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Pansy Parkinson, January 12 1997, Letter

Sep 12, 2007 17:22

Name: Pansy Parkinson
Date: 12 January 1997
Format: Letter
Relevance: Evidence of the whereabouts of Draco Malfoy in 1997, the actions of Alecto and Amycus Carrow, and Parkinson's possible interest/involvement in Deatheater politics.
Note: Thanks so much to exsequeverus for the stationary!

( Dear Mother... )

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greddy_freddy September 15 2007, 06:00:15 UTC

You 'loyal' students are learning how to survive, eh? What's happening to the others?

venom_flower September 16 2007, 06:55:19 UTC

*coolly*

Well, I suppose they're learning to survive too. There are many different ways of learning.

greddy_freddy September 16 2007, 07:21:18 UTC

*face hard* Different ways of learning for different kinds of people?

I don't really see how sane students can learn to survive in a system whose only function is to batter down all those who aren't willing to join your 'select group'.

venom_flower September 19 2007, 08:03:22 UTC

*tries not to show she's intimidated*

Well, I suppose so, yes.

*huffy* Listen, Fred, the point is that some of us *can* survive, and we should and we have to. It isn't any more for for you to impose on us your ideals of Dumbledore and so on - this system works just as well for us as his did for you.

greddy_freddy September 19 2007, 22:35:39 UTC

*after a pause* How lucky for you that you're the right kind, then.

What, ideals like common decency? Like - *cuts himself off abruptly and bites down on his lip, before beginning again in a more measured voice*
There weren't any bloody impositions with Dumbledore. And there wasn't any need for survival, because no-one was threatened. *anger building* You stupid little girl, swallowing this shite.

Feel like I must apologise for Fred's rudeness, cause I ♥ Pansy. But he's particularly incensed when it comes to this topic, especially as Ginny is still at Hogwarts.

venom_flower September 19 2007, 23:21:46 UTC

*starts to nod, then hears the rest of what he has to say*

*staring at him, trembling slightly, fingernails digging into her fists*

*finally, quietly, tears starting in her eyes*
Dumbledore's dead, Fred. I didn't want him to be. And frankly, without him, this world terrifies me. All of it terrifies me. Maybe I am a stupid little girl. I know I'm not a hero because you have to believe in something to be a hero and the only thing I believe in is survival.

*grits through her teeth*
If being the Carrow's little pet will keep me alive, then so be it.

greddy_freddy September 20 2007, 17:06:45 UTC

Terrified, Pansy? How many of your family members have been attacked? How many times has someone used an Unforgivable on you? And you're fucking terrified?

*sees the tears and feels a twinge of guilt, but carries on nonetheless* You might stay alive, but I don't know how you'll be able to live with yourself.

venom_flower September 23 2007, 22:17:13 UTC

Don't you dare try that lecture rot on me, Weasley. You don't have the first clue about my family or about me! So why don't you saddle up your fine white horse and ride off in the sunset with the rest of the romantic martyrs?

*slowly* I. Don't. Care. What. You. Think.

*tosses her hair*
I get along just fine.

greddy_freddy September 24 2007, 21:00:28 UTC

*dripping with sarcasm* No. You're right. I've no clue. I'm sure you're having an awful time of it, Pansy. I feel terrible for you.

Good job you don't, 'cause I think you're a cold bitch.

venom_flower September 28 2007, 05:53:43 UTC

*returns the sarcasm, though with an odd undercurrent of vulnerability*
Good! You ought to! After all, you are being hateful.

*flinches as if he's physically slapped her*
Fine. Well.

*takes a deep breath*
I suppose that's something that you think of me at all.

greddy_freddy September 28 2007, 17:18:50 UTC

*looks down, jaw clenching, then looks up and looks her in the eye*
I shouldn't have called you that. I'm sorry.

*with feeling, but reigning it back* I just don't understand how you can go along with it all, why you can't see it's wrong.

venom_flower October 12 2007, 23:52:40 UTC

*nods slowly, her expression smoothing. Oddly surprised at her own reaction*
It's all right.

*a reflex action, a parting shot*
I shouldn't have expected anything else of you, Fred.

*turns, exasperated*
What's wrong? We're talking about so many different things here and some of them I do admit are wrong, and others... others I don't.

greddy_freddy October 13 2007, 10:15:10 UTC

*steady gaze* You've clearly overestimated my capacity to be mean, then.
*level* I don't fight with girls. And I won't fight with you, even though you are infuriating.

You don't get it. I don't see how anything you do can be right - keeping your head down and going to class, writing letters home - if you're not fighting back. It's not what you do - it's what you're not doing.

venom_flower October 23 2007, 03:21:49 UTC

*flips her hair* If you aren't going to fight with me, what are we talking about?

*makes an inarticulate gurgling sound of frustration* Ohhh! Gryffindors! You're worse than other boys ! Of course only what's right to you can be right at all.

greddy_freddy October 26 2007, 08:35:25 UTC

The fact that you're infuriating.

*narrows eyes, squinting slightly* It's the same for everyone. If you don't think something is right, by definition it must be wrong.

*almost-smirk* And you're wrong; Gryffindors are much better than other boys.

venom_flower October 28 2007, 05:39:20 UTC

*suddenly smiles, as if she feels she's won something*
But Fred, why do you care? Do you... like me, a little, even if I am infuriating?

*flips her hair* That's not what you're saying. You're saying if YOU personally don't think it's right, it must be wrong.

*returns the smirk, calculated* Better at what?

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