A general lull

[alt_draco]

Bit of a quiet weekend 'round Slytherin - socially, I mean. Always plenty of homework to be had. I suppose it's owing to that Thursday night party that there were no other parties going on. Cheers for that, Hydra - a good time was had by all. And many happy returns again, Finch-Fletchley.

Say, has anyone had time to write an essay for that YPL contest? You know, the one on the topic of the Lord Protector's Greatest Achievement. I've been so focused on managing quidditch, homework, and Prefect duties that I almost forgot about it entirely. It's a shame, really, because I reckon I'd do a spiff-up job on it if I put quill to parchment. There's so much to say about the Lord Protector's greatness that it's hard to know where to begin, and how to keep it to the length-limit. And then there's the question of just how to put all my thoughts into words... still, I might give it a go if I can make time this week.

Shouldn't be too hard to find a quiet spot, anyway. Some of the NEWT-level students must have found a new place to practise spells and revise, because the group staking out the far end of the common room (like they usually do on Sunday nights) was a bit thinner than usual. Just Samantha and some of the other girls, talking about Charms theory.

Oh, and Teds - you really planning to go 'round with your sleeves hacked off like that? If so, you might want to use a severing charm to get rid of those bits of ragged fabric on the edges. It doesn't really look like a fashion statement so much as the work of a rebel house elf at large in the laundry.

Right then. Who's going to be next to be rid of sleeves?

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[alt_padma]

It really was sweet of Lestrange, wasn't it, to put on a spread for F-F. Too bad the dancing hadn't really started when we left for our pre-meteor revising.

On the essays, I did one and so did Lines, I think. And possibly Corner? And a few of the 2nds and 3rds (they came round Ravenclaw Corner asking advice). Hardly any 4ths, though, I don't think.

Are Slytherins really going round without their sleeves? Dames said he was thinking of doing it and I told him it would be the most ridiculous thing to remove his sleeves just as it's getting colder! If they're going to adopt it as fashion, they ought to at least wait until spring, at this point. But then Samuels told Dames that if he does it, he'll start sporting his robes sleeveless, too.

Daft. Summer, perhaps but winter?

You're lucky, though, if you can find quiet places to sit and do your work. The Corner's only getting more crowded, with certain people bringing whomever they like along. I think we're going to have to enforce some guidelines, soon, about people who come there only to hang about and not to actually do homework.

[alt_michael]

Yes, I'm copying mine out again. I had to change something I thought of this morning and then it was too long. So I had to write smaller shorten up another section.

But I'll get it in before the end of the day.

[alt_draco]

I think Daphs said that she did one, too.

And it's not just Slytherins. McLaggan and Sloper have got their arms out, and I thought I saw Hooper without sleeves as well, but then when I spotted him again at supper he had the regular long-sleeved robes on again.

Anyway, it'll probably no longer be the fashion once Spring comes around. Plus, it's all about showing masculine virility in the face of the oncoming frost, I reckon. A sort of "I don't give a toss" to the illogic of it. Right?

[alt_blaise]

Such a shame you didn't stay. But I suppose the musical selections would have been wasted on you.

You're quite right that it's best to go on if one can't appreciate the nature or quality of an entertainment.

Of course, the mix on the punch improved as the evening went on, so you missed that as well.

[alt_linus]

Professor Dolohov said something about learning to apply knowledged gleaned in one area to another. Since Professor Sinistra instructed me several times both last year and this that it is not approved form for footnotes to sprout footnotes of their own, I have taken her lessons to heart and duly improved my YPL essay. They were rather challenging edits to make, particularly considering the need to finish them today, but I was ruthless and turned in my essay well before the final minute.

[alt_linus]

As for sleeves and the lack thereof and those who wear them, or don't wear them as the case may be, they had better be dab hands with warming charms is all I have to say about such matters.

[alt_padma]

Well, I'm glad you came to your senses about it, Lines!