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Couple of new blog posts:
* xkcd-for-my-daughter: a list of XKCD strips, which were the most relevant for me. * enemies-to-friends: most “Enemies to friends” stories are just incredibly stupid. * hinny_dump: just a disorganized dump of Hinny stories * huna_drinny: one of plot bunnies, which I would like to read fulfilled, but I certainly cannot do so myself. * james-potter-werewolf-incident: it is just impossible of events happened how they are described in canon, JKR had to make a mistake in ordering those two sub-stories, otherwise James Potter would be quite a monster. * lords-supper-and-magic: I have never understood why the idea of magic should be against the Christian faith.
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-rw-r--r--literature/enemies-to-friends.rst55
-rw-r--r--literature/hinny_dump.rst259
-rw-r--r--literature/huna_drinny.rst53
-rw-r--r--literature/james-potter-werewolf-incident.rst34
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+List of XKCD clips for my daughter
+##################################
+
+:date: 2024-04-16T14:00:42
+:category: faith
+:tags: zettelkasten, xkcd
+
+So, you have admitted that you don’t know what XKCD_ is. That
+is totally unacceptable that my daughter, breath of my life,
+wouldn’t know enough about the site which formed so much of my
+life. Of course, most of it is just a joke, but plenty of those
+comics had actual serious impact on my life.
+
+Without much order, just as I am recalling them, these are some
+comics which may be worthy of mentioning:
+
+* https://xkcd.com/2347/ … we had another scare over this Easter
+ when one of such libraries (xz_ compression library) was
+ compromised by a trickster, who abused overworked (and mentally
+ not completely stable) maintainer to the level, he got access
+ to the library itself and then he tried to spread a nasty code
+ with it. This is actually much more real, than we would like to
+ admit.
+
+* https://xkcd.com/1782/ … I was mentioning IRC_ to you.
+
+* https://xkcd.com/2365/ … this is slightly old (2020-09-29), but
+ too right to be funny
+
+* https://xkcd.com/927/ … again and again and again; there is no
+ hope for humanity
+
+* https://xkcd.com/1172/ … this is probably too geeky, but I have
+ many examples from my programming/packaging life for this
+
+* https://xkcd.com/743/ … when they made jokes about it in
+ 2010-05-21, one could hope that people learn? Right.
+
+* https://xkcd.com/386/ … no comment
+
+* https://xkcd.com/285/ … this one is ancient, but how many times
+ I was thinking about it?
+
+* https://xkcd.com/353/ … if you run `import antigravity` in any
+ Python interpreter, this is what you get.
+
+* https://xkcd.com/314/ … “Come on. Somewhere at the edge of the
+ Bell curve is the girl for me.” That’s the line Shakespeare and
+ Nora Ephron would love to write.
+
+* https://xkcd.com/258/ … I found this one just randomly now, but
+ it is awesome!
+
+* https://xkcd.com/2102/ … how many video archives exist only on
+ YouTube?
+
+* https://xkcd.com/327/ … the best explanation of SQL Injection
+ I have read anywhere
+
+* https://xkcd.com/221/ … this is unfair, the author shows our
+ deepest secrets to the public!
+
+* … I will never admit how many hours I spent clicking on the
+ “[Random]” button.
+
+.. _XKCD:
+ https://xkcd.com/
+
+.. _xz:
+ https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz
+
+.. _IRC:
+ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC
diff --git a/literature/enemies-to-friends.rst b/literature/enemies-to-friends.rst
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+Enemies to Friends … girls object!
