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Well, it seems like half of Hogwarts got a last owl this morning. You could barely see the Slytherin table for all the feathers.
And everyone's talking about the purebloods, of course. Mr Coote, the first one who was brought to St Mungo's, he's Olive Coote's father, so naturally she's a wreck. Sandoval said MacAvoy and Bundy are going to mind her prefect duties for a while - Coote's, that is - while she pulls herself together about it. It's got to be really hard not to be able to go see him. But I guess Electra Bobolis told her that it'd be that way whether or not she were home. I mean, they've locked the ward, so no visitors. But at least if she were home she'd be with her mum. It's really sad. We're all hoping for the best, really.
I guess everything rests on whether Mr Rookwood can fix the cure so it works on everyone, not just Muggles and mudbloods. But one thing I don't understand is if Black's Poison changed so that it could infect half-bloods (and now purebloods), then how can we be sure it needs the same kind of cure? I mean, the disease was in the water, right? And the food? But then when it started to hurt half-bloods it was in the air, right? So doesn't the cure need to change, too?
Well, I guess that's what Mr Rookwood is trying to figure out. Lucky he's much more clever than that Black, or we'd be in a lot more danger.
And of course, everyone's not looking forward to not getting more owls. It was bad enough not getting care parcels, but now?
It's a good thing we've got the journals. I suppose there's a lesson in that, sort of like Smith said. It's important to keep the journals handy so we can all stay closer together. Of course, I'd never leave mine behind, it's like having my friends and family with me, all the time. But some people don't seem to feel that way and they'd do almost anything to get rid of their journals. Even flush them down the toilet. I wonder if it's illegal to--what's the word?--deface, that's it--to deface one's journal?
I'm reading 'Ministry v Bloxam' for the model Wizengamot and there's a discussion in the court report about the things people did to her books to keep from being able to read them. Of course, in that case, it was upheld that it was a reasonable precaution, but then it was used as a precedent for 'Ministry v Diggle', but it didn't work. Because Diggle was trying to work a spell that would scratch out the Ministry seal on all official documents, because he didn't like Minsiter Spavin, and everyone knows that not liking a Minister isn't enough reason to try to make all his official parchments look like ordinary ones.
Anyway. It's interesting, how people use one law to make another one.
And everyone's talking about the purebloods, of course. Mr Coote, the first one who was brought to St Mungo's, he's Olive Coote's father, so naturally she's a wreck. Sandoval said MacAvoy and Bundy are going to mind her prefect duties for a while - Coote's, that is - while she pulls herself together about it. It's got to be really hard not to be able to go see him. But I guess Electra Bobolis told her that it'd be that way whether or not she were home. I mean, they've locked the ward, so no visitors. But at least if she were home she'd be with her mum. It's really sad. We're all hoping for the best, really.
I guess everything rests on whether Mr Rookwood can fix the cure so it works on everyone, not just Muggles and mudbloods. But one thing I don't understand is if Black's Poison changed so that it could infect half-bloods (and now purebloods), then how can we be sure it needs the same kind of cure? I mean, the disease was in the water, right? And the food? But then when it started to hurt half-bloods it was in the air, right? So doesn't the cure need to change, too?
Well, I guess that's what Mr Rookwood is trying to figure out. Lucky he's much more clever than that Black, or we'd be in a lot more danger.
And of course, everyone's not looking forward to not getting more owls. It was bad enough not getting care parcels, but now?
It's a good thing we've got the journals. I suppose there's a lesson in that, sort of like Smith said. It's important to keep the journals handy so we can all stay closer together. Of course, I'd never leave mine behind, it's like having my friends and family with me, all the time. But some people don't seem to feel that way and they'd do almost anything to get rid of their journals. Even flush them down the toilet. I wonder if it's illegal to--what's the word?--deface, that's it--to deface one's journal?
I'm reading 'Ministry v Bloxam' for the model Wizengamot and there's a discussion in the court report about the things people did to her books to keep from being able to read them. Of course, in that case, it was upheld that it was a reasonable precaution, but then it was used as a precedent for 'Ministry v Diggle', but it didn't work. Because Diggle was trying to work a spell that would scratch out the Ministry seal on all official documents, because he didn't like Minsiter Spavin, and everyone knows that not liking a Minister isn't enough reason to try to make all his official parchments look like ordinary ones.
Anyway. It's interesting, how people use one law to make another one.
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Date: 2010-03-04 05:56 pm (UTC)I think MacMillan's father may be working with Mr Rookwood on the cure. At least, I know he's a Healer and I know the Ministry said they're giving him more resources to try to fix the problem.
Does anyone know what it's like, for purebloods? I mean, I heard the halfblood version has more severe paralysis, right? And coma and such? But will that happen to purebloods, if they get it?
Do you think about what kind of magic that Black bloke must have to do this to so many people, when he's not even supposed to be here in England? And when are they going to catch him?
Well, I think about that stuff, sometimes.
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Date: 2010-03-04 06:17 pm (UTC)Did MacMillan say his dad was working on the cure? I know he's taking care of the people who've fallen sick, but that's not quite the same, is it? It'd be nift if his dad helped discover the cure, though. They'd probably give him a medal. Maybe the Order of Merlin. Don't you think?
Maybe Weasley can ask Director Selwyn for us, about the symptoms. Seeing as he's so friendly with him now.
I don't think Black did it himself. He probably has some minions that he's brainwashed to think his way, and they did it all for him, you know, following his orders. He's really not that powerful a wizard, Sandoval says. She heard it from Auror Lestrange, and she used to be Black's cousin, before they all chucked him out of the family, so she ought to know whether he's really any good or not. She says Auror Lestrange would be able to take him in a fair duel, no problem. Of course, she's an amazing duellist, Sandoval says, and I believe it, but she also says he's really not anything much at magic, because he's all tainted by Muggle sympathies. I think he's just a skilled liar, is all. Only not really, because anyone who believes him is probably not very clever to begin with. But all he needs are a few people, I guess, a handful, and they could do a lot of damage.
Like Archer's dadMalfoy might know more about it, but I dunno. He and Marvolo have been keeping to themselves lately. I haven't even seen them at History Club for weeks. I suppose Malfoy still feels bad about his mudblood getting killed like that. But I wish he'd start feeling better soon.