Obligatory disclaimer: real life sucks. Today, for example,
we have gone to the beach. It was not a bad place – we saw froglets there, (they
already had legs, but still had tails), as well as minnows. Fun! (To say
nothing of the dragonflies, damselflies, and what else have you). What next?
On the other hand, we have had a fight, and as always, it
was a bad one. I hate fighting, but sometimes, there is no other choice, you
know? So what is left?
Ferrets, actually – this is what we are going to be talking
about today. Made famous by J-Ro, as in her fourth book, HPTT, Draco Malfoy got
briefly turned into one, a ferret itself is, per say, a domesticated
subspecies/variety of the European polecat, Mustela
putorius, which is a relative of the American black-footed ferret, Mustela negripes, among others. Pause.
Now, the wild European ferret slash polecat is a
medium-sized mustelid – it is bigger than the various weasels, but smaller than
the wolverine, and the bigger martens, (such as the fisher). When compared to
the other mustelids, the ferret’s/polecat’s characteristics include a long, but
compact body, short legs, powerful muzzle, and a more terrestrial way of life.
For comparison: in North America, the various martens,
(including the fisher), live in the forests, both on the ground and in the
trees; the weasels – also, but prefer to life in the undergrowth; and the
black-footed ferret lives in the prairies, away from the tree cover, where it
feeds upon the local rodents, such as the prairie dogs. The black-footed ferret
uses its’ long mustelid body to go not through the branches and undergrowth,
but rodent tunnels, as it searches for food; in the Old World, the European
polecat and the steppe polecat (Mustela
eversmanii) acts similarly. Next?
The domestic/pet ferret got a mixed heritage, as in the U.K.
the wild ferret/polecat isn’t very popular; it is known as a vermin and a
killer of domestic poultry almost as bad as the red fox. Hence – Draco Malfoy’s
less than voluntary animal form, as the DADA teacher of the book, Alastor
Moody, was revealed a Death Eater fanatic, Barty Crouch Jr. instead. And-?
Here let us talk about J-Ro herself. The woman is in a bad
spot, but she had maneuvered herself there, of her own free will. You cannot
sit on two stools at once, not for long anyhow. On one hand, she tried to be politically
progressive – first Dumbledore was made gay, then Hermione was made a POC, and
then something else happened to somebody else, maybe.
And on the other hand, J-Ro’s latest anti-transpeople
statement, that shows that she is a more conservationist person than how she
pretend to be. Pause. Now what?
I do not know. If J-Ro does have standards, issues, values,
etc., then she should stop pretending to be a ‘progressive person’ in her books
and movies and etc., and just keep everyone as they original were. If she doesn’t,
then she should stay the Hell away from the TERFs and the like, because
otherwise? She is going to lose money, and she cares about money, doesn’t she?
…Well, maybe she doesn’t – supposedly, her Mary Sue version
in the HP-verse is Rita Skitter, an unlikable character, but not a greedy one,
you know? In this case, J-Ro should go ahead, but she should also remember as
to how her Rita character ended-up in the HP-series – not on the bottom, but not
on top either, and given just how tense the real world is at the moment, I’m
completely unsure that she should go this routine. Anything else?
…No. For now, this is it instead. See you all soon! Good
luck with the real world, as it does suck!
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