RP: Book Collector

[shh_hermione]

Date: November 28, 2004
Character(s): Hermione, Blaise
Location: Library
Status: Private
Summary: Hermione and Blaise discuss books and projects
Completion: Complete

Comments

[shh_blaise]

Blaise looked between Hermione and the history section, which had so caught his attention, interested by the comparisons the witch was making. “I think that perhaps there’s a case for studying both wizarding and Muggle history along side one another,” Blaise said as he regarded Hermione. “After all the whole point of studying History is to learn from it. Right?” He leant foreword, involved in the subject they were discussing. “I hadn’t heard of this Hitler, but imagine if the generations that followed Voldemort’s first demise had studied this World War II.”

Blaise leaned back once more and took a deep breath. It had been too long since he had been able to hold a discussion like this with someone. Not since his Granddad had died. And really he had not been old enough to hold his own in those discussions. He’d still been acquiring the basic foundation of knowledge. It was - invigorating.

“As for the Ministry controlling a public source of information, how far do you think any government could be trusted with something that could cause their society to call into question their mandates?” He raised his eyebrow and smirked.

“But yes, your right. Were there two such people as we have been discussing, they’re would be considerable grounds for an alliance. And were one of them interested in necessity for History to be taught as well as being an open resource, I think perhaps there may be even greater grounds.”

[shh_hermione]

"Yes, exactly!" Hermione was enjoying the discussion a lot, though she'd not let her guard down at all. She was still cautious and didn't trust Zabini, but one didn't have to trust another to have an interesting conversation. That was proven by her relationship, of sorts, with Rita Skeeter.

"One of my greatest fears is that this will be another incident that is pushed far from the public mind because people want to move on and forget," she said, face flushed as she excitedly discussed one of her passions. "But they can't because it's so important to remember and learn from the mistakes, as well as see what was done correctly and study it, learn it, and make sure it's known."

"Of course, the first step in learning is having the desire to learn," she continued. "There has to be that thirst for knowledge, the need to keep one's mind active, and, without it, no amount of books or information will be any use. In this world, too many people wanted to live in the past. I admire our world, and I'm part of it because of this wand and the magic within me, regardless of blood or family. Unfortunately, too many others could never look beyond that heritage of any Muggleborn to even want to learn from the events of the Muggle war. In a way, I understand wanting to preserve culture and heritage, but that can be done without enslaving or murdering entire groups of people. It can be done by everyone taking part and making things even better. Though, of course, I've been accused of being an idealist despite having a rather pragmatic attitude about such things."

She licked her lips and tapped her fingers against her thigh as she considered his comment. "Touche," she finally granted with just a slight quirk of her lips before she focused on the remainder of his words.

"An alliance could certainly be mutually beneficial for two such individuals if the terms and specifications met with their approval," she agreed. "And if the other of them happened to agree that teaching History was very important because of the necessity for knowledge and opportunity to learn from past mistakes, such a hypothetical agreement might be even more logical."