It’s just much better than Hermione’s fake hand-to-the-mouth expression of "who could ever have seen that coming?"
Luna's interesting here, just for having an emotional reaction at all.
The phoenix starts to sing. Don’t suppose it might deign to come and cry on Bill at all, will it?
I don't think the 'real loyalty' Bill's shown Dumbledore has been quite sufficient, thank you. Besides, if everyone's injuries can be healed so quickly, what makes Harry special?
Harry helpfully puts in his own completely fabricated story about how Dumbledore’s reason for trusting Snape was that he pretended to feel bad about the Prophecy.
I like Lupin's 'But he hated James, of course he wouldn't care when James died!' Sort of missing the wood for the trees, there, sport; what with the issue being that he indirectly got James killed himself (not that the narrative doesn't miss a point or two about this, itself, what with the 'Snape had no idea he'd be condemning YOU, Harry, just some random kid. It could have been Fatty!') And revealing our heroes own mindset, here, I think: if you hate someone, then of course you wouldn't care if they died! How could someone possibly believe something as cowardly as 'I dislike So and So but don't want to see them die at my hand'?
Ron says he’ll have a talk to Fred and George about who buys their products.
I hope that this is just another hint that the Twins place money over other people's safety rather than what some essayists have suggested (we need No Slytherins signs in all the shops!) I mean, Draco could have just sent someone else in to buy stuff. And to be honest, I find it a little OOC the Twins would sell to him - what, no threats? Maybe joke powder instead of real?
Molly and Fleur make up while Ginny’s own bitchiness towards Fleur magically disappears just at the moment she might have to be wrong.
Oh, don't worry, it's back next chapter!
Poor guy. The one time his condition could be helpful and it won’t fly.
You know, there's doubt over it and all (Andromeda was implied to be a Slytherin, yeah?) but is there really any question of what house Tonks was in? The condition just makes you look emo shows you're brave! A prematurely aging guy with an incurable disease is twice as exciting heroic as a pansy with no scars.
Slughorn’s certainly changed his tune about staying away from Hogwarts because it’s dangerous—yeah, only mothers would think Hogwarts was dangerous. Non-Gryffindor Mothers, that is.
I like how the wording changes too, so Slughorn can't blame 'parents' for wanting their kids at home, but it's 'mothers' who can't be expected to think reasonably and assess whether home is much safer. (Which is only 'natural', being that moms are so emotional and all. Thank god Harry's too cool to have one!)
They’ll consult the Board of Governors, who have never mattered whatsoever in the past. But that was when Dumbledore was alive! *sobs*
And Lucius Malfoy's gone, of course. (Sure you want to trust the rest, though? They let Dumbledore leave! They would have let Buckbeak die! They were cowardly and threatened by LM! I like them already.) Note the Ravenclaw pointing out how we must follow procedure (thinking with your head means you're all about archaic traditions and stuff) and commie stuff about not being too hasty.
Harry remembers how easily Snape had mended Malfoy’s cuts with his wand.
Yeah, he really got off pretty light, all considering! I just feel bad for Harry having to witness the aftermath of such horrific Dark Magic. (Also note that Harry's many Dramatic Injuries have been cured instantly, but when discussing them we must focus about how brave he was just to get them.)
Fleur was giving you the benefit of the doubt.
I like Fleur here, although I'm wary. (Of course you don’t care how he looks! You’re a woman. It’s your job to look pretty, not the other way around. Again, hate to get all paranoid, but seriously, the text even takes care to note this. Not to mention, all her and Molly’s fights seem to have been about how tends to and feeds the boys. And of course, Fleur's obligatory ‘I value bravery above all!’)
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Date: 2006-09-29 07:32 pm (UTC)Luna's interesting here, just for having an emotional reaction at all.
The phoenix starts to sing. Don’t suppose it might deign to come and cry on Bill at all, will it?
I don't think the 'real loyalty' Bill's shown Dumbledore has been quite sufficient, thank you. Besides, if everyone's injuries can be healed so quickly, what makes Harry special?
Harry helpfully puts in his own completely fabricated story about how Dumbledore’s reason for trusting Snape was that he pretended to feel bad about the Prophecy.
I like Lupin's 'But he hated James, of course he wouldn't care when James died!' Sort of missing the wood for the trees, there, sport; what with the issue being that he indirectly got James killed himself (not that the narrative doesn't miss a point or two about this, itself, what with the 'Snape had no idea he'd be condemning YOU, Harry, just some random kid. It could have been Fatty!') And revealing our heroes own mindset, here, I think: if you hate someone, then of course you wouldn't care if they died! How could someone possibly believe something as cowardly as 'I dislike So and So but don't want to see them die at my hand'?
Ron says he’ll have a talk to Fred and George about who buys their products.
I hope that this is just another hint that the Twins place money over other people's safety rather than what some essayists have suggested (we need No Slytherins signs in all the shops!) I mean, Draco could have just sent someone else in to buy stuff. And to be honest, I find it a little OOC the Twins would sell to him - what, no threats? Maybe joke powder instead of real?
Molly and Fleur make up while Ginny’s own bitchiness towards Fleur magically disappears just at the moment she might have to be wrong.
Oh, don't worry, it's back next chapter!
Poor guy. The one time his condition could be helpful and it won’t fly.
You know, there's doubt over it and all (Andromeda was implied to be a Slytherin, yeah?) but is there really any question of what house Tonks was in? The condition just
makes you look emoshows you're brave! A prematurely aging guy with an incurable disease is twice asexcitingheroic as a pansy with no scars.Slughorn’s certainly changed his tune about staying away from Hogwarts because it’s dangerous—yeah, only mothers would think Hogwarts was dangerous. Non-Gryffindor Mothers, that is.
I like how the wording changes too, so Slughorn can't blame 'parents' for wanting their kids at home, but it's 'mothers' who can't be expected to think reasonably and assess whether home is much safer. (Which is only 'natural', being that moms are so emotional and all. Thank god Harry's too cool to have one!)
They’ll consult the Board of Governors, who have never mattered whatsoever in the past. But that was when Dumbledore was alive! *sobs*
And Lucius Malfoy's gone, of course. (Sure you want to trust the rest, though? They let Dumbledore leave! They would have let Buckbeak die! They were cowardly and threatened by LM! I like them already.)
Note the Ravenclaw pointing out how we must follow procedure (thinking with your head means you're all about archaic traditions and stuff) and commie stuff about not being too hasty.
Harry remembers how easily Snape had mended Malfoy’s cuts with his wand.
Yeah, he really got off pretty light, all considering! I just feel bad for Harry having to witness the aftermath of such horrific Dark Magic.
(Also note that Harry's many Dramatic Injuries have been cured instantly, but when discussing them we must focus about how brave he was just to get them.)
Fleur was giving you the benefit of the doubt.
I like Fleur here, although I'm wary. (Of course you don’t care how he looks! You’re a woman. It’s your job to look pretty, not the other way around. Again, hate to get all paranoid, but seriously, the text even takes care to note this.
Not to mention, all her and Molly’s fights seem to have been about how tends to and feeds the boys. And of course, Fleur's obligatory ‘I value bravery above all!’)