Okay. No. Oliver Wood is being a complete and utter prat. He doesn't even go to Hogwarts anymore! He thinks he has a right to tell us how we should play. Ugh!
[And maybe there were other reasons she was upset by this but she was definitely not going to go there.]
HEEE!! Awesome!! ^_^ …sorry if this one's more hostile :'(
There are many conditions in this world that fall between 'boring' and 'combustion'. I would kindly ask you to consider that when you enrage the elders, it falls to Meda and I to do the repair. If you're going to make a mess, stick around long enough to clean it yourself. Otherwise, shut up and bugger off.
—but I agree, that's insufferable! My parents would call that 'back-seat driving'. I can't think of a broom equivalence. Still, perhaps a word whispered to McGonagall? The chain of command is, among other things, for unity and morale, and he's mucking about with it.
Then, of course, if he's pouty at being told off, it'll have been by someone else, so you can buy him a cocoa to console him.
They are truly complicated and I feel they're only becoming more complicated by the day, month and year.
[Andromeda had released a silent breath that she hadn't realized she'd been holding as she anticipated the responses. For the most part, she didn't regret marrying Ted. She simply wished that it didn't have to be an either-or situation. Family or Love. She also wished that she could freely talk to her sister without it being frowned upon by everyone else in their family.]
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