The Last War Chapter 4

[szaleniec1000]

In which Harry and Hermione go to a restaurant. The spécialité de la maison is, of course, the pepperjack cheeseburger.

Comments

[zelda_queen]

"At which point the anvil crashed through the ceiling and flattened them. The End"

Yeah, could the suthor get any more blatant with that song?

As for the "hideous robes" thing, am I the only one reminded of Hogwarts Exposed? Like, "Oh noes! Women can't look ULTRA HAWT all of the time! Because they are dressing modestly, I am being denied eye candy! Teh HORROR!!!" And seriously, when was it stated that wizards were forced to wear robes all of the time? The reason they wore them in the books was because they were school uniforms. -_-

[szaleniec1000]

That and the whole "feminine magic is superior" vibe also reminded me of The Girl Who Lived. LoPEF!Hermione is a druid or some such.

As for the robes, I think wizards for the most part only wear Muggle clothes when they're trying to pass in the Muggle world. Canon is pretty vague on this point, but I've always visualised Potterverse wizards as looking every inch the archetypal wizard complete with long flowing robes and pointy hats. (Which IIRC they only junked in the films because the costumes looked too much like they were dressed up for Halloween. It looks a lot better in my mind's eye. :) ) Certainly the extras in the Quidditch World Cup scenes in GoF seemed uncomfortable at having to wear Muggle clothes like trousers. Poor Archie.

[zelda_queen]

I'm not certain on what the robes looked like, but given how there were mention of different kinds of robes, I got the feeling that there was a variety.

And I think Harry mused at one point that the Weasley children might wear Muggle clothes during the summer, but the parents certainly wouldn't. I think some wizards and witches are just more comfortable with Muggle clothes than others.

[supercrook]

Oh noes, not hideous robes! If you're of the "wizards wear trousers" tack, I'm sure witches wear totally normal clothes under their robes too. (Though this makes me wonder what non-gender-binary magic users are called... and what they wear. I am a big, big dork.) This author is seriously trying too damn hard to show how ZOMG OPPRESSIVE wizarding society is for the women in it... and then simultaneously making Ginny a shrill shallow slutty (and oh my God fat) harpy. Oh, but that's okay. It's not because she's a woman, it's because she gets in the way of the Twuwub. And because she's related to Ron, no doubt.

[szaleniec1000]

This author is seriously trying too damn hard to show how ZOMG OPPRESSIVE wizarding society is for the women in it

I don't know whether the Taliban parallels are intentional or not, but they're definitely there.

Fridge Logic #1: How did Ginny manage to exert her evil manipulative influence in such a world, without far more strength of character than LoPEF is willing to give her?

Fridge Logic #2: Ron and Hermione got together over the course of HBP and DH (1996-98) and Rose wasn't born until 2006 and Hugo 2008. If Ron is as bad as LoPEF wants him to be, Hermione would have dumped him - forcibly, if necessary - long before there were any children he could blackmail her with.

[supercrook]

When I look at wizarding society there's the obvious major parallels to Victorian and Edwardian England-- so it's not a pleasant place to be a woman, especially in the professional sphere, but compared to fantasy realms that actually have distinct women's magics being suppressed it seems decently egalitarian. Hmm.

[zelda_queen]

I got the sense that the lines were blurred a little. The old blood families were the ones who really were old fashioned and the Muggleborns seemed pretty in touch with the modern world. And by Rowling's own admittance, both Ginny and Hermione continued to work impressive jobs after marrying with kids (Ginny was a Quiddich player and then a sports journalist and Hermione was pretty much a rights activist in the Ministry).

[sickbritkid2]

"The longer Harry lived in the Wizarding World, the more Harry wished he had never received that strange parchment letter in the mail one summer morning so many years ago."

...what?

[szaleniec1000]

Your icon says it all. Basically Harry is wishing he'd never met Hermione. Way to contradict your premise, LoPEF.

[katistrophe]

Uh... the "lighting crash" video doesn't work, says it's blocked for copyright reasons.
How about this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NTPpFNdca0#0:27? (Never mind the whole Sirius mysticism blah in the comments, not even sure if they're serious. Um. No pun intended.)

[szaleniec1000]

Fixed! Yours is good too. :)

[sith_droideka]

Isn't that the Rainbow Unicorn Attack (or whatever it's called) song?

[szaleniec1000]

Robot Unicorn Attack, and yes it is.