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lightofdaye ([personal profile] lightofdaye) wrote2013-10-23 09:58 am
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But where do hp fanficcers get the idea from that the Headboy and Girl get their own personal rooms from? It's something I've seen quite a few times but I can't remember anything like that in canon? Or are boarding schools really like that.

Or is it just a plot convenience?

[identity profile] luna-plath.livejournal.com 2013-10-23 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't remember there being any reference to it in canon. Normally when I see a plot device like that it's a sign of a poorly constructed story--you see it sometimes in James/Lily fic as well.

As for when/where students would be most likely to do it: empty classrooms, on the grounds if it's warm enough, in Quidditch locker rooms if they're on the team, those prefect bathrooms, and I'm sure there are students who try and make out in quiet sections of the library. Plus, the girls can go into the boys' dorms, so you would just have to find time when all the other roommates would be out doing something.

That's all I can think of but I'm sure there are other places. With a school full of teenagers it must be happening somewhere.

[identity profile] luna-plath.livejournal.com 2013-10-24 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
If you were behind the bed curtains with a silencing spell that could guarantee a degree of privacy, but it could still be really awkward if a friend came looking for you and tried to open th curtain lol