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diff --git a/faith/xkcd-for-my-daughter.rst b/faith/xkcd-for-my-daughter.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c92ab6b --- /dev/null +++ b/faith/xkcd-for-my-daughter.rst @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1074415 --- /dev/null +++ b/literature/enemies-to-friends.rst @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e0d484b --- /dev/null +++ b/literature/hinny_dump.rst @@ -0,0 +1,259 @@ +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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..075f066 --- /dev/null +++ b/literature/huna_drinny.rst @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..096a5e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/literature/james-potter-werewolf-incident.rst @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +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/ diff --git a/literature/lords-supper-and-magic.rst b/literature/lords-supper-and-magic.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..613cdb4 --- /dev/null +++ b/literature/lords-supper-and-magic.rst @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +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 |