[MrHappy_J]

(Original post by TheSownRose)
You're assuming that Harry's year of Gryffindors is a typical year.

Magical incidence may not be constant; it could be that the numbers of witches and wizards born between September 1st 1980 and August 31st 1981 was unusually low - don't forget, there was a war going on, people may not have been so keen to have children.

You've also assumed that the students are equally distributed amongst the houses, which there is no evidence for. There may have been an unusually low number of courageous first years that year, and instead they all went to Hufflepuff (because there always seems to be a huge crowd of anonymous Hufflepuff students hanging around, which kind of makes sense when you consider it's the loose-ends house.)



Why did I write that so seriously...?

lol

Harry Potter is serious business and should not be taken lightly :

[SophiaKeuning]

(Original post by Reagan Smash)
It is mentioned when you learn all about McGonagall.

Spoiler:

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She commuted from Hogsmead for a short time when she was married

But I think that there are a lot more characters per year than are named by JK Rowling. I think in the third book where the Gryffindors are with the boggart there are about three more changes of boggart mentioned than would be neccessary for the 8 that are actually named (Harry, Ron, Seamus, Dean, Neville, Hermione, Parvati and Lavander) which would suggest there is at least three more characters in their year in Gryffindor who are never mentioned by name. So I guess it is plausible that there are 1000 students but we only hear about the important ones.

Yeah, we only know the people that Harry bothers with.

This has totally got me into a Harry Potter mood, think
I'm gona read some after the exams.

[XxelliexX]

(Original post by MrHappy_J)
oh cool. yeah i didn't take that to mean that all teachers live in hogsmeade but that would make sense.

wow i never would have thought of that!

what house are you in? the hat put me in slytherin.

I signed up for pottermore yesterday and the hat put me in slytherin too! I was a bit surprised at first but then I realised that slytherin is definitely the best house to be in I had always pictured myself in ravenclaw but now I see that slytherin is actually pretty accurate, lol And today I've been reading some fan fiction where harry gets put into slytherin, it's really interesting! http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3736151/...r_Be_Slytherin

[Reagan Smash]

(Original post by MrHappy_J)
oh cool. yeah i didn't take that to mean that all teachers live in hogsmeade but that would make sense.

wow i never would have thought of that!

what house are you in? the hat put me in slytherin.

No the teachers stay in Hogwarts but I think if they have families or whatever they can commute and live in Hogsmeade. I got put in Gryffindor! That means we're mortal enemies now I think?

(Original post by SophiaKeuning)
Yeah, we only know the people that Harry bothers with.

This has totally got me into a Harry Potter mood, think
I'm gona read some after the exams.

haha nice! I've been re-reading them the past couple of weeks, currently nearing the end of the fifth one.

Umbridge

[MrHappy_J]

(Original post by XxelliexX)
I signed up for pottermore yesterday and the hat put me in slytherin too! I was a bit surprised at first but then I realised that slytherin is definitely the best house to be in I had always pictured myself in ravenclaw but now I see that slytherin is actually pretty accurate, lol And today I've been reading some fan fiction where harry gets put into slytherin, it's really interesting! http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3736151/...r_Be_Slytherin

Ditto, I had my heart set on Ravenclaw before I entered but the hat put me in Slytherin. It's definitely the place to be! I dunno why i thought i'd be in raveclaw anyway since I'm not smart

oh cool ill read that tomorrow.

[MrHappy_J]

(Original post by Reagan Smash)
No the teachers stay in Hogwarts but I think if they have families or whatever they can commute and live in Hogsmeade. I got put in Gryffindor! That means we're mortal enemies now I think?




haha nice! I've been re-reading them the past couple of weeks, currently nearing the end of the fifth one.

Umbridge

haha yeah. I've been pressing F5 at the great hall since this morning, my the competition is tough!

[aqua123]

(Original post by XxelliexX)
I signed up for pottermore yesterday and the hat put me in slytherin too! I was a bit surprised at first but then I realised that slytherin is definitely the best house to be in I had always pictured myself in ravenclaw but now I see that slytherin is actually pretty accurate, lol And today I've been reading some fan fiction where harry gets put into slytherin, it's really interesting! http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3736151/...r_Be_Slytherin

I love HP fanfiction!

[XxelliexX]

(Original post by MrHappy_J)
Ditto, I had my heart set on Ravenclaw before I entered but the hat put me in Slytherin. It's definitely the place to be! I dunno why i thought i'd be in raveclaw anyway since I'm not smart

oh cool ill read that tomorrow.

Slytherins are smart too! It's just our intelligence is more like cunning than simple book-smartness like the ravenclaws' We actually put our intelligence to use rather than just using it to get good grades... we use our wisdom wisely
Plus we have snape
The ravenclaw's motto is "Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure"
And ours is "Slytherin will help you on your way to greatness"
I'd rather be great than witty any day, what's the point of wit if it doesn't help you be great?? That's the type of thinking that makes me realise slytherin is the best house for me, lol

[XxelliexX]

(Original post by aqua123)
I love HP fanfiction!

I've never actually read any before, but I'm really surprised at how well it's written! This bit had me laughing for ages:

Severus stood in front of the Common Room entrance and took a deep breath, set his most ferocious scowl upon his face, and shoved the portrait open. Angling his arms, just so, he achieved his famed bat-like movement, robes billowing gracefully behind him. It had taken more time than he cared to admit to perfect that move.

lol!

[Kenan and Kel]

There's bigger loopholes to worry about in the HP series.

[aqua123]

(Original post by XxelliexX)
I've never actually read any before, but I'm really surprised at how well it's written! This bit had me laughing for ages:

Severus stood in front of the Common Room entrance and took a deep breath, set his most ferocious scowl upon his face, and shoved the portrait open. Angling his arms, just so, he achieved his famed bat-like movement, robes billowing gracefully behind him. It had taken more time than he cared to admit to perfect that move.

lol!

ROFL! Gotta love Snape! I discovered the HP site around 2 years ago, and have been reading fanfiction ever since I prefer reading fics with HermionexDraco pairings, because they are just hilarious

[XxelliexX]

(Original post by aqua123)
ROFL! Gotta love Snape! I discovered the HP site around 2 years ago, and have been reading fanfiction ever since I prefer reading fics with HermionexDraco pairings, because they are just hilarious

OMG that is so cool haha, I know what I'm doing for the next four months until uni reading fanfiction! loool!

N'aw, it would be quite a cute pairing though:



But what about ron?? Maybe he'll settle for harry...

[XxelliexX]

(Original post by Kenan and Kel)
There's bigger loopholes to worry about in the HP series.

Yes, like this:

[aqua123]

(Original post by XxelliexX)

But what about ron?? Maybe he'll settle for harry...

It does sound likely though!

[Hype en Ecosse]

(Original post by XxelliexX)
Yes, like this:

Not a loophole. Fred and George are just good guys.