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I'm sorry, but I've tried to be patient and wait for something useful to come out of this, and each answer just brings new questions and confusion. Angela, you just aren't making any sense. Your story hasn't fit the hard facts Headmistress McGonagall has given us. To this very moment we can't get even the slightest indication of what you were doing out last night, and don't tell me you weren't, they didn't find you petrified in bed, they found you near the entrance to the Gryffindor Tower and took you to the nurse. As for the camera, if you were petrified in the hall and taken to the nurse, how would you even know about it being broken, it wasn't found with you. No, none of it makes sense and it's all we've got to go on for the day, I'm afraid. If you aren't Death's Hallowed, you're certainly helping them by being so hard to believe. Vote: Burman / Angela Weasley

This forum now has an entirely new skin. Dragon's Den? I have no idea what you're talking about.

Angela, I still don't think you're being completely honest with us, though I can't tell if it's from fear or evil intent. If you have anything that can clear your name or at least restore some of our faith in you, I'd suggest you tell us before it's too late. I have resisted voting so far because I haven't seen specific evidence, but lacking anything being presented today to give us a clear decision, I may reluctantly go along with the crowd. They make some convincing arguments, or more specifically, you make some weird contradictions that concern me. If you are afraid of public exposure, you can certainly kick a pigeon messenger in my direction, but you definitely need to do something to shed some cleansing light upon this dark situation.

It certainly sounds reasonable. At this early stage of things, either side could have thought you were a risk and used their powers to prevent you from doing anything. They may have chosen you simply because you're a Weasley, either suspecting that after a line of good ones, one might go bad, or that after a line of good ones, you would be a powerful foe, depending on their side. I certainly hope it's the latter and you can be of some important help in this situation. No, I'm not anything that important or directly helpful. Since Angela was taken to the hospital, her recovery would be due to the work of Brigelda Hearth the nurse. Based on what the Headmistress said, she has made a full recovery, so we can at least take some comfort in that fact.

Miss Weasley does seem a bit confused about the specific nature of the spell that hit her, but I don't think that's an automatic sign that she's being less than truthful with us. Angela, just try to answer the questions you've been asked and maybe we can sort out this matter. We seem to have very little to work with today, so it's only natural that we're going to be interested in the situation and if you aren't completely open with us, some people may jump to the wrong conclusions. I mean what I said, despite your errant use of the language, young man. I have the ability to illuminate some of the evil around us within my mind. It hides behind shadow and fog and while I can't identify it, I can measure it. At this point, I am not certain that my results are accurate, mostly because I expected something different. I have a feeling that it's trivial to the Death's Hallowed as our knowing their specific numbers doesn't seem like it could hurt them, but one uses the limited means at their disposal and can only hope it's helpful at some point. I would like to think that we are all doing that, but so far, there isn't much evidence of it. If anyone is still unclear on this, they may come to my classroom for further discussion. My Private Classroom.

That's troubling since it means you aren't in full control of your own actions, or you want us to believe that you aren't. Either way is bad. I expected at least one more, myself. It could mean that my spell was interfered with, which would indicate that we face some very strong magic. I plan to attempt it again at some point, but won't say when to avoid tipping off any potential interference.

Whoever killed the 'impartial' did us all a favour, so personally I'd like to thank them. I hate supposedly neutral people, they aren't neutral at all, they hate everyone and kill without care. Poor Oraman suggested we all stay in then went against his own recommendation and died trying to protect us. His name will always be remembered as brave and true. He was a good friend to this institution and to each of us. Did anyone learn anything that they feel safe in sharing? We clearly have to take a stand at some point and start voting, but so far, nothing is indicating where our votes should be directed. My personal experience last night wasn't particularly meaningful. I had the feeling that there were 4 evil spirits actively working against us. I assume that hasn't changed unless the impartial counted as one of them. I may try to determine that again tonight, if better alternatives don't arise.

Excellent. Oh yes, of course, we're all hard at work here. *hides the mojitos* Yep, working hard. It's a fun little toy.

Are you using the RTE (rich text editor)? I've never heard of this (or the different fonts with one problem) before, so maybe it's that? I don't use it, so I'm not overly familiar with it. Is there stuff going on with the new board? I was under the impression that everyone had adjusted pretty well at this point and it was just little things left to get used to.

It seems fairly certain that this first day will close without a decision, and honestly, I think that's perfectly reasonable given the lack of evidence. As part of the faculty here, I feel that it is my responsibility to try to protect you from both danger and your own potential mistakes. Tonight is very important, as all nights will be until this scourge has been stopped. Use your powers and possessions wisely and together, we can defeat the forces of evil before they destroy us. Pay attention! The things that are said and done should lead us to enlightenment we need to get this job done. Trust no one without proof. Sadly, this institution has been infiltrated by the very powers we oppose, that means we're all suspects until we can prove otherwise. Don't be afraid. Fear is one of their weapons, and of all of them, it's the one most easily defeated if you don't allow your emotions to take over. Control your anger. Anger, like fear, clouds the mind and leads to incorrect assumptions that can only hurt us. Be careful out there tonight.

