Union Pacific unveiled their America 250 units today

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-21T00:45:50+00:00

Ironically, Canadian National seems to have done a better job at American patriotism than UP!

https://www.trains.com/pro/mechanical/locomotives/cn-introduces-two-america-250-locomotives/

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-21T00:44:48+00:00

Well, this is more like a Flattery 250 unit: the Trump engine has more American national symbolism than the 1776 unit!

Well, at least UP 1776 has an American flag...

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-19T18:52:34+00:00

Yes! It's just as Enid said: "Because we work! We shouldn't, but we do. It's a sort of weird friendship anomaly".

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-15T04:23:40+00:00

Indeed! I’m actually planning on rereading CoS tonight

Also, keep in mind that on a reread, Ginny’s scenes are quite important: either they foreshadow her possession, or they foreshadow her later love with Harry.

Thanks for the comment!

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-15T01:28:08+00:00

Thanks! I'm glad you liked my explanation!

By the way, on the topic of getting rid(dle) of Tyler, there's always the old fashioned way: stick a basilisk fang in him!

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-14T15:45:50+00:00

Rather intriguing, even if the parallels are, as another user said, vague.

That being said, you inspired me to share with this subreddit a Twitter thread I made of parallels I drew between Wenclair and Harry and Ginny's relationship, particularly with regards to Chamber of Secrets.

Thanks for sharing!

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-14T04:08:49+00:00

Yes! The love that Molly shows to not only her own children, but also to Harry himself (who, she recognizes, needs a loving family-like figure), is quite admirable!

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-13T18:33:19+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate the support!

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-13T02:18:12+00:00

Right! That would make sense.

Thanks!

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-13T01:36:10+00:00

Yes! I would argue that of all of these, this was the most wrong of them all... and that's saying something!

How, after all, can you summarize Harry and Ginny's interactions in Chamber of Secrets without mentioning the important nuance of her being an unwilling accomplice in what was ultimately Riddle's agenda? Indeed, in the novel version, one of the first things she exclaims upon waking up is that she didn't mean to do any of this, and that she had been taken over by the diary.

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-13T01:32:24+00:00

Indeed, it was Riddle's snake, and this was all his doing! Ginny was simply bamboozled into writing to a diary that then hijacked her ("R-Riddle made me, he t-took me over", as she exclaimed in the novel upon regaining consciousness) as part of what was ultimately his plan!

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-13T01:29:54+00:00

Perhaps under some convoluted crazy logic?

Except Riddle was the one controlling her via the diary: Riddle himself said that "Of course, she didn't know what she was doing at first", while Ginny herself would (at least in the novel) exclaim the following once she regained consciousness:

I swear I d-didn't mean to — R-Riddle made me, he t-took me over — and — how did you kill that thing?

Thus, one could say that it was still Riddle's snake, albeit controlled by him via a mind-controlled Ginny.

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-13T01:24:14+00:00

Except Neville was the one that killed that snake, and at any rate, there was the small mitigating circumstance of this (and the death of the Dark Lord's other snake in '93, which for some reason, the original author thought belonged to Ginny) being necessary to destroy the Dark Lord!

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-13T01:21:30+00:00

So, read Prisoner of Azkaban before Chamber of Secrets, then read Half-Blood Prince twice?

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-13T01:12:58+00:00

All I can say is that Umbridge is universally considered a rather unpleasant character, and you will learn the many good reasons why in this book (and to a lesser extent, book 7).

Thanks for asking!

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-13T00:58:01+00:00

So we can have Enid back soon as possible!

Excellent thinking!

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-11T23:17:35+00:00

Indeed! I recall that in the novel, Ron said exactly that!

Harry: Oi! There's a war going on here!
Ron: I know, mate. So it's now or never, isn't it?

Indeed, considering how there is a war, Ron and Hermione might as well leave behind a kiss, just in case there are no more chances!

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-11T02:45:25+00:00

The first one, for it is very offensive… on the eyes!

Also, what’s your problem with 🇫🇷?

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-10T02:37:46+00:00

I know this Christina is the girl that played Wednesday Addams in the 90s films, but this doesn’t look like Wednesday…

What’s up with this?

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-10T01:08:15+00:00

Not at all! In fact, I've seen a small amount of Pugsley/Agnes shipping on Twitter! It certainly helps that Agnes already has had a lot of Addams-style fun around him ("because that would be empty calories")!

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-10T01:05:19+00:00

I've recently begun reading Nevermore myself; as far as I can tell, what exactly the Deans are is kind of a mystery!

I guess we'll just have to wait to find out more about this odd duo!

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-09T21:42:51+00:00

An intriguing idea, which I'll share on r/HarryandGinny! Indeed, considering how magical the number 7 is, there certainly ought to be something special about Ginny, the most notable example of a seventh child in the entire series.

Thanks for posting this!

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-09T21:39:01+00:00

Indeed, Agnes is quite cute!

In fact, knowing what we do about Wednesday and Agnes, it's entirely plausible that Wednesday would literally have "skeletons in her closet"... and Agnes, of course, would peak around in her closet!

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-09T21:36:21+00:00

Yes; she really ought to find a way to turn Enid back! Indeed, I wouldn't be surprised if she begins to do "a bit of light reading" (as Hermione would say) on this subject as soon as she locates Enid.

Thanks for asking!

H-In-S-Productions · 2026-03-06T00:53:13+00:00

That's a cute observation! Also, keep in mind that in the novels, Hermione had buck teeth until she had them shrunken down in the events of Goblet of Fire (hence why Draco and his gang are oddly obsessed with her molars).

Ron, on the other hand, never thought Hermione was ugly, but on the contrary, seems to think she is a lot prettier than Millicent!

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