Didn't your mum go to that funeral? Huh, I just realised that means you're related a little bit.
Too bad you're not home or you could ask her.
And they vanished his name off the family tree because he's a blood traitor. And yeah, I mean, my parents do get sort of upset when they think Parvati doesn't apply herself, but really, I can't imagine her up and deciding to go be like a muggle! I don't even want to think what it'd take for my mum and dad to disown one of us! But it sounds like he was always, what's the word, um, flouting muggle things, too. Like he wanted them to disown him.
But I'm sure that when someone gets married and all, they have rituals to add names to the trees, so I'm certain there must be one to blast someone off, too.
That's more of a western thing, though. Our families do it differently. We have these little shrines, with all our ancestors represented, see. That's where we put one of our busts, of the Lord Protector--oh, you didn't get one because you weren't at Malfoy's party--the Malfoys gave everyone these nift busts of the Lord Protector. We put one up in our shrine, so we can leave offerings there along with the ones for the ancestors, and it'll bring us good fortune. Just like that Rite of Fair Fortune's supposed to do, only more general. Not specifically for a duel or anything.
Hm, I'll have to ask my dad about Indian duels. I'm sure it depends who you're duelling--like if you're duelling someone from your own caste it's different to a duel with someone lower or higher.
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Date: 2009-12-22 04:38 am (UTC)Too bad you're not home or you could ask her.
And they vanished his name off the family tree because he's a blood traitor. And yeah, I mean, my parents do get sort of upset when they think Parvati doesn't apply herself, but really, I can't imagine her up and deciding to go be like a muggle! I don't even want to think what it'd take for my mum and dad to disown one of us! But it sounds like he was always, what's the word, um, flouting muggle things, too. Like he wanted them to disown him.
But I'm sure that when someone gets married and all, they have rituals to add names to the trees, so I'm certain there must be one to blast someone off, too.
That's more of a western thing, though. Our families do it differently. We have these little shrines, with all our ancestors represented, see. That's where we put one of our busts, of the Lord Protector--oh, you didn't get one because you weren't at Malfoy's party--the Malfoys gave everyone these nift busts of the Lord Protector. We put one up in our shrine, so we can leave offerings there along with the ones for the ancestors, and it'll bring us good fortune. Just like that Rite of Fair Fortune's supposed to do, only more general. Not specifically for a duel or anything.
Hm, I'll have to ask my dad about Indian duels. I'm sure it depends who you're duelling--like if you're duelling someone from your own caste it's different to a duel with someone lower or higher.