Detentions, for the most part consisted of mostly writing lines over and over again. I will not resort to violence very quickly became Harry’s least favourite phrase, and every night after finishing up with McGonagall he’d return to Gryffindor Tower with a cramping hand. The detentions were frequent, but the sheer boredom Harry experienced every night was almost enough to make him regret ever knocking Malfoy’s lights out.