All we know about future installments of the Young Wizards series is the title of the book, "Wizards at War".

My simple innocent question is;

"What kind of war?"

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IIRC: a quote fromm DD was:
"Tense." I thik that was the word she used, though she was really indicating the general tone of the end of Holiday, I think. Nevertheless:
"Tense."
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Mreeeep. Now I'm even more curious.

Though I'm also tempted to respond with "So it's going to be a time-based one hinging on the grammar of the Speech?"

*snickers* No, I believe it was the othermeaning of tense, oh Ye of Silly Grammar...
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We are all of "Silly Grammar"... now I have a headache.

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Aww.
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Nice avatar.

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*shrugs* one with wizards in it....


No, seriously, I think we'll have more clues at the end of Holiday.
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Well, looking back at previous books, a certain solitary figure seemse to emerge from the smoke and dust...

*blinks* Who?
*is puzzled*
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I think Wilf is talking about the Lone Power.

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Well, but that's the point about the LP, isn't it? *is still puzzled*

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I dunno, I think an internal struggle among the wizards might be more interesting (by literary standards), than "All the wizards make a push against the Lone One".

That's a bit too Digimon for my liking...

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Ok, so Wizard's Holiday has Him do "The good deed of a lifetime," right? So what if there's a split in the wizardly ranks, some of them thinking that He's on Their side now, and some of them thinking He's still Their archnemesis!?

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Ok, so Wizard's Holiday has Him do "The good deed of a lifetime," right? So what if there's a split in the wizardly ranks, some of them thinking that He's on Their side now, and some of them thinking He's still Their archnemesis!?

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OK, yeah, that would be... cool... But. Somehow I don't think wizards would actually fight each other... so I find it hard to see how that would work. Uhm. But there will definitely be that kind of conflict. What I'd be really interested in finding out is if the war will be your traditional war, Abroad-style, or if it will be more subtle, Alone-style. That would be a grrrreat question to ask at the next chat (if it ever happens... )
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I think wizards fighting with each other does happen -- but under specific circumstances. Misunderstanding, ritual, or the case of a fallen wizard, perhaps -- other than that, though, I think that it's possible for them to fight outside their function as wizards. And not necessarily just in the sense of arguing the way Tom and Carl or Nita and Kit or Nita and Dairine would; I got the impression that "off the job" cat-wizards might very well get into some nasty fights, as part of... cat-culture. Then again, perhaps it never does go past the posturing.

Hopefully as a rule they wouldn't be that... wasteful. Of course, there's an interesting thought -- wizards from predator/prey species....

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Ok, so Wizard's Holiday has Him do "The good deed of a lifetime," right? So what if there's a split in the wizardly ranks, some of them thinking that He's on Their side now, and some of them thinking He's still Their archnemesis!?

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I thought there was some question as to whether it was, in fact, a good deed or not? But I could be confused, happens often enough.

Don't both situations already pertain, though? We've HAD the Reconfiguration, but the "shadows" are (as noted) still abroad. (And then there's TBONWM, in which the Lone Power is in fact on both sides of the climactic battle. Which is funny if you think about it.)

I can imagine recognition being a bit of work, of course.... Hmm.

I think it have something to do with ponch. That dog is weird. And I thought in the 3rd book the lone power turned good?

Snip: Ponch certainly appears to be involved, yes. As for the Lone Power -- yes, It was redeemed in High Wizardry, but if you recall, there was the line

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"My shadows are still abroad... As I have done evil, for some time yet they still shall. Stop them. Stop me."

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They've run into these "shadows" in the fourth, fifth, and sixth books, though it's worth noting that in the fifth Kit reminds the Lone One that everything's changing, including it, whether it likes it or not....

I'd like to see the Reconfigured one again, though. I mean, besides in BONWM....