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Sep. 5th, 2012 01:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_harryIt's good to be back at Hogwarts.
We get Quidditch again, which will be ace. The distance flying and the club this summer really got me looking forward to it this term, and I think we'll have some good matches.
And it'll be nice not having to work on triwizard stuff. I mean, I learned a lot. And we'll have OWLs this year. But I think it'll be good, because we'll all be getting ready for it, so we can study together. Which can be fun, sort of. And OWLS will be about lots of different things, and if you don't know the answer to one, it'd be okay, mostly, you know, but with the tournament it was like, oh, guess what, now you have to learn how to breathe underwater in a day or you're probably going to die.
Anyways.
I hope everyone else is enjoying their first week.
And I have an extra copy of the Peverell book if anyone wants to borrow it. It's not the 1821 copy, but it has footnotes that talk about how it's different, so it shouldn't be hard to follow along.
We get Quidditch again, which will be ace. The distance flying and the club this summer really got me looking forward to it this term, and I think we'll have some good matches.
And it'll be nice not having to work on triwizard stuff. I mean, I learned a lot. And we'll have OWLs this year. But I think it'll be good, because we'll all be getting ready for it, so we can study together. Which can be fun, sort of. And OWLS will be about lots of different things, and if you don't know the answer to one, it'd be okay, mostly, you know, but with the tournament it was like, oh, guess what, now you have to learn how to breathe underwater in a day or you're probably going to die.
Anyways.
I hope everyone else is enjoying their first week.
And I have an extra copy of the Peverell book if anyone wants to borrow it. It's not the 1821 copy, but it has footnotes that talk about how it's different, so it shouldn't be hard to follow along.
Private Message to Raz
Date: 2012-09-05 05:34 pm (UTC)I think I really want to work more on duelling. I mean, I worked on it some during the triwizard thing, but not as much because we were learning other stuff too, and I could always get better. Like maybe we could work on duelling while flying? Or like if it's more than one person? I was just thinking about when we went to Leicester. And how sometimes duelling isn't just you and another person. I don't know.
And the Patronus work we did a while back. More stuff like that. Protective spells.
I want to learn more about what happenedI think the Noble Arts class will be really useful. For learning more about some kinds of things.What do you think about Professor Dolohov?
Re: Private Message to Raz
Date: 2012-09-06 01:13 am (UTC)We'll do plenty of protective spells in class, unless there's something specific you were wanting protection from...which is to say- everything alright?
He's an old friend of mine, an old friend to a lot of us, which I'm sure you've realised by now. His knowledge is vast, not just on practical but on theory and history, too. You'll learn a lot from him, no doubt, but you might find his style a bit overwhelming. I think I would, were I a lad your age, attending his lessons. If you ever feel you're not grasping something, don't be shy to ask him to break it down for you in a different way. Or come to me, and I'll see what I can do.
Re: Private Message to Raz
Date: 2012-09-06 01:56 am (UTC)Maybe both? I'm sure loads of people would find it interesting. If it's not
you know
too much.
And yeah, it's alright. More alright than it was at the start of summer. I just think
I don't know
If I really work on how to protect myself, it could be good. For a lot of reasons. I think my Father might like it, maybe? If he thinks I'm better at that sort of thing he might
I couldn't do what he wanted me to do. At the end of the tournament. He said he was trying to keep me safe.
That's it, I guess.
Re: Private Message to Raz
Date: 2012-09-06 02:10 am (UTC)Knowing how to protect yourself is important, sure, but remember that there's a limit to what we mere mortals can do. There's only so much that we can control on our own, and dwelling too much on the things that are out of our control- well, it doesn't do any good, that's all.
Try not to think too much about what your Father would like, Harry. Or anyone else, for that matter. Just focus on being the best wizard you can be, because that's when you're at your best.
I'm not trying to push you off this fire you've lit under yourself, mind...but you just seem a bit tightly wound, seeing as the term's only just started.
Re: Private Message to Raz
Date: 2012-09-06 02:17 am (UTC)thanks, Raz.
Re: Private Message to Raz
Date: 2012-09-06 01:59 am (UTC)And he's loads better than Carrow.
Re: Private Message to Raz
Date: 2012-09-06 02:07 am (UTC)Re: Private Message to Raz
Date: 2012-09-06 02:09 am (UTC)Private Message to Granger
Date: 2012-09-05 05:37 pm (UTC)Did I do something?
Are you okay? Are you angry at me?
...is it Umbridge?
Re: Private Message to Granger
Date: 2012-09-06 12:37 am (UTC)I had rather a shock the other day. I don't know how much I should say about it, only—you remember first year?
Re: Private Message to Granger
Date: 2012-09-06 01:04 am (UTC)What about first year?
