Post by Jujukittychick on Oct 28, 2019 2:01:49 GMT -5
Summary:
The wizarding world is weird. Harry and Hermione are constantly baffled by the strange things wizards do and think
Prompted by all the fics I've read where everyone is so completely horrified by Voldie murdering someone and splitting his soul, leaving them physically ill or fainting or what have you. Also from all the stories where it's pointed out how little physical exercise they seem to do. Also by the fact that supposedly they learn all these really complicated wand movements in school to do things and yet they just twitch their wands to actually cast spells any other time.
Whatever year they learn shield spells, Harry dives behind a desk during DADA having everyone laugh at him and the teacher call him out about it. "He's casting a spell at me, of course I'm going to hide if I can!" "You're a wizard, use magic to help you" "He's a wizard too!" "Look, what if I cast the spell at you?" "No! You're an adult wizard, you know more magic than he does! I'm used to people meaner than me and bigger than me trying to beat me, I'm not just going to stand there and let it happen if I can help it." "The whole point of this is to learn to cast a shield to protect yourself" "Well, of course I did that," *reaches out and taps his fingers against the invisible barrier (which he probably shouldn't be able to do)* "but that doesn't mean I'm still going to stand out in the open and let someone fire away at me"
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"Yes, Ms. Granger?"
"So why are we learning all these complicated wand movements?"
"Excuse me?"
"Well, all of you adults just point your wands at things and make things happen. I haven't seen any of you use any fancy movements."
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Inside Dumbledore's office, the trio and select order members are seated as Dumbles explains about the Horcruxes and how they're created. Molly starts hyperventilating and the others are all spazzing out. Harry and Hermione look at each other in confusion.
"Oooookay?"
"Do you understand, Harry? This is the darkest of magics that one could perform."
"Well, I mean the whole splitting his soul thing is a bit not good and all since we're going to have to find where he hid the pieces, but uhhh..." *he looks to Mione for help*
"What Harry means is why is everybody overreacting?"
"Overreacting?! Surely, Ms. Granger you can understand the grave nature of his actions?"
"Hermione! How could you say we're overreacting? He murdered those poor people! And he's planning to kill off anybody who stands against him!"
*Hermione looks at Harry, both of them feeling a little lost* "I mean, that's horrible that he killed those people, but people get murdered every day for completely petty things. And do you know how many countries are in the process of committing genocide right this moment? There's something on the news every day about wars and the horrible things governments or terrorist groups are doing to people. Not to mention just every day violence - thefts, beatings, murders, rape. How are all of you so overly horrified by this? It can't be a surprise?"
The wizarding world is weird. Harry and Hermione are constantly baffled by the strange things wizards do and think
Prompted by all the fics I've read where everyone is so completely horrified by Voldie murdering someone and splitting his soul, leaving them physically ill or fainting or what have you. Also from all the stories where it's pointed out how little physical exercise they seem to do. Also by the fact that supposedly they learn all these really complicated wand movements in school to do things and yet they just twitch their wands to actually cast spells any other time.
Whatever year they learn shield spells, Harry dives behind a desk during DADA having everyone laugh at him and the teacher call him out about it. "He's casting a spell at me, of course I'm going to hide if I can!" "You're a wizard, use magic to help you" "He's a wizard too!" "Look, what if I cast the spell at you?" "No! You're an adult wizard, you know more magic than he does! I'm used to people meaner than me and bigger than me trying to beat me, I'm not just going to stand there and let it happen if I can help it." "The whole point of this is to learn to cast a shield to protect yourself" "Well, of course I did that," *reaches out and taps his fingers against the invisible barrier (which he probably shouldn't be able to do)* "but that doesn't mean I'm still going to stand out in the open and let someone fire away at me"
~~
"Yes, Ms. Granger?"
"So why are we learning all these complicated wand movements?"
"Excuse me?"
"Well, all of you adults just point your wands at things and make things happen. I haven't seen any of you use any fancy movements."
~~
Inside Dumbledore's office, the trio and select order members are seated as Dumbles explains about the Horcruxes and how they're created. Molly starts hyperventilating and the others are all spazzing out. Harry and Hermione look at each other in confusion.
"Oooookay?"
"Do you understand, Harry? This is the darkest of magics that one could perform."
"Well, I mean the whole splitting his soul thing is a bit not good and all since we're going to have to find where he hid the pieces, but uhhh..." *he looks to Mione for help*
"What Harry means is why is everybody overreacting?"
"Overreacting?! Surely, Ms. Granger you can understand the grave nature of his actions?"
"Hermione! How could you say we're overreacting? He murdered those poor people! And he's planning to kill off anybody who stands against him!"
*Hermione looks at Harry, both of them feeling a little lost* "I mean, that's horrible that he killed those people, but people get murdered every day for completely petty things. And do you know how many countries are in the process of committing genocide right this moment? There's something on the news every day about wars and the horrible things governments or terrorist groups are doing to people. Not to mention just every day violence - thefts, beatings, murders, rape. How are all of you so overly horrified by this? It can't be a surprise?"