They do look a little freakishly strange, but there's certainly no crime in using them. Personally, I'd like to find an easy way to salvage the hats off the 4+ pirates for ... Fabuland Pirates! Fabuland is a perfectly acceptable 'oversized' figure line, so don't even start on them or you'll feel my wrath. I tend to avoid bananas in my MOCs.

Right. 1 set, not expensive, but a unique example of a part in an odd colour. Now that the price and lack of rarity has been covered, let's go for how to use them. Personally, I'd use them as display weapons in a shrine or some kind of weapons display. Otherwise, they could possibly be 'magical' or in some other way specially forged as opposed to typical weapons. They're basically the Ninja equivalent of KK2 broadswords in freaky colours, you've got to be really creative to make good use of them. If you have a creative use, maybe you could post a pic?

Who?

You may want to take a look at the Eurobricks Reviewer's Academy as a start. I'm not sure there's a huge need for a LEGO Review blog out there, but if there was, I think it would work best if it featured the best and newest reviews (not always the same thing) as found across all of those Brick sites on the net. Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing some comics, alternate builds, and goofball randomness as well.

I must agree that it would be unfair to judge too harshly based on those who have an errant family history. If the administration felt that their children were potentially dangerous, they would not have been afforded admission into this fine institution. Wisdom tells us to examine each and every one of us based solely upon our own present actions, a distraction into the past can serve no purpose except to further cloud the issue. Crud-oh! Haha. Oh my, what just came over me?

Happy Halloween! Or not. Stupid thing tried to take over all the other skins in the process... Still, I couldn't see losing it, so Halloween_Old is now in the list.

It's also why EB Default SE even appears in the list, it can't be disabled from the menu without disabling all of it's children in the process. Would you like it very generically skinned? I can do that fairly quickly with an old banner and one of my existing skins.

I don't think we disabled that, I think they took it out completely. I'll look into it, I wouldn't mind seeing that return as well.

Let's see where I stand ... I won't modify official parts through painting, cutting, bending, melting or whatever, but I will brasso print off things that would otherwise not be good enough to use. A good example is the white bicorne with black printing that I turned solid white or the drawer full of faded torsos I keep just in case I ever want a blank one. I have never printed and applied a decal, but I've made hundreds, both official and original designs and colour variations. I must not be too morally opposed, or I'm like the drug dealer who never samples his own poison. I might use some of those faded torsos one day to make figures that TLG skips in the SW line, but not until they stop making them (which will be never, if they think the way I think they do). I've bought a few things from the various 3rd party parts makers, but have never really become excited about any of them. On the other hand, if one wanted to send me samples, I'd probably devote an entire episode of EB News Presents to them. So again, I must not be too morally opposed and I'll sell out cheap. I love parts in colours they aren't supposed to be in, but only official parts officially produced. Paint is the third most offensive thing I see out there (the first being chroming, don't even get me started on that and the BL price guide and ... GRRRRRRR and the second being cutting). I think it's less because of the act and more because I'm sick of "here's my custom clone trooper" displays where the figure has one new line painted on it. Crookedly. Bottom line... I'm not likely to get overly involved in any of it directly, but I can appreciate a good looking custom. Does it stop being LEGO at some point? Sure, there's a line, but I'm not exactly positive where it is, though I always know when I see it. Mmmm, contradictory.

The electric monk was from the always delightful, though not Guide related, "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency."

A wise and fair decision, no doubt, but at this point I am not seeing the evidence I would need to make an informed decision of that sort. I would like to invite those amongst us who are attuned to the nature of things to work diligently to investigate this situation and attempt to lead us in the right direction. Taking what we know so far, I must admit a certain suspicion of the staff as I would imagine that we are the most powerful, but at the same time, i would like to think that we are also the most mature and not the sort of be easily swayed by the kind of evil that is clearly at play here. Naturally, I welcome anyone to look into my personal life as necessary. Personally, you have my word that I will do all I can to help protect us from further damage, and I do feel that my powers are sufficient to have a positive effect in that area, as I am sure are many of yours. If we think logically and work as a team, we can defeat this evil, I know it. Eyes and ears, people, eyes and ears!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYRz5_rnSo0

Sure, but if he can only see the first post over and over, will he see your reply?

There are alternatives to waiting for 10 posts to PM... show a pic of something that interests an Admin and get a small but instant promotion to Lady, which opens up your PM box. PM sent.

Very nice! As a purist at heart, and naturally a lover of all things Adamsian, I am automatically thrilled to see these, and not at all surprised to find that they're from you. (and don't worry, they'll give us a brown eyed girl eventually... ) You know what I'd love to see? An electric monk.