One student sitting at the Gryffindor table let out a single cheer, and was immediately slapped by the Gryffindor witch sitting nearby hard enough that a Muggle would have lost teeth.
"Thirty points from Gryffindor and detention for the first month of next year," Professor McGonagall said, her voice hard enough to break stone.
F*** McGonagall for not letting the children of DE victims to have even a hint of justice. Neville's parents were tortured to insanity and he was bullied and made fun of by DE children repeatedly, yet the b**** turned a blind eye. Same with many others. And now suddenly this "I will treat every one of you as I would my own children - and I will protect you as much as I would protect my own children, no more, no less" nonsense.
I hope Jugson's children get their share of taunts later on, just to see how it feels to be on the receiving end.
It does seem rather asymmetric, doesn't it?
Some Gryffindor kid cheers for the deaths of the Death Eaters, and he is assaulted and officially punished, while just prior, the younger Jurgson is cheering on the Dark Lord coming back and ... he receives compassion.
I wasn't offended with McGonagall offering support to the orphaned children. But an under age ID shouldn't be a get out of moral responsibility card either. Hogwarts goes up to 16? 17? That's old enough to be held responsible for your loyalties.
This is a new thread to discuss Eliezer Yudkowsky’s Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality and anything related to it. This thread is intended for discussing chapter 117.
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