Chapter 38 Complaints About Fan Fiction
[Snape is the godfather? ]
The author is very curious, why do so many readers think Snape is Draco's godfather? It is not mentioned in the original book, this is just a common setting in fan works, but does no one think this setting is unreasonable? Or do people have some misunderstandings about the meaning of godfather?
In the original book, Sirius is Harry's godfather, but Sirius and James are good brothers who trust each other with life and death, closer than brothers. James refused Dumbledore to become the secret keeper and chose Sirius, which can be seen.
Does anyone think that Lucius and Snape have such a life-and-death relationship? At best, they are just good friends in private, right? The author really can't imagine the scene of Lucius entrusting his son to Snape.
The godfather has the responsibility to set a good example and guide the child's growth. If Snape is the godfather, then he has undoubtedly failed in his duty. Draco has so many childish behaviors in school, and he has never mentioned even once to blame or correct him.
[The trace is on the wand]
This is also not from the original work, but a common setting in fan works.
The author thinks it is quite unreasonable.
If the trace is on the wand, how can there be a plot where Dobby frames Harry? If the Ministry of Magic monitors the wand, shouldn't it be seen that Harry's wand has not cast magic?
The trace is a setting introduced in the seventh book, so it is very likely that in the early days, in Rowling's mind, the trace was just a vague concept, without detailed processing, and it was not until the seventh book that she tried to perfect this concept.
Refer to Chapter 13 of Book 6, the original text is as follows:
"At Hogwarts," Dumbledore continued, "we not only teach you to use magic, but also teach you to control it. I believe that you used your magic in that way in the past unintentionally, but this is something that our school will never teach and will never tolerate. You are not the first, nor will you be the last, to let your magic get out of control. But you should know that Hogwarts can expel students, and the Ministry of Magic - yes, there is a Ministry of Magic - will punish violators in a more severe way. Every new wizard must accept that once they enter our world, they must obey our laws."
The emphasis is on the last sentence. As long as you enter the wizarding world, you must obey the wizard's laws, that is, the wizard's laws will officially take effect.
It can be speculated that there is an alchemical item in the Ministry of Magic, perhaps in the shape of a map, or in other shapes, which can detect the magic around underage children with magical talents - this item is not fictitious, there are acceptance pens and admission books in Hogwarts.
After the young wizard's magic riot, if he chooses to enter the wizard world (that is, after agreeing to enroll in Hogwarts), this magic law and magic detection system will take effect on the young wizard. This detection system should be a range detection. For example, if magic appears in the place where Harry lives, the Ministry of Magic will know (for example, Mad Eye Moody said that if a spell is cast to take Harry away, the Ministry of Magic will know), but the Ministry of Magic will not know the identity of the caster, but only know that magic has appeared in that range.
It can be seen that the purpose of the trace is not only to monitor underage wizards who violate the Statute of Secrecy, but can even be used to monitor all underage wizards, including whether the children of the Weasley family usually practice combat magic at home, whether the children of the dark wizard family practice dark magic at home, etc.
Hermione did say that she practiced magic at home before the first year of school, but this was not illegal because she had not yet enrolled in Hogwarts and did not receive the Ministry of Magic's notice that underage people could not use magic privately, but the Ministry of Magic knew that she had practiced magic. Assuming that she practiced the Unforgivable Curse at that time, she would definitely be in trouble.