A fine mess
Feb. 8th, 2010 05:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_dracoWhat is with today? I think I've finally got Dennis calmed down now. For a while there he wouldn't stop trying to punish himself like a house elf would, trying to take his eyes out with a toasting fork and whatnot.
Vince, I heard what you were telling people. As if I would really make my mudblood summon scones during Transfiguration because I was too upset to eat breakfast, owing to Patil losing her hair! (Not that I don't feel bad for you, Padma, but I managed my breakfast just fine). So now I suppose I have to give some kind of public explanation, don't I?
Well the truth is that Dennis is... his magic has manifested. And it's been going off at random, inconvenient moments, like during the middle of Professor Carrow's lecture. (I'm terribly sorry I had to leave during lecture, sir, but Dennis was making such a scene and you looked...displeased) Dennis thinks he's a bad mudblood because of it, now, but it seems to me that he can't really help that his magic's shown up. With the way he beats himself up about it he'd obviously turn himself off if he could.
I was going to bring him to class this week because I thought his magic might stay away if I was constantly watching him, but that obviously didn't work. Maybe I should just leave him in our room all the time. Only he isn't really any use to me then, is he?
Vince, I heard what you were telling people. As if I would really make my mudblood summon scones during Transfiguration because I was too upset to eat breakfast, owing to Patil losing her hair! (Not that I don't feel bad for you, Padma, but I managed my breakfast just fine). So now I suppose I have to give some kind of public explanation, don't I?
Well the truth is that Dennis is... his magic has manifested. And it's been going off at random, inconvenient moments, like during the middle of Professor Carrow's lecture. (I'm terribly sorry I had to leave during lecture, sir, but Dennis was making such a scene and you looked...displeased) Dennis thinks he's a bad mudblood because of it, now, but it seems to me that he can't really help that his magic's shown up. With the way he beats himself up about it he'd obviously turn himself off if he could.
I was going to bring him to class this week because I thought his magic might stay away if I was constantly watching him, but that obviously didn't work. Maybe I should just leave him in our room all the time. Only he isn't really any use to me then, is he?
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Date: 2010-02-09 03:44 am (UTC)Moreover, you must make your expectations clear and do not hesitate to reinforce your standards with the firm application of your own punishments. Your wand is your ally, for with it you may exact all the censure he needs to understand that his outbursts are wholly unacceptable.
Your mother is correct that he may simply have grown irreparable with the manifestation of his magic, in which case, as she says, it is unthinkable that you should be forced to maintain him within the household. However, if you have grown attached and wish to retain him, then he must prove he can conform to the demands of his station.
Remember that you also have resources available to you beyond your own skills.
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Date: 2010-02-09 04:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-09 04:19 am (UTC)The boy is used to living among house-elves; your mother's suggestion that Creevey might benefit from time among the elves at Buckingham can be easily modified to re-orient him among the elves there.
As for your own inexperience, I believe there are a number of mentors emplaced at the school for your supervision and support: Your teachers, the prefects, and the Head Boy and Girl.