Better than scaring him in a dark alley. At least he’ll have time to think through his reaction.
Far more important than not scaring Malfoy in public is not insulting him in public. Public scaring isn’t too much of an issue unless the nature of the scare is also insulting.
Better than scaring him in a dark alley. At least he’ll have time to think through his reaction.
Also, he scared pretty much the entire Wizengamot (plus a Dementor!), not just Lucius. “I scared him, and people know why” is different than “I scared him, and people know it”. [ETA:] It’s no loss of face to be scared by someone who more or less scared everyone else.
I read that at first as “if anybody tweets him about it” and spent some moments pondering the possibility of a magical Twitter (functioning by owl post, of course).
Better than scaring him in a dark alley. At least he’ll have time to think through his reaction.
Far more important than not scaring Malfoy in public is not insulting him in public. Public scaring isn’t too much of an issue unless the nature of the scare is also insulting.
Also, he scared pretty much the entire Wizengamot (plus a Dementor!), not just Lucius. “I scared him, and people know why” is different than “I scared him, and people know it”. [ETA:] It’s no loss of face to be scared by someone who more or less scared everyone else.
I think that being pushed into showing fear is something like an insult, especially if anyone twits him about it.
I read that at first as “if anybody tweets him about it” and spent some moments pondering the possibility of a magical Twitter (functioning by owl post, of course).
So, Hooter?