* “Riddle does sound like Percy – who asked him to grass on Hagrid, anyway?” Apologies in advance for this little rant-ette, but WTF? Seriously, W – T – F? As far as Ron knows, Hagrid’s just killed someone, and he thinks Tom shouldn’t tell anyone?
Ron compares the most lawful good character in the series to Tom Riddle. Reflecting Rowling's view of lawfulness.
* Choosing the subjects that “could affect [their] whole future” at the age of twelve seems a bit early, really.
Considering how unimportant learning seems to be in the Potterverse I think there is more propaganda than truth in the importance of choosing the right electives. How many adult wizards apply Divination in their lives in any way? Yet it seems a popular subject (at least for Gryffindors).
* Note how Percy says “non-magical community”, instead of using some demeaning slur like “muggle” or “mudblood”.
Thanks for the pointer. Percy, the true egalitarian.
* Did Ginny really need to go so far as to rip Harry’s books apart in her quest to find the diary? What, was she worried that he might have hidden it somewhere inside one of the pages?
She was testing in case Harry had transfigured the diary into an innocuous book (or disguised it, as he would do with the Prince's Potions book). The diary was invulnerable to most forms of damage, and she knew it.
* No, Hermione, you clearly have a lot of learning to do. It’s not true that only a Gryffindor could do it.
Is that why nobody suspected Sirius must have had a Gryffindor collaborator that got him Neville's password note?
* Does Hagrid not realise that pointing his crossbow at anyone who comes knocking just makes him look like the sort of violent person who would set a monster on the school?
Since he wasn't going to shoot Fudge what was the point in the first place?
* Cornelius Fudge is indeed wearing “a strange mixture of clothes”. Does the gene that gives them magical powers also give them appalling dress sense or something?
Is this supposed to imply Fudge had been to somewhere Muggle on the way to Hogwarts? Or is he even badly dressed for a wizard among wizards?
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Date: 2010-12-17 08:19 pm (UTC)Ron compares the most lawful good character in the series to Tom Riddle. Reflecting Rowling's view of lawfulness.
* Choosing the subjects that “could affect [their] whole future” at the age of twelve seems a bit early, really.
Considering how unimportant learning seems to be in the Potterverse I think there is more propaganda than truth in the importance of choosing the right electives. How many adult wizards apply Divination in their lives in any way? Yet it seems a popular subject (at least for Gryffindors).
* Note how Percy says “non-magical community”, instead of using some demeaning slur like “muggle” or “mudblood”.
Thanks for the pointer. Percy, the true egalitarian.
* Did Ginny really need to go so far as to rip Harry’s books apart in her quest to find the diary? What, was she worried that he might have hidden it somewhere inside one of the pages?
She was testing in case Harry had transfigured the diary into an innocuous book (or disguised it, as he would do with the Prince's Potions book). The diary was invulnerable to most forms of damage, and she knew it.
* No, Hermione, you clearly have a lot of learning to do. It’s not true that only a Gryffindor could do it.
Is that why nobody suspected Sirius must have had a Gryffindor collaborator that got him Neville's password note?
* Does Hagrid not realise that pointing his crossbow at anyone who comes knocking just makes him look like the sort of violent person who would set a monster on the school?
Since he wasn't going to shoot Fudge what was the point in the first place?
* Cornelius Fudge is indeed wearing “a strange mixture of clothes”. Does the gene that gives them magical powers also give them appalling dress sense or something?
Is this supposed to imply Fudge had been to somewhere Muggle on the way to Hogwarts? Or is he even badly dressed for a wizard among wizards?