[Report This]Date: 03/31/2007 10:57 pm Title: Chapter 1
01-06-2007 03:49 Rated 10
JK ROWLING!
[Report This]Date: 03/31/2007 10:57 pm Title: Chapter 1
01-04-2007 13:49 Rated 10
Wonderful puzzle! And "muse" got me thinking in the right direction. The chess player is the third of the three fates, I think, the crone, who cuts the thread of life.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fates
"The three witches encountered by Macbeth on the heath, addressed as the Weird Sisters, are compared to the Three Fates. ... They likewise have forbidding appearances (beards), and appear to determine the fates of all individuals. Even Granny Weatherwax from Terry Pratchett's Discworld are loosely based on the Moirae."
[Report This]Date: 03/31/2007 10:56 pm Title: Chapter 1
01-04-2007 07:21 Rated 10
VERY creative and interesting story! While it's all too obvious who She is, my inclination is to guess that Ron's mysterious chess partner is the Immortal Muse herself -- especially considering that she claims to have played (and to be playing) a critical role in what happens to Ron and his friends. (If I really must be specific, I would guess that she's Calliope -- the Muse of epic and/or heroic poems and stories.) I have to admit, however, that I'm a little confused as to exactly why the Immortal Muse has apparently allowed herself to go so far to seed as to let her hair and clothes get dirty...
[Report This]Date: 03/31/2007 10:56 pm Title: Chapter 1
01-04-2007 04:48 >
Here's a page of artwork that fits this story (I love finding art that matches the stories I read!) - It's by cugami, "Left Behind: you'll never see him at the front"
http://www.livejournal.com/users/cugami/1046789.html#cutid2
It's obvious who "She" is, but not having read Prachett (if the character is from his universe), I don't know who the cigar smoker is.
(The pink crocheted stole is probably a hint, but it couldn't be Umbridge. Bellatrix comes to mind, but she wouldn't have used a lighter instead of a wand. Also, she would have to be someone with narrator-like omnipotence... Could she be Mary GrandPre: "It’s one thing coming up with how you all should look alike, but actually seeing you all together is something other entirely." Or Metamuse, perhaps?)