Well then, it’s been over two weeks since the last Harry Potter book came out, so I won’t feel bad about discussing it a little bit. I’ll be nice, though, and place my kinky dreamings about Snape and his cane below the fold. Don’t click it if you don’t want spoilers.

Still here? Excellent.

I have two things to discuss.

1. OK, fess up. Whose book falls open on the page 245 of the British edition, which has the following lines of dialogue:

‘What happened to Ginny and the others? The ones who tried to steal [the sword of Gryffindor from Snape’s office]?’

‘Oh, they were punished, and cruelly.’

I know I’m not the only one who was unduly excited by this episode, even if the punishment itself turned out profoundly disappointing.

2. I think it’s really time for the first batch of fan-fiction of Snape’s year as the supposedly evil Headmaster of Hogwarts. Anybody seen any yet?

Surely, he had to cane people for their own good, if only to save them from being Crucioed by the Death Munchers. I really need some fanfics of that pretty soon.

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