Great description! Azkaban has never seemed so repulsive. And you didn't even mention the Dementors.
Lol at:
"...all that intelligence went into choosing another portion of Mozart's Requiem to butcher."
"Now the only 'halo' he had was a bunch of flies that seemed to find his smell rather interesting."
"'Minerva, please do stop hissing, you sound as though you have a slow leak.'”
Interesting and clever explanation of Hera's lack of training: the Ministries of the various countries vying to produce the most powerful witches and wizards. Sounds a bit like the Cold War when America was competing with Russia over e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g--even education.
Author's Response: The Ministry seems that way, very proud of all the powerful people it produces. It also makes for something quite humorous when someone of that age starts this.