To Slay a Unicorn

[terri-testing.livejournal.com]

`“… but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Atticus Finch

“Crime… befouling the castle… suggested sentence… ”
“I want to see some punishment!”  Argus Filch

“… it is a monstrous thing, to slay a unicorn,”  Firenze

Let’s take a look at Harry’s first detention and the lessons that it taught him, shall we?

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Chamber of Conspiracy Theories

[sunnyskywalker]

I swear, I don't go looking for conspiracies in these books, or dastardly plots concocted by Dumbledore. And I'm sure that some of them have the Doylist explanation that Rowling didn't realize some of the problems that failing to keep track of who knows what when causes. But looking at things Watsonianly, a lot of things just don't add up without something extremely dodgy going down in the background.

Case in point: basically everything in Chamber of Secrets. I know we've talked about how what Dobby knows about the "dangerous plot," how he knows it, what Lucius Malfoy knows and intends, and basically everything else connected to the Diary deployment and Dobby trying to keep Harry out of Hogwarts gets harder to explain the more you examine it, so I'll pass over that particular subplot. There's still plenty to keep me busy.
( Dodgy theories ahoy! )