Oh, at first I thought it was going to be Draco who cursed Ginny. ;)
I like the premises with this curse and Ginny but I don't see how it connects to the Head Auror's decision with this bond spell. After all, she could have just treatened Harry with losing his position or a disciplinary procedure - a bonding spell is really an over the top reaction, and it shows that you only created the premises for the sake of this spell. Btw, I think a Head Auror would be responsible enough to read the small print.
But, as an alternative, you could make it an accident: perhaps Ginny cast the spell because she and Harry agreed to remain in contact and this was the easiest way, and they never intended it as temporary, either, but it somehow went wrong. Perhaps she used the expression "partner" and the spell interpreted it not as ex-spouse but as work partner... something along those lines? Or the other alternative is that the Head Auror is the evil guy and she did it on purpose, but then you'll have to find a believable explanation for Harry and the readers to believe why she went for a so extreme solution. (Like being mentally addled after working too much, or perhaps after having just returned from a raid where a Dark wizard got her with an unknown curse, and she didn't know that her judgement was influenced by a spell.)
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Date: 2008-06-19 10:43 am (UTC)I like the premises with this curse and Ginny but I don't see how it connects to the Head Auror's decision with this bond spell. After all, she could have just treatened Harry with losing his position or a disciplinary procedure - a bonding spell is really an over the top reaction, and it shows that you only created the premises for the sake of this spell. Btw, I think a Head Auror would be responsible enough to read the small print.
But, as an alternative, you could make it an accident: perhaps Ginny cast the spell because she and Harry agreed to remain in contact and this was the easiest way, and they never intended it as temporary, either, but it somehow went wrong. Perhaps she used the expression "partner" and the spell interpreted it not as ex-spouse but as work partner... something along those lines? Or the other alternative is that the Head Auror is the evil guy and she did it on purpose, but then you'll have to find a believable explanation for Harry and the readers to believe why she went for a so extreme solution. (Like being mentally addled after working too much, or perhaps after having just returned from a raid where a Dark wizard got her with an unknown curse, and she didn't know that her judgement was influenced by a spell.)
Er. Sorry for picking apart your bunnies.