Re: The name death eaters

Louis Epstein wrote:
BubblyBabs <newsgroups_at_bubblybabs_dot_com@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: <dcanlon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message : news:94980862-dbd1-4b43-a624-0f1ada36496c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
:> Now that the canon is complete, did we ever find out why they're
:> called "death eaters?"
: : I always hated that term... Sounds stupid to me... I thought I read : somewhere that JKR initially thought to call them Knights of Death but don't : know how true that is... That sounds more majestic to me but I guess they : aren't supposed to be majestic, are they?
: : Babs

"Knights of Walpurgis",I think...I agree the name "Death Eaters" sounds
silly!

Calling anything that doesn't have even an old, abandoned tradition of wearing armor, let alone the habit of wearing it now, by the name of "Knights" of anything, is rather silly.

"If you're the Knights of Walpurgis, where's your armor?"

"Armor? We don't need no stinking armor!"

Right, then. Who can think of a cooler name for V's organization than JKR did? I think Order of the Serpent works better.

Regards,
John
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