I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good
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alt_sally_anneI spent yesterday making bracelets and talking to Pansy about Regulus Black. She doesn't believe what the newspaper said (which is the same thing Lucius Malfoy said), that Regulus was mad and had a second personality that did evil things. Or at least it doesn't make sense to her. If you read back through his diary you can see that he thinks he's being forced, and Mrs Malfoy and the rest act like it's all a bit of a joke. They don't act worried. That doesn't make sense UNLESS they know perfectly well the person forcing him to do things is the Lord Protector.
'Lord Pretender.' Heh. I'd probably better not write that even under the lock, I might slip somewhere other people can see.
Terry what you said yesterday, about what Carrow wanted from you, that made me think something similar was the key to what was going on with Regulus. Because he was being punished, again and again, even though he was doing exactly as he was told! I told Pansy I thought perhaps the Lord Protector wanted Regulus to enjoy it -- to relish it -- and he was being punished because he obviously hated it even though he was STILL doing it.
I STILL think the Lord Protector was threatening Pansy, I mean first he had Regulus murder a pureblood boy which really shows no one is safe. And then he had him murder two girls who looked like Pansy. I think he was threatening to make Regulus murder Pansy because it really would be the WORST thing, really, to do to him. And I think that's why Regulus killed himself. I said a little of that to Pansy but really it's too horrid. Also Mr Malfoy told her she was never in danger and he would always keep her safe and she wants to believe that.
What do the rest of you think?
Also Terry and Hermione, I have the beads from George and Fred and I made bracelets BUT it occurred to me today that I might be able to do better than just a regular bracelet. Here's the thing: my father puts charms on things like this, sometimes. You want to do the charm WHILE you're making it so I could re-do the bracelets, now that I have the hang of it they're really fast.
Here are the charms I know how to do (kind of):
1. Anti-breakage. This is supposed to keep the string from getting frayed and it is SUPPOSED to break anyway if it's the bracelet or your hand. The risk here is I might make it a bit too strong and it won't break even if it IS the bracelet or your hand. It's not an anti-cutting charm, the string can still be cut. Anti-cutting charms are generally considered a bad idea because if it gets caught in something -- well, anyway, you don't want one of those. Anyway I tried this one out and then mucked with it a bit, I think it helped as the strings didn't want to fray even when I poked at them a bit with a pin.
2. Anti-loss. This is supposed to make it find its way back to you. So if Carrow took it from you Terry the idea is that it wouldn't go zipping across the room back to you or anything but he'd just misplace it and it would turn up near you within a day. These are HARD to do right and I hate to say this but I'd need a bit of your body, that sounds really awful but it's how the bracelet would know how to find you. (Otherwise it'll find me, since I made the bracelet, and THAT'S no good at all.) Hair would do but blood would be better, we'd put a drop of blood on the string. The risk of this one is just that it wouldn't work at all. It's actually easier to do the charm that makes the thing chase after you (they put it on baby rattles) but that's no good as it would REALLY attract attention if it did that, you know?
3. Anti-attention. There are lots of different charms for this and the simplest one (and the only one I think I might be able to do) doesn't make it invisible and if someone is LOOKING for a bracelet on your wrist they'll see it right there. But unless they're really LOOKING for it their eye just passes right over it. It's hard to explain but with this charm it just looks to everyone like it's nothing important. It works a lot better on something like this -- you know, because a string bracelet already looks like something unimportant. (If you put it on something like a flaming sword, it doesn't work NEARLY as well.) I tested this out by making myself a bracelet in Hufflepuff colours and wearing it around the common room today and no one said anything, so I think it worked (but maybe everyone was being polite? ha ha ha).
There are also a whole lot of anti-theft charms but most of them are pretty noticeable, like the one Draco had on his tea chest that makes your hand swell up if you touch it. You can't steal something you don't notice, and the anti-loss one is supposed to make it fall out of the thief's pocket and make its way back to you, so those ought to work pretty well.
