Oh, I totally agree -- and it's such a perfect flaw for the quintessential old pure blood family, a sense that they are so old and magical that they are subject to a separate set of laws, halfway to mythological creatures. I have a soft spot for characterizations of Sirius where he goes all fey and/or miffic at (sometimes inconvenient) times.
Tangentially -- this helps explain why Sirius could be mistrusted badly enough not to have a trial -- if no one in authority could ever really shake the idea that, as a Black, his motives (or his ultimate loyalties) are intrinsically inscrutable, because he was just born to play on a different stage.
And it's just so amusing to turn this around so that Narcissa can be measured about politics because it's just not as important as Quidditch. Lucius so totally bought Narcissa a professional Quidditch team as a wedding present. Now I'm imagining crackfic about team owner!Narcissa -- and I bet the Malfoys have really interesting World Cup parties.
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Date: 2007-04-14 01:06 am (UTC)Tangentially -- this helps explain why Sirius could be mistrusted badly enough not to have a trial -- if no one in authority could ever really shake the idea that, as a Black, his motives (or his ultimate loyalties) are intrinsically inscrutable, because he was just born to play on a different stage.
And it's just so amusing to turn this around so that Narcissa can be measured about politics because it's just not as important as Quidditch. Lucius so totally bought Narcissa a professional Quidditch team as a wedding present. Now I'm imagining crackfic about team owner!Narcissa -- and I bet the Malfoys have really interesting World Cup parties.