10 HP Chamber of Secrets
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deathtocapslockCh10 The Rogue One Bludger
>”Since the disastrous episode of the pixies, Professor Lockhart had not brought live creatures to class. Instead, he read passages from his books to them, and sometimes re-enacted some of the more dramatic bits. He usually picked Harry to help him with these reconstructions; so far, Harry had been forced to play a simple Transylvanian villager whom Lockhart had cured of a Babbling Curse, a yeti with a head-cold, and a vampire who had been unable to eat anything except lettuce since Lockhart had dealt with him.” If I was Lockhart, I would also force Harry to do such ridiculous things just to troll him.
>Description of werewolf hunting re-enactment sounds suggestive. And not in fun way. +1 to FWBP
>Lockhart: the only teacher in Hogwarts who encourages artsy activities.
>You know what? The more I read about Lockharts’ books, the more I want to read them. They sound like awesome Urban Fantasy books!
>I’m not surprised that Lockhart was Seeker. At all.
>I’ve already complained about trios’ plan in the last post, but the longer we go on, the more ridiculous it gets. Myrthle’s bathroom wouldn’t be the last place somebody would look. I know that at this point we are not supposed to know that kids are brewing illegal potion at CoS’s doorstep, but the trio picked location very close to the crime scene. If Diarycrux was smart he could try to pin blame for the attack on the trio just by pointing out that they do something suspicious in this part of the castle. Heck even normal Slytherin student/helpful background character could do that! This is madness!! +3 to Leap of Logic
>Also why do they need to study the potion book in Myrthle’s bathroom?
>That potion causing growth of extra arms from head sounds great right now. I could keep up with face palming AND writing.
>The Polyjuice potion sounds highly time and resource consuming. In other words: not very efficient way of solving a problem.
>And once again the trio doesn’t even consider alternative means of getting ingredients they need. No, with them it’s straight up adding to their crime laundry list! Jo, you know that you are writing for children, right? +1 to Crime Count
>Sure Hermione, don’t even try to use logical arguments for your insane plan, go straight into emotional blackmail. Ugh.
>”Ron muttered to Harry, ‘It’ll be a lot less hassle if you can just knock Malfoy off his broom tomorrow.’” Yeah and it would be even less of hassle, if you paid attention to your own sister! +1 to Crime Count for inciting violence.
>Heh, Harry learns how other teams feel about his super special broom, yet he doesn’t notice his own hypocrisy.
>”Bludgers never concentrated on one player like this, it was their job to try and unseat as many people as possible …” ”Unseat”? Ah you mean murder! +1 to Death Count
>Doofus. You don’t ask for time out. You ask referee to check the darn equipment. Heck a game like this should have more than one referee and one of them should notice that there was something fishy going on. Do you do sports Jo? +1 to Leap of Logic
>How the heck Draco didn’t notice the Snitch? Considering how quickly Snitch’s wings beat, he should hear low buzz near his ear.
>The description of how Harry caught Snitch is odd. One moment he has “one knee still crooked over” the broom and in the next sentence he somehow swings out of the Bludger’s way. Then he hangs with 2 legs and one hand, then he falls off. +1 to Death Count.
>Wait, all professors and half of Hogwarts’ population knows that Lockhart is conman, yet nobody tries to drag him away from injured student? +1 to Crime Count
>I suppose that it’s one way of solving problem. At least broken bones won’t do further damage to tissues.
>Wait, Pomfrey gives Harry a potion and leaves? No brace or sling to ensure that bones grow back correctly... Oh why the heck I care...
>Wait, why do you assume that Draco did it? Considering the last year it could be Lockhart! +1 to Leap of Logic
>Sponging head? What it is with this book and creepy innuendos? +1 to FWBP
>What kind of security Hogwarts is running, if foreign House Elf can come and go however they please? Considering how petty people are in Potterverse it sounds like recipe for disaster!
>I wonder if House Elves can teleport with people in Hogwarts... That would make HBP’s plot even more redundant!
>Dobby: Dobby warned you, but you didn’t listen and now Dobby is forced to take out your kneecaps. One at the time!
>Dobby is like abusive, possessive boyfriend who will break your arms and legs so you won’t leave him. It hurts him more than you to do this to you. Look he even has to iron his hands to punish himself!
>How Voldemort and House Elf treatment are connected? What, did Tom ordered his followers to mistreat House Elves so he could bath in House Elf Tears TM? Is this the secret of his marvellous melty complexion?
>How Dobby knows who opened CoS the first time?
>Grapes? Really Jo? +1 to FWBP
>I want to point out something: during whole conversation with Dobby Harry didn’t wear his glasses, yet now he can see clearly enough to recognise Colin. In middle of the night. That is some mighty good eyesight for a guy who always walks with glasses on his nose.
>So was Colin the intended victim? Or perhaps it was Albus, since Minnie points out that he changed his habit?
>”The question is how...” and thus Albus spend next few months checking castle for Voldie wraith. Right? Right?
Crime Count: 3
Death Count: 2
Freud Would Be Proud: 3
Leap of Logic: 5
Uncovered: 0
Spell Count: 0
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Date: 2018-10-20 06:02 am (UTC)that is such a good point that i think it needs 3 underlines and so much more highlighter!
also i agree i would like to know too, what dubledore does, once he is out of scene, because for the most part, i fear it is NOTHING...
and THANK YOU for pointing out harry's hypocrisy with owning the best broom on the marked but being pissed for the slytherins to get better brooms- that one annoyed ME from the get go, but all my friends were like: "but it is still unfair" well then there should be a rule that only such and such models are allowed for the actual game! and agreed again one referee for such a fast played game makes absolutely no sense! but then i doubt that jo does sports because the rules for this game are too messed up to begin with...(rest of argument omitted)
yay for another awesome and entertaining review! this is cleaning me from years of frustrations! a very nice experience
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Date: 2018-10-21 07:55 pm (UTC)Lockhart's classes actually sound fun.
