"wood and fabric Muggle flying machines" Bwahahahaha! :-D Talk about a bit out of it... (thinking about it, a transatlantic flight on one of those... Erm... I wouldn't do it, myself...)
"might shave as much as four minutes off a transatlantic flight" :-) On the other hand, we do not know how long is a sub-orbital transatlantic flight... It might very well represent 2 or 3 percent, and not be that ridiculous...
"It beat Reed’s car." I was wondering why he did it... :-D
"You’re going to have to stalk and capture your mate just like everyone else." Spoken like a true Goblin :-D
I wonder who is the one that was ordered by her grandfather to seduce Harry (I can't remember if Blaise is male or female in your story, otherwise, I'd say Female Blaise, because I've read multiple fanfics describing his mother as a black widow...)
As for Daphne's male cousin, I'd say Vinnie Crabbe... I won't even ask you to confirm, I guess I'll just have to wait for the next chapters...
Please, update soon!
Author's response
- Augusta just remembers the airplane of her youth is all...
- Avengers Canon has a transatlantic flight as being 45 minutes... Four minutes would be a great fuel saver...
- A lot of people liked the 'stalk and capture' line... The funny thing is that was a throw away line I shoehorned in after I decided not to use the Klingon cliche of the male reading love poetry while ducking alot because of the heavy things being thrown by the female...
- Blaise is a guy. I needed at least one male Sytherin so that Harry didn't get to thinking he was irresistible...
- Well, if you're not asking...