing current political and economic events, which have dire implications when seen against historical cycles of 72-80 years in length.
Link ?

[darksumomo.livejournal.com]

Glad it's of us ! Harry Potter is fun that way, the past has so much resonnance over the current event of the story. It's really all those dark, twisted, festering, shadowy things in the background that makes it worthwhile.

Yes, there is a rich, deep backstory that goes back nearly 1000 years, to the founding of Hogwarts--and that's only for the British Isles. What about the founding of Beaubatons and Durmstrang? And what about the Wizarding World outside of Europe? The unfolding of this world parallel to that of us Muggles could occupy fandom for decades!

FWIW, I know one girl who is recasting the characters of Hikaru no Go as Onmiyo mystics and setting them in a Japan that is closed off from the rest of the Wizarding World (In her view, Commodore Perry only convinced the Muggles; the Japanese Wizards were less than impressed).

It will be a welcome diversion from discussing current political and economic events, which have dire implications when seen against historical cycles of 72-80 years in length.
Link ?

For the main page of the website:

http://www.fourthturning.com

For an explanation of the theory:

http://www.fourthturning.com/html/fourth_turning.html

For the framework of the generations and cycles for the Anglophone world:

http://www.fourthturning.com/html/exploring_history.html

For the forums:

http://www.fourthturning.com/html/forums/

I'm registered there under two names: Vince Lamb '59 and The Pervert.