+##################################
+
+:date: 2021-10-31T01:11:25
+:category: literature
+:tags: storyPrompt, review, harryPotter, blogComment
+
+(my post_ on the topic on Reddit)
+
+I have just re-read Tangerine-Alert trilogy on Harry avoiding his
+participation in the Triwizard Tournament (volumes one_, two_,
+and three_), and although I generally liked the stories and some
+of the ideas are really good, there was one overwhelming feeling
+which made me almost puke: the ease with which Harry collaborated
+with Lucius Malfoy. I understand that enemy to friends is a
+lovely trope and gives it a good dramatic tension, but if you
+want to really span the dramatic arch, then you have to span it
+and not ignore it. All these stories are from the GoF time-frame,
+so it is just not possible to get over the fact that Lucius
+Malfoy intentionally tried to hurt Harry's best friend's sister
+(if not more, we all know, that according to the fairy-tale rules
+the knight slaying the dragon and saving the princess has to
+get her hand in a marriage and half of her father's kingdom …
+OK, the latter wouldn't be too much, true), also intentionally
+(he knew the beast will go after muggleborns) tried to kill his
+other best friend, tortured Dobby, etc. Draco was not a sweet
+boy but aside from bullying Hermione he tried to kill Buckbeak
+just because he was not willing to admit his mistake. It is not
+possible for Harry to just skip over this with “Oh well, we
+have different opinions on how to lead magical society and it
+is probably my fault because I am not educated enough about the
+magical culture.” No, Malfoys (and Snape) are horrible human
+trash, and if they want to turn to the Light, they have plenty of
+turning to do.
+
+So, the story I would love to be able to read would be something
+like one of these stories, where Harry decides that Lucius Malfoy
+is the ally he needs (BTW, truly, Harry didn’t know about anybody
+else who could help him after going for three years to one class
+with Susan Bones?), and when the information leaks out, Ginny and
+Hermione go ballistic, because Harry betrayed them. Dobby just
+cannot take to his big heart that The Good Harry Potter allied
+himself with his Bad Former Master and commits suicide.
+
+.. _post:
+ https://www.reddit.com/r/HPfanfiction/comments/qjo8df/enemies_to_friends_girls_object/
+
+.. _one:
+ https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11642540
+
+.. _two:
+ https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11936172/1/
+
+.. _three:
+ https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13277595/1/
diff --git a/literature/hinny_dump.rst b/literature/hinny_dump.rst
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+Dump of my hinny/ folder
+########################
+
+:date: 2024-05-13T22:27:03
+:category: literature
+:tags: harryPotter, fromReddit
+
+Originally comment on “`Hinny Fics?`_” on Reddit.
+
+- “`Accidents Happen <https://fanfiction.net/s/13349488>`__”
+- “`A Desperate Apology <https://fanfiction.net/s/11917963>`__”
+- “`A Dream
+ Deferred <https://www.phoenixsong.net/fanfiction/story/4433>`__”
+- “`After the Die is
+ Cast <https://www.mugglenetfanfiction.com/viewstory.php?sid=30857>`__”
+- “`Ages <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=127979>`__”
+- “`A Godfather’s Love <https://archiveofourown.org/works/18216887>`__”
+- “`A Locket through the
+ Years <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=127956>`__”
+- “`A Long Overdue
+ Confession <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=129317>`__”
+- “`A New Life <https://archiveofourown.org/works/24474001>`__”
+- “`A New Life <https://www.phoenixsong.net/fanfiction/story/6416>`__”
+- “`A Night at the Burrow\_ A Fan
+ Short <https://fanfiction.net/s/4019762>`__”
+- “`A Toad of a
+ Hero <https://www.phoenixsong.net/fanfiction/story/5132>`__”
+- “`A True Slytherin <https://fanfiction.net/s/2211595>`__”
+- “`Babies and Polyjuice <https://fanfiction.net/s/13330433>`__”
