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7 files changed, 77 insertions, 61 deletions

diff --git a/faith/aristotle-unities.rst b/faith/aristotle-unities.rst
index c3c2584..c47c859 100644
--- a/faith/aristotle-unities.rst
+++ b/faith/aristotle-unities.rst
@@ -320,13 +320,13 @@ Jugashvili, the Dark Lord of Leningrad, who stood behind the
 Soviet power). Mr. John Major has one small role in the story to 
 play (and putting completely incompetent Minister Fudge in line), 
 although they miss that during their first visit to the Diagon 
-Alley couple of streets away the same John Major stood on the 
-steps of the Downing St. 10 `announcing the Iraq War`_. Also, one 
-of the large subplots relates to the 1994 Rwanda genocide (which 
-was caused in reality by the Dark Lord Kinani Ngeze and his 
-nundu). Related to that is the author including also international 
-point of view, which is very nice, because the wizarding world of 
-the Harry Potter universe is usually horribly English-centric and 
+Alley couple of streets away the same John Major stood on the
+steps of the Downing St. 10 announcing the Iraq War. Also, one of
+the large subplots relates to the 1994 Rwanda genocide (which was
+caused in reality by the Dark Lord Kinani Ngeze and his nundu).
+Related to that is the author including also international point
+of view, which is very nice, because the wizarding world of the
+Harry Potter universe is usually horribly English-centric and
 ignorant of the world around.
 
 One tiny complaint to the general feeling of the book. English 
@@ -393,18 +393,18 @@ Another similarly problematic story is the chapter 83, “The
 Battle of Gisenyi”. Again, it is perfectly written short story of 
 the magical battle, which would perfectly stand on its own as 
 a one-shot. Moreover, contrary to the previous one, this one has 
-an obvious important function for the whole story. One problem 
-with the persona of Albus Dumbledore is that everybody talks 
-about him as a biggest wizard walking the England (or Scotland), 
-the only one Voldermort is afraid of, but we almost never see 
-this magical power in practice. The only exception in books is 
-The Battle of the Department of Mysteries, and even that is 
-rather brief and I am afraid not enough. This is one very few 
-exceptions where the films are better than the books just by 
-their nature, it is very obvious there that battle is in fact the 
-most advanced magical duel of whole series. It seems to me that 
-this power of Albus Dumbledore is one place where Ms. Rowling 
-seriously failed in the task “Show, don’t tell”.
+an obvious important function for the whole story. One problem
+with the persona of Albus Dumbledore in the canon is that
+everybody talks about him as a biggest wizard walking the England
+(or Scotland), the only one Voldermort is afraid of, but we
+almost never see this magical power in practice. The only
+exception in books is The Battle of the Department of Mysteries,
+and even that is rather brief and I am afraid not enough. This is
+one very few exceptions where the films are better than the books
+just by their nature, it is very obvious there that battle is in
+fact the most advanced magical duel of whole series. It seems to
+me that this power of Albus Dumbledore is one place where Ms.
+Rowling seriously failed in the task “Show, don’t tell”.
 
 So, I welcome very much that there was an occasion for Albus 
 Dumbledore to show his real power, I am just unsure whether it 
@@ -469,9 +469,6 @@ make stories a way more homogeneous and I believe more enjoyable.
 .. _Grimaud:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers#Characters
 
-.. _`announcing the Iraq War`:
-   https://youtu.be/RydgEbD_CSI
-
 .. _`Royal Ward`:
    https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10556030/
 
diff --git a/faith/augurey.rst b/faith/augurey.rst
index 9f5f852..422f86e 100644
--- a/faith/augurey.rst
+++ b/faith/augurey.rst
@@ -118,24 +118,27 @@ I don’t think it matters that much for the story, just if you
 want to break up Harry and Ginny, PLEASE, do a better job than
 the author of this story.
 