>Also why do they need to study the potion book in Myrthle’s bathroom?
It's not like Hermione study a book would attract any attention.
You ask referee to check the darn equipment
That should be something they do right away. Here and when Harry's broom was acting up.
>Dobby is like abusive, possessive boyfriend who will break your arms and legs so you won’t leave him. It hurts him more than you to do this to you. Look he even has to iron his hands to punish himself!
Unnerving, but very good comparison
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Date: 2018-10-22 02:56 am (UTC)I mean, it kind of helped in that inspired Regulus to send Kreacher home with one of the Horcruxes to be collected when the plot required, but Harry and Dumbledore would have retrieved it anyway if he hadn't, so.
You'd think Lucius would be clever enough to realize house-elves have ways of getting around orders, but he just fails on all the cleverness tests Jo gives him. Er. Maybe Lucius and Dobby are actually engaged in a long-running battle of wills and they both know it? And it's pretty much been a draw until Dobby ropes Harry in as an ally? I'd love to know how it all really started, if so.
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Date: 2018-10-22 01:52 pm (UTC)That actually sounds pretty funny. I don't know if this is supposed to be an obvious lie (a vampire eating lettuce?) or true. If it is true, then how did Lockhart - or, rather, the person whose reputation he stole - actually do that? Heck, that's even better than the alternative to blood that the vampires in "True Blood" have. Force vampires to only eat lettuce so that they don't have to kill anyone to feed (unless they eventually die due to malnutrition)? I would think that wizards would be all over that.
/You ask referee to check the darn equipment/
This is the same sport where players are still expected to fly around in the air on a wooden broom during a thunderstorm.
/Wait, Pomfrey gives Harry a potion and leaves?/
And yells at him for what Lockhart did, as if Harry chose to go to Lockhart first instead of her. Between this, McGonagall in PS/SS, Hagrid, and the Dursleys, I'm not surprised that Harry doesn't often ask authorities for help. The adults in his life keep reinforcing over and over again that if anything bad happens, they will first blame him.
/I wonder if House Elves can teleport with people in Hogwarts/
Hermione keeps saying that "you can't Apparate or Disapparate in Hogwarts grounds." I guess that only applies to wizards, though.
/How Voldemort and House Elf treatment are connected?/
Considering that the reason why Tom was able to get away with murdering Hepzibah Smith is because wizards were willing to believe that her house elf did it, the mistreatment of house elves certainly didn't start with him. And considering that he never thought to get himself his own personal house elf, I didn't really get the sense that he noticed or cared about them that much.
/How Dobby knows who opened CoS the first time?/
How does he know what Voldemort's real name is? Did Lucius tell him all there was to know about Voldemort? And if so, why?
/So was Colin the intended victim?/
I've seen theories that suggested that in addition to Colin being Muggle-born, he might have been attacked because Ginny was subconsciously jealous of him, since he's a fellow admirer of Harry.
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Date: 2018-10-23 04:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-10-23 07:30 pm (UTC)Wizards tend to be very slow when it comes to innovation. Somewhere in PS' commentary I even point out that according to Jo one of books on Harry's shopping list was first published centuries ago. Considering that only one author is listed I doubt that it was updated since authors' death.
But honestly? I think this is one of instances where JKR didn't consider implications of what she wrote. If this curse is real, magical governments should be all over it and Lockhart would work as gov consultant instead of teacher. If this is fiction then Lockhart would be accused of being fraud way before he came to Hogwarts. And let's face it, someone accusing a celebrity of being fraud? Rita would be all over it.
/This is the same sport where players are still expected to fly around in the air on a wooden broom during a thunderstorm. /
I'm saving my reaction for this...travesty for PoA. Qudditch is one of those things that pisses me off about these things. Especially safety standards.
/And yells at him for what Lockhart did, as if Harry chose to go to Lockhart first instead of her. /
Eh, I met my fair share of adults who reacted this way when children gets hurt so I was willing to give her pass. Granted I don't think they should choose professions that make them responsible for children, but Hogwarts has way more serious problems than nurse who can't keep her head cool.
/Hermione keeps saying that "you can't Apparate or Disapparate in Hogwarts grounds." I guess that only applies to wizards, though. /
Well, Hermione doesn't know about Hogwarts' House Elves until GoF, so I imagine that whoever wrote Hogwarts', the History wrote their book with humans in mind.
/I've seen theories that suggested that in addition to Colin being Muggle-born, he might have been attacked because Ginny was subconsciously jealous of him, since he's a fellow admirer of Harry. /
It's shame that Rowling is such a hack writer. We never learn much about hows of possessions so it's hard say just how much Diarycrux has control over his victim, but it's quite possible that size of soul piece is deciding factor. After all during PS Harry sat through Quirrell's classes and it wasn't until after his trip to the forest that he had got his headaches. I can't remember if it was ever mentioned how much of soul is broken off each time Horcrux is created, but out of all Voldemort's Horcruxes, it's Diarycrux that acts sentient and uses strategy so it's probably the biggest soul piece.
As such I think that there is very good reason behind each attack that was performed in this book. If Dumbledore ended up as Basilisk snack it would be convenient for Tom, but that wasn't his goal.
True, each victim ended up petrified due to circumstances, but what stops Basilisk from eating petrified victim? Aside from wishes of Diarycrux nothing, so what was the real reason behind it