>I like to think that Albus made a deal with Gilderoy: in exchange for being paid in peanuts for his work at Hogwarts, Lockhart can shamelessly extort students and promote his books.
Alternative theory: DD knew Gilderoy was a fraud and decided to do WW a favor by making sure something (probably murderous or at least disabling) happened to Gilderoy before the school year was over because of Tom's curse.
As an additional plus, all Hogwarts students were bound to get a lesson "not all that glitters is gold".
>What is with wizards and alliteration? At first things like Godrick Gryffindor and Rowena Ravenclaw were cute but titles of Lockhart’s books are way overboard. “Travels with Trolls”? “Break with a Banshee”?
In another universe, the titles would be a subtle hint regarding Gilderoy's character and abilities.
In JKR's world, wizards seem to lack a developed literary culture (since literature isn't taught at Hogwarts) and view alliteration as a sign of sofistication and/or humor.
>Kids at Hogwarts are learning how to break laws of universe, yet here Ron is horrified that anyone could bother with schoolwork during holidays. Only Rowling could make learning magic sound tedious.
You know, I think here JKR is true to life. Even otherwise dedicated students may want to rest during holidays, and Ron is hardly one of them.
Just like we use around 2000 words in daily life but language is much richer, most wizards use only a few spells in everyday lives. Hogwarts teaches many things they will never use.
>I was confused as to what Jo meant by “flesh eating slug repellent” so I decided to borrow my sister’s translated version.
May I ask, in which language was that translated version? Is English a foreign language for you too?
>”So you don’t think I’m a match for Lucius Malfoy?” Nope, you are not. You are relatively low ranking ministry official, who either cannot manage his finances or is paid in peanuts and who has no friends in high places. Lucius on the other hand is rich aristocrat who knows ins and outs of the Ministry.
To be fair, Arthur has DD who controls the Ministry, while Lucius only tries to manipulate people pretty much owned by DD. The Minister of Magic is still eating out of DD's hand, asking him for advice.
>Also Hagrid once again talks about bad blood. Considering his heritage, he probably should stay silent.
Logically, yes. However, reactions to discrimination and/or feelings of inferiority aren't always logical. If "bad blood" bothers Hagrid, he may be subconsciously trying to fight the rhetoric by turning it against the same people discriminating against him.
/Alternative theory: DD knew Gilderoy was a fraud and decided to do WW a favor by making sure something (probably murderous or at least disabling) happened to Gilderoy before the school year was over because of Tom's curse. /
All while students fail their OWLS and NEWTS. Albus is headmaster of school so his priority should be students education not hunting down frauds. What is even worse Albus has other positions he could use to unmask Lockhart in way that is less harmful towards society.
I think that alliteration thing is children books' trope, but I think we encounter it even once the series starts to be "mature".
/You know, I think here JKR is true to life. Even otherwise dedicated students may want to rest during holidays, and Ron is hardly one of them. /
Yeah, but a good teacher or supporting parents can easily encourage their children to develop their more scholarly interests during their free time. Just look at twins; while Ron is complaining about homework they are experimenting with potions. Not to mention Harry who grew among muggles. During chapters 5-7 PS Harry is fascinated by magic and goes as far as reading his textbooks during summer, then he is sorted into Gryffindor and looses all interest in the new world he just stepped into. Sure Hogwarts have horrible education methods, but even that cannot explain Harry's apathy towards learning magic.
/Is English a foreign language for you too? /
Yeah, English isn't my native language. I avoid revealing too much details about myself on internet, because people tend to make assumptions about myself and my work. It's quite freeing to write anonymously :)
/To be fair, Arthur has DD who controls the Ministry, while Lucius only tries to manipulate people pretty much owned by DD. The Minister of Magic is still eating out of DD's hand, asking him for advice. /
Honestly from their interactions I've got feeling that it's Albus who uses Arthur and I doubt that pre-OotP Albus would help Arthur deal with Lucius. Too much potential political backlash.
