Magical Magic Creature Spotlight: Crup

[sweettalkeress.livejournal.com]

So today we look at another kind of magical magic creature...

Crup

MOM Classification: XXX

Heh, that sounds like a child’s respiratory disease.

It’s an English dog that resembles a Jack Russell terrier with a forked tail. Oh, and of course, while it’s intensely loyal toward Wizards it’s also vicious toward Muggles. It’s so good to know Wizards are in the business of keeping pets that will attack those completely-inferior Muggles but which they can control, no?

But, anyway, because of this Wizards who want a license have to show that they can control their Crups around Muggles. What this test consists of I have no idea, but I’m pretty sure it doesn’t include “lets a Muggle approach and pet it.”

Oh yeah, and they also remove the dog’s tail after a certain point so that it doesn’t attract attention.

Comments

[charlottehywd.livejournal.com]

In that case, the whole thing seems kind of pointless. Why bother telling them at all? It isn't like there's anything they can do in their position. Maybe it's just to taunt them and make them feel powerless, which doesn't seem too unlikely.

[sweettalkeress.livejournal.com]

The more I think about it and the more of these discussions I read the less I can believe I ever thought these Potterverse wizards could possibly be good heroes.

[charlottehywd.livejournal.com]

You pretty much said it. The moral repugnance I feel towards this kind of elitism makes it really hard for me to acknowledge the many things that I actually really like about the series.

[sharaz-jek.livejournal.com]

Binding magical contract? It's possible that pre-Seclusion, wizarding leaders might have had at least some respect for their Muggle counterparts.

[charlottehywd.livejournal.com]

Well, that at least makes more sense than anything I've been able to come up with.