“Your parents have corrupted you for life by naming you after a character in those ridiculous Muggle books,” Portillo Lopez snapped.
how did the room not erupt in laughter at that dig??? man, i know that i'd missed ketchum's given name until the last chapter, but c'mon. how is his given name not a common source of entertainment teasing?
i like how harry's stepping up here, but i can totally see why the instructors are like, "we don't want you challenging us, whippersnapper!" because, you know, harry's totally acting out.
also? i can't believe he's using his celebrity here. it seems so odd for the harry you're working with.
my other favorite line was
“Observe the way that their faces went blank just now,” Pushkin told her in a flat voice. “That is a sign that you are getting too technical.”
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Date: 2009-11-19 05:13 am (UTC)how did the room not erupt in laughter at that dig??? man, i know that i'd missed ketchum's given name until the last chapter, but c'mon. how is his given name not a common source of
entertainmentteasing?i like how harry's stepping up here, but i can totally see why the instructors are like, "we don't want you challenging us, whippersnapper!" because, you know, harry's totally acting out.
also? i can't believe he's using his celebrity here. it seems so odd for the harry you're working with.
my other favorite line was hysterical.
hilarious chapter, awesome magical description.