Anyway, let me know if you want any of these. If you want the anti-loss one we can work out a way -- actually probably it would be easiest for me to give you the string, and for you to put a little blood on it and get it back to me. Terry where is the Headmistress having you work? In the Hospital Wing again or somewhere else? I was thinking of coming to talk to Madam Pomfrey maybe anyway.
'Lord Pretender.' Heh. I'd probably better not write that even under the lock, I might slip somewhere other people can see.
Terry what you said yesterday, about what Carrow wanted from you, that made me think something similar was the key to what was going on with Regulus. Because he was being punished, again and again, even though he was doing exactly as he was told! I told Pansy I thought perhaps the Lord Protector wanted Regulus to enjoy it -- to relish it -- and he was being punished because he obviously hated it even though he was STILL doing it.
I STILL think the Lord Protector was threatening Pansy, I mean first he had Regulus murder a pureblood boy which really shows no one is safe. And then he had him murder two girls who looked like Pansy. I think he was threatening to make Regulus murder Pansy because it really would be the WORST thing, really, to do to him. And I think that's why Regulus killed himself. I said a little of that to Pansy but really it's too horrid. Also Mr Malfoy told her she was never in danger and he would always keep her safe and she wants to believe that.
What do the rest of you think?
Also Terry and Hermione, I have the beads from George and Fred and I made bracelets BUT it occurred to me today that I might be able to do better than just a regular bracelet. Here's the thing: my father puts charms on things like this, sometimes. You want to do the charm WHILE you're making it so I could re-do the bracelets, now that I have the hang of it they're really fast.
Here are the charms I know how to do (kind of):
1. Anti-breakage. This is supposed to keep the string from getting frayed and it is SUPPOSED to break anyway if it's the bracelet or your hand. The risk here is I might make it a bit too strong and it won't break even if it IS the bracelet or your hand. It's not an anti-cutting charm, the string can still be cut. Anti-cutting charms are generally considered a bad idea because if it gets caught in something -- well, anyway, you don't want one of those. Anyway I tried this one out and then mucked with it a bit, I think it helped as the strings didn't want to fray even when I poked at them a bit with a pin.
2. Anti-loss. This is supposed to make it find its way back to you. So if Carrow took it from you Terry the idea is that it wouldn't go zipping across the room back to you or anything but he'd just misplace it and it would turn up near you within a day. These are HARD to do right and I hate to say this but I'd need a bit of your body, that sounds really awful but it's how the bracelet would know how to find you. (Otherwise it'll find me, since I made the bracelet, and THAT'S no good at all.) Hair would do but blood would be better, we'd put a drop of blood on the string. The risk of this one is just that it wouldn't work at all. It's actually easier to do the charm that makes the thing chase after you (they put it on baby rattles) but that's no good as it would REALLY attract attention if it did that, you know?
3. Anti-attention. There are lots of different charms for this and the simplest one (and the only one I think I might be able to do) doesn't make it invisible and if someone is LOOKING for a bracelet on your wrist they'll see it right there. But unless they're really LOOKING for it their eye just passes right over it. It's hard to explain but with this charm it just looks to everyone like it's nothing important. It works a lot better on something like this -- you know, because a string bracelet already looks like something unimportant. (If you put it on something like a flaming sword, it doesn't work NEARLY as well.) I tested this out by making myself a bracelet in Hufflepuff colours and wearing it around the common room today and no one said anything, so I think it worked (but maybe everyone was being polite? ha ha ha).
There are also a whole lot of anti-theft charms but most of them are pretty noticeable, like the one Draco had on his tea chest that makes your hand swell up if you touch it. You can't steal something you don't notice, and the anti-loss one is supposed to make it fall out of the thief's pocket and make its way back to you, so those ought to work pretty well.
Anyway, let me know if you want any of these. If you want the anti-loss one we can work out a way -- actually probably it would be easiest for me to give you the string, and for you to put a little blood on it and get it back to me. Terry where is the Headmistress having you work? In the Hospital Wing again or somewhere else? I was thinking of coming to talk to Madam Pomfrey maybe anyway.
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Date: 2010-06-05 10:27 pm (UTC)