+- “`Black & Red <https://fanfiction.net/s/13571603>`__”
+- “`Blueberry Scones <https://fanfiction.net/s/7270795>`__”
+- “`Clever <https://fanfiction.net/s/13160285>`__”
+- “`Closet Bohemia <https://fanfiction.net/s/2507843>`__”
+- “`Contractual Obligation <https://fanfiction.net/s/14143530>`__”
+- “`Cotton Candy <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=2818>`__”
+- “`Disrespect
+ Authority <https://archiveofourown.org/works/44950582>`__”
+- “`Dumbledore’s Biggest Mistake <https://fanfiction.net/s/3871987>`__”
+- “`Eloped <https://fanfiction.net/s/13722227>`__”
+- “`Escape from Brextwistle
+ Hall <https://www.phoenixsong.net/fanfiction/story/6603>`__”
+- “`Exploding Snap <https://fanfiction.net/s/12083774>`__”
+- “`Exploding Snap <https://fanfiction.net/s/12133483>`__”
+- “`Exploding Snap <https://fanfiction.net/s/13158731>`__”
+- “`Fair Fortune’s
+ Flowers <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=128445>`__”
+- “`Falling For
+ Her <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=127932>`__”
+- “`Fate’s Mistake <https://fanfiction.net/s/4084005>`__”
+- “`Finding Hedwig <https://fanfiction.net/s/12721724>`__”
+- “`Finding Us <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=128444>`__”
+- “`Focused <https://fanfiction.net/s/13789522>`__”
+- “`Follow the Phoenix <https://fanfiction.net/s/5069455>`__”
+- “`Foolish <https://fanfiction.net/s/7181871>`__”
+- “`for a pessimist\_ i’m pretty
+ optimistic <https://archiveofourown.org/works/11291784>`__”
+- “`Forgetting <https://archiveofourown.org/works/13803561>`__”
+- “`Form 2B <https://fanfiction.net/s/9933535>`__”
+- “`Fortnight <https://www.phoenixsong.net/fanfiction/story/6080>`__”
+- “`Friends\_ At
+ Least\_ <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=12508>`__”
+- “`G for Ginevra <https://fanfiction.net/s/10213764>`__”
+- “`Ginger Snaps <https://archiveofourown.org/works/49959433>`__”
+- “`Ginny Weasley and the Half Blood
+ Prince <https://fanfiction.net/s/5677867>`__”
+- “`Growing Up
+ Kneazle <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=129206>`__”
+- “`Harry Loves Ginny and Ginny Loves
+ Harry <https://fanfiction.net/s/7055185>`__”
+- “`Harry Potter and the Butterfly
+ Effect <https://fanfiction.net/s/9065880>`__”
+- “`Harry Potter and the Heart of the
+ Hero <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=129685>`__”
+- “`Harry Potter and the Summer of
+ Flight <https://archiveofourown.org/works/14020692>`__”
+- “`Harry Potter and the Veil of
+ Death <https://fanfiction.net/s/12120193>`__”
+- “`Harry Potter and the Veil of
+ Mystery <https://fanfiction.net/s/5386877>`__”
+- “`Harry Potter and the War Against
+ Voldemort <https://fanfiction.net/s/4709859>`__”
+- “`Harry Potter\_ Choices <https://fanfiction.net/s/8820097>`__”
+- “`Harry Potter\_ To Love Is To
+ Live <https://fanfiction.net/s/3480843>`__”
+- “`Hermione’s advice <https://fanfiction.net/s/14187347>`__”
+- “`Hex the Nargles Off of the
+ Mistletoe <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=4672>`__”
+- “`Home <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=130489>`__”
+- “`Hope for the Best\_ Plan for the
+ Worst <https://archiveofourown.org/works/20352643>`__”
+- “`Chamber Girl <https://fanfiction.net/s/13561400>`__”
+- “`Chamber of Changes <https://archiveofourown.org/works/35043637>`__”
+- “`Changes <https://archiveofourown.org/works/24024865>`__”
+- “`Changes <https://www.phoenixsong.net/fanfiction/story/4214>`__”
+- “`Charming
+ Ginny <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=130311>`__”
+- “`Chasing Gnats <https://fanfiction.net/s/12721563>`__”
+- “`I’d Rather Fall in
+ Chocolate <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=129310>`__”
+- “`If Harry Potter Had
+ Game <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=130607>`__”
+- “`In Every Universe\_ All in One
+ Piece <https://archiveofourown.org/works/11787858>`__”
+- “`in my head we do everything
+ right <https://fanfiction.net/s/13143812>`__”
