Enervate: to deprive of vigor, force, or strength; to render feeble; to weaken

[rotae]

*appropriate icon is appropriate* XDD

DUDE. So, I've been given The Forbidden Forest (Chapter 15 PS/SS) as my chapter for the HP Art Project, and I was just double checking heights and looks and stuff of Harry, Hermione, Draco and Neville, because that's who I'm drawing... and...

Did anyone realise that JKR said Neville is BLOND?!!

Ms. ROWLING: [...] Now, to me, Neville's short and plump and blond, but that's what's great about books. You know, she's just seeing something different. People bring their own imagination to it. They have to collaborate with the author on creating the world.

0.o WHUT?!

I HAVE BEEN SO BRAINWASHED BY THOSE MOVIES, MAN. LOLOL. I was SO SURE he was canon brunette. Srsly.

Oh and I was watching some M*A*S*H* the other day, and Colonel Potter (no less! LOL) said, "SILENCIO!!!" at one point!!!!!!!!! OMFGGGGGGG GEEK OVERLOAD XDDDDD

I swear these Chinese gymnasts are four years old, man, srsly. LOLOL.

Peace,
Rotae

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[fernwithy.livejournal.com]

I swear these Chinese gymnasts are four years old, man, srsly. LOLOL.

Heh, no kidding. Sorry, but there are body and facial changes that come with puberty, and most of them haven't gotten there. Even slow development of curves isn't going to change the facial progression! (I don't know if you get any of our commentary down there, but Bela Karolyi was on with Bob Costas, and just said, absolutely matter-of-fact, "Oh, yes, of course, half the Chinese team is underage, but you can't prove it, so oh, well." He's against the age restriction in the first place and respected the team, but he just basically said, "Duh. Who do they think they're kidding?") It would be petty for another team to complain, and the time for the IOC to do it is over. I wouldn't want a medal that we'd only have by disqualifying the best competition, anyway.

JKR never described Neville as blond in the books, and the quote seems to imply that she doesn't care that much, so if you want a brunette Neville, I think it would work.

[rotae.livejournal.com]

I didn't realise it was a controversial issue until I googled it after this post, LOLOL. I didn't know there was an age restriction either 0.o I don't think I'd mind if there weren't an age restriction, but I haven't thought about it at all, so that might change, haha :D What do you think about it?

Yeah. I thought that too. But I'm sending this to JKR, so I'd like it to be as close to her vision as possible :D And I'm a blasphemer in the HP community in that I really couldn't give a tinker's toss one way or the other about Neville, so I don't care. LOLOLOL XDDDD

Peace,
Rotae

[fernwithy.livejournal.com]

I think, to some extent, that they need to start aging the sport up, or give up and call it "girls' gymnastics." On the other hand, obviously, there's an advantage to being young.

Of course, the younger ages favor totalitarian countries with sports machines that pick up three year olds and start training them, so they're at their peak at thirteen or so. Take a country that can't enforce this and doesn't have the authority to just grab a kid, and training will start later. (This isn't just because the government can't do it by fiat--there's a different culture, which says that children perpetually have a choice, and toddlers don't have a naturally great attention span. By the time they're school age, we're more willing to say, "Hey, stick with it," but even then, we're more likely to let them out if they feel like it.)

My bigger problem in particular is that, arbitrary rule or not, some teams are following it and others aren't. Maybe we left a really talented thirteen-year-old at home. Maybe Japan did as well. Which means that China was using its entire resource pool for talent, while we restricted it.