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* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Generally averted, but one of the older half-blood boys is implied to be a brony when he uses the Room of Requirement to create Ponyville -- more than fifteen years before ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' premiered.
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Generally averted, but one of the older half-blood boys is implied to be a brony when he uses the Room of Requirement to create Ponyville -- more than fifteen years before ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' premiered.
** [[Rouge Angles of Satin]]: The story is lightly sprinkled with word choice and spelling errors, and a few things that look like spell checker miscorrections, such as a reference to the Killing Curse that calls it the "Davao Kendra", and an instance of what is clearly supposed to be "Skrewts" becoming "Setscrews".
* [[Rouge Angles of Satin]]: The story is lightly sprinkled with word choice and spelling errors, and a few things that look like spell checker miscorrections, such as a reference to the Killing Curse that calls it the "Davao Kendra", and an instance of what is clearly supposed to be "Skrewts" becoming "Setscrews".
** At several points ShayneT misspells "Scrivener", the last name of the girl into whose body Taylor was inserted, as "Scribner".
** At several points ShayneT misspells "Scrivener", the last name of the girl into whose body Taylor was inserted, as "Scribner".
** Also played with: Taylor's narration intermittently refers to Millicent Bulstrode as "Mildred" well into their second year, and it would appear to be an authorial error like "Scribner" above, until there's a point where Taylor actually addresses Millicent as "Mildred" and gets corrected; later Taylor corrects ''herself'' in the middle of an [[Inner Monologue]].
** Also played with: Taylor's narration intermittently refers to Millicent Bulstrode as "Mildred" well into their second year, and it would appear to be an authorial error like "Scribner" above, until there's a point where Taylor actually addresses Millicent as "Mildred" and gets corrected; later Taylor corrects ''herself'' in the middle of an [[Inner Monologue]].
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** Her animagus form is a [[w:Ampulex dementor|Dementor Wasp]]. In-universe it is as-yet undiscovered and she gives it this name, but in the real world was named as a Shout-Out to ''Harry Potter''.
** Her animagus form is a [[w:Ampulex dementor|Dementor Wasp]]. In-universe it is as-yet undiscovered and she gives it this name, but in the real world was named as a Shout-Out to ''Harry Potter''.
** When she receives a potted moly plant as a Christmas gift from Neville, she blurts out, [[Shazam|"Holy moly!"]]
** When she receives a potted moly plant as a Christmas gift from Neville, she blurts out, [[Shazam|"Holy moly!"]]
* To ''[[The Princess Bride]]'' in chapter 116:
** To ''[[The Princess Bride]]'' in chapter 116:
{{quote|"Even you can't face Voldemort," she said. "He's almost as good as Dumbledore."
{{quote|"Even you can't face Voldemort," she said. "He's almost as good as Dumbledore."
"I can't beat him in a fair fight," I said. I looked at Harry. "But what's the first rule?"
"I can't beat him in a fair fight," I said. I looked at Harry. "But what's the first rule?"
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