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A Skirt's Not So Bad [Harry Potter]

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Marlowe310811 said:
Well, yes, but I feel like Cursed Child deserves special recognition as a) shockingly bad, and b) in hindsight, an unintentionally impressive piece of foreshadowing.

To satisfy my own curiosity though (as I read only a tiny bit of the waste of perfectly good trees) what is the Ron/Padma context of that Cursed Child comment? Oh, and is Hogwarts Mystery included in the 'bad by default'?
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As I understand, Rod and Padma were together and had a kid in that alternate reality Albus accidentally'd into being (the one where Hermione hooked up with Snape?)
 
king of hybrids said:
I favour any ship that our heroes can break out the popcorn to watch unfold
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This. Having been in high school before, I can assure you that watching these kids crash and burn while you sit on the sidelines eating popcorn is some of the funniest shit.

Like.

My guy. She's got all the depth of a puddle in the sun on a flat surface in the desert. You are gonna take SAN damage just talking to her.

My girl. He's a monumental dumbass who doesn't even know how to read and gets concussions on a weekly basis.

Y'all need to stop declaring your eternal love over physical characteristics because as someone who knows both of you the only outcomes of your eventual marriage are divorce or murder.

(Incidentally this is how I feel about Ron and Hermione because without a Potter in the middle moderating that shit Canon Ron is gonna need surgery to get his foot out of his mouth way too often for that to work out.)
 
I must admit I do bounce between shipping Ron/Hermione out of sheer stubbornness/spite and head canoning that they split up after Hugo was born

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In relation to the fic, as much as I'm enjoying the fact that Holly has so many people who love and support her, and she's going to have enough grief if the stations of canon hold; am I the only one waiting for the other shoe to drop?
 
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Tekomandor said:
"We'd never be weird to Holly. She's a lovely girl who you better treat right, young lady!" Fred said.

"We're warning you - we'll be right cross if you mess around with her feelings," George followed up, waging his finger. Holly laughed and then so did Ginny and the Twins.
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Love those two, flipping the brotherly speech around.
 
Architect Iront. said:
She's already taking a potion to address that, and while it'll give her curves in its own time, based on Snape's reaction I think she already looks like a witch her age, save in one specific spot; the spot that a swim skirt would cover. No doubt now that it's crossed her mind coming up with another potion to take care of that specific problem is going to be on her todo list, even if she won't make progress until she meets Professor Slughorn.
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Avernus said:
From the description earlier it sounds like the present potion will do the whole job; it's just slow.
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Tekomandor said:
Holly's current potions are just magical hrt, more or less.
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I admit I had thought that Avernus was correct from having read the original description in the earlier chapter, but that the course of potions simply hadn't been complete. That it will require a further procedure if desired, or that is possible only after puberty ends is also entirely reasonable. As for potions/spells having permanent effects, that's all entirely up to author choice. IE adjusting her teeth for Hermione, Skelegro, there are numerous examples that can be used for permanent effects.

I did appreciate the nature of the reveal however. I thought it was done rather tastefully with a reason for it in story rather than done crassly, even if ultimately it was just a way to inform readers of the situation I feel that it was done well.

I also want to throw out that I really am enjoying how Dumbledore is 'cheating' in this tournament. He isn't telling her anything about the tasks, just getting her ready for them. It's a nice way to get around the issue of cheating, and the issue of her being only in the 4th year. A two birds one stone kind of situation.
 
At a guess, I'd wager Holly coming out and transitioning seems to be hitting the Lily button with everyone who knew her, Dumbeldore included (wonder how Holly will interact with Slughorn)
 
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