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Charm ☼ 008 [text]
Several things.
One: Harry is here! He's here and he's seventeen just like me and I'm absolutely ecstatic about it. Equius, you have to meet him. Actually, you still need to meet James, too, don't you? Same goes for...most of the rest of the trolls. I haven't heard from some of you in awhile, though. I hope you're all alright! But anyway! The point is that Harry is here. And he's brilliant.
Two: I was doing a bit of reading today in my potions library and I stumbled upon a book on linguistics. I thought that this bit might interest several of my housemates.
Mmhm. Explains a lot. Horny tomcats, the lot of them.
And I suppose that's all for now. We've clearly got an influx of new people, so welcome to Vatheon. My name is Lily Evans. If you need anything, let me know.
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One: Harry is here! He's here and he's seventeen just like me and I'm absolutely ecstatic about it. Equius, you have to meet him. Actually, you still need to meet James, too, don't you? Same goes for...most of the rest of the trolls. I haven't heard from some of you in awhile, though. I hope you're all alright! But anyway! The point is that Harry is here. And he's brilliant.
Two: I was doing a bit of reading today in my potions library and I stumbled upon a book on linguistics. I thought that this bit might interest several of my housemates.
"Marauder" didn't mean "roving plunderer" until sometime in the early 1700s. Originally, it was the dialectal French word "maraud," which was intended to mimic the sound of a cat -- more specifically, a horny tomcat. So it does make a kind of sense that the word became synonymous with somebody out late at night, looking for trouble. For a long time, "maraud" was only the French word for "prowler," but some claim it entered international parlance during the Thirty Years' War, when it gained popularity as a pun on the imperialist general Count Marode's name. His men -- known as the Marode Brothers -- were so ruthless, cowardly and vile that they may as well have been criminals, and so came to be referred to as marauders.
Mmhm. Explains a lot. Horny tomcats, the lot of them.
And I suppose that's all for now. We've clearly got an influx of new people, so welcome to Vatheon. My name is Lily Evans. If you need anything, let me know.
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