What in Lakshmi's name

[alt_padma]

was that about?

Whoever she was, she was well upset, anyway.

Seamus, thanks for the subscriptions! It's so much better to have one's own copy of things like Dish! than to have to wait until other people have read theirs and left it in the common room.

Daphs, Hydra, have you seen this week's? It's got an amazing spread on the Yule Ball and the other holiday parties (including some taken from outside the Malfoys' because I guess they wouldn't let the press in this year. But there were chariot races and you could see the Abraxans over the gate, I guess). Anyway, there're pictures of you both in your robes and some of the others and quite a few of Professors Raz and Siz!

(Professors, I don't know if you're reading this but I think it's perfectly horrifying, all that stuff they're printing that isn't complimentary toward you. I hope that's not too impertinent. I mean, most of us are absolutely happy for you both and hope that things go well for you. It's just like the magazines to make it sound like it's never going to last, or like there are too many obstacles in your way. I don't think that at all! I don't know why Cassie got so jealous, kinda like that madwoman's Howler this morning to Mr Milland, but it's well not on, what she did. And I don't know anyone else who'd even think of such a thing, especially not when it's two professors like yourselves. I think it's inspiring, personally, to see two people your age find romance! And you look so well together--I mean, the pictures are utterly gorge! MUCH better than the ones in the Prophet!)

Anyway, there's loads in this week's issue. I can only imagine what they'll do about the 2nd Task--oh, by the way, Harry, have you figured it out yet? Delacour's said she thinks she knows what to do and I'd hope that Hogwarts' Champions are at least as clever as she thinks she is.

Comments

[alt_blaise]

Honestly.

I understand that those magazines have their uses, particularly if one needs to bolster a career by cultivating popular attention, but really, it doesn't do to pay too much attention.

Mother refuses to pay it any mind, and that's one of her soundest notions, I think.

[alt_padma]

Well, one thing I'll say about the magazines is that there's loads and loads of traffic on the journals and even though usually by the time something makes it into Whirl or Night Owl or one of those, it's old news, at least they usually do a fairly good job of figuring out what's a real story and what's just unfounded rumours. Dish! is usually full of rubbishy rumours but that's part of what's fun about it, because it's so ridiculous--most of the time.

Anyway, my mum says that it's easy to pay attention to what they're saying if it's nice, and hard not to pay attention when it's nasty. But it's better to take it all with a healthy dose of skepticism, either way.

(Although...it was perfectly fair of them to put Ron Weasley in the 'Worst Dressed' category, don't you think? Even if it was perfectly horrid to put Seamus in there after what Weasley did to his robes halfway through the ball.)

[alt_daphne]

Oh, Holda's Horde! Did you see page 48? Where they talk about Professor Raz's past loves? They've interviewed MY MOTHER!

Private Message to Daphne

[alt_padma]

Yeah, I thought you'd find that interesting! And disturbing, too, probably.

I'm sorry, if it does trouble you, Daphs. Really.

Re: Private Message to Daphne

[alt_daphne]

He never did want to settle down back then, no matter what the circumstances," Mrs Greengrass emphasises, then looks out the parlour window of her gorgeous Belgravia townhome, watching her youngest daughter, Queena, as she affixes a woolen hat to her the snow-wizard she's been working on all afternoon.

Oh, honestly! I can't believe she's speaking about it in public now.

[alt_draco]

Harry hasn't figured out a thing.

Or, no. He's had it all figured out since first of December.

Or perhaps it just came to him last night.

Best to keep the other champions wondering, don't you think?

[alt_padma]

Well, tell him to get a move on, then! Bring it by Ravenclaw Corner.

Or come by and tell us what he's figured out, if it's the other way.