Is there a situation when it is appropriate to be unkind?There are, of course, plenty of situations when it is appropriate to be unkind. I think you will find that unkindness tends to eventually become kindness in those types of situations, though. When a person thinks ahead and acts in the best interests of the many instead of the few, his or her ( Read more... )

3AMEight, he predicted, once Dora's breathing became normal and he knew she had woken up. He would be able to count to eight at best and then all pretense of ignoring the situation would fall to pieces ( Read more... )

If you could buy a magic potion, what would it be?Remus had tried to keep his purchase a secret from the other boys. Unfortunately for him, when a delivery owl deposits a package discreetly wrapped in plain brown paper (which automatically makes it not discreet at all anymore because it's trying much too hard) into the milk jug at breakfast, said ( Read more... )

Impossible

"Impossible."

"Banish that heinous word from your vocabulary, O Lunar One!" Sirius chided. "We can do anything! Nothing is outside the realm of wondrousness that is the Marauders! Between your brains, my looks, James' charm and Pete's ... um ... help? ... there's nothing we can't do! The Marauders Map will be!" With an absolutely ( Read more... )

"There's enough sorrow in the world, isn't there, without trying to invent it." -E.M. Forster, A Room With A ViewRemus concluded his story with a quiet, "The end," and opened his eyes to look up at Lily's face from his spot stretched out on the sofa with his head in her lap ( Read more... )

If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about any one thing you wished -- concerning yourself, your life, the future, or anything else -- what would you want to know?Well, first of all, good luck trying to find a crystal ball that works accurately. Have you ever tried to use one? Divination as a magical discipline is shoddy at best to begin with ( Read more... )

What do you live for?

I live for ... spite, mostly.

I've never valued my own life very much. I was seven when Fenrir Greyback bit me and nobody realizes the value of their existence when they're that young. One might think I would have realized how lucky I was to have lived after that but, being a werewolf... Well, nobody else valued my life ( Read more... )

If life's a game who do you think is winning?If life is a game then I say, "Bugger all, everyone is doomed." If there are any set rules, none of us have been told what they are. The points are given arbitrarily and they're taken away with even less rhyme and reason, if you can imagine that's possible. The person who is on top of the world right ( Read more... )