+- “`Intervention <https://fanfiction.net/s/14243300>`__”
+- “`In the Heat of the Night <https://fanfiction.net/s/11367427>`__”
+- “`In the Words of Ginevra Molly
+ Potter <https://fanfiction.net/s/3728284>`__”
+- “`In You I
+ Trust <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=127862>`__”
+- “`i still believe in heroes <https://fanfiction.net/s/8395381>`__”
+- “`It Sneaks Up On
+ You <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=1133>`__”
+- “`Learning to Dance <https://fanfiction.net/s/2844583>`__”
+- “`Leave Me Alone <https://fanfiction.net/s/3793722>`__”
+- “`Love Is Like A Rose <https://fanfiction.net/s/2870133>`__”
+- “`Magic Within\_ Magic
+ Without <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=4384>`__”
+- “`Marriage and
+ Inheritance <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=2299>`__”
+- “`Meaning of One
+ Outtake <https://-%20Mission_%20Impossiblewww.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=127653>`__”
+- “`Memories & The Secret of
+ Hogwarts <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=130341>`__”
+- “`Miss the Most <https://archiveofourown.org/works/35207926>`__”
+- “`Miss the Most <https://fanfiction.net/s/13808081>`__”
+- “`Monster <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=7818>`__”
+- “`Months <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=128065>`__”
+- “`My Slytherin Harry <https://fanfiction.net/s/6160345>`__”
+- “`New Heights <https://fanfiction.net/s/12085475>`__”
+- “`New Year\_ New
+ Hope <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=4696>`__”
+- “`No Matter How
+ Improbable <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=128266>`__”
+- “`Normal as a
+ Wedding <https://archiveofourown.org/works/24007870>`__”
+- “`Normal as a
+ Wedding <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=7995>`__”
+- “`Normalcy <https://harrypotterfanfiction.com/viewstory.php?psid=204407>`__”
+- “`Noticing <https://archiveofourown.org/works/15936890>`__”
+- “`Odyssey to the
+ Orient <https://archiveofourown.org/works/13832529>`__”
+- “`One Traffic Light <https://fanfiction.net/s/7058158>`__”
+- “`Open at the
+ Close <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=127050>`__”
+- “`Orange Crush Drabbles
+ (Harry_Ginny) <https://archiveofourown.org/works/24948679>`__”
+- “`Orchards <https://archiveofourown.org/works/44061048>`__”
+- “`Overprotective <https://archiveofourown.org/works/28056225>`__”
+- “`Owl Post <https://fanfiction.net/s/10502383>`__”
+- “`Passing <https://www.phoenixsong.net/fanfiction/story/3724>`__”
+- “`Perilous
+ Journey <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=129590>`__”
+- “`Phoenix <https://www.phoenixsong.net/fanfiction/story/4480>`__”
+- “`Rebuilding the World <https://fanfiction.net/s/3872862>`__”
+- “`Reign O’er Me <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=3555>`__”
+- “`Remember <https://archiveofourown.org/works/13244409>`__”
+- “`Resonance <https://archiveofourown.org/works/4210032>`__”
+- “`Revenge is Sweet <https://fanfiction.net/s/12539370>`__”
+- “`Rows <https://archiveofourown.org/works/24024646>`__”
+- “`Rows <https://www.phoenixsong.net/fanfiction/story/3693>`__”
+- “`Rusalka\_ Red Silk <https://archiveofourown.org/works/24327295>`__”
+- “`Rusalka\_ Red
+ Silk <https://www.phoenixsong.net/fanfiction/story/3723>`__”
+- “`Saving the Saviour <https://fanfiction.net/s/11833745>`__”
+- “`Seasons of Change\_ Year
+ 1 <https://archiveofourown.org/works/16125011>`__”
+- “`Seasons of Change\_ Year
+ 2 <https://archiveofourown.org/works/16182386>`__”
+- “`Seasons of Change\_ Year
+ 3 <https://archiveofourown.org/works/24989500>`__”
+- “`Secret Love <https://fanfiction.net/s/12773559>`__”
+- “`Seventeen <https://www.phoenixsong.net/fanfiction/story/5284>`__”
+- “`show me heart <https://archiveofourown.org/works/25402456>`__”
+- “`Summer’s Breeze <https://fanfiction.net/s/7103775>`__”
+- “`Summer Story <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=126984>`__”
+- “`Teenage Mutant Ninja
