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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?
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[identity profile] tamlane.livejournal.com 2013-10-23 10:32 am (UTC)(link)
Pretty sure that's just a contrivance for the sake of smut.

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[identity profile] kate34books.livejournal.com 2013-10-23 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
It is definitely fanon, there was quite a bit of sporking about it at this one fanfic community I followed.

However, I can see where people would think that. After all, Prefects do get certain perks of their position such as the Prefects bath. So people might think Head Boy/Girl get even better perks.

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[identity profile] chelseyb10.livejournal.com 2013-10-23 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Plot convenience, usually for the sake of smut, most often found in Dramione. That pairing needs all the help it can get to get off the ground.

[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] nutmeg-44.livejournal.com 2013-10-24 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
I don't recall it ever being in canon. I don't think it's a boarding school thing either. It's a cute incentive for doing well in school, though. I think it's just a plot device, especially when the plot involves teen sex. A private room makes for convenient shagging. I admit I use it as a plot device too but I think it's just a ficcers thing.
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