In comparable teen years Vespiir is about 18, which puts her on a par with Kerry, a year behind Ham-Boy, Danny, and FA, and 960 years behind Gaz - or 5 years ahead, depending on how you count it.

Other teen characters of around that relative age include the Harpers, Fetish Lad, Uuukelele, Liu Xi Xian, Koodi, Kid Produce, Glitch, and Artemis. lder by a year or two are Captain Courageous and Laurie Leyton. Younger by five or six years are Sam Featherstone, Mags, Griffin, and Salieri Meng. I'm not sure where you'd classify Asil, Tandi, Anna, or Hallie but they're generally accorded adult status by their peers.

I do expect a change in Juniors status quo at the end of this storyline and a changed line-up of young characters. I've got a line-up of either six or eight in mind depending on how ruthless I'm feeling at the time. Not all of them are people I've listed above.

I've also pretty much locked down who I want in the LL but I'm holding off to allow last minute input from some folks I think would want to have their say like Hatty and the Shoggoth - and especially L!







The books do offer more rationalisation for it, including proper explanations of "a mother's love - the oldest magic," and how wands created from matched phoenix feathers can have strange resonant effects when locked in combat with each other.




Some of the books are rather anticlimactic too, and most suffer from an expository chapter once the action is over. My take on them is that there's some fascinating stuff in there but Rowlins desperately needed an editor who was willing to challenge her, to cut stuff for pace, and to demand plot points were properly pursued and accounted for.




I don't recall any reason, no. I guess magic can be screwy.




Good stuff. Now would be the time to stake your ambassadorial claim with judicious stories and reposts setting that status quo out too.

Finally, I tried to write to you re Hallie yesterday - and to check if you had picture reference for certain characters - but Comcast bounced my e-mails back as spam. If you do have any thoughts re Hallie in the LL or wish to convesy how badly you want her there then feel free to communicate; I'll try and find ways or responding.