Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Drone

Previously in Australian politics:

Harry Potter waged a valiant war against the man considered the premier dark wizard of our times back in 2007 and emerged victorious.
In 2010, he was rolled by his allegedly loyal offsiders Ron and Hermione and retired to the back benches, then the front benches, then the back benches again.
In 2013, he finally won back the leadership and took Australia to an election.

He is the man who saw Australia through the GFC with a record that the IMF, the World Bank, and several Nobel-Prize winning economists call remarkable and which most of my friends and family back in Britain call 'you lucky, lucky bastards'. Admittedly his party is mostly filled with muppets, but a lot of them are competent at their jobs, if not at acting like grown ups.

He is very unlikely to be the PM by the end of tomorrow. Instead, it will probably be Vincent Crabbe:

A man who spent the years from 2010 to 2013 being a misogynist twat, blocking every piece of legislation he could, wearing Speedos in public, and WHO RELEASED HIS DETAILED POLICIES YESTERDAY.

YESTERDAY.

Among them was a policy stating that they would have an opt-out internet censorship mandated for all Australian ISPs.

The beautiful Draco Malfoy went on radio to 'defend' it, which he did with a lot of 'Err …' (Since he clearly thought it was bollocks.)

A few hours later, it was declared that that wasn't their policy at all, it was just a typo.

These people are tipped to win by 20 seats.

I was going to write something comedic about the whole thing, but in truth, I am just much too depressed.

The LNP are less overtly Muppety than the ALP, but they are economic gibbons by any genuine standard and the only people who can argue otherwise are economic illiterates who think that austerity works.

SO I am spending the evening crocheting and eating ice-cream instead.

My favourite political cartoon has been recommending that we all build a Mirabella-free bunker and spray it liberally with Brandis repellent. For those who have no idea what a Mirabella or Brandis is, you are fortunate, fortunate people!

I am dreaming of either another 1993 Victory for the True Believers, or a Malfoy-Gambaro LNP post-election coup. A girl can hope!

Level Two: Or, how I learned to stop frothing and just let loose with profanity-laden argument

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There is some AMAZING art coming out of that community, and stories, too! Basically: Harry Potter, Auror, Draco Malfoy, roped-in Unspeakable; Adventures Ensue.

I did a spot of stuff for them. I probably should have been pimping the hell out of it for weeks now. Unfortunately, while I met a few absolutely amazing people there and have been blown away by some of the talent, the experience has made me want to leave fandom. Not stop writing fics, or leave my brilliant flist, just, never again get involved in anything comm-like and wave both sharpened stakes and leis of garlic at most 'fandom discussions'.

One of the sensible people there told me that she thought a lot of the issues came out of people's Personal Issues, and that we could probably blame school for most of them. It's all coming back to me why I found school easy: I spent the whole time running around the sports oval, in the library, or in active (as in legislative and policy-based) student politics. I never had to negotiate the Mean Girls issues because they needed me for the hockey team, or to win at debating, or to come round and ride one of my ponies, and I never had to care because I could be in any country by the end of the year, so why bother?

All of which means I am extremely badly raised for dealing with bullshit drama. And oh my god, the drama … and the bullshit …

Happily, just at the very exact moment I decided: fuck it, I will meet my responsibilities and then bugger it all, fandom does not need me and I certainly do not need it, the extremely marvellous birdsofshore held a love-in for the enchantingly lovely capitu, and I was all Oh THAT'S why fandom can be worthwhile.

So now I am just going to ignore more things, and be more honest about some other things. Expect a jokier Malcolm Tucker with a degree in logic.

Meanwhile, Level Two: you don't have to suffer through anything, because the end product is Good Stuff!