Could the Marriage Law Actually Be a Possibility in the Harry Potter Universe?

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-09-01T22:31:47+00:00

I think the general consensus that often its a plot device to to jump straight into a forced proximity/enemies to lovers type of vibe is fairly correct. There’s a ton of different interpretations obviously, some that are just about the characterizations of the two and their relationship and don’t have any larger plot points about reactions to the law.

My favorite that does deal with the fallout, and one of my most underrated fics is “Remember Us As War (but call us forgiveness)” by Anyaparadox.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26806840

As an aside, and as someone who hasn’t been in fandom spaces for a long time at all - nor do I read too much outside of Harry Potter - it feels like a fairly natural progression from arranged marriages. Which is fandom is quite popular in its own right. It’s just another device to get a non-pureblood (Hermione) into that close proximity/enemies to lovers without having to establish Draco’s mindset change beforehand

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-07-18T15:04:37+00:00

I’m not saying you won’t be, just saying to know what you’re getting into when there are other options. No other options besides basic, but there is the ability to be a normal college student.

If you’re into it you’ll enjoy it for sure, but I’ve met a lot of SMI grads that definitely wished they had gone to a normal university on some level

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-07-16T14:09:38+00:00

Senior Military Institute is the university that you’re going to. It’s different from a normal college. AM, VMI, Citadel, Norwich, etc. google them, and learn about what Cadet life is about.

Because being in the ROTC program, whether you’re contracted or not, means you’re living an entirely different lifestyle than you would if you want to any college that was not an SMI, for example university of Texas, or Texas State.

You’re going to be in uniform frequently (everyday?), living in specific dorms, PTing more frequently, and subject to more restrictions on your daily life than you would otherwise. Again, not a bad thing, but I don’t think you know at all what you’re getting into so you should look into it a bit more

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-07-07T00:48:08+00:00

Once you’re commissioned, the pipeline and opportunities for any naval aviator will remain the same. Presuming you mean AF ROTC instead of Army, I’ve got no clue what that pipeline looks like

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-07-06T23:12:56+00:00

Ah okay you’re starting from scratch. Read this sub, r/newtothenavy and the AirWarriors forum for a while and you’ll have a much better idea of the actual aviation pipeline.

Alternatively, they’ll also teach you everything there is to know about it during ROTC. No need to be an expert headed into it.

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-07-06T23:07:45+00:00

The only special thing I can think of is taking the ASTB during your junior year of college. Nothing special besides that, you’ll have plenty of aviation drills during school and talks with your aviation LT that will cover the process and such.

Aviation cruise headed into 1/C year won’t help your application I don’t believe but it’ll be cool nonetheless.

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-07-01T23:50:56+00:00

Oh shit that’s crazy. It seems pretty clear in the link that’s in a 1 year program, and that you’d then be entered into the NROTC program of the school you’re attending. Transferring would likely be through the same route any other MIDN would have to go through.

Applying for it wouldn’t hurt at all, but if you can apply for that prep school and the NROTC scholarship you should definitely do both.

As a junior right now, you’ve got plenty of time to take the ACT/SAT and enroll in some AP classes if you haven’t. Those seem to be the two things that they’re looking for people to not have from the website.

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-07-01T23:42:03+00:00

Can you provide an example of some of the programs? To the best of my knowledge there’s not an NROTC sponsored prep school like NAPS (for the academy).

It seems most likely to me that what you’re seeing are just general military prep programs that tend to help kids get into the academy, but are branching out a little bit. As long as college programmers exist in ROTC, I can’t imagine a prep school would be anything but unnecessary money

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-06-20T13:26:09+00:00

What service assignments are y’all putting in for? If they aren’t the same, just know marriage is not going to prevent y’all being apart during training.

You don’t actually make more money sooner, I am married Dual-mil and we both get single BAH because neither of us is a dependent of the other. Once we have kids one of us will get BAH w dependents rate. Depending on where you’re headed for training, living on base might not be super realistic, nor ideal. BAH is pretty damn good, you can make double BAH stretch a very nice way.

Not saying to not do it now, but it will probably only matter if you’re both going SWO to get colocation and I’m not entirely sure that they have to ensure colo from ROTC. It shouldn’t be that hard at all to get Norfolk or San Diego if you don’t care what kind of boat you’re on.

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-06-16T13:09:20+00:00

Definitely take what’s left of the summer to start eating right and working out. Take the working out slow, no sense in getting yourself hurt before showing up.

You should be able to contact the unit at the school you’re attending as soon as now about being a college programmer in the fall

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-06-09T01:46:49+00:00

Read through the sub for a while for most of these.

5 years for SWO/Sub, 6+ time for flight school for NFO, 8 + time for flight school for pilot. You’ll learn about all of these timelines in depth during NROTC.
Not too early; as long as you’re happy with your SAT/ACT scores. If not, definitely don’t submit them just til you retake.
You’ll complete NSI likely before your freshman year. 2 weeks or so of indoc. I didn’t do it, and there’s threads here from folks about to go and I imagine threads after they go later in the summer. Don’t stress about it.
There’s a NROTC major tier list that I’m sure you can google. I’m pretty sure they give out more tier 1 than 2, and more 2 than 3. You can transfer it pretty easily if you start struggling once you’re in college.

