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"It does matter," Sirius had said. "Because you can't -- you can't go around thinking that magic is the cure-all. Magic can't do shite to fix the things we really want."
He'd narrowed his eyes; Sirius's silhouette went blurry and slanted. "You use magic to tie your shoelaces, Pads."
"So? Shoelaces are -- those are shoelaces. They're just -- they're the kind of thing what magic was meant for, aren't they? I mean. Christ, it won't. It won't bring back the dead. It won't let you be someone else. It won't let you live forever. It won't get you real money, or love, or - you know. It doesn't do that. You still have to do the best with what you've got. And that means - it means knowing who you are. Even if it's - painful, or. Something you don't like. You just have to know that about yourself."That is seriously the best summary of what magic is in the potterverse I've ever seen. You've pegged it better than JKR herself
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"It does matter," Sirius had said. "Because you can't -- you can't go around thinking that magic is the cure-all. Magic can't do shite to fix the things we really want."
He'd narrowed his eyes; Sirius's silhouette went blurry and slanted. "You use magic to tie your shoelaces, Pads."
"So? Shoelaces are -- those are shoelaces. They're just -- they're the kind of thing what magic was meant for, aren't they? I mean. Christ, it won't. It won't bring back the dead. It won't let you be someone else. It won't let you live forever. It won't get you real money, or love, or - you know. It doesn't do that. You still have to do the best with what you've got. And that means - it means knowing who you are. Even if it's - painful, or. Something you don't like. You just have to know that about yourself."That is seriously the best summary of what magic is in the potterverse I've ever seen. You've pegged it better than JKR herself ( ... )
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