[quote=Doctor Belasco]Well, the public feeling in France would be probably lefty. But I suppose there can be riots for any reason - I just thought workers' strikes would be a decent enough cause.[/quote]

I'm not saying I'm against it at all, I just get the gist that the various Wizarding Governments are still pretty heavily right wing, despite the Second Wizardiing War ending quite a few years ago now. 

[quote=Doctor Belasco]My worry with Johann getting actually kicked out of the group means there's not a lot of coming back from that without him eating a crap-ton of humble pie, and it'd be a shame to have him do that too soon. ;)[/quote]

:hmm Then I'm not sure, I'm not quite clear on how he'd be able to make any friends in general within the group without taking at least a slice of humble pie. Maybe the crew gets split up during their travels at some point? Who knows.