"Somehow I think it might have been worse before. Everyone -myself included- was so wrapped up in the hierarchies of Hogwarts houses, blood status and surnames. The rivalry, the desperate need to prove your choices were the best ones to have, your way of thinking, your way of life. It’s all a bunch of bollocks now isn’t it? I am in love with you Granger, in broad daylight, in the middle of Hogsmeade, making out with you after spending 2 hours inside a highly saturated pink explosion of a date and no one gives a toss.’ He shrugged, "Three years ago my family, your friends, my friends, half the students and probably more professors than I care to think about would have lost their minds at a pureblood elitist and a talented muggle-born’