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deathtocapslock*Fug. It's not a misspelling, but I do reckon it was the wrong word in the context. My dictionary defines the word as "stuffy atmosphere in a room etc" which isn't quite right. "Fog" probably would have been better. Or, rather than writing "The misty fug...", one could simply have written "The mist..." and left the passage no worse off.
*Anyway, back to the actual story. Harry's room is a tip. Makes me feel better about mine. At least I put my apple cores in the bin.
*Officially, there's no such place as the Hall of Prophecy. Perhaps not such good governmental work there, either. Covering shit up never works, you guys. There's always enough people in tinfoil pointy hats to dredge up the truth. And yeah, we who have read the story know all about it, and the fact that what this newspaper article says is true. Well-hidden, guys.
*Harry is now "The Chosen One". Makes a change from being the ALL-CAPS "marked man" he was last book. Curiously, he'll get in a pissy mood about this, too. No pleasing some people.
*Old Scrimgeour is suspect, we assume, because he may or may not be someone not fond of Albus Dumbledore. He's so dead, book seven. So very dead. Might as well call him "Rufus Deadinbookseven".
*Regarding the "Protecting Your Home..." leaflet, I believe we are meant to assume that all these precautions are as dust and mist to the awesome power of Voldemort. After all, if they were so cool, how come the very powerful Amelia Bones got herself killed? I guess it's like those 1940s "Nuclear Attack" leaflets which advised people to hide under the table and cover their eyes (or whatever it was).
*Dumbledore has a deep voice. Nice to know, I guess. A contrast, I suppose, to Voldemort's "high, cold" voice.
*There must be some kind of spell to make caring for long hair simple. When I had waist-length hair, it was an absolute bugger to keep clean and tidy. And I didn't even have a beard. There must be some charm that stops him accidently going about with bits of egg in it. But I digress.
*Vernon is in a puce dressing gown. Probably got a puce face to match. Is this an attempt to rob a male character of dignity by putting him in pink, or does Rowling reckon it'd suit his colouring? I can't see someone as conventional as Vernon going for that, unless it went wrong through overwashing. And Petunia, who wipes everything down before bed, would surely never let that happen.
*"Shall we assume that you have invited me into your sitting room?" No, you big wizardy arse, I don't think we shall. Piss off and take the speccy kid with you. But, I forget, that would be "bullying".
*No, I wouldn't take some odd drink from someone I didn't know, either. All the safety things I've seen say not to do that in case it's been drugged by a mad rapist. I may have released the plot-bunnies of doom here. Also, giving booze to two kids you know to be underage? Very continental, perhaps, but not much in the way of professional.
*Sirius couldn't have been that fond of Remus to not leave him anything. Ah, the Sirius/Remus shippers - how they weep!
*Harry doesn't want no. 12, but he doesn't want Bellatrix to have it either. Of course, she technically should be in prison and not in posession of a decent house, but even so. Make yer bloody mind up, Harry. Oh, and he doesn't want Vernon to have it, I'm sure, even though that would probably result in much comedic terror as the portrait of Mrs. Black tries to eject the dirty Muggles by force. Ah, fun.
*Kreacher is annoying. Still, at least he gets some gainful employment.
*Oh, now you're all up with the "you never treated Harry as a son" stuff. Well done, Captain Lightning. Not anything to do with you not keeping an eye on the situation, though. Not your problem, I guess.
*Anyway, back to the actual story. Harry's room is a tip. Makes me feel better about mine. At least I put my apple cores in the bin.
*Officially, there's no such place as the Hall of Prophecy. Perhaps not such good governmental work there, either. Covering shit up never works, you guys. There's always enough people in tinfoil pointy hats to dredge up the truth. And yeah, we who have read the story know all about it, and the fact that what this newspaper article says is true. Well-hidden, guys.
*Harry is now "The Chosen One". Makes a change from being the ALL-CAPS "marked man" he was last book. Curiously, he'll get in a pissy mood about this, too. No pleasing some people.
*Old Scrimgeour is suspect, we assume, because he may or may not be someone not fond of Albus Dumbledore. He's so dead, book seven. So very dead. Might as well call him "Rufus Deadinbookseven".
*Regarding the "Protecting Your Home..." leaflet, I believe we are meant to assume that all these precautions are as dust and mist to the awesome power of Voldemort. After all, if they were so cool, how come the very powerful Amelia Bones got herself killed? I guess it's like those 1940s "Nuclear Attack" leaflets which advised people to hide under the table and cover their eyes (or whatever it was).
*Dumbledore has a deep voice. Nice to know, I guess. A contrast, I suppose, to Voldemort's "high, cold" voice.
*There must be some kind of spell to make caring for long hair simple. When I had waist-length hair, it was an absolute bugger to keep clean and tidy. And I didn't even have a beard. There must be some charm that stops him accidently going about with bits of egg in it. But I digress.
*Vernon is in a puce dressing gown. Probably got a puce face to match. Is this an attempt to rob a male character of dignity by putting him in pink, or does Rowling reckon it'd suit his colouring? I can't see someone as conventional as Vernon going for that, unless it went wrong through overwashing. And Petunia, who wipes everything down before bed, would surely never let that happen.
*"Shall we assume that you have invited me into your sitting room?" No, you big wizardy arse, I don't think we shall. Piss off and take the speccy kid with you. But, I forget, that would be "bullying".
*No, I wouldn't take some odd drink from someone I didn't know, either. All the safety things I've seen say not to do that in case it's been drugged by a mad rapist. I may have released the plot-bunnies of doom here. Also, giving booze to two kids you know to be underage? Very continental, perhaps, but not much in the way of professional.
*Sirius couldn't have been that fond of Remus to not leave him anything. Ah, the Sirius/Remus shippers - how they weep!
*Harry doesn't want no. 12, but he doesn't want Bellatrix to have it either. Of course, she technically should be in prison and not in posession of a decent house, but even so. Make yer bloody mind up, Harry. Oh, and he doesn't want Vernon to have it, I'm sure, even though that would probably result in much comedic terror as the portrait of Mrs. Black tries to eject the dirty Muggles by force. Ah, fun.
*Kreacher is annoying. Still, at least he gets some gainful employment.
*Oh, now you're all up with the "you never treated Harry as a son" stuff. Well done, Captain Lightning. Not anything to do with you not keeping an eye on the situation, though. Not your problem, I guess.
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Hey man, smell my sock.
Date: 2005-09-05 06:24 pm (UTC)Ah, but that's because Dobby's a FREE ELF! Ever since Harry freed him from Lucius back in COS, Dobby has been able to get his submissive freak-on with whoever he chooses, unlike Kreacher.
A rather unfortunate cycle: from setting an elf free in the second book of the series to the S.P.E.W. mess (what. was. the. POINT?) in the fourth book to owning an elf in the penultimate book.
Re: Hey man, smell my sock.
Date: 2005-09-06 06:43 am (UTC)Oh god. Now thee a bunny. I will write it, someday.