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Nov. 18th, 2010 01:19 pmFeeling any better? I still can't believe you were worried about infant lycanthropy. I thought you'd read everything there is about werewolves - I know James and I did. Unless I've missed something new in the last decade, it's just not possible.
Anyway. I don't want you to think I'm not glad Poppy gave Dora the all's well. I mean, I may not have appeared quite as pleased as I should have been. But - well, any new sprog is a good thing, right? And honestly, you'll be a great dad. I know you will. And Dora will be a good mum, too, though it's weird to think of her with her own kid, when I'm not quite over thinking of her as a kid herself. (And I'll just thank you to remember that you are most certainly a cradle-robber, you great hairy snout. And don't forget it - she's still my niece. Cousin. Whatever.)
It's just. I never expected any of us to get married because we had to do. What a fix.
Merlin, remember the arguments James and Lily used to have - home birth, St Gerard's, Muggle hospital ... and then the way he'd go on and on about that sister of Lily's, how she'd said Lily got pregnant right after she did just to steal her thunder and how he wanted to fly out to Little Whinging and give her a piece of his mind. And then, I don't know if I ever told you this, but there was a night when James showed up at my door. Said he and Lil had had this massive fight about - of all things - the kid's name. He'd gone and said something berkish - well, that's not new, is it? - about how 'Harry' wasn't nearly distinguished enough and Lil took offence since it was her grandad's name and somehow it tipped into wizards vs Muggles, just like all the other arguments about her birthing care. And well, you know how they were. Never met an argument they didn't want to win. The upshot was that she gave him the boot. James was certain she'd go back to her parents and never even let him see his own child.
I guess my point is, people who are about to become parents worry about some daft things. And I guess you and Dora have problems that are way bigger than what to call the little tot, so I'll not be surprised if you need your head charmed back on for you more than once before this is all over. And when you do, I'll have my wand to hand, mate. All part of the service, isn't it?
But. Think about what we talked about, yeah? Because if you're not 100% sure, that's a hell of a thing to consign yourselves like that. And I'd hate you to regret it later and be twice as stuck. Are you going to talk to her about Moddey Dhoo? She could go there for her confinement and no one would be the wiser back in London. It's an option, that's all I'm saying.
I know you just want to do the right thing, mate. I'm just not even sure what that ought to be at this point - not just to protect Dora, but for all of you. Sprog included.
Yeah. I know. 'Shut it, Sirius.' Well, all I'm saying is don't go all Victorian just because you think you have to make her an honest woman or some rot.
Anyway. I don't want you to think I'm not glad Poppy gave Dora the all's well. I mean, I may not have appeared quite as pleased as I should have been. But - well, any new sprog is a good thing, right? And honestly, you'll be a great dad. I know you will. And Dora will be a good mum, too, though it's weird to think of her with her own kid, when I'm not quite over thinking of her as a kid herself. (And I'll just thank you to remember that you are most certainly a cradle-robber, you great hairy snout. And don't forget it - she's still my niece. Cousin. Whatever.)
It's just. I never expected any of us to get married because we had to do. What a fix.
Merlin, remember the arguments James and Lily used to have - home birth, St Gerard's, Muggle hospital ... and then the way he'd go on and on about that sister of Lily's, how she'd said Lily got pregnant right after she did just to steal her thunder and how he wanted to fly out to Little Whinging and give her a piece of his mind. And then, I don't know if I ever told you this, but there was a night when James showed up at my door. Said he and Lil had had this massive fight about - of all things - the kid's name. He'd gone and said something berkish - well, that's not new, is it? - about how 'Harry' wasn't nearly distinguished enough and Lil took offence since it was her grandad's name and somehow it tipped into wizards vs Muggles, just like all the other arguments about her birthing care. And well, you know how they were. Never met an argument they didn't want to win. The upshot was that she gave him the boot. James was certain she'd go back to her parents and never even let him see his own child.
I guess my point is, people who are about to become parents worry about some daft things. And I guess you and Dora have problems that are way bigger than what to call the little tot, so I'll not be surprised if you need your head charmed back on for you more than once before this is all over. And when you do, I'll have my wand to hand, mate. All part of the service, isn't it?
But. Think about what we talked about, yeah? Because if you're not 100% sure, that's a hell of a thing to consign yourselves like that. And I'd hate you to regret it later and be twice as stuck. Are you going to talk to her about Moddey Dhoo? She could go there for her confinement and no one would be the wiser back in London. It's an option, that's all I'm saying.
I know you just want to do the right thing, mate. I'm just not even sure what that ought to be at this point - not just to protect Dora, but for all of you. Sprog included.
Yeah. I know. 'Shut it, Sirius.' Well, all I'm saying is don't go all Victorian just because you think you have to make her an honest woman or some rot.