+.. _voldemort-father:
+   
 Of course, the premise of the story is based on the idea that Tom
 Riddle could father a baby in the first place. Yes, I don’t
-believe this story (and the Cursed Child, one of many disasters
-of that fanfiction story), that he would be capable of falling in
-love with anybody, and I have deep suspicion even about his
-ability to commit the deed. After all, he truly doesn’t have the
-human body, what he *has* is the alchemist construct, created by
-two sexually rather inept most likely still virgins; I wonder
-whether his body truly has all bits in the right places. Much
-more appealing (or much disgusting, that’s the same thing) would
-be if Delphini was either just by-product of some dark magic
-ritual (which would nicely lead to her being neglected and
-abandoned) or even intended object (produced by artificial
-insemination or its magical equivalent) of some ritual. What
-about the ultimate Horcrux created by sacrificing your own child?
-It would be an opportunity to create truly disgusting dark magic,
-which would eliminate all those jabbers about grey magic and
-acceptability of the Dark Magic.
+believe this story (and the Cursed Child, one of many
+disasters of that fanfiction story), that he would be capable
+of falling in love with anybody, and I have deep suspicion
+even about his ability to commit the deed. After all, he truly
+doesn’t have the human body, what he *has* is the alchemist
+construct, created by two sexually rather inept most likely
+still virgins; I wonder whether his body truly has all bits in
+the right places. Much more appealing (or much disgusting,
+that’s the same thing) would be if Delphini was either just
+by-product of some dark magic ritual (which would nicely lead
+to her being neglected and abandoned) or even intended object
+(produced by artificial insemination or its magical
+equivalent) of some ritual. What about the ultimate Horcrux
+created by sacrificing your own child? It would be an
+opportunity to create truly disgusting dark magic, which would
+eliminate all those jabbers about grey magic and acceptability
+of the Dark Magic.
 
 ----
 
diff --git a/faith/breakfast_in_new_york_02.rst b/faith/breakfast_in_new_york_02.rst
index 1867d6f..027c7d9 100644
--- a/faith/breakfast_in_new_york_02.rst
+++ b/faith/breakfast_in_new_york_02.rst
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ Catholic (or any Christian) literature should acknowledge that
 “There is no one righteous, not even one, there is no one who
 understands, there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away,
 together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows
-kindness, not even one.” Meaning, that all-perfect people, who
-don’t make mistakes (or who don’t sin, to keep the lingo), are
-just dream-like creatures not capable of real life. And the
-question is, how come these good people, how come we, sometimes
-do really stupid things? Why would a good Catholic girl sleep
-with a boy on a one-night stand while leaving to the other end of
-the world (and she thinks permanently)? Why would he? What would
-they do afterwards?
+kindness, not even one.” (Romans 3:10-12) Meaning, that
+all-perfect people, who don’t make mistakes (or who don’t sin, to
+keep the lingo), are just dream-like creatures not capable of
+real life. And the question is, how come these good people, how
+come we, sometimes do really stupid things? Why would a good
+Catholic girl sleep with a boy on a one-night stand while leaving
+to the other end of the world (and she thinks permanently)? Why
+would he? What would they do afterwards?
 
 Where good people do bad things (think Graham Greene, if you want
 to have a good Catholic writer) is exactly the place where
diff --git a/faith/good-petunia-stories.rst b/faith/good-petunia-stories.rst
index 8497f19..901e77b 100644
--- a/faith/good-petunia-stories.rst
+++ b/faith/good-petunia-stories.rst
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ I know about these:
   really?
 
 * “`Petunia Evans, Tomb Raider by Starfox5`_”, or she is not
-  exactly a witch (muggleborne squib doesn't make any sense), but
-  it is a bit of crack.
+  exactly a witch, but it is a bit of crack.
 
