To sit still with some namby-pamby story-book like the "little lady" her father wanted her to be, when she could be out in the fields with her grand-dad, tracking the unicorns and birthing the lambs? I think I'd have gone the way of the unicorn as well. Alas, the only way to do such things when I was a lass was to read - but I would have given it up in an instant for some real adventures! :D
Definitely liking this Aunt Edna. Great character!
...well, then, Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank did undoubtedly feel what men felt, too. Excellent touch, the lot of it. I love the idea of Will reading to her relative, as well - reading to others and being read to can be so wonderful while also deepening the connection to the words and story!
And whatever the animals did was natural, of course -- how could it be otherwise? I adore your Wilhelmina. I admit to having similar thoughts (and surprise over prejudice) after so many years watching horses and other critters. Then, the lesbian down the road owned the horses; I didn't realise until years later that when she had complained about the "breeders" insulting her and her girl, she had been speaking about homophobia. I thought she had been talking about another horse breeder insulting her and her mare...
Her grandfather's two male unicorns, for instance -- they had to be charmed into mating with the females. Haha! Pleased to see she had some of the same experience, then.
Will didn't get it, but then, she always admitted that she didn't find people nearly as easy to understand as animals. Sing it! I'm still confused most of the time.
But for the life of her, she couldn't see why she needed curly hair to do it. Ahahaha, I love her! Also the OCs you create. You're great with names as well.
Will had returned to the school to do a year's animal-husbandry apprenticeship under Professor Kettleburn, and Irma was just starting her first term as the full-time librarian. Love this background. And ship ship (s)hurrah!
All in all, Will was in no hurry to exchange Irma for even a favourite Crup. *Snerk.* I absolutely adore every line of this. Irma's frankness is great, too - such the librarian.
"So then am I the only person in wizarding Britain who doesn't know about these. . .inserts?" Oh, quite possibly - all those Mary Sues and Barry Stus getting comfy with many a Tom, Sev or Harry...
I think I'd have gone the way of the unicorn as well. Alas, the only way to do such things when I was a lass was to read - but I would have given it up in an instant for some real adventures! :D
Definitely liking this Aunt Edna. Great character!
...well, then, Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank did undoubtedly feel what men felt, too.
Excellent touch, the lot of it. I love the idea of Will reading to her relative, as well - reading to others and being read to can be so wonderful while also deepening the connection to the words and story!
And whatever the animals did was natural, of course -- how could it be otherwise?
I adore your Wilhelmina. I admit to having similar thoughts (and surprise over prejudice) after so many years watching horses and other critters. Then, the lesbian down the road owned the horses; I didn't realise until years later that when she had complained about the "breeders" insulting her and her girl, she had been speaking about homophobia. I thought she had been talking about another horse breeder insulting her and her mare...
Her grandfather's two male unicorns, for instance -- they had to be charmed into mating with the females.
Haha! Pleased to see she had some of the same experience, then.
Will didn't get it, but then, she always admitted that she didn't find people nearly as easy to understand as animals.
Sing it! I'm still confused most of the time.
But for the life of her, she couldn't see why she needed curly hair to do it.
Ahahaha, I love her! Also the OCs you create. You're great with names as well.
Will had returned to the school to do a year's animal-husbandry apprenticeship under Professor Kettleburn, and Irma was just starting her first term as the full-time librarian.
Love this background. And ship ship (s)hurrah!
All in all, Will was in no hurry to exchange Irma for even a favourite Crup.
*Snerk.* I absolutely adore every line of this. Irma's frankness is great, too - such the librarian.
"So then am I the only person in wizarding Britain who doesn't know about these. . .inserts?"
Oh, quite possibly - all those Mary Sues and Barry Stus getting comfy with many a Tom, Sev or Harry...