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I've been going back and rereading old entries, trying to catch up on everything. It's quite fascinating to have this new view of history of the past few years, realising for the first time that there are all these other stories going on there in the background and I didn't even know that they were there at all until now. (I'm very glad, if I didn't say it before, that Hermione Granger and Terry Boot have wands, even if they're hidden. I believe everyone who has the ability to do magic should have the right to have a wand.)
I'm extremely curious about the wand smugglers. I understand why Hermione Granger can't answer any questions about them, but still...it's quite a nice thing to know there ARE people out there doing what Sirius Black said we should do: paying attention to what's really going on. And helping others. Even the people who are the most powerless and despised.
So, who are they? How, exactly, are they operating? Where are they getting the wands? How are they smuggling them in? How do they move them around to get them to new owners? Sally-Anne Perks thought that Mrs Weasley might be involved. Could the barter network be a part of it? She's so involved with it, and that might be a good way to move suspect goods from one part of the Protectorate to another, if you have enough people in the network. Especially if not everyone in it knows exactly who everyone else is.
There are always bits in the papers telling everybody how people shouldn't use the black market, that no true patriot would ever do such a thing. But everybody barters, really. Well, I suppose except for the most important people in the government who can afford to buy rare goods for money at the very expensive shops.
Oh, and also: THAT'S why there were all those bugs in Ravenclaw tower. I really didn't think that people had left out enough food to cause such a big infestation.
Do you promise not to do it again? Or at least a warning first would be nice.
I'm extremely curious about the wand smugglers. I understand why Hermione Granger can't answer any questions about them, but still...it's quite a nice thing to know there ARE people out there doing what Sirius Black said we should do: paying attention to what's really going on. And helping others. Even the people who are the most powerless and despised.
So, who are they? How, exactly, are they operating? Where are they getting the wands? How are they smuggling them in? How do they move them around to get them to new owners? Sally-Anne Perks thought that Mrs Weasley might be involved. Could the barter network be a part of it? She's so involved with it, and that might be a good way to move suspect goods from one part of the Protectorate to another, if you have enough people in the network. Especially if not everyone in it knows exactly who everyone else is.
There are always bits in the papers telling everybody how people shouldn't use the black market, that no true patriot would ever do such a thing. But everybody barters, really. Well, I suppose except for the most important people in the government who can afford to buy rare goods for money at the very expensive shops.
Oh, and also: THAT'S why there were all those bugs in Ravenclaw tower. I really didn't think that people had left out enough food to cause such a big infestation.
Do you promise not to do it again? Or at least a warning first would be nice.
