death to capslock

That one time the Ministry for Magic was really on top of things

2020-09-24T16:56:00Z

Posted by: sunnyskywalker

Fred and George’s defense contract is one of those really interesting hinted-at subplots which is never followed up on. Disappointing for many reasons, but right now, let’s look at the timing. ( This is mostly extraneous and not entirely serious. )

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The Wizengamot and related bodies

2019-06-13T20:42:00Z

Posted by: sunnyskywalker

I've been trying to figure out how the wizarding legislative/judicial branch works, with little luck. In a way, this is actually realistic; anyone who's ever tried to sort through how the various commissions and committees and departments and offices and programs etc. of a large government are related has probably had similar moments of bafflement. But I'd still like a semi-coherent picture of the government of wizarding Britain.

We know that the Wizengamot passes laws, so they're sometimes a parliament (apparently unicameral). But they also apparently act as the highest court. Being tried by "the full Wizengamot" is a big deal.

So far, so good. But here the neat Wizarding Branches of Government for Kids version breaks down.( Read more... )

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Cursed Child nonsense

2016-08-23T19:52:00Z

Posted by: dracasadiablo.livejournal.com

I know that there are some excellent snarky Cursed Child sporking, reviews and reactions already. And I fully plan to read them and comment on them. But I wanted to wait until I read the blasted Cursed Child thing.

However I won't be finishing this book. As much as I hate leaving books half read; this is just too much for me. And for my blood pressure.
Still, I would like to ~~rant~~ discuss the part that made me see red and give up on this mess.

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The Unthinkable Crime, the Unmentionable Name

2015-09-04T00:30:00Z

Posted by: condwiramurs.livejournal.com

Another little piece just popped out at me.

I theorized in "I Would Sell Out the Nation" that the explicit, and to wizards mortally-terrifying, crime inherent in becoming a DE was swearing oneself to the revocation of Secrecy - the worst and most heretically-inflected form of treason possible in the WW. All but unthinkable to any sane or decent witch or wizard, and very rarely spoken of directly. And that it was the Ministry's and then the public's discovery of this fact about Voldemort's organization, right when he seemed to be poised for a takeover, that prompted Crouch's Unforgivables policy.

Might that same discovery by the Ministry also explain another curious little mystery we never got a satisfying answer for?

Exactly how, when, and why did Voldemort make himself unmentionable? The first time around - before he got control of the Ministry and its various tracking apparatuses in DH.

Um.

Perhaps we should be asking: DID he? By some unknown direct and deliberate action of his own, that is? One that we just happen to never have had described for us in its mechanism or effects...

Or is this another clue?

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OotP Chapter Eight

2007-12-14T10:22:00Z

Posted by: sistermagpie.livejournal.com

( The Hearing )

( Jabootu Scores )

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OotP Chapter Seven

2007-12-07T09:58:00Z

Posted by: sistermagpie.livejournal.com

( The Ministry of Magic )

( Jabootu scores )

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