--- In madmarthafics@..., Leticia <leticia.dw@g...>
wrote:
>
> Very good, as always, but also a little sad. AUs
> where Harry doesn't know the Weasley family as
> well as canon always make me a bit wistful. I
> shared Harry's puzzlement about the hat! Sad too
> because the fictional politics you have created
> for the Wizarding World are so unjust and so
> realistic. I felt pleasantly teary just at the
> end though.

I never meant for this series to become as political as it has, you
know. I blame JKR; she made the political ramifications more
interesting with OoTP and HBP. There will be more of this to come,
although whether Harry actually will become a reluctant political
reformer I cannot possibly divulge *grin*

> To tea and reluctant political reformers!

The tea, however, I wholly support ....

Cheers!

Mad Martha