* For all that wizards think of Muggle Studies (Christ, what a patronising name) as a “soft option”, they seem to have real difficulty learning anything about Muggles.
I wonder how different Charity Burbage's classes actually were from Alecto's? All we know for certain is that she sees us as admirable breeding stock.
Apart from the Malfoys, for some reason, who seem to know loads.
Based on how he was apparently able to slip the diary into Ginny's book whilst being the centre of attention and physically fighting Arthur, I suspect the Malfoy money in fact comes from his career as a world-famous stage magician.
* Does Hagrid not realise that pointing his crossbow at anyone who comes knocking just makes him look like the sort of violent person who would set a monster on the school?
Of course not! Instant recourse to violence proves you're too slow-witted noble to come up with any sort of cunning plan, which as we all know is the only way to be a villain.
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Date: 2010-12-17 08:30 pm (UTC)I wonder how different Charity Burbage's classes actually were from Alecto's? All we know for certain is that she sees us as admirable breeding stock.
Apart from the Malfoys, for some reason, who seem to know loads.
Based on how he was apparently able to slip the diary into Ginny's book whilst being the centre of attention and physically fighting Arthur, I suspect the Malfoy money in fact comes from his career as a world-famous stage magician.
* Does Hagrid not realise that pointing his crossbow at anyone who comes knocking just makes him look like the sort of violent person who would set a monster on the school?
Of course not! Instant recourse to violence proves you're too
slow-wittednoble to come up with any sort of cunning plan, which as we all know is the only way to be a villain.