Probably not a good idea to print dozens of letter containing the secret every year, but I suppose they can't be that careful--again, shopping district. And it might never have happened that a Muggle-raised witch or wizard became a house head responsible for escorting other Muggle-raised kids during their first trip, so they'd never have run into the problem that the teacher wouldn't be able to tell the secret.
Still, I think a variant that allows anyone told the secret to become an SK right away makes more sense in this case. If they had to wait for deaths, then--for example--a lot of people wouldn't be able to take their under-eleven children in via the Leaky Cauldron. Possibly for generations. Fine for shopping if they can Floo directly in. But what if an emergency (horde of angry Muggles on the street, rampaging magical beast that broke out of Newt's suitcase, whatever) means their best escape route is running in through the pub entrance--only they can't bring their little kids? Not everyone can Apparate. And families the Weasleys couldn't Apparate with all seven kids at once.
Looking forward to your Neville-as-Chosen-One piece.
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Date: 2023-03-04 11:12 pm (UTC)Still, I think a variant that allows anyone told the secret to become an SK right away makes more sense in this case. If they had to wait for deaths, then--for example--a lot of people wouldn't be able to take their under-eleven children in via the Leaky Cauldron. Possibly for generations. Fine for shopping if they can Floo directly in. But what if an emergency (horde of angry Muggles on the street, rampaging magical beast that broke out of Newt's suitcase, whatever) means their best escape route is running in through the pub entrance--only they can't bring their little kids? Not everyone can Apparate. And families the Weasleys couldn't Apparate with all seven kids at once.
Looking forward to your Neville-as-Chosen-One piece.