* I wonder why Snape’s trying not to smile. He doesn’t seem to have any particular grudge against Filch – in fact, he’d probably sympathise with him as a fellow outcast – so maybe it’s Lockhart’s behaviour he finds amusing?
Maybe. But I think we are supposed to think he is happy that Harry is in trouble and will either get expelled or experience some anxiety that he might.
* Harry’s sure that nothing Snape has to say will do him any good. Even though Snape’s spent most of last year saving Harry’s life.
So much for Harry's decision at the end of the previous book not to care about Severus.
* So is Dumbledore reading Harry’s mind here? Because I have to say that the idea of the epitome of goodness going around violating people’s privacy like that seems a bit disturbing.
If he is it is just the 'surface' version of Legilimency here - no more intrusive than figuring out if someone is being sincere by hir body language. But in chapter 12 (IIRC) he will engage in deep (though still wandless) Legilimency.
* “Hearing voices no-one else can hear isn’t a good sign, even in the wizarding world.” Erm, how do you know, Ron? This is, after all, a world with time travel, teleportation and transfiguration. For all you know, there might be some obscure bit of magic that only allows certain people to hear a sound.
Notice that neither Ron nor Hermione heard the basilisk. Apparently only a Parselmouth can hear snakes speaking, though anyone can hear when a human speaks Parseltongue.
* No, Harry, Snape hasn’t tried to frame you for anything; he’s merely made a reasonable (if incorrect) deduction from the evidence available to him.
Sad that in a book where a past frame-up is significant to the plot the main character doesn't understand what framing is, and the point isn't explained. It would have been a frame-up by Severus if he had been the one to lure Harry to the corridor where Mrs Norris was found.
BTW I wonder how Severus felt about Twinkly's upholding of 'innocent until proven guilty'. He probably thought 'and even after proven guilty, if it's one of your favorites'.
* Hey, Hermione’s refusing to help Ron cheat with his homework. Maybe she should do this more often; he might actually learn something then.
This is early!Hermione. By OOTP she'll nag for a while, then let the boys copy.
* Or maybe it’s just a cunning plan to stop them from investigating his own rather… interesting childhood.
Considering that the only Magical Historian we know has inside information and was blabbing about it back in 1981, I have no doubt this was a consideration.
Justin already suspects Harry.
* It seems that mediaeval wizarding society was so advanced, they all had surnames several centuries before they were introduced into Muggle society.
They may have been nicknames back then. And some families did have surnames before others.
* I can’t help but wonder how Gryffindor and Slytherin managed to work together for so long; who to admit is, after all, a pretty fundamental disagreement. Perhaps Slytherin was initially OK with the idea of accepting Muggleborns, but them something happened (maybe one of them tried to betray the school?) that changed his mind.
Well, we have an alternate version of that history in the Sorting Hat's song in OOTP. While the Hat might be a tad biased (having been Godric's) it at least was an eyewitness. It seems somehow discord got between them and they all started fighting. Salazar left as a sacrifice for the greater good, to allow peace to return. Regarding Muggle-borns, I don't think the Hat said Salazar didn't want them at the school, he just didn't pick them for his House.
Thanks for pointing out the spiders' behavior. Hermione noticed it already shortly after Halloween, I bet Twinkly did too.
My hugs to Percy!
* It is, as Hermione says, “possible”. But, in the absence of any other evidence, it’s no more possible than any of the other thousands of possibilities.
Slytherin's heir (or whoever it is that is threatening people in the heir's name) could be in one of the other Houses. Or no longer at the school.
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Date: 2010-11-06 05:49 am (UTC)Maybe. But I think we are supposed to think he is happy that Harry is in trouble and will either get expelled or experience some anxiety that he might.
* Harry’s sure that nothing Snape has to say will do him any good. Even though Snape’s spent most of last year saving Harry’s life.
So much for Harry's decision at the end of the previous book not to care about Severus.
* So is Dumbledore reading Harry’s mind here? Because I have to say that the idea of the epitome of goodness going around violating people’s privacy like that seems a bit disturbing.
If he is it is just the 'surface' version of Legilimency here - no more intrusive than figuring out if someone is being sincere by hir body language. But in chapter 12 (IIRC) he will engage in deep (though still wandless) Legilimency.
* “Hearing voices no-one else can hear isn’t a good sign, even in the wizarding world.” Erm, how do you know, Ron? This is, after all, a world with time travel, teleportation and transfiguration. For all you know, there might be some obscure bit of magic that only allows certain people to hear a sound.
Notice that neither Ron nor Hermione heard the basilisk. Apparently only a Parselmouth can hear snakes speaking, though anyone can hear when a human speaks Parseltongue.
* No, Harry, Snape hasn’t tried to frame you for anything; he’s merely made a reasonable (if incorrect) deduction from the evidence available to him.
Sad that in a book where a past frame-up is significant to the plot the main character doesn't understand what framing is, and the point isn't explained. It would have been a frame-up by Severus if he had been the one to lure Harry to the corridor where Mrs Norris was found.
BTW I wonder how Severus felt about Twinkly's upholding of 'innocent until proven guilty'. He probably thought 'and even after proven guilty, if it's one of your favorites'.
* Hey, Hermione’s refusing to help Ron cheat with his homework. Maybe she should do this more often; he might actually learn something then.
This is early!Hermione. By OOTP she'll nag for a while, then let the boys copy.
* Or maybe it’s just a cunning plan to stop them from investigating his own rather… interesting childhood.
Considering that the only Magical Historian we know has inside information and was blabbing about it back in 1981, I have no doubt this was a consideration.
Justin already suspects Harry.
* It seems that mediaeval wizarding society was so advanced, they all had surnames several centuries before they were introduced into Muggle society.
They may have been nicknames back then. And some families did have surnames before others.
* I can’t help but wonder how Gryffindor and Slytherin managed to work together for so long; who to admit is, after all, a pretty fundamental disagreement. Perhaps Slytherin was initially OK with the idea of accepting Muggleborns, but them something happened (maybe one of them tried to betray the school?) that changed his mind.
Well, we have an alternate version of that history in the Sorting Hat's song in OOTP. While the Hat might be a tad biased (having been Godric's) it at least was an eyewitness. It seems somehow discord got between them and they all started fighting. Salazar left as a sacrifice for the greater good, to allow peace to return. Regarding Muggle-borns, I don't think the Hat said Salazar didn't want them at the school, he just didn't pick them for his House.
Thanks for pointing out the spiders' behavior. Hermione noticed it already shortly after Halloween, I bet Twinkly did too.
My hugs to Percy!
* It is, as Hermione says, “possible”. But, in the absence of any other evidence, it’s no more possible than any of the other thousands of possibilities.
Slytherin's heir (or whoever it is that is threatening people in the heir's name) could be in one of the other Houses. Or no longer at the school.