Charming is a Victorian Era Harry Potter roleplay set primarily in the village of Hogsmeade, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and the non-canon village of Irvingly. Characters of all classes, both magical and muggle — and even non-human! — are welcome.
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"Are you always this forward?" He asked teasingly since it would be a very short thread if he just ignored her entirely. — Tobin Cartwright in Take A Peek
Did you know? Churchgoers and worshippers had to endure a foul stench during prayers due to the amount of bodies often stored within the vaults of churches and chapels.
Dittany can be used to close any injuries you give yourself on full moon nights. I've enclosed a bottle and the Ministry may well have it, but it cannot hurt to keep some on hand.
There's nothing to be done about the scars.
I hope that this full moon is not too rough for you; good luck. They're never entirely easy. A good English breakfast tea the next morning sometimes helps.
Topaz used a charm meant to make the letter disintegrate slowly after it's been read, so that he can't show it to anyone else. This is the first time she's used said charm, so side effects may vary.
That's a clever spell you've got there; I'm not sure I've ever learned it.
I don't know if the tea ever does anything, but it's warm, and it feels real.
It depends on the person. Some just go somewhere secluded and hope for the best, but those people are stupid. I do other things, too, to try and keep It from getting near anyone it can hurt.
What sorts of other things? I wish I didn't have to go to the Ministry.
Don't tell anyone I said that. If some reporter shows up and asks me about it I'll deny it. I know why we have to have the Ministry cells and I wish all of those people who let It run around wild would get locked up in them forever, but I wish I didn't have to go.
Is there any way you know to make It calmer? I don't want to have so many scars after every time. I feel as though if things keep on this way It will tear me apart some day and I'll wake up in pieces.
I can tell you what I do for It, but can you promise not to tell anyone else? I don't have a spell that will make my letter dissolve, and if anyone finds out that I'm one of us I'll lose my job and my flatmate can't cover rent without me. I know that it's a lot to ask, but... You know how it is.
I wish I knew a way to make It calmer. I think that It is if you let It hunt but - obviously that's not an option, except for those people who run wild every time. I'm sure there's another way and just no one has discovered it yet; no one really wants to do research on werewolves. At least not up close.
That's not fair. I didn't ask to be like this and I don't want to sit around collecting scars because no one else wants to think about it. The rest of the world can't let me die because I'm inconvenient now. I'll find a way.
And how would I tell anyone when you haven't told me who you are?
That's very Ravenclaw of you. You remind me a bit of some people I know, actually; I know a lot of activists who think similarly. Not activists who are like us; they're just regular activists. They were rather fond of your father.
I just don't know how hard it would be for the WCU to find me if they found out. But I don't think they've ever caught the person who bit me - maybe they're not competent.
The man who bit me; he let It run wild in the Forbidden Forest. He thought that was safe. He was so sorry when he woke up and - I don't know what he does now. Maybe he does something different. I never learned his name; I was so angry at him, but I think he has a family.
I don't think you should worry about the Werewolf Capture Unit. They don't have any ideas about who attacked me, either. And I expect now they'll have their hands busy with the things that happened in Glasgow. But I won't tell anyone.
I know what you mean about being angry. I didn't get to meet the person who attacked me but I think if they had been there the next morning my I think I'm glad I don't know who attacked me because as long as I don't know who they are, I can hate them. It's just a Monster as long as you don't know that It is a person who has a family. It's harder to hate people when you know that they're people. It's like reporters. After they put me on the front page of the Prophet I wanted to hate all the reporters but then at the Ministry with my father we met a reporter and he just looked so sad and I couldn't hate him no matter how much I wanted to.
But that's not what I wanted to write you about. Hating It might make me feel better but it doesn't fix anything and I can't keep on like this and not try to fix things. So I have questions for you:
- In Witch Weekly they said that werewolves can't have children, is that true? Why?
- They also said werewolves live 25 years less than normal witches and wizards. Is that true? Is it just because of the scars and things or is there something else?
- Why don't the scars heal?
- Why does letting It run around make it calmer? Is it just running around or is it the hunting that does it? Do you think It would be calmer if there was some way to let It be active without letting It hurt people? Like if the space was less confined?
I'll write more when I think of them. I'm reading all the books I can find on it but there isn't much in them. It's disappointing.
Sorry for the delay. I've tried my best to answer your questions...
