More on Minerva: 150 Points

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One of the more interesting points about Minerva’s rather harsh punishment of Harry, Hermione, and Neville in their first year is that she was punishing them for the wrong thing. 
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Indestructible - An Addendum on Flight

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I've been writing up some of my thoughts on Voldemort and Severus, and it's made me realize how central flight is. Both to Severus' relationship to the Dark Lord, and to his character and arc in general. It all unfolded suddenly in my mind last night and became clear.

It's one of the hidden keys, an important one - like in Filius' challenge in PS/SS.

I know how it works - I'd figured out that part already (I'll explain when we get to Voldemort). And where Severus got the idea - that's obvious.

But I just figured out when and why Severus decided that he needed to work out the secret of unsupported flight.

Not for himself. That's not Severus' strongest motivator.

And not as a welcome-back present for the Dark Lord, although ironically he's the only one Severus ended up teaching the magic to.

For Harry.

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