Ernie speaks sycophantically and Malfoy doesn’t crack a smile. Harry always needs to have somebody sucking up to the teacher so he can be superior to them.
It's like they had a conference before class. 'Look, MacMillan, I really don't have the energy or the inclination to flatter Slughorn today, but obviously someone needs to, or the audience might laugh at Harry "It must be my mother's talent coming out; wait, try my potion, Sir?" Potter.' 'Understood, understood, all in the service of glorifying the heroes. We Hufflepuffs are old lags at that!'
I’m assume that he brought the booze solely in order to get Harry drunk and molest him.
I'm beginning to suspect that every childless adult in the WW not currently engaged in the fight against Good and Evil is an alcoholic.
Because we all know even Slytherins, especially a Good Slytherin, secretly want to be brave like a Gryffindor.
He's just warming us up for 'DON'T CALL ME A COWARD!'
Harry once more tries to make us believe that Hermione really does still care about that house elf business.
Luckily, Harry doesn't need to 'abuse' house-elves by having them test his food and drink - that's what Ron's for!
I half-expect Slughorn to say, "I don’t imagine anyone who met her wouldn’t like her…very brave…very funny…total Mary Sue. We had to like her. ‘Twas in the script."
The 'funny' gives me yet more vibes that should we find out more about Lily, it'll turn out she's fucking irritating. Funny like...Ginny, Fred and George funny? But yeah, enough already with the Lily anvils (Only the good die young! I note Dumbledore pops it aged 200+. Yeah.), especially the frigging endless rehash of how super brave she was for not giving up her baby to certain death from an evil murderer in exchange for her own life. (Why did Voldie kill James if she didn't 'need' to die, then? Because he, too, was struck by her almond-shaped emerald eyes and fiery red hair?) With her husband and baby dead, it'd almost be more brave to live.
Harry notes that tears have fallen onto the parchment.
In stark contrast to OotP, Harry suddenly gives a shit about whether or not people are crying.
Hermione can’t imagine what’s more important to use the luck potion for than this memory—you haven’t seen the memory, Hermione.
This bit cracks me up, though - Hermione and Ron are all 'Well, of course you'll be fighting the Dark Lord with this awesome potion!' How surprising is it that, no, Harry's first thought was to use it for personal gain.
I also kinda love how Ron comes up with the idea to use Felix (a rare moment of competence! Doesn't he fail his Apparitions test later on here? I guess that makes up for it - we wouldn't want to get the idea he's as useful as Harry and Hermione!) and Hermione's instant reaction is 'Of course! Why didn't I think of it?'
Really he’s been wanting to use the potion to break up Dean and Ginny. As opposed to wanting to use the potion to get lucky with Ginny.
He's far too chivalrous for that! (Or else he's already assumed she'll jump at the chance to make time with the Chosen One. Gotta enjoy how all the worries here focus around the guys - she's still with Dean, what about Ron? When the menfolk have made up their minds, we'll let you know who it's okay to date, mkay, Ginny?)
Ernie is really determined to win me over in this book. First the leaping pirouette and now the purple dumpling in his cauldron.
He wants you to forgive him for being in the DA last book. It's okay, Ernie, OOTP was a dark time for all characters, we understand... (It makes me laugh how he screws up his potion by trying 'to outshine Harry'. That'll learn ya for trying to outst the Chosen One from his rightful position at #1!)
Hogwarts romances seem to hang on like grim death.
Lavender and Ron are still together here, too, aren't they? (I wondered briefly whether Lavender getting angry with Ron was maybe part of Harry's "wish" so to speak, like Dean and Ginny edging towards a split, but then I realised that of course, why would Harry care who Ron ends up with?) And I can't believe you didn't mention Ginny's awesome feminism - obvious even from her one line!
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Date: 2006-08-11 05:06 pm (UTC)It's like they had a conference before class.
'Look, MacMillan, I really don't have the energy or the inclination to flatter Slughorn today, but obviously someone needs to, or the audience might laugh at Harry "It must be my mother's talent coming out; wait, try my potion, Sir?" Potter.'
'Understood, understood, all in the service of glorifying the heroes. We Hufflepuffs are old lags at that!'
I’m assume that he brought the booze solely in order to get Harry drunk and molest him.
I'm beginning to suspect that every childless adult in the WW not currently engaged in the fight against Good and Evil is an alcoholic.
Because we all know even Slytherins, especially a Good Slytherin, secretly want to be brave like a Gryffindor.
He's just warming us up for 'DON'T CALL ME A COWARD!'
Harry once more tries to make us believe that Hermione really does still care about that house elf business.
Luckily, Harry doesn't need to 'abuse' house-elves by having them test his food and drink - that's what Ron's for!
I half-expect Slughorn to say, "I don’t imagine anyone who met her wouldn’t like her…very brave…very funny…total Mary Sue. We had to like her. ‘Twas in the script."
The 'funny' gives me yet more vibes that should we find out more about Lily, it'll turn out she's fucking irritating. Funny like...Ginny, Fred and George funny?
But yeah, enough already with the Lily anvils (Only the good die young! I note Dumbledore pops it aged 200+. Yeah.), especially the frigging endless rehash of how super brave she was for not giving up her baby to certain death from an evil murderer in exchange for her own life.
(Why did Voldie kill James if she didn't 'need' to die, then? Because he, too, was struck by her almond-shaped emerald eyes and fiery red hair?)
With her husband and baby dead, it'd almost be more brave to live.
Harry notes that tears have fallen onto the parchment.
In stark contrast to OotP, Harry suddenly gives a shit about whether or not people are crying.
Hermione can’t imagine what’s more important to use the luck potion for than this memory—you haven’t seen the memory, Hermione.
This bit cracks me up, though - Hermione and Ron are all 'Well, of course you'll be fighting the Dark Lord with this awesome potion!' How surprising is it that, no, Harry's first thought was to use it for personal gain.
I also kinda love how Ron comes up with the idea to use Felix (a rare moment of competence! Doesn't he fail his Apparitions test later on here? I guess that makes up for it - we wouldn't want to get the idea he's as useful as Harry and Hermione!) and Hermione's instant reaction is 'Of course! Why didn't I think of it?'
Really he’s been wanting to use the potion to break up Dean and Ginny. As opposed to wanting to use the potion to get lucky with Ginny.
He's far too chivalrous for that! (Or else he's already assumed she'll jump at the chance to make time with the Chosen One. Gotta enjoy how all the worries here focus around the guys - she's still with Dean, what about Ron? When the menfolk have made up their minds, we'll let you know who it's okay to date, mkay, Ginny?)
Ernie is really determined to win me over in this book. First the leaping pirouette and now the purple dumpling in his cauldron.
He wants you to forgive him for being in the DA last book. It's okay, Ernie, OOTP was a dark time for all characters, we understand...
(It makes me laugh how he screws up his potion by trying 'to outshine Harry'. That'll learn ya for trying to outst the Chosen One from his rightful position at #1!)
Hogwarts romances seem to hang on like grim death.
Lavender and Ron are still together here, too, aren't they? (I wondered briefly whether Lavender getting angry with Ron was maybe part of Harry's "wish" so to speak, like Dean and Ginny edging towards a split, but then I realised that of course, why would Harry care who Ron ends up with?)
And I can't believe you didn't mention Ginny's awesome feminism - obvious even from her one line!