Up until GoF where the ministry and press takes a closer look at how Hogwarts is run I imagine Albus had a free reign when it comes to intercepting and censoring students' correspondence. And with magic censoring letters could be much easier! Poor Minerva. If Albus spends so much time monitoring students' correspondence I can only imagine how much of his duties end up in her to-do box :/
Hmmm, here lies the problem- we have no idea how mind magic works in the series. The only instances of "enchantments" or mind-controlling spells involve users who (using very loose definition) lives. Another problem arises with Voldie's definition of "pureblood". We know he kept a half-blood in his Inner Circle and there were (according to Hagrid) rumours of his attempts to recruit Lily and James. And obviously, he went after pureblood families who went against him. How can Lucius be sure he and his family won't be marked as "enemy of the dark lord" by the enchantment if he avoided jail via bribes and claiming he was mind controlled?
I like to think there is that one investigation reporter who has huge cork-board with all information they gathered, trying to discover Voldemort's real identity. They have over 30 profiles on the board, but Tom's has multiple sticky notes- the most damming evidence for his connection to Voldemort being his facial bone structure. At some point, the reporter comes to the conclusion that working in retail made Voldie insane enough to topple the government ;P
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Date: 2021-06-27 12:24 am (UTC)Poor Minerva. If Albus spends so much time monitoring students' correspondence I can only imagine how much of his duties end up in her to-do box :/
Hmmm, here lies the problem- we have no idea how mind magic works in the series. The only instances of "enchantments" or mind-controlling spells involve users who (using very loose definition) lives.
Another problem arises with Voldie's definition of "pureblood". We know he kept a half-blood in his Inner Circle and there were (according to Hagrid) rumours of his attempts to recruit Lily and James. And obviously, he went after pureblood families who went against him.
How can Lucius be sure he and his family won't be marked as "enemy of the dark lord" by the enchantment if he avoided jail via bribes and claiming he was mind controlled?
I like to think there is that one investigation reporter who has huge cork-board with all information they gathered, trying to discover Voldemort's real identity. They have over 30 profiles on the board, but Tom's has multiple sticky notes- the most damming evidence for his connection to Voldemort being his facial bone structure.
At some point, the reporter comes to the conclusion that working in retail made Voldie insane enough to topple the government ;P