I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

What the merry flip?

I mean. Really.

'Hello, my name is Ronald Weasley, so good to meet you, ma'am. May I offer you my seat? Could I bring you a glass of punch? Hang up your fur stole? What did you say? Could I take your terrier outside for a whizz? Oh, certainly. No bleedin trouble at all.' smile ... smile

'Good evening, sir. My name is Ronald Weasley. Oh, quite right, sir, you do outrank me. You should certainly go before me in the queue.'

At least Greengrass and Macmillan were sporting about it. We were next to Dunstan and Nott--and they were not playing nicely with Fawcett. At all.

Comments

[alt_justin]

Hullo, Ron,

Yes, it was tiresome, wasn't it? I mean to say, if one's already been properly educated in etiquette, it's well tedious to learn all over again, and besides it's rather second-nature, what? But when it's merely an excuse to treat others with a shocking lack of respect then the entire exercise is worse than boring, it's bally well intolerable.

-Justin

[alt_pansy]

There'll always be people out there who'll hold onto whatever power they have, even if it's incredibly petty. I think people are never ruder than when they demand respect from people because they think they somehow deserve it more.

[alt_ron]

You know. That's the thing, isn't it?

My parents said we ought to be polite to everyone. And I know Mum would say that people using 'precedence' as an excuse to be horrible to someone else is the worst kind of rude you can be.

It would be funny, really, to hear what Mum'd have to say about her if she could have been here today. Mum can be a bit ... opinionated about people.

[alt_pansy]

That's why I like your mum so much.

[alt_sally_anne]

Well, and she's right. That's why I think this really isn't anywhere near as complicated as Umbritch was making it out to be.

Although there are certain situations where I get to have Pansy's status instead of my own (because I'm her invited guest) and THAT ... well it can be worth knowing, you know? Because every now and then you want to be rude to someone in the most socially acceptable way possible. (Or gracious, but from the position of power.)

But mostly? You can just be polite to everyone.

[alt_justin]

Hear, hear, Sally-Anne,

Whenever in doubt, politeness ought always to be the answer.

Oh, and did I read Marvolo's message correctly? If so, congratulations! Well done.

-Justin

[alt_sally_anne]

I think so?
I mean I can't think what else he means by 'get me your schedule, I'll have flying drills for you over hols.'

[alt_ron]

Good show, you!

[alt_pansy]

Wonderful!

[alt_neville]

That's brilliant!

[alt_luna]

Oh, that's exciting! Congratulations!

[alt_sally_anne]

I think I'm going to throw up.

Private Message to Sally Anne

[alt_ron]

Yeah.

I sort of feel that way, too, half the time about having made it.

If you want to fly sometime, we could. Though I guess that'd be like practising with the enemy. I'm not sure what Angelina would say about it. Maybe I could tell her I'm learning to anticipate Slytherin strategies?

Mostly, I'd just like to have someone throwing quaffles at me to see if I can get my block ratio up a bit. I could throw them for you if you wanted to do sprint drills.

Re: Private Message to Sally Anne

[alt_sally_anne]

Well I'm only playing once and it's a match against Ravenclaw. Thank goodness because playing against you would be so

I should probably make sure it's okay with Harry? and you should make sure it's okay with Angelina. Over hols I'm thinking I will practise with Jeremy. You might think he'd sabotage me (because he's from Ravenclaw!) but I think he'll actually be really happy for me. He's not that crazy about Ravenclaw these days.

Oh Merlin what am I going to say to Mi

Re: Private Message to Sally Anne

[alt_ron]

Well. You could come to the Burrow over the hols, at least.

I mean, the twins would probably set up dodge drills for you with bludgers if you want. And, you're right. It's just the one match, so it's not like we'd be giving away all our side's secrets. It'd just be basic skills, and you've played with us before loads of times.

Re: Private Message to Sally Anne

[alt_sally_anne]

If we were going to be playing against Gryffindor I'd wonder if that's why Harry had picked me -- I mean, you lot basically ARE the Gryffindor team these days and I've played with you loads of times.

Re: Private Message to Sally Anne

[alt_ron]

Hm.

Well. Maybe you should point out how useful that would be so he might think about keeping you on for more than the one match! That would be Slytherin of you.

Of course, we've played with you as much as you have with us, so I'm not really fussed about it. Angelina might see it differently, but she- well, there's taking it seriously, and then there's Angelina's way of looking at Quidditch. Bit of a menace, really.