+ Kneazles <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=129618>`__”
+- “`That red
+ dress <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=130456>`__”
+- “`the Ambush Harry
+ Conspiracy <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=5406>`__”
+- “`The Bargain <https://fanfiction.net/s/2160456>`__”
+- “`The Bargain\_ Side Effects <https://fanfiction.net/s/2435010>`__”
+- “`The Beast Within <https://fanfiction.net/s/9527368>`__”
+- “`The Best Ship of All <https://fanfiction.net/s/2554764>`__”
+- “`The Commoner Queen <https://fanfiction.net/s/7009713>`__”
+- “`The Department of
+ Mysteries <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=129738>`__”
+- “`The Changeling <https://archiveofourown.org/works/189189>`__”
+- “`The Insurance Policy <https://fanfiction.net/s/13385871>`__”
+- “`The Legacy of Regulus
+ Black <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=130255>`__”
+- “`The Legacy of Regulus Black\_ the Story
+ Continues <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=130301>`__”
+- “`The Lost Year <https://fanfiction.net/s/13815274>`__”
+- “`The Natural Animagus <https://fanfiction.net/s/4183350>`__”
+- “`The Night <https://archiveofourown.org/works/23771665>`__”
+- “`The One with the
+ Photograph <https://archiveofourown.org/works/24423739>`__”
+- “`The Perfect Fit <https://fanfiction.net/s/1964257>`__”
+- “`The Pick Up <https://fanfiction.net/s/13389006>`__”
+- “`The Power He Knows Not <https://fanfiction.net/s/13166044>`__”
+- “`The Ritual <https://fanfiction.net/s/12654097>`__”
+- “`The Road Not Taken <https://archiveofourown.org/works/13107957>`__”
+- “`The Room of Lost Things <https://fanfiction.net/s/13113518>`__”
+- “`The Sins of the
+ Fathers <https://www.phoenixsong.net/fanfiction/story/5750>`__”
+- “`The Slimmest\_ Wildest
+ Chances <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=1981>`__”
+- “`The Thorny Rose <https://fanfiction.net/s/9631998>`__”
+- “`The Thorny Rose 2\_ A Bustle In Your
+ Hedgerow <https://fanfiction.net/s/9969456>`__”
+- “`The Thorny Rose 3\_ A Spring Clean for the May
+ Queen <https://fanfiction.net/s/10288020>`__”
+- “`the train station <https://archiveofourown.org/works/6997183>`__”
+- “`The Unknown Light <https://archiveofourown.org/works/6242449>`__”
+- “`The Weasleys and the Potters <https://fanfiction.net/s/9195660>`__”
+- “`The World As We Knew It <https://fanfiction.net/s/3571753>`__”
+- “`The World I Leave
+ Behind <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=128358>`__”
+- “`To become a Muggle <https://fanfiction.net/s/5866364>`__”
+- “`Trophy Boyfriend\_ Harry Potter and the Winning of his
+ Wand <https://archiveofourown.org/works/24139939>`__”
+- “`Twelve Hours <https://fanfiction.net/s/13562088>`__”
+- “`Twenty <https://-Two%20Daysarchiveofourown.org/works/8191594>`__”
+- “`Two
+ Conversations <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=130055>`__”
+- “`Uncertainty in Grimmauld
+ Place <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=6540>`__”
+- “`we can still be\_ who we said we
+ were <https://fanfiction.net/s/12713008>`__”
+- “`What If <https://fanfiction.net/s/9879046>`__”
+- “`What If Snape Died <https://fanfiction.net/s/2968636>`__”
+- “`When Harry Missed the Trick
+ Step <https://fanfiction.net/s/12092024>`__”
+- “`Who Is Ginny Weasley
+ Dating\_ <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=130574>`__”
+- “`Without A Trace <https://archiveofourown.org/works/14101779>`__”
+- “`Words from the past <https://fanfiction.net/s/7320306>`__”
+- “`Yarn Shop <https://www.phoenixsong.net/fanfiction/story/1842>`__”
+- “`Years <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=129085>`__”
+- “`You’re Still
+ You <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=3153>`__”
+- “`Dragons\_ Diaries\_ and Diagon
+ Alley <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=2601>`__”
+- “`Leaving Privet
+ Drive <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=5789>`__”
