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Quote of the day:
Nov. 13th, 2019 04:16 am Between Hogwarts and Tom Brown's Schooldays, most have an experience rather more like Hogwarts or Mallory Towers than the abusive boarding school dogma which is floating around here.
Hogwarts, where Harry nearly dies at least once per school year, and where canonical punishments have included traipsing about in acromantula-infested forests all night and having your pet toad potentially murdered? God, I hope boarding school's not like that IRL.
As for Mallory Towers, what I see in those books is that the main characters bully others with impunity, but that's okay because the kids who get bullied all bring it on themselves anyway. Charming message.
Hogwarts, where Harry nearly dies at least once per school year, and where canonical punishments have included traipsing about in acromantula-infested forests all night and having your pet toad potentially murdered? God, I hope boarding school's not like that IRL.
As for Mallory Towers, what I see in those books is that the main characters bully others with impunity, but that's okay because the kids who get bullied all bring it on themselves anyway. Charming message.
