Fine story! You've captured Dolores as perfectly as she captured the poor kitten. Such a clever and believable and chilling explanation of the source of the kitten plates. And I love the callousness of your "flipped" in the final paragraph and the spot-on voice of the letter.
You remind me very effectively of the educational horrors in Dickens -- as that character from Hard Times (Mr. M'Choakumchild?) says to the children, "Never wonder!"
Sadly, the Doloreses of the world are far too common -- much more so than the raving evil madness of Voldemort. The Umbridges are far more insidious and dangerous because they can be so plausible and because they believe their own justifications so thoroughly. (And as gehayi says, the rest of the wizarding world isn't blameless, either.)
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Date: 2010-08-02 08:48 pm (UTC)You remind me very effectively of the educational horrors in Dickens -- as that character from Hard Times (Mr. M'Choakumchild?) says to the children, "Never wonder!"
Sadly, the Doloreses of the world are far too common -- much more so than the raving evil madness of Voldemort. The Umbridges are far more insidious and dangerous because they can be so plausible and because they believe their own justifications so thoroughly. (And as
In time it would adjust.
Ouch!