I want this to be true. The way they are all presented makes me so happy. I love Millicent feeling so good at the end, happy with herself and seeing the world with new eyes!
I like that the older women looked out for her.and I like the idea of an older Millicent paying it forward.
What a delightful story you've woven here! Right from And secretly envied her, so comfortable had she seemed in her masculine woman's skin. we see the attraction of Wilhelmina's lifestyle (and a bit of Wilhelmina herself, of course, even if Millicent is fifty years too young. A girl can dream, right?).
"Hate a place where you can't hear yourself talk." I'm so with her. For those sound-proofing charms alone I'd like to visit the place.
"No reason you should have. Another?" the professor asked, pointing at their empty glasses. At Millicent's nod, Grubbly-Plank raised two fingers towards the bar and then shot Millicent a shrewd glance. "And of course, being Slytherin is not the only thing that isolates you from a lot of your peers." I love Wilhelmina's straightforward mentoring. And the way she deals with Millicent's prickliness.
"I'm telling you, Bulstrode, I don't know what that means. Love the way she calls her 'Bulstrode' - not the feminine first name, not the Miss Bulstrode from the Hogwarts days, but this careful in-between
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Thank you, dear, for this fabulously detailed feedback; you know how much I appreciate it (and to take this time on your first day back at work, too!)
I've become quite fond of Millicent over the years (or at least, my head canon version of her). I do see her and Wilhelmina as having a lot in common, and I'm glad you liked their bits together.
Love Wilhelmina's way of being totally non-judgmental Glad this comes across; it forms a large part of my conception of her. (So very different from her author in this regard /g/).
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I like that the older women looked out for her.and I like the idea of an older Millicent paying it forward.
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"Hate a place where you can't hear yourself talk." I'm so with her. For those sound-proofing charms alone I'd like to visit the place.
"No reason you should have. Another?" the professor asked, pointing at their empty glasses. At Millicent's nod, Grubbly-Plank raised two fingers towards the bar and then shot Millicent a shrewd glance. "And of course, being Slytherin is not the only thing that isolates you from a lot of your peers." I love Wilhelmina's straightforward mentoring. And the way she deals with Millicent's prickliness.
"I'm telling you, Bulstrode, I don't know what that means. Love the way she calls her 'Bulstrode' - not the feminine first name, not the Miss Bulstrode from the Hogwarts days, but this careful in-between ( ... )
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I've become quite fond of Millicent over the years (or at least, my head canon version of her). I do see her and Wilhelmina as having a lot in common, and I'm glad you liked their bits together.
Love Wilhelmina's way of being totally non-judgmental
Glad this comes across; it forms a large part of my conception of her. (So very different from her author in this regard /g/).
Such a kind comment; thank you!
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Dunk!
Splendid story, and I wish everyone who is a bit confused by themselves had a Wilhelmina in their lives.
Even for you this was well done.
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