Dulce et Decorum Est
Dulce et Decorum Est (with apologies to Horace and Wilfred Owen)
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SquibstressAn almost-drabble to the prompt: "Gryffindor House ~ dulce et decorum est pro patria morti" [sic], submitted to the "Welcome Home Comment Ficathon" on LiveJournal.
ReviewedHer father had been in the war葉he one the Muggles called "The War to End All Wars"預nd knew the truth of Owen's poem. He never spoke of it until those long days of his dying when she would sit the vigil at his bedside. By that time, she had been the veteran of a war herself and knew something of the lies people tell to frightened soldiers.
Minerva McGonagall has always hated lies and liars. Now, as she stands in front of the six-and-fifty children she has sworn to protect with her life and her blood, she finds herself repeating, exaggerated Scottish "Rs" rolling and enlivening the Latin, words that taste like death and betrayal in her mouth:
"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori."
~Fin~
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Goodness. I think there is a lot of truth here, and who can more likely be called frightened soldiers than the children of Hogwarts on the eve of battle?
Response from Squibstress (Author of Dulce et Decorum Est (with apologies to Horace and Wilfred Owen))
Thanks. I can't imagine what it would be like to know you were about to go into battle.
Response from Squibstress (Author of Dulce et Decorum Est (with apologies to Horace and Wilfred Owen))
Thanks. I can't imagine what it would be like to know you were about to go into battle.
'' How can a man die better, than facing fearfull odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods.'' a MAN not a child, poor Minerva they were all children, fighting because the adults were hiding under the bed, waiting for Voldermort to die of old age.
Response from Squibstress (Author of Dulce et Decorum Est (with apologies to Horace and Wilfred Owen))
So true.That's maybe the most horrifying thing in this whole "children's book series."
So true and so very chilling. And so very Minerva.
Response from Squibstress (Author of Dulce et Decorum Est (with apologies to Horace and Wilfred Owen))
Thanks for your kind words and for reading!
Response from Squibstress (Author of Dulce et Decorum Est (with apologies to Horace and Wilfred Owen))
Thanks for your kind words and for reading!