Re: Private Message to Granger
Date: 2012-09-06 01:11 am (UTC)Re: Private Message to Granger
Date: 2012-09-06 01:13 am (UTC)Re: Private Message to Granger
Date: 2012-09-06 01:13 am (UTC)Re: Private Message to Granger
Date: 2012-09-06 01:19 am (UTC)Okay. Well, I mean, no-one said anything to me about noticing you were gone. Which is good.
I guess.
WhatI guess it didn'tSo it wasn't okay, seeing your mum?
Re: Private Message to Granger
Date: 2012-09-06 01:28 am (UTC)I guess she thought I had another family now, but I don't, not really. I mean you aren't really family no matter what, I mean you're lovely, but not family. You know.
Re: Private Message to Granger
Date: 2012-09-06 01:32 am (UTC)I am?I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry, Hermione.
I mean, I can't do anything about it, but yeah.
I know.
Re: Private Message to Granger
Date: 2012-09-06 01:32 am (UTC)Re: Private Message to Granger
Date: 2012-09-06 01:37 am (UTC)It really is.
Re: Private Message to Granger
Date: 2012-09-06 03:19 am (UTC)I know you didn't have to.
And if you need to go somewhere again, I'll help.
Private Message to Professor Dolohov
Date: 2012-09-05 05:52 pm (UTC)I was wondering if it would be okay for the people who have already met with you to talk with the Gryffindors in our year about what we covered in our first class. I wanted to check just in case it would spoil what you've got planned or something.
-Harry Marvolo
Re: Private Message to Professor Dolohov
Date: 2012-09-05 09:14 pm (UTC)I must thank you for your consideration, both for your fellow students and for my lesson plans. Also, for your offer to lend your books. (I do wish I'd been able to give the bookstore more advance notice. Ah, well; we shall have a mutual adventure.)
You are quite welcome to share whatever you've learned in my class with others, and in fact I hope you will: the more prepared for discussion each student is, the more we will all benefit. Particularly in these early weeks, when we are all learning to take each others' measure, I would also greatly appreciate any reassurances you feel you are able, in good conscience, to give to your fellows.
Five points to Slytherin, for your initiative and courtesy in asking, and I shall look forward to seeing more of that initiative in discussion in the coming weeks.
Regards,
Antonin Nikolaevich
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Date: 2012-09-06 02:52 am (UTC)I just wanted to let you know that we had our meeting. I'm pretty sure everyone from Gryffindor was there, and there were people from the other three houses who talked about what their classes were like. They had lots of questions, the Gryffindors I mean, but they were mostly just curious about the differences between the practical and theoretical tracks and the books everyone else had and
stuffthings like that. And we all talked more about the definition of Dark Arts, and what we thought were spells that were obviously Dark and spells that weren't and why.Thank you,
-Harry Marvolo
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Date: 2012-09-06 12:07 pm (UTC)Meanwhile, if you happen to become aware of any struggles among those of your fellows who are starting at a slight disadvantage in experience levels, do let me know, or send them my way. I have some additional study materials I couldn't use in class because of the difficulty in sourcing adequate copies of them (yes, believe it or not, there were several titles even harder to obtain than the ones I assigned) and I would be happy to lend copies to anyone who is at a loss; the individualist nature of the Noble Arts mean that someone who struggles with one explanation may find another to be the key that unlocks understanding.
Regards,
Antonin Nikolaevich
Private Message to Seamus and Ron
Date: 2012-09-05 10:28 pm (UTC)It'd be easy enough to get a few people from the other houses to come and talk about what it was like and what he covered and stuff like that.
Could you ask around and see if the other Gryffindors would be up for it? We could do it tonight, so you can catch up before the next class.
Re: Private Message to Seamus and Ron
Date: 2012-09-05 11:06 pm (UTC)Re: Private Message to Seamus and Ron
Date: 2012-09-05 11:08 pm (UTC)Let's meet in the Charms classroom at 8.
Private Message to Padma and Justin
Date: 2012-09-05 10:51 pm (UTC)Could you meet tonight? And maybe bring someone else from your class too? I'll ask some other Slytherins if they can come along.
Re: Private Message to Padma and Justin
Date: 2012-09-06 01:09 am (UTC)Jolly kind of you. Yes, I'd be pleased to come along. Where are you meeting? Let me see if Sue, Ernie or Zach care to join us, what?
-Justin
Re: Private Message to Padma and Justin
Date: 2012-09-06 01:11 am (UTC)Re: Private Message to Padma and Justin
Date: 2012-09-06 01:10 am (UTC)Su Li says she'll come, too. Is that all right?
Re: Private Message to Padma and Justin
Date: 2012-09-06 01:12 am (UTC)