I think it was Arsinoe de Blassenville's story "The Best Revenge" where Hermione tells the other children horror stories about Muggle dentistry. Something like, "You think you can scare me? My parents are dentists. I know pain." Her parents are later puzzled when all the magical children show them terrified respect
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I remember reading one FF where Hermione was sorted into Slytherin. Once she explained what her parents are doing for living, kids around her react with "And muggles pay them for doing that????"
Dentists and doctors do not phase me, but statistically wise at least few muggleborn kids at Hogwarts should be scared of dentists. If Arthur's stay at st. Mungo is anything to go off, then pureblood students should be terrified of concept of muggle dental care.
Lucius being rebellious aristocrat kid who rubs his elbows with working class kids is nice image, but after Lucius leaves Borgins says "Good day yourself, Mister Malfoy, and if the stories are true, you haven't sold me half of what's hidden in your manor..." so I don't think they are on very friendly terms.
If they think stitches in general are bad, palate splitters must sound like medieval torture devices! And I can't say I'd disagree, based on experience.
Well, even friends can needle each other, and everyone in the Potterverse seems to needle their friends in pretty nasty tones every other day, so while it's canonically unlikely, we can still pretend ;-)
As long as you don't claim that Borgins and Lucius do each others nails, I can go for this interpretations. Lucius being classy man obviously goes to professional for all nail care needs. ;)
old lady whose corpse was turned into snake fleshlight. Brilliant! I totally agree about the Weasleys and food. Are they poor, Jo, or aren't they? Because I can tell her right now that six bacon sandwiches each for at least eight people does not come cheap!
I believe it was: you can't conjure but can multiply food. Which is exactly kind of economy destroying and anti-scientific thing Jo would write. It might sound strange me talking about science while analysing fantasy setting, but most fantasy settings have some kind rules that limit their magic users. Potterverse wizards can copy matter without any kind of payment. This means they can create energy and matter out of nothing. This is insane.
>I like to think that Albus made a deal with Gilderoy: in exchange for being paid in peanuts for his work at Hogwarts, Lockhart can shamelessly extort students and promote his books.
Alternative theory: DD knew Gilderoy was a fraud and decided to do WW a favor by making sure something (probably murderous or at least disabling) happened to Gilderoy before the school year was over because of Tom's curse.
As an additional plus, all Hogwarts students were bound to get a lesson "not all that glitters is gold".
>What is with wizards and alliteration? At first things like Godrick Gryffindor and Rowena Ravenclaw were cute but titles of Lockhart’s books are way overboard. “Travels with Trolls”? “Break with a Banshee”?
In another universe, the titles would be a subtle hint regarding Gilderoy's character and abilities.
In JKR's world, wizards seem to lack a developed literary culture (since literature isn't taught at Hogwarts) and view alliteration as a sign of sofistication and/or humor.
>Kids at Hogwarts are learning how to break
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/Alternative theory: DD knew Gilderoy was a fraud and decided to do WW a favor by making sure something (probably murderous or at least disabling) happened to Gilderoy before the school year was over because of Tom's curse
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Also, one of the most frustrating mysteries in this book is which eats flesh, the slugs or the slug repellent? Because slugs which feast on the flesh of living creatures has great horror story possibilities. Are they classified as Dark creatures? But given the treatment of animals in the series, it's probably it's just really powerful slug repellent which eats away at the poor innocent slugs.
Knowing Jo, it's probably a product that painfully kills poor things. Knowing Hagrid, we may need a coin flip and do through analyse of Flesh Eating Slugs being cute pets from his perspective.
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Dentists and doctors do not phase me, but statistically wise at least few muggleborn kids at Hogwarts should be scared of dentists. If Arthur's stay at st. Mungo is anything to go off, then pureblood students should be terrified of concept of muggle dental care.
Lucius being rebellious aristocrat kid who rubs his elbows with working class kids is nice image, but after Lucius leaves Borgins says "Good day yourself, Mister Malfoy, and if the stories are true, you haven't sold me half of what's hidden in your manor..." so I don't think they are on very friendly terms.
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Well, even friends can needle each other, and everyone in the Potterverse seems to needle their friends in pretty nasty tones every other day, so while it's canonically unlikely, we can still pretend ;-)
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I totally agree about the Weasleys and food. Are they poor, Jo, or aren't they? Because I can tell her right now that six bacon sandwiches each for at least eight people does not come cheap!
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It might sound strange me talking about science while analysing fantasy setting, but most fantasy settings have some kind rules that limit their magic users. Potterverse wizards can copy matter without any kind of payment. This means they can create energy and matter out of nothing. This is insane.
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Alternative theory: DD knew Gilderoy was a fraud and decided to do WW a favor by making sure something (probably murderous or at least disabling) happened to Gilderoy before the school year was over because of Tom's curse.
As an additional plus, all Hogwarts students were bound to get a lesson "not all that glitters is gold".
>What is with wizards and alliteration? At first things like Godrick Gryffindor and Rowena Ravenclaw were cute but titles of Lockhart’s books are way overboard. “Travels with Trolls”? “Break with a Banshee”?
In another universe, the titles would be a subtle hint regarding Gilderoy's character and abilities.
In JKR's world, wizards seem to lack a developed literary culture (since literature isn't taught at Hogwarts) and view alliteration as a sign of sofistication and/or humor.
>Kids at Hogwarts are learning how to break ( ... )
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Knowing Hagrid, we may need a coin flip and do through analyse of Flesh Eating Slugs being cute pets from his perspective.
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