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deathtocapslock* This week, we get to see the beginning of the fine HP tradition of Hagrid doing stupid, illegal things with animals and roping the kids in to help.
* “‘Jus’ lookin’,’ he said, in a shifty voice that got their interest at once.” Yeah, I can see why Dumbledore trusted Hagrid to remove the Philosopher’s Stone from Gringott’s. That man’s the best at hiding secrets of anyone I’ve ever seen.
* Although the Trio are pretty indiscrete as well, casually chatting about the Stone in the middle of the library where anybody could overhear them.
* Wait, so Hagrid took the dragon egg with him into the library?! Wow, I knew he was an idiot, but I never realised he was this bad.
* “Dragon-breeding was outlawed by the Warlocks’ Convention of 1709, everyone knows that.” Man, I miss knowledgeable!Ron. If this were one of the later books, it would be Hermione telling us about the Warlocks’ Convention. And about dragons too, no doubt, because Ron would never have heard of them and wouldn’t have a clue what they were.
* I highly doubt that the existence of large, dangerous animals like dragons could be kept secret in a densely-populated country like the UK. To be honest I doubt they could be kept secret in Romania either.
* Wales and the Hebrides seem like they’d be too small to support viable dragon breeding populations. Judging by the creatures’ size they’d need a lot of food, and barren areas like the Welsh mountains and Scottish islands would be insufficient to feed them.
* As if to prove his unsuitability for sensitive missions yet again, Hagrid falls for a blatantly obvious piece of flattery from Hermione.
* So, if dragon-breeding was outlawed in 1709, does that mean that the copy of Dragon-Breeding for Pleasure and Profit Hagrid got out of the library is three hundred years old? Man, Hogwarts has no idea how to treat valuable antique books.
* I’m struggling to think what natural dragon food might reasonably be replaced with brandy.
* Hagrid’s getting all misty-eyed cooing over his baby dragon. Yeah, that man sure has a good understanding of animals, alright. I’ve no idea why people thought he might plausibly have let a giant spider run loose throughout the castle.
* I wonder why nobody’s noticed Hagrid not doing his gamekeeper duties. Maybe they’ve also noticed that he’s been buying a lot of brandy recently, and just assume that he’s been getting too pissed. They don’t say anything in the hopes that he’ll drink himself to death and Hogwarts can get a better gamekeeper to replace him. (Callous, yes, but if any society would think like this, it would be the Potterverse wizarding world.)
* “Malfoy could go to Dumbledore at any moment.” Probably not, IMHO: either he’d go immediately, or not at all. There’s no reason for him not to tell and then suddenly change his mind a few days later.
* Hagrid’s been dragooning the children into his dangerous-animal-raising scheme and blaming them when they get injured, foreshadowing his later behaviour as COMC teacher.
* Trying to sneak Norbert through the castle sounds like a spectacularly bad idea. Even if the Invisibility Cloak is big enough to cover his crate and two children, which I doubt, there’s no guarantee he wouldn’t start making noises and give them away. It would be much better to just get Charlie to come direct to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, next to Hagrid’s hut.
* So why do neither Harry nor Hermione think of using Wingardium Leviosa to lift the crate?
* I hope Slytherin got those twenty points back when it turned out that Malfoy was telling the truth and Harry was in fact wandering around at night. Sadly, though, I doubt it.
* “Malfoy’s got detention! I could sing!” says Hermione, showing off her vindictive streak that will only get stronger as the series progresses.
* Considerately, Norbert waits until they’re at the top of the tower and well away from any wandering teachers before starting to thrash around.
* Harry and Hermione leave the Cloak behind, like the pair of bloody idiots they are. D’oh!
* “‘Jus’ lookin’,’ he said, in a shifty voice that got their interest at once.” Yeah, I can see why Dumbledore trusted Hagrid to remove the Philosopher’s Stone from Gringott’s. That man’s the best at hiding secrets of anyone I’ve ever seen.
* Although the Trio are pretty indiscrete as well, casually chatting about the Stone in the middle of the library where anybody could overhear them.
* Wait, so Hagrid took the dragon egg with him into the library?! Wow, I knew he was an idiot, but I never realised he was this bad.
* “Dragon-breeding was outlawed by the Warlocks’ Convention of 1709, everyone knows that.” Man, I miss knowledgeable!Ron. If this were one of the later books, it would be Hermione telling us about the Warlocks’ Convention. And about dragons too, no doubt, because Ron would never have heard of them and wouldn’t have a clue what they were.
* I highly doubt that the existence of large, dangerous animals like dragons could be kept secret in a densely-populated country like the UK. To be honest I doubt they could be kept secret in Romania either.
* Wales and the Hebrides seem like they’d be too small to support viable dragon breeding populations. Judging by the creatures’ size they’d need a lot of food, and barren areas like the Welsh mountains and Scottish islands would be insufficient to feed them.
* As if to prove his unsuitability for sensitive missions yet again, Hagrid falls for a blatantly obvious piece of flattery from Hermione.
* So, if dragon-breeding was outlawed in 1709, does that mean that the copy of Dragon-Breeding for Pleasure and Profit Hagrid got out of the library is three hundred years old? Man, Hogwarts has no idea how to treat valuable antique books.
* I’m struggling to think what natural dragon food might reasonably be replaced with brandy.
* Hagrid’s getting all misty-eyed cooing over his baby dragon. Yeah, that man sure has a good understanding of animals, alright. I’ve no idea why people thought he might plausibly have let a giant spider run loose throughout the castle.
* I wonder why nobody’s noticed Hagrid not doing his gamekeeper duties. Maybe they’ve also noticed that he’s been buying a lot of brandy recently, and just assume that he’s been getting too pissed. They don’t say anything in the hopes that he’ll drink himself to death and Hogwarts can get a better gamekeeper to replace him. (Callous, yes, but if any society would think like this, it would be the Potterverse wizarding world.)
* “Malfoy could go to Dumbledore at any moment.” Probably not, IMHO: either he’d go immediately, or not at all. There’s no reason for him not to tell and then suddenly change his mind a few days later.
* Hagrid’s been dragooning the children into his dangerous-animal-raising scheme and blaming them when they get injured, foreshadowing his later behaviour as COMC teacher.
* Trying to sneak Norbert through the castle sounds like a spectacularly bad idea. Even if the Invisibility Cloak is big enough to cover his crate and two children, which I doubt, there’s no guarantee he wouldn’t start making noises and give them away. It would be much better to just get Charlie to come direct to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, next to Hagrid’s hut.
* So why do neither Harry nor Hermione think of using Wingardium Leviosa to lift the crate?
* I hope Slytherin got those twenty points back when it turned out that Malfoy was telling the truth and Harry was in fact wandering around at night. Sadly, though, I doubt it.
* “Malfoy’s got detention! I could sing!” says Hermione, showing off her vindictive streak that will only get stronger as the series progresses.
* Considerately, Norbert waits until they’re at the top of the tower and well away from any wandering teachers before starting to thrash around.
* Harry and Hermione leave the Cloak behind, like the pair of bloody idiots they are. D’oh!
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Date: 2016-09-09 05:08 pm (UTC)According to the Lexicon, Charlie picks Norbert up in early May, when he (actually SHE we find out later) is a few weeks old. So Hagrid might only have neglected his duties for a few weeks.
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Date: 2016-09-09 06:33 pm (UTC)