Yeah, Bea is adorable. I've quite lost my heart to her. As much as I have to her Mum
You're right: teaching a kid the right way from the first is so much easier than trying to do reeducation. Which is why I'm so glad we hit upon the scheme for Sanctuary for those Muggleborn kids. On a less happy note, closer to home, it's why I hold out a bit less hope for Percy than for Ginny.
No, we'll never be able to go back to the way we were before. But the Protectorate--or rather the old United Kingdom--HAS come back after going through dreadful times before. Although maybe we're not so aware of them because we wizards are so ignorant about Muggle history. There was that whole fratricidal madness where the elite of Britain did their level best to slaughter each other for close to a hundred years or so. They called it the War of the Roses. And then there was the FIRST Protectorate: the king was murdered, and a Lord Protector was set up. And a generation later, The Lord Protector was gone, his son couldn't keep his grasp on the reins, and the royal family was reinstated.
So. We CAN put ourselves back together as a nation. We've done it before. Yes, I'm sure there will be reprisals, and they may be desperately grim. But perhaps we can blunt them a bit if we're seen to be helpful in tearing down this whole rotten Protectorate edifice in the first place.
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As much as I have to her MumYou're right: teaching a kid the right way from the first is so much easier than trying to do reeducation. Which is why I'm so glad we hit upon the scheme for Sanctuary for those Muggleborn kids. On a less happy note, closer to home, it's why I hold out a bit less hope for Percy than for Ginny.
No, we'll never be able to go back to the way we were before. But the Protectorate--or rather the old United Kingdom--HAS come back after going through dreadful times before. Although maybe we're not so aware of them because we wizards are so ignorant about Muggle history. There was that whole fratricidal madness where the elite of Britain did their level best to slaughter each other for close to a hundred years or so. They called it the War of the Roses. And then there was the FIRST Protectorate: the king was murdered, and a Lord Protector was set up. And a generation later, The Lord Protector was gone, his son couldn't keep his grasp on the reins, and the royal family was reinstated.
So. We CAN put ourselves back together as a nation. We've done it before. Yes, I'm sure there will be reprisals, and they may be desperately grim. But perhaps we can blunt them a bit if we're seen to be helpful in tearing down this whole rotten Protectorate edifice in the first place.
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