alt_justin: (infortuné)
Justin Finch-Fletchley ([personal profile] alt_justin) wrote2012-09-17 08:23 pm

I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good: Private Message to Dux

Hello,

Have Sally-Anne and Pansy told you about the lesson yet?

I don't

My interview's tonight.

I say, I'm not sure why I can't follow my own advice, what, and simply treat it like any other lesson or any other professor.

Today in class, though....

It was like the time with Toubon. After the Yule Ball. And I'm certain he saw it, too.

Dash it.

He's far too persuasive, what, and perceptive for my tastes. Say what you like about Miss Professor Carrow but she should have been much easier to fool.

Perhaps he'll be so exhausted from the lessons and everyone else's interviews that he'll postpone, what?

-J
alt_hydra: (and dream of the soft look your eyes had)

[personal profile] alt_hydra 2012-09-18 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
I would never tell you that you're jumping at shadows when you're upset.

I don't know about everyone else but I don't believe in God. Not based on what I've heard about him (why is he always a man?) And the Christians hunted down witches and wizards and said magic was evil, so taking that religion too seriously is considered a little odd by most, and I don't think it was even that common before the Protectorate. If you wanted to practise a French religion people would probably just think it part of your culture, like it is with the Patil twins.

Why are you worried? Because change sounds interesting? They say that the Dark Arts are seductive, you know, meaning that they're tempting, not that they're sexy...

Sorry, it's that ridiculous book that everyone's talking about. It makes everything sound scandalous.

I don't know it, but thank you anyway.

Love,
Hydra
alt_hydra: (and bending down beside the glowing bars)

[personal profile] alt_hydra 2012-09-18 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
I'll try not to worry as well, then.

I'm sorry, I really don't know much about religion, and I suppose it's because I grew up hearing about how it was backwards and barbaric and mostly a way for muggles to justify their hatred of magic. I have heard some people say that Jesus must have been a magician, because he transfigured water and food and levitated, and that he was trying to do what he could to make muggles accept magic and see it as something that was a blessing from God. But then I've also heard people say that Jesus is proof that muggles are evil, because even though he helped them, they killed him anyway.

I know that in parts of Scotland they worship the old Celtic Gods, like Robin Goodfellow, and Rhiannon.

Occlumency isn't a bad thing, I know I'm glad I can do it, but I wouldn't much like to be a Legilimens. Then I really would be like Mummy. That's how she'd see it, anyway. But at least with being good at the Dark Arts... I mean, Arts, well, you don't have to use them unless you feel you must. There's always a choice.

I love you too. I wish I would have slipped out to see the "Matron."

Love,
Hydra
alt_hydra: (and dream of the soft look your eyes had)

[personal profile] alt_hydra 2012-09-18 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
What does believing in God do, exactly? Does it make you feel...I don't know - better? That's probably not something you can explain easily in a few words, is it?

Sometimes when Mummy talks about the Lord Protector she sounds like she's talking about God. I suppose that's what I most associate with it.

Lunch outside sounds lovely. See you soon.

From,
Hydra