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No. 957: What could have been...

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What could have been...

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=957

Strip by: Ilmo, Kaiju

{scene: a dark underground corridor. Harry, Ron and Lockhart are all three nervously staring at something}
Harry: There it is, Ron...
Harry: {offscreen} ...the Chamber of Egrets!
{a gate with the Slytherin snake on it. Beyond it are several egrets doing egrety stuff}
{scene change: J.K. Rowling's HQ. Rowling (Holly) is writing on her computer}
Delkin: Yeah, you know, it just doesn't seem to work...

The author writes:

Warning! Long annotation ahead!

Script by Ilmo, pics by Kaiju.

Panel 1: Yes, that's supposed to be Gilderoy Lockhart. According to the book, he was really wearing a hat at the time. His cloak is tattered because I don't have any other cloaks. Harry and Ron are from 76428 Hagrid's Hut: An Unexpected Visit. I would have had Ron in uniform from a different set, but it seemed odd to have him wearing one and Harry not, so it was mufti for both.

Panel 2: Egrets come from Pngtree, Vecteezy and PNG Mart. I built the gate myself. Knew that Slytherin seal would come in handy!

Panel 3: The photo on the left is of Godric Gryffindor, J.K. Rowling's unambiguously favorite Hogwarts founder. The Chocolate Frog card obscured by Delkin's head depicts Nicholas Flamel, maker of You-Know-What. The books on the shelf are supposed to be Philosopher's Stone and... I don't know what the other one could be. (Officially it's Tasha's spellbook from 71047 Dungeons & Dragons Minifugures.) Malleus Maleficarum? Necronomicon? Supernatural World? An IKEA catalogue? You decide.

Also, is it just me or do Holly and Delkin talk to each other a lot?