She actually sounds like a fascinating and appealing person. I'll try very hard not to give her any reason to think me a fool.
Ron was sponsored by Julius Avery. (Avery also sponsored Vincent Crabbe and Zach Smith.)
So back in February in Hogsmeade, Avery told Ron he ought to drop me, because being romantically involved with a half-blood was holding him back. Since Ron didn't take his advice, Avery found me in Hogsmeade this most recent time, and told me that I ought to break things off. And, to try to persuade me, he said that everyone knows Mr Malfoy is out of favour with Our Lord, and if the time should come when He wants to punish Mr Malfoy for something, Avery said he could see to it that Pansy was the one who got hurt. And it would be my fault, for not doing as Avery said.
So.
I talked this over with both Ron and Pansy, of course. Pansy says she can take care of herself and that I shouldn't worry. (Her sponsor is Ned Pennifold, if you're wondering.) Ron, meanwhile, is concerned that if he does drop me, it might protect Pansy but it would put me at risk -- I already got targeted by that idiot Dean Thomas for the 'shameful secrets' challenge.
Anyway -- do you think Avery ACTUALLY has the power to put Pansy in harm's way? And is Mr Malfoy likely to get in that sort of serious trouble? There's a big difference between merely 'out of favour' and the situation Avery is talking about.
Frankly, my assessment is that even if Avery is correct that RIGHT NOW he has that sort of influence, things on the Council shift so quickly that by the time such a threat would actually come into play, he wouldn't anymore. And that maybe he doesn't realise that because he was only Marked last summer.
(As far as what he's said about my lack of blood purity holding Ron back -- well, there are two half-bloods in the challenge, first of all. But also, it's ridiculous to act as though we are engaged. And should Ron be honoured with Our Lord's Mark, he would need to seek Our Lord's permission before marrying anyone at all.)
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Date: 2014-04-08 02:35 am (UTC)Ron was sponsored by Julius Avery. (Avery also sponsored Vincent Crabbe and Zach Smith.)
So back in February in Hogsmeade, Avery told Ron he ought to drop me, because being romantically involved with a half-blood was holding him back. Since Ron didn't take his advice, Avery found me in Hogsmeade this most recent time, and told me that I ought to break things off. And, to try to persuade me, he said that everyone knows Mr Malfoy is out of favour with Our Lord, and if the time should come when He wants to punish Mr Malfoy for something, Avery said he could see to it that Pansy was the one who got hurt. And it would be my fault, for not doing as Avery said.
So.
I talked this over with both Ron and Pansy, of course. Pansy says she can take care of herself and that I shouldn't worry. (Her sponsor is Ned Pennifold, if you're wondering.) Ron, meanwhile, is concerned that if he does drop me, it might protect Pansy but it would put me at risk -- I already got targeted by that idiot Dean Thomas for the 'shameful secrets' challenge.
Anyway -- do you think Avery ACTUALLY has the power to put Pansy in harm's way? And is Mr Malfoy likely to get in that sort of serious trouble? There's a big difference between merely 'out of favour' and the situation Avery is talking about.
Frankly, my assessment is that even if Avery is correct that RIGHT NOW he has that sort of influence, things on the Council shift so quickly that by the time such a threat would actually come into play, he wouldn't anymore. And that maybe he doesn't realise that because he was only Marked last summer.
(As far as what he's said about my lack of blood purity holding Ron back -- well, there are two half-bloods in the challenge, first of all. But also, it's ridiculous to act as though we are engaged. And should Ron be honoured with Our Lord's Mark, he would need to seek Our Lord's permission before marrying anyone at all.)