+- “`Lucky Me <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=2658>`__”
+- “`Red Is The
+ Heart <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=2902>`__”
+- “`These Three Words (Wallpaper Moments
+ II) <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=12382>`__”
+- “`Wallpaper
+ Moments <https://www.siye.co.uk/viewstory.php?sid=2036>`__”
+
+.. _`Hinny Fics?`:
+ https://www.reddit.com/r/HPfanfiction/comments/1cr7i17/hinny_fics/
diff --git a/literature/huna_drinny.rst b/literature/huna_drinny.rst
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+Huna leading to Drinny
+######################
+
+:date: 2024-05-14T23:32:57
+:category: literature
+:tags: storyPrompt, harryPotter, plotBunny, fromReddit
+
+Originally published as “`Ginny-centered Huna and what next …`_”
+on Reddit.
+
+.. _`Ginny-centered Huna and what next …`:
+ https://www.reddit.com/r/HPfanfiction/comments/o40sus/ginnycentered_huna_and_what_next/
+
+Imagine a classical Huna story (Harry takes Luna to the
+Slughorn’s party and they hit it off), but seen from the eyes of
+Ginny. She has to finally fight the final loss of her hope that
+she would get together with Harry ever. She doesn’t get crazily
+jealous, because who could blame Luna for anything, and besides
+Luna is her friend and friends don’t steal boyfriends from other
+friends, but it is hard and she is moping around the castle
+in not very good mental state. While going through the second
+floor she finds Draco in the Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom breaking
+down because he just cannot carry on in his attempt to deliver
+poisoned mead to Dumbledore. They manage to talk and she gets
+through to him and persuades him to go to Snape and Dumbledore
+for help. While working on his double-agent story, they get
+together.
+
+There is an alternative to this pre-Christmas Drinny, with them
+getting together only after Ron’s poisoning (Ginny spends a month
+or so moping around). How to make it possible for Ginny to get
+involved with possible murderer of her brother? That wouldn’t
+work, so how to do it?
+
+One thing about those first two attacks (the cursed necklace and
+Katie Bell, and the poisoned mead and Ron) is that they can be
+fully orchestrated from outside Hogwarts. Actually, they feel
+weird exactly because they are too complicated for somebody who
+is inside the castle. That’s right, the true perpetrator of these
+two crimes was not Draco, but Narcissa Malfoy, who was still
+trying to save him by making him succeed, because she suspects
+Draco was not able to accomplish the intended assassination of
+Dumbledore.
+
+And when Draco sees somebody actually fighting for his life (more
+Ron than Katie who was unconveniently shipped to St. Mango),
+he might finally realized what does it actually mean to kill
+somebody.
+
+So, it could be possible to have both of my hoped-for pairings
+Draco/Ginny and Ron/Lavender (this time meant seriously after his
+near-death experience). Harry is free to go anywhere or even for
+Harmony or Huna for all I know.
diff --git a/literature/james-potter-werewolf-incident.rst b/literature/james-potter-werewolf-incident.rst
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+James Potter and The Werewolf Incident
+######################################
+
+:date: 2022-10-31T07:27:12
+:category: literature
+:tags: review, harryPotter, blogComment, storyPrompt
+
+Comment on the Reddit thread “`In which year did the Snape-Werewolf incident happen?`_”
+by `/u/Hoptitu`_)
+
+
+What is even more important question: were the words
+
+> “Well, it’s more the fact that he exists, if you know what I mean. …”
+
+said by James Potter after Severus Snape was almost killed by the
+means of a werewolf in his presence (yes, James saved him, but
+was it really from the goodness of his heart or because he was
+smart enough to see what could happen to two of his friends)? And
+was James Potter still the best buddy with a guy who just for fun
+almost killed another (and threatened a life of his best friend)?
