Foolishness
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alt_terryboot thinks that foolishness is not so simple as it seems, always.
that is almost a joke
sometimes people are foolish because they really are fools. not much can be done about that.
sometimes people just seem foolish, maybe because someone made them look that way. like they played a prank on them. but perhaps they are really wise, even if everyone is laughing at them.
how would someone who is truly a fool react to a prank? how about someone who is really wise?
its strange. boot thinks that the one who is most truly a fool would try the hardest to make people see it was a prank and to convince others he is really wise. (but of course it is hard to look wise when you have fallen for a prank.)
but maybe you didnt fall for it because you are stupid. maybe just because you are kind or innocent, because you have a hard time even imagining people could be so spiteful. that isnt a bad thing, maybe. even if you are a fool. maybe its better to be a fool than to be cruel.
maybe if you are wise person who has been made to look foolish to others, you dont mind so much. maybe you laugh along with everyone else. because you learned something. like that you arent wise every single moment, all the time. or who your true friends really are. (they are the ones who are not laughing, if the joke was really spiteful). or maybe just that you like to laugh yourself. because you can enjoy a joke, even if its on you.
And if people think you are a fool, when youre really not, maybe then its good if you keep your wisdom a secret for yourself. especially if people are cruel.
that is almost a joke
sometimes people are foolish because they really are fools. not much can be done about that.
sometimes people just seem foolish, maybe because someone made them look that way. like they played a prank on them. but perhaps they are really wise, even if everyone is laughing at them.
how would someone who is truly a fool react to a prank? how about someone who is really wise?
its strange. boot thinks that the one who is most truly a fool would try the hardest to make people see it was a prank and to convince others he is really wise. (but of course it is hard to look wise when you have fallen for a prank.)
but maybe you didnt fall for it because you are stupid. maybe just because you are kind or innocent, because you have a hard time even imagining people could be so spiteful. that isnt a bad thing, maybe. even if you are a fool. maybe its better to be a fool than to be cruel.
maybe if you are wise person who has been made to look foolish to others, you dont mind so much. maybe you laugh along with everyone else. because you learned something. like that you arent wise every single moment, all the time. or who your true friends really are. (they are the ones who are not laughing, if the joke was really spiteful). or maybe just that you like to laugh yourself. because you can enjoy a joke, even if its on you.
And if people think you are a fool, when youre really not, maybe then its good if you keep your wisdom a secret for yourself. especially if people are cruel.
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Date: 2009-02-12 01:51 am (UTC)unless they are mudbloods, who are too stupid to learn
Order Only
Date: 2009-02-12 02:00 am (UTC)If you don't backpedal quickly here, Minerva may be forced to make an example of you again. For mercy's sake, Hermione, be careful!
Re: Order Only
Date: 2009-02-12 02:17 am (UTC)I don't mean anything about Percy really, I just get so angry sometimes when he says things about me. And about other Mudbloods.
I'm sorry.
Re: Order Only
Date: 2009-02-12 03:04 am (UTC)You don't think I haven't heard things a thousand times worse from Lucius Malfoy, and swallowed them all with a smile? Even as I watch people die day after day in the camps, and I can't lift my hand to save them? Or think of the Headmistress, being forced to serve tea and be all politeness to the greatest monster of all, the Lord Protector!
We all know that you are very young, my dear. It was at my recommendation that the Order accepted your service and let you into its secrets. It is helpful for us to have a very bright, intelligent and eager young person at our side, who has the same goals that we do. But if it is too great a burden for you to control your words, we can and we will place a memory charm on you, making you forget everything. And I mean everything, Hermione, your private studies of magic included. And we would probably have to do the same to Terry, too, because how could we explain to him that he could learn magic while you no longer could? You would both become mudbloods for real, Hermione, and we would do it with tears in our eyes, but we would do it if you endanger the Order.
Please don't put us into that position.
Re: Order Only
Date: 2009-02-12 03:15 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-02-12 02:16 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-02-12 02:18 am (UTC)I think I'm too stupid to learn anything, Terry, I know I oughtn't be pert but I am anyway, I hope people forgive me. You aren't too stupid to learn but I am.
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Date: 2009-02-12 03:29 pm (UTC)