Title: Teamwork 17 -- Keeping Promises
Chapter Rating: PG-13
Canon Compliancy: Through Goblet of Fire
Snakes and Lions: Teamwork is the sequel to
Snakes and Lions.
Notes: Thanks to
sociofemme for beta work. (This chapter has not been Britpicked.)
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The inter-House stuff is great, too, with how people in general seem kind of 'eh' on it -- and mostly because they're protective of the younger students. Not being sure they can think for themselves, worrying about them picking up bad attitudes . . . people really do that, more than they realise, and it's always a little bit horrifying when you notice you're shielding someone from outside influence who's the age you were when you started thinking independently. (Was that sentence coherent? That wasn't really coherent, sorry.) You don't think you're doing anything bad, you're not really censoring what they hear -- except you are. It's instinctive and insidious, which is why this inter-House relations business is going to be so difficult.
It's fitting that Harry is, finally, able to talk about his past. No, not his past; his childhood, because he really has grown up now. That part of his life is over, so he can actually deal with it.
Also I used the word 'really' about twenty times in this comment. Erm, sorry?
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And yes, Harry is thinking of himself as an adult now -- as he is under Wizarding law -- which places his childhood safely in the past, and makes the children something to care for.
The next chapter should be out fairly soon; I'm nearly done with it.
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