Oh! I wonder if there are Taboo spells on spoken words relating to Druidism and other 'darker' magics. A few hit squads of Unspeakables with full reign would explain these oddities.
Nah, the ignorance of wizards regarding the Druids has a much more mundane explanation.
If I recall correctly the Great Hall get's the colors of the winning house for the last meal of the school year, and also bragging rights.
More than one story (usually by an American author) has pointed out that this seems, lackluster considering the amount of effort it takes to keep said points and how everyone acts about it.
I'm not sure how the Brits who's school system was the basis for the 4 Houses see it mind you. They might find it perfectly ordinary.
I feel a little bit attacked
Honestly, I'm fine with the concept of house points. Humans are wired to identify with a group and then view other groups in an us-versus-them mentality. Just look at all the people who get way too up in arms whenever someone insults their favorite sports team. House points for a bit of bragging rights, yeah it's fine. Whatever.
The reason I have Hazel specifically not getting them is both because she is very independent and sees herself as an outsider and because she has a much more basic sense of priorities. Her main driving needs are primitive: How do I get food to eat? Where do I find shelter? How do I not get killed/eaten by something?
Bragging rights just don't fit in that list.
first, Sally-Anne's reaction to the word "cleansed" has me adding two and two and coming up with a solution of MURDER. Or at the very least I have a sinking feeling that Grievous Bodily Harm[tm] may need to be inflicted upon somebody within the Perkes' family circle
Ironically I mentioned on the FFN version not to try reading too much into Sally Anne's fears at the moment. I maybe should have said so here as well.
I will say that nothing like what you're imagining has happened to Sally Anne. It is just something she and her parents are worried about.
Second, Peeves himself might be more eldritch than first blush, and is vulnerable to getting shanked like a bitch. Which is useful information and will no doubt have interesting repercussions down the line
Heh heh
I thought it was nice to give Hazel an option/ability that basically no one else in Hogwarts has.
....ok I have a question, why didn't she try to use the staff in transfiguration? Shouldn't that be her go to tool for anything she hasn't figured out a slicker method for? There's a lot of weight placed on that staff, why isn't she trying to leverage it?
1) She knows her staff is important, but she hasn't figured out how to use it.
2) It wouldn't matter even if she did try it because that isn't what her staff does anyway.
Also, quick question: is Hazel's magic actually different from witches/wizards at a base level, or is it the same but she just learned to use it differently due to being self-taught and then assumed that means she's not really a witch? I've been assuming the latter, but I'm curious if there's been any WoG on the topic.
She doesn't have nonhuman magic. She's fully human (at the moment
). She just uses it in a very different way.
Lily could use magic similar to Hazel's AND could do wizard magic. They aren't inherently incompatible.
