It's not right, for one thing. I mean, it makes no sense that the Ministry'd take away wands from some of the best witches and wizards we've got. People like your Mum.
But, yeah. What you're good at can't all come from your parents. I mean, look at my family. Bill's really good at Charms, and the twins, too. And that comes from Mum, definitely. She's ace at spellwork.
But what about Charlie? I mean, my dad's pretty good at making stuff and figuring out how stuff works, and Charlie is, too. But working with dragons? I don't know anybody in our family who really liked creatures the way he does. I mean, Mum keeps chickens and bees and things, but that's not the same at all. So where'd that come from? No where. It's just Charlie, and he's dead good at it.
And nobody knows where they got Percy from. The twins'll tell you Mum and Dad got him on the bargain table at the goblin market. 'Course they also told me that Mum found me under a cabbage leaf, so there you go.
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Date: 2010-02-04 04:17 pm (UTC)That's really--
I don't know. About your Mum.
It's not right, for one thing. I mean, it makes no sense that the Ministry'd take away wands from some of the best witches and wizards we've got. People like your Mum.
But, yeah. What you're good at can't all come from your parents. I mean, look at my family. Bill's really good at Charms, and the twins, too. And that comes from Mum, definitely. She's ace at spellwork.
But what about Charlie? I mean, my dad's pretty good at making stuff and figuring out how stuff works, and Charlie is, too. But working with dragons? I don't know anybody in our family who really liked creatures the way he does. I mean, Mum keeps chickens and bees and things, but that's not the same at all. So where'd that come from? No where. It's just Charlie, and he's dead good at it.
And nobody knows where they got Percy from. The twins'll tell you Mum and Dad got him on the bargain table at the goblin market. 'Course they also told me that Mum found me under a cabbage leaf, so there you go.