I've lost all patience with any "Muggle Minstrel Show" scenes.
Too fucking right. Even if the Wizarding world WAS in some way more enlightened or intellectually superior to the non-Wizarding world, it's still a very bigoted way to put that idea across. And after six books, I'm NOT convinced Wizards are "better". They're more powerful in some ways, yes. But better?
If Voldemort can randomly collapse bridges and cause hurricanes, why doesn't he whip it out when he's facing Harry and his friends?
This is such a gap of plausibility for me – If Voldemort is so very powerful, terrifying and dangerous, WHY does Rowling hesitate to write him as such? As it stands, Harry should be the one everyone's scared shitless off. He consistently comes across as far more powerful and dangerous than Voldemort, especially since he doesn't have the brains or thirst for knowledge Riddle had.
Chorley is acting like a duck due to a poorly performed Imperius. I think this may be more evidence that Draco did not actually Imperio Rosemerta. It seems far beyond his abilities.
Ooo, interesting. I'll file that in the back of my brain for future reference.
Don't you think Snape would have had this Prime Minister up to speed and working together in five minutes? Snape for Minister for Magic!
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Date: 2006-03-17 06:07 pm (UTC)I've lost all patience with any "Muggle Minstrel Show" scenes.
Too fucking right. Even if the Wizarding world WAS in some way more enlightened or intellectually superior to the non-Wizarding world, it's still a very bigoted way to put that idea across. And after six books, I'm NOT convinced Wizards are "better". They're more powerful in some ways, yes. But better?
If Voldemort can randomly collapse bridges and cause hurricanes, why doesn't he whip it out when he's facing Harry and his friends?
This is such a gap of plausibility for me – If Voldemort is so very powerful, terrifying and dangerous, WHY does Rowling hesitate to write him as such? As it stands, Harry should be the one everyone's scared shitless off. He consistently comes across as far more powerful and dangerous than Voldemort, especially since he doesn't have the brains or thirst for knowledge Riddle had.
Chorley is acting like a duck due to a poorly performed Imperius. I think this may be more evidence that Draco did not actually Imperio Rosemerta. It seems far beyond his abilities.
Ooo, interesting. I'll file that in the back of my brain for future reference.
Don't you think Snape would have had this Prime Minister up to speed and working together in five minutes? Snape for Minister for Magic!
Hell yeah! Too bad he's not a people person...