 * “`There Will Be No Foolish Wand Waving by kgfinkel`_”, which
   has the most awesome Petunia around (or How did I destroyed The
diff --git a/faith/hp_and_sayers.rst b/faith/hp_and_sayers.rst
index 5302af5..5a94881 100644
--- a/faith/hp_and_sayers.rst
+++ b/faith/hp_and_sayers.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ OK, I will suggest a very weird book for reading. `The Mind of
 the Maker by Dorothy L. Sayers`_ (yes, the author of detective
 stories with Lord Peter Wimsey) is one of the best books on the
 art of writing stories I have ever read. Yes, it is on its face
-a theological pamphlet on the Trinity, and given that, it will
+a theological pamphlet on the Trinity, and given that, it will be
 probably unpalatable for some, but underneath the theological is
 also an absolute gem of the literary theory by somebody who
 actually knows a thing or two about writing. Highly recommended.
@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@ meaning of ninety percent of all fantasy stories. Coming from the
 Sayers’ book, I would suggest that there is some kind of spirit
 or atmosphere of HP universe, and book or story violating this
 spirit will feel wrong. For example, I am firmly persuaded that
-any crossover between HP books, which are in my opinion rather
-pedestrian, egalitarian, realist, modernist and quite
-rationalist, and semi-mystical/super-natural universe (e.g.,
-Marvel-type superheroes, or vampires) is by its substance doomed
-to fail, because these two universes have too different spirits
-to mesh together. Similarly, the very idea of the feudal (or even
+any crossover between HP books, which are in my opinion what
+I call elsewhere “`a magicians’ realism`_”, rather pedestrian,
+egalitarian, realist, modernist and quite rationalist, and
+semi-mystical/super-natural universe (e.g., Marvel-type
+superheroes, or vampires) is by its substance doomed to fail,
+because these two universes have too different spirits to mesh
+together. Similarly, the very idea of the feudal (or even
 earlier) highly unequal society in the twentieth century HP
 universe is in my opinion doomed to fail. The same goes for Harry
 Potter being ultra-rich (meaning, owning ridiculously large part
@@ -57,3 +58,6 @@ percent.
 
 .. _`Operation Wandless by EllianaDunla`:
    https://archiveofourown.org/works/784221
+
+.. _`a magicians’ realism`:
+   {filename}magicians-realism.rst
diff --git a/faith/magicians-realism.rst b/faith/magicians-realism.rst
index a33d954..768ab08 100644
--- a/faith/magicians-realism.rst
+++ b/faith/magicians-realism.rst
@@ -51,11 +51,12 @@ insignificant (*sub specie aeternitatis*) persons doing something
 completely historically insignificant: saving their lives and
 freedom (and inheritance for David). Realist stories (despite the
 bad rap they got from “Middlemarch”, Balzac and similar stuff)
-don’t have to be boring (jury is still out, whether the legendary
-novel “Mr Bailey, Grocer” supposedly written by the character
-Harold Biffen in the novel “New Grub Street” by George Gissing
-and just describing the ordinary life of an ordinary grocer could
-be a good idea).
+don’t have to be boring, but they have to be non-exceptional or
+normal (jury is still out, whether the legendary novel “Mr
+Bailey, Grocer” supposedly written by the character Harold Biffen
+in the novel “New Grub Street” by George Gissing and just
+describing the ordinary life of an ordinary grocer could be
+a good idea).
 
 I really like “`History of Mr Polly`_” by H. G. Wells, which is
 beautifully written story despite being about pub-owner mixed
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ adventures during their holidays) or Kipling’s “`Stalky
 It is not only about characters and main story lines.
 Exceptionality is also in the characters of characters. The
 realist story deals with normal passions of normal people (for
-mzzbee stories infidelity, meaning of life, and finding a life
+mzzbee_ stories infidelity, meaning of life, and finding a life
 partner). The romantic one is all about extremes: extreme love,
 saving the kingdom, the main opponent “[u]nscathed by the lance
 of his enemy, […] died a victim to the violence of his own
diff --git a/faith/percy-changes-history.rst b/faith/percy-changes-history.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ab01fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/faith/percy-changes-history.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Percy Weasley Changes the History
+#################################
+
+:date: 2021-04-11T22:03:11
+:status: draft
+:category: faith
+:tags: review, harryPotter, blogComment
+
+One of those “For Want of a Nail” type of stories. Tiny change
+which changes everything.
+
+mandatory clean up of old evidence in DMLE