*Harry throws the Invisibility Cloak aside immediately, because it’s a real disadvantage to fight Death Eaters when you can see them but they can’t see you. Yes,once the spell is lifted Harry immediately gives a justification to D's using it: if Harry wanted to fight Snape and pass quickly through the battlefield below, a much wiser decision would be use the Invisibility Cloak instead of leaving it at the Tower Top. My words are proved right off the bat when Greyback attacks him.
* So who does petrify Greyback? I read an opinion that Neville was the one to petrify Greyback, since all others were busy fighting. Another (more likely, imo) theory states that the enormous blond DE's spell accidentally hit the werewolf, saving Harry's life. Additional example of DE's ineptness.
* Amycus is "locked in combat" with Ginny, by which we mean he’s hexing her and she’s dodging which is a different thing. Despite drinking FF Ginny only barely manages to dodge Amycus's hexes, while FF-free Harry, running after Snape, still in shock from D's death effortlessly slams the DE into the wall with one carelessly thrown jinx. Ginny somehow is both the girl!power embodiment & the classical damsel in distress from 16 century novel, needing her hero to save her. Has she forgotten about the old favorite bat-bogey hex? At least, it gives me hope that we will be spared the happy reunion, after which Ginny would join the Trio for the last book's adventure. This is one of the few things able to make me not want to read the book at all.
* A thought: DE-s use hexes, jinxes & curses (including unforgivable ones) yet the Order members seem only try to drive DEs away, without catching or killing them. Why? May be I am bloodthirsty, but a front page article "15 DE killed by Hogwarts staff during a surprise attack" with a throwaway mentioning that D was absent at the time attracts me immensely. It would considerably dampen the other side's morale & make people think twice before recruiting to DE or even agreeing to help them out of fear.
*Harry knocks down some Hufflepuffs in pajamas on his way to catch Snape and Malfoy... Oh, here’s one thing bleeding…the Gryffindor hour glass is leaking rubies, sweet rubies, precious rubies! A huge battle has been going for quite a long time, the Dark Mark is in the sky, DE run through the school, students hear a noise ... After all that Harry meets 'bewildered' Hufflepuffs, standing in the corridor. It just seems so strange & unbelievable. I would think the whole school would be awake by now. Why did Hermione, Ginny, Neville, Ron and Luna rush into the battle themselves without waking up other students (DA members f.e.)? They wasted enough time calling Snape, so it wasn't the time problem. Also, I understand why they didn't do it, but not coming into the RoR & destroying the cabinet was very foolish and dangerous. What if additional DEs, werewolves, dementors, Inferi and whatnot would come for support a bit later? This is even higher priority than destroying the escape rout to DE, who already infiltrated school.
* Continuing his mad chase Harry sees several terrified students still cowering with their arms over their faces & the broken Gryffindor hour-glass with its rubies falling, with a loud rattle. Deep Symbolism! The utter destruction of normal life is cleverly symbolized by Gryffindor points slowly vanishing one after another. Btw, who are those terrified students first- years or cowards? Their fear is understandable, but it makes one wonder whether Hogwarts students wouldn't turn into a lamb to the slaughter in case of attack. It shouldn't be so in this world, where sheer physical strength decides nothing & theoretically at least the older students should be better than some DE, who strangely are characterized as both pathetic and hard to defeat.
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Invisibility Cloak , Greyback, Ginny, DE v. Order & Hogwarts students
Date: 2006-09-22 07:02 pm (UTC)Yes,once the spell is lifted Harry immediately gives a justification to D's using it: if Harry wanted to fight Snape and pass quickly through the battlefield below, a much wiser decision would be use the Invisibility Cloak instead of leaving it at the Tower Top. My words are proved right off the bat when Greyback attacks him.
* So who does petrify Greyback?
I read an opinion that Neville was the one to petrify Greyback, since all others were busy fighting. Another (more likely, imo) theory states that the enormous blond DE's spell accidentally hit the werewolf, saving Harry's life. Additional example of DE's ineptness.
* Amycus is "locked in combat" with Ginny, by which we mean he’s hexing her and she’s dodging which is a different thing.
Despite drinking FF Ginny only barely manages to dodge Amycus's hexes, while FF-free Harry, running after Snape, still in shock from D's death effortlessly slams the DE into the wall with one carelessly thrown jinx. Ginny somehow is both the girl!power embodiment & the classical damsel in distress from 16 century novel, needing her hero to save her. Has she forgotten about the old favorite bat-bogey hex?
At least, it gives me hope that we will be spared the happy reunion, after which Ginny would join the Trio for the last book's adventure. This is one of the few things able to make me not want to read the book at all.
* A thought: DE-s use hexes, jinxes & curses (including unforgivable ones) yet the Order members seem only try to drive DEs away, without catching or killing them. Why?
May be I am bloodthirsty, but a front page article "15 DE killed by Hogwarts staff during a surprise attack" with a throwaway mentioning that D was absent at the time attracts me immensely. It would considerably dampen the other side's morale & make people think twice before recruiting to DE or even agreeing to help them out of fear.
*Harry knocks down some Hufflepuffs in pajamas on his way to catch Snape and Malfoy...
Oh, here’s one thing bleeding…the Gryffindor hour glass is leaking rubies, sweet rubies, precious rubies!
A huge battle has been going for quite a long time, the Dark Mark is in the sky, DE run through the school, students hear a noise ... After all that Harry meets 'bewildered' Hufflepuffs, standing in the corridor. It just seems so strange & unbelievable. I would think the whole school would be awake by now. Why did Hermione, Ginny, Neville, Ron and Luna rush into the battle themselves without waking up other students (DA members f.e.)? They wasted enough time calling Snape, so it wasn't the time problem. Also, I understand why they didn't do it, but not coming into the RoR & destroying the cabinet was very foolish and dangerous. What if additional DEs, werewolves, dementors, Inferi and whatnot would come for support a bit later? This is even higher priority than destroying the escape rout to DE, who already infiltrated school.
* Continuing his mad chase Harry sees several terrified students still cowering with their arms over their faces & the broken Gryffindor hour-glass with its rubies falling, with a loud rattle. Deep Symbolism! The utter destruction of normal life is cleverly symbolized by Gryffindor points slowly vanishing one after another.
Btw, who are those terrified students first- years or cowards? Their fear is understandable, but it makes one wonder whether Hogwarts students wouldn't turn into a lamb to the slaughter in case of attack. It shouldn't be so in this world, where sheer physical strength decides nothing & theoretically at least the older students should be better than some DE, who strangely are characterized as both pathetic and hard to defeat.