Yeah, ok, a bit more about Book 7

[ebonlock]

A couple of things that popped into my brain in this particular book that I wanted to put down somewhere and see if anybody else noticed either. First, was it just me or was this the first book where wizards used the exclamation, "God"? I can't remember a single instance of anyone referring to "God" before, particularly not wizards and had always assumed that for the most part their only religion was magic. I mean these people are the ones who separated themselves from the mundane world due to persecution at the hands of Christians so it would make perfect sense to me that they were practicing atheists. Given that most of what they do is a big fat no-no according to the Bible, again, this doesn't surprise me. So why now?

Second, is there some law in the wizarding world that women can either a) work or b) get married and be a stay at home mom? Look at all the witches in the stories, either they're teaching/Ministry/reporting spinsters or happy housewives. Sure you might argue that Tonks went into battle, so did Mrs. Weasley, etc. but do we have any evidence that either of them was working a regular 9-5 job before that? Tonks quite clearly hadn't returned to the Ministry after having Teddy (for obvious reasons) and we have no way of knowing what she might have done had she lived. But if you can find me one example of a witch who doesn't fit into one of these two seemingly exclusive categories I'd love to see it.

All done.

Comments

[thunderemerald.livejournal.com]

Bellatrix! She had two jobs! Boffing the Dark Lord AND being batshit crazy!

Um...

Er.

Right. You know, I noticed the God thing too. Thought it was really interesting. Who said it? I can't remember.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I think the God exclamation was used by all of the trio at one point or another and it was supremely weird coming out of Ron's mouth.

[thunderemerald.livejournal.com]

Strange. I mean, I can see Harry or Hermione saying it, because they were raised by Muggles, and no matter what religion you are, if you live in an English-speaking country, you're likely to pick up God-related exclamations.

In terms of the jobs vs. families thing -- you got me thinking. What WIZARDS actually had both, aside from Arthur Weasley?