Probably not—Parseltongue is an extremely rare gift.
I specify speaking a human language, incidentally, because mandrakes act like humans to a limited but recognisable extent (they throw tantrums when young, become moody and secretive as teenagers, and attempt to move into each other’s pots as young adults), but are still chopped up and used as potion reagents as soon as they achieve maturity. On the other hand, centaurs and goblins are at least recognised as intelligent beings with their own thoughts and feelings to be trampled over.
On the other hand, centaurs and goblins are at least recognised as intelligent beings with their own thoughts and feelings to be trampled over.
Because the goblins have got a nation-level army, and everyone’s gold in their vaults, and possession is nine points of the law and all of it in case of war. I don’t know what the centaurs have, not having read that part of canon, but I predict they too are respected because they are feared.
Yes. Elves are valuable and useful—recall Lucius nearly had a stroke when he realized he lost his House Elf. It’d be like casually shooting your stable’s prime stallion.
Would wizards would react differently to disintegration of live snake hatchlings?
Probably not—Parseltongue is an extremely rare gift.
I specify speaking a human language, incidentally, because mandrakes act like humans to a limited but recognisable extent (they throw tantrums when young, become moody and secretive as teenagers, and attempt to move into each other’s pots as young adults), but are still chopped up and used as potion reagents as soon as they achieve maturity. On the other hand, centaurs and goblins are at least recognised as intelligent beings with their own thoughts and feelings to be trampled over.
For those who haven’t been keeping up with Eliezer’s favorites list on ffnet: Mandragora.
Ooooh, and Tied for Last!
(well, that’s just a Riddle/Granger ship fic, but very well done, WITHOUT time travel.)
Because the goblins have got a nation-level army, and everyone’s gold in their vaults, and possession is nine points of the law and all of it in case of war. I don’t know what the centaurs have, not having read that part of canon, but I predict they too are respected because they are feared.
Hell, would they react differently to disintegration of elves? For that matter, a good percentage of them were okay with mass murder of humans.
Yes. Elves are valuable and useful—recall Lucius nearly had a stroke when he realized he lost his House Elf. It’d be like casually shooting your stable’s prime stallion.
Clearly you don’t kill your own elves. You do it to somebody you don’t like.
They might sue you for destruction of valuable property.
For that matter, a good percentage of humans have been OK with mass murder of humans.
The whole discussion is not very well grounded. Why make a big deal out of kittens but not of chickens etc?