1. I think that male werewolves can have children but female werewolves can't, because the transformation would make carrying a child impossible. I'm not sure, though - I don't have children so I can't confirm.
2. My guess is it may be true and if it is it's because when someone is known to be a werewolf they often lose their job and housing, which can make survival a little bit more difficult, and then they may end up in hard jobs like labor. I don't think it's because of the transformation itself.
3. I think it's something to do with the virus in or blood but I don't know.
4. I suspect that it's the running around. I think if It had more space it would be less violent; like if there was a way to let It be in the woods free without posing any risk.
I'm not surprised you can't find much. A lot of people don't care about werewolves.
If having room to run around would make It calmer, I really don't see why we can't let It. We're wizards and witches, aren't we? If we can put an entire bookstore in a handbag with a spell, why can't the Ministry make the cells bigger on the inside? Why hasn't anyone tried that?
This is so frustrating! I don't care whether people care or not, that's no excuse for not even trying to solve the problems. They would care after they got attacked by a Monster in the middle of the night.
I'm going to see if I can change things. I wish my Papa was still the Minister... that would make things easier, I think. I don't know that anyone will listen to a fourteen year old girl. Particularly a werewolf one. I hope whoever we get as the new Minister isn't awful. I haven't been paying attention to that as much as I should; I still read the Prophet but I've been spending so much time on books since you wrote me that I think I've probably missed some things.
Whatever they think about werewolves, though, ignoring the problem doesn't make it go away. There has to be something else we can do.
I wrote to the Prophet today. Well, I wrote to Mr. Stephen Flint, but I sent a copy to the Prophet and I hope they print it. I don't know whether they will or not, because I don't really know how they decide what to print, but I hope it makes it in. I think the Ministerial candidates ought to talk about this. I think if no one talks about it, then there won't ever be any answers to any of these questions and nothing will ever get any better for people like us, and we won't be able to stop it from happening to people in the future.
I know some of the candidates will probably say things I don't like, but at least talking about it will make people think about it. Maybe they don't care now, but I'm going to make them care, if I can.
Don't you dare tell anyone that I wrote it, if you see it in the Prophet, but if you read it, tell me what you think.
It was very clever, very well-worded, and you're right. Someone has to do something - someone has to say something, and the Ministerial candidates had better. I'm sure you'll get a response of some short - I'd be surprised if we don't see something in the paper soon. Hopefully it's not from Malfoy or one of the other conservative purebloods - I'm very interested to see what Scamander or Ross have to say, or even Roman Crouch or that woman.
My activist friends will like it, I think. I won't tell anyone you wrote it, I promise.
I think my father supports Mr. Ross and I nearly wrote to him because I think maybe he'd have better ideas about what to do (or at least ideas that aren't like the ones Mr. Malfoy had when he called for my father to resign) but I wasn't sure it would be appropriate to send Mr. Ross a letter when what happened with the werewolves in Glasgow isn't technically his concern, but I do hope that other people besides Mr. Flint feel like they need to respond and address the issue (that was the whole point of sending it to the Prophet, it wasn't like I wanted to embarrass Mr. Flint!)
I'm so glad you think it will work! I hope you're right!
Your... activist friends, they aren't the sort that blamed my father for the halfbreed ban at Hogwarts, are they? I used to have a friend who thought that, but I thought you said earlier that your activist friends liked my father. What sort of activists are they?
They're optimistic and energetic and almost impossible to describe.
The leader especially. His name is Jude, and he cares about everything - everything. I've never met someone who cares about so many things all at once. He even cares about people like us. He didn't blame your father for the ban. He blames the board of governors - I'm not sure why your former friend would blame your father.
If you want, I'm sure he would like the chance to write to you. Or you could write to him. I don't have to tell him who you are if you don't want. He would like you, I think, and he's better at politics than I am - or more hopeful about it. (I have a bit of a reputation for being a pessimist.)
I'm not sure. If you didn't tell him who I was or why you started writing to me, what would you tell him? I mean, why would he write to me if he didn't know who I was?
I don't know how my father would feel about me writing to strange men. So if I did, it would have to be a secret. You really wouldn't tell him, ever?
I can tell him I'm talking to a politically-inclined person like me, who would probably get better political information from him. He would be appalled at the thought of me telling you my opinions on the Wizengamot, and probably agree in a heartbeat. He's that kind of person.
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