+
+If yes, if shows truly the level of arrogance and disrespect for
+human life which makes James Potter a way less nice person than
+he is usually presented to be. Actually, quite disgusting. (Of
+course, the problem is, I suspect, that JKR as usual didn’t check
+her timeline).
+
+
+.. _`In which year did the Snape-Werewolf incident happen?`:
+ https://www.reddit.com/r/HPfanfiction/comments/yi01l5/in_which_year_did_the_snapewerewolf_incident/
+
+.. _`/u/Hoptitu`:
+ https://www.reddit.com/user/Hoptitu/
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+Lord’s Supper and Harry Potter
+##############################
+
+:date: 2024-05-17T16:35:58
+:category: literature
+:tags: harryPotter, blogComment, fromReddit, theology
+
+(my comment on the reddit thread `The Pope loves magic,
+actually`_ by callmesalticidae_)
+
+Foremost, I don’t want to make it into a Catholic/Protestant
+thing. I know Catholics who agree with me in saying that the
+whole transubstantiation controversy is basically a disaster
+caused by the Scholastic attempt to squeeze everything into a
+rational framework. Scholasticism was in many aspects an Alpha
+version of the Enlightenment of the Eighteenth Century, and it
+hit the similar problems.
+
+Here they tried to fit the round peg of the God’s mystery to the
+square hole of the Aristotelian logical framework of reason,
+and it really never worked well. Then of course, because the
+Catholic Church never makes a mistake, instead of admitting the
+idea was a bit foolish they doubled down on it and made it into
+`the shibboleth of the true faith`_, which made the whole thing
+even worse. Then the Reformation came and who were just two sides
+in a discussion were now enemies, and so Reformers add `their own
+junk`_.
+
+I do like the formulation of the seventeenth century bishop of
+Czech brethren Jan Ámos Komenský (Comenius) from his confession_
+of faith that Jesus told us to meet with him in the bread and
+wine and not to study it or trying to understand it.
+
+Concerning Harry Potter and transfiguration. I really don’t know
+where it came from that the Christian faith could be somehow put
+in jeopardy by the discovery that changing of water into wine
+(which is the best I can understand could transfiguration do) is
+possible by magic. Firstly, it is the Wedding at Cana not the
+Last Supper, and for the second, I don’t think even the most
+strict extreme Roman Catholic would ever argue that even the
+Consecrated Host would be by scientific method distinguishable
+from any other regular bread (not that he would do any scientific
+investigation of the Sacred Host for reverence to it). Spiritual
+change of bread and wine into The Glorious Presence of the Lord
+Jesus is something which I don’t think even Professor McGonagall
+claim to do (who is in my headcanon a strict Presbyterian and a
+relative of Helen Burns from “Jane Eyre”).
+
+So, yes, after arguing about it for myself, I don’t think
+Transfiguration has any effect on anything, be it the Protestant
+Lord’s Supper or the Catholic Eucharist.
+
+.. _`The Pope loves magic, actually`:
+ https://www.reddit.com/r/HPfanfiction/comments/1ctqbkn/the_pope_loves_magic_actually/
+
+.. _callmesalticidae:
+ https://www.reddit.com/user/callmesalticidae
+
+
+.. _`the shibboleth of the true faith`:
+ https://youtu.be/fqkaBEWPH18
+
+.. _`their own junk`:
+ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidelberg_Catechism#Lord's_Day_30
+
+.. _confession:
+ https://kaplice.evangnet.cz/HTMS/kb.html