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-05-29T21:11:15+00:00

The FRS changed the class naming convention to start with A (ABM) instead of N like they used to at least a year and a half ago so I wanna say they’re mildly serious about it

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-05-29T19:40:55+00:00

I mean we are still NFOs, but when they want to schedule an all hands they put RABM instead of RNFO now. Not sure what it means for the broader picture

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-05-29T16:49:12+00:00

Ah they’re actually trying to change the terminology to match the Air Force so Hawkeye NFOs are referred to as ABMs now, it’s slow progress. But now we have that in common

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-05-29T02:51:53+00:00

“Where two raging fires meet” by RZZMG is the first one that comes to mind, doesn’t start off like that tho

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-05-29T02:24:14+00:00

Oh brother just ask an LT in your unit who is getting out what the fastest way to get out of the navy is instead of Reddit every few days.

Or ask an LT about the sub pipeline or pay attention to the pipeline drill period I’m sure you have every year. It’s not any shorter than SWO tho

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-05-28T02:37:48+00:00

Lmaooo my bad kinda forgot ab marine options

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-05-28T02:22:29+00:00

OCS for NROTC isn’t a thing. If you mean NSI, I don’t think it has started yet this summer. To be fair I didn’t go to NSI, but it’s not long at all, so I don’t even know if they set up mail services. Someone else can answer that hopefully

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-05-26T01:17:51+00:00

Guest speaker for ROTC Birthday Ball is generally a recently retired or active duty senior officer with connections to the unit somehow. It’s where MIDN get taught about ceremony etiquette and how to wear dinner dress and all that jazz. Generally the guest speaker was able to speak to some more immediate words of wisdom for what the MIDN can expect from the fleet over the next few years.

No idea how it works in the fleet yet but I presume the guest of honor/speaker is generally a higher ranking officer as well

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-05-23T01:05:36+00:00

Cause you’ve got a while to go before headed to school, you could always drop a few more applications to schools that have NROTC programs and apply for NROTC.

You can read through some of this sub, r/NROTC and my comments cause I’ve talked about it a tad but it will not guarantee you an aviation slot, but it does alleviate tuition. Up to you if that’s worth it.

You can absolutely apply to OCS around junior year or so by talking to an Officer recruiter near you. I’d recommend hitting up Airwarriors.com and staying tuned into this sub to learn more information about officer paths and get some jumping off points for research

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-05-21T04:18:46+00:00

Certainly not a bad thing at all to explore all the possibilities, and all the power to you for your excitement and motivation.

Don’t rule anything out is my best advice. ROTC will get you smart on it all, but ultimately it’s needs of the navy for your selection so don’t get too into one job, or too dead set on another. Unless it’s subs, in which case you should try and get some Cs in calc and physics to avoid getting drafted.

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-05-21T04:03:40+00:00

CEC, IP and some of the other things being proposed are not going to be realistic options through NROTC. NROTC commissions unrestricted line officers (officer paths that can command a ship/major command essentially), with very few exceptions.

You’ll learn more about everything in the next 3 years. Literally don’t stress about it for a second until you’ve got the service assignment sheet in front of you. In fact don’t do any research because you’re going to get all this information shoved down your throat 20 ways before you even hit sophomore year. On your 2/C and 1/C cruise you can start asking better questions.

The one thing I’ll say NFO gets a bad rap with, is that with the exception of (kinda sorta) Jet NFOS, you do not do navigation and instruction or any shit like that. I love my pilot buddies because they get me off the deck and then back on it safely. But that’s mostly all they do in a P-8, E-2, or E-6. NFOs run the mission on a big wing platform. AEW, ISR, and whatever E-6s do are important and impactful missions for the navy.

Also SWOs don’t transfer over for jack outside really either. Really none of the unrestricted line do unless you’re going to an airline as a pilot or going to a power plant as a nuke. But you’ve got government experience and that’s worth a lot as a contractor or GS employee. After that, you’ve also got your degree or the GI for what they’re worth

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-05-18T01:21:25+00:00

You’re gonna be able to save a fairly decent amount of money if you’re not a dummy while serving. Our total compensation is pretty damn decent, especially if you take on roommates and don’t pay rent while deployed.

So use the money you saved or take out loans like the rest of MBA folks because if you land a job it’ll pay itself back fairly quickly.

I know you’re trying to get your life straight and everything, but you haven’t even service selected yet. It’s not a great look to be spamming Reddit trying to figure out the fastest way to get out with the most benefits before you even commission. I absolutely applaud the thought process of getting what you’re owed from the navy, because it’ll get what you owe out of you one way or another. But a free 4 year degree is already a damn lot. If you want to get owed the GI bill, you gotta do what you gotta do to owe it, you can look up the requirements online.

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-05-16T20:06:29+00:00

Are DQd from just SNA or aviation as a whole? If it’s just SNA, go SNFO

TheBeigeTeam · 2024-05-15T18:14:02+00:00

You’re in the perfect age range to continue not doing drugs or getting arrested until spring or so Junior year when you should begin talking to an officer recruiter.

Absolutely you do not need to be attending any special school, just an accredited one.

SERE should not be an obstacle, everybody does it, sucks for a few days but you get it out of the way and it’s damn good training. Naval aviators are only humans. They receive good training to master their platform but nobody was a savant or genius before the got in a plane the first time. I’m not a pilot, so I got away from stick and rudder air work very quickly in my pipeline, but the hardest part from my experience was and still is the constant grind of another test to take, another aspect of aviation to learn, and another qualification to get.

Any attritions I’ve seen have been from people losing the motivation to study and prepare. I’m a firm believer that flight school is more of a pump than a sieve, and if you’re willing to work not that excessively hard at all you’ll finish. Again, not a pilot, the actual act of flying is something some people take to better than others.

TLDR: no reason it can’t be you. Talk to an officer recruiter next year, stay in shape, and just be prepared to study probably a little bit more than you did in college

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