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Title: Gift of Warmth 22 Aug 2021 2:22 am
Reviewer: LtsHrIt4ThBoys (Signed) [Report This]
    I believe that a society that would condemn a *child* for becoming "infected", through no fault of their own, with a disease that caused them to need a different type of "nutrition" (or frequent blood transfusions as in hemophilia) or need to be confined *once a month* is not a society that's worthy of continuing to be "blessed" with magic!
    Our history has stories of children as young as 2 being condemned and murdered as "witches" merely for having a *birthmark*! What if that mindset still existed into modern times and any "mundane-born" child discovered to be magical was legally killed or quarantined in concentration-type camps!

    I was really disgusted with this whole concept of "Rowling's"! She presented the idea as 'this is just the way it is' and kids *grow into accepting it* and adults have no problem with these "warts" on this society! "Ooo, 'magic'!" and go on their way!

    Thank God for HPff where it's not unknown for these failings of the author and publisher to be addressed!

    "Julian" is so precious that I don't see how anyone could fail to fall in love with him! Well, except for Umbitch; she'd probably kill her own kid if he got "infected"!

    Thanks; you found another one of 'pet peeves' about the books! 😉

    Next!😁
    MelJ
Title: Gift of Warmth 05 Jul 2020 10:32 am
Reviewer: Fmh (Signed) [Report This]
    Lovely chapter thank you
Title: Gift of Warmth 25 Jun 2020 11:42 pm
Reviewer: bridgeportfox (Signed) [Report This]
    That was a happy chapter for Julian. Presents and a chance to see the carriages. I had wondered if he would even be able to stand up after being bedridden for so long, much less able to walk to the windows. It was nice of Snape to arrange for him to go outside.

    Author's Response: He needed a happy moment. And making an appearance in front of the students was an added benefit. Initially, it felt rather jarring to add (this scene and the Hagrid scene from earlier were originally one scene), but it ended up working better than I could have hoped. Muscles start to get weaker after only 3 days of bedrest. That was actually one of the first things I learned when I started working in ICU. We (prior to COVID) have physical therapists and occupational therapists who come around and do therapies with our patients while they are on sedation vacation (sedation is turned off so we can better judge if they need to be on ventilators or not). There are protocols for how long a patient needs to sit up every day, what sorts of activities they need to be doing, and what their therapy goals are. All of this to prevent muscle wastage which can lengthen hospital stays. So, one month of laying around and having your body feeding on your muscles for energy will end up with you not being able to stand.

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