In This World and the Next Chapter 9

[szaleniec1000]

It's been a while, I know, but I'm back. I can't make any promises as to a schedule, but I'm hoping to get cracking with this and Hogwarts Overexposed over the coming year.

Also, if you haven't already, check out A Perfectly Ordinary Nightmare: I wrote it as a reaction to the first chapter of ITWATN. It's basically how that set-up would pan out if

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[sith_droideka]

Well, the Weasley fall from grace was shown. The only problem is, from our perspective it's not an actual fall from grace. To us, Mrs. Weasley and Percy attacking SCBE for attacking the Weasley family is perfectly justified. To the in-universe characters, the Burrow being knocked down and Arthur shutting Molly up in the Leaky Cauldron. But we don't see the Burrow being knocked down or Arthur assaulting Molly for the sake of SCBE as being justified, while SCBE and the magical community don't see the attacks as being justified.

And a further thing with this author is two things: one, robst is amazing at writing villains, it's just that he doesn't know he's made them the main characters. Lord Potter in Knowledge is Power, another work of his, is an amazing manipulator when he's not swearing at everyone. And his Neville is frightening in what a logical extrapolation of living with Lord Potter and being waited hand-and-foot would turn him into: a power-mad bully who wanted to keep Bellatrix as a trophy and physically assaulted an Auror for insulting Luna's honor.

Second, robst also seems to have some sort of Schrödinger's population going on. Assuming that ITWATN is like KiP, the populace will simultaneously buy into blood supremacy and support Dumbledore whilst being pro-Potter and supporting his policies.

[duster]

I actually lol'd at the point about villains because that's amazing fridge logic. I'm still waiting for mustache twirling because that's the last piece of this insane puzzle.

I almost feel bad for the background characters not because of Harry and Hermione being insufferable human beings, but because the author just nerfed their intelligence for the sake of a confusing time travel story.