/Logically, yes. However, reactions to discrimination and/or feelings of inferiority aren't always logical. If "bad blood" bothers Hagrid, he may be subconsciously trying to fight the rhetoric by turning it against the same people discriminating against him. /
I know how this works, but as The Bard wrote "The lady doth protest too much, methinks". The louder you protest, the more people are going to wonder. With Hagrids' looks it's even worse. :)
Alternative theory: DD knew Gilderoy was a fraud and decided to do WW a favor by making sure something (probably murderous or at least disabling) happened to Gilderoy before the school year was over because of Tom's curse.
As an additional plus, all Hogwarts students were bound to get a lesson "not all that glitters is gold".
>What is with wizards and alliteration? At first things like Godrick Gryffindor and Rowena Ravenclaw were cute but titles of Lockhart’s books are way overboard. “Travels with Trolls”? “Break with a Banshee”?
In another universe, the titles would be a subtle hint regarding Gilderoy's character and abilities.
In JKR's world, wizards seem to lack a developed literary culture (since literature isn't taught at Hogwarts) and view alliteration as a sign of sofistication and/or humor.
>Kids at Hogwarts are learning how to break laws of universe, yet here Ron is horrified that anyone could bother with schoolwork during holidays. Only Rowling could make learning magic sound tedious.
You know, I think here JKR is true to life. Even otherwise dedicated students may want to rest during holidays, and Ron is hardly one of them.
Just like we use around 2000 words in daily life but language is much richer, most wizards use only a few spells in everyday lives. Hogwarts teaches many things they will never use.
>I was confused as to what Jo meant by “flesh eating slug repellent” so I decided to borrow my sister’s translated version.
May I ask, in which language was that translated version?
Is English a foreign language for you too?
>”So you don’t think I’m a match for Lucius Malfoy?” Nope, you are not. You are relatively low ranking ministry official, who either cannot manage his finances or is paid in peanuts and who has no friends in high places. Lucius on the other hand is rich aristocrat who knows ins and outs of the Ministry.
To be fair, Arthur has DD who controls the Ministry, while Lucius only tries to manipulate people pretty much owned by DD. The Minister of Magic is still eating out of DD's hand, asking him for advice.
>Also Hagrid once again talks about bad blood. Considering his heritage, he probably should stay silent.
Logically, yes. However, reactions to discrimination and/or feelings of inferiority aren't always logical. If "bad blood" bothers Hagrid, he may be subconsciously trying to fight the rhetoric by turning it against the same people discriminating against him.
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All while students fail their OWLS and NEWTS. Albus is headmaster of school so his priority should be students education not hunting down frauds. What is even worse Albus has other positions he could use to unmask Lockhart in way that is less harmful towards society.
I think that alliteration thing is children books' trope, but I think we encounter it even once the series starts to be "mature".
/You know, I think here JKR is true to life. Even otherwise dedicated students may want to rest during holidays, and Ron is hardly one of them. /
Yeah, but a good teacher or supporting parents can easily encourage their children to develop their more scholarly interests during their free time. Just look at twins; while Ron is complaining about homework they are experimenting with potions.
Not to mention Harry who grew among muggles. During chapters 5-7 PS Harry is fascinated by magic and goes as far as reading his textbooks during summer, then he is sorted into Gryffindor and looses all interest in the new world he just stepped into.
Sure Hogwarts have horrible education methods, but even that cannot explain Harry's apathy towards learning magic.
/Is English a foreign language for you too? /
Yeah, English isn't my native language. I avoid revealing too much details about myself on internet, because people tend to make assumptions about myself and my work. It's quite freeing to write anonymously :)
/To be fair, Arthur has DD who controls the Ministry, while Lucius only tries to manipulate people pretty much owned by DD. The Minister of Magic is still eating out of DD's hand, asking him for advice. /
Honestly from their interactions I've got feeling that it's Albus who uses Arthur and I doubt that pre-OotP Albus would help Arthur deal with Lucius. Too much potential political backlash.
/Logically, yes. However, reactions to discrimination and/or feelings of inferiority aren't always logical. If "bad blood" bothers Hagrid, he may be subconsciously trying to fight the rhetoric by turning it against the same people discriminating against him. /
I know how this works, but as The Bard wrote "The lady doth protest too much, methinks". The louder you protest, the more people are going to wonder. With Hagrids' looks it's even worse. :)
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