John Wright should have won every award in science fiction by now. His Count To A Trillion series is a masterpiece. Starts as post apocalyptic cyberpunk, ends as intergalactic EE Doc Smith, and along the way goes through stages of Olaf Stapledon and high concept hard SF space opera. All of it gorgeously written, philosophically sophisticated, and scientifically plausible.
“Avada Kedavra!” Harry said, pointing his wand at Ron.
“HARRY, NO!” Hermione screamed, but it was too late. A flash of green light shot from Harry's wand and struck Ron in the chest.
Ron stood there, blinking in surprise.
“Harry… what just happened?” he asked.
“I figured it out,” Harry said, holstering his wand. “The Killing Curse's incantation comes from the Aramaic אַבַדָא כְּדַברָא, meaning ‘let the thing be destroyed’. I did some more research, and I think it's very likely that our wizarding ancestors once used the same incantation to cure diseases. All you have to do is desire to destroy the disease rather than the person.”
He turned to Ron.
“Your wizarding lice are cured now.”
Also “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years." — Mark Twain
So the way I ended up squaring this circle is that wizarding law states that one can only use a Time Turner to do what they were always going to do or did do in the past. And if you do anything else it would be considered a crime. You theoretically could change time. But to even get a time turner is a strictly monitored and laborious process. And there are forces monitoring the time stream for any ill intent... so you end up with no one using a time turner to change time because anyone who did was stopped before that happened. Meaning no one has ever used a time turner to change time. Yes it's convoluted. Ask Constantine about it. He already stopped one bad future.
This year for sure - malfoid year 5 (part 8)
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Umbridge doesnt look like kermit the frog in the setting, but i think it's funny to draw old toad face like that
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That's another thing I want to come across. In the Malfoid Saga, there is genuine power in blood. And that should be preserved. Alongside aristocracy, lineage, and ancient knowledge. But the cousin and sister shagging to stay pure is a bit much and needs to stop.