I try not to change canon arbitrarily for story purposes -- it's more of a challenge to stick with the world-as-is rather than customize it to suit my needs -- but in this case, I thought the idea made so much more sense than what happened in canon. Hogwart's is shown to be a private institution, not a branch of the Ministry, and to have a political functionary come in and basically promote herself to its head because she's an agent of the Minister fails the reality check for me. Someone should have publicly protested, and rightfully so.
That it also makes things somewhat more difficult for Doug is just a bonus.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
That it also makes things somewhat more difficult for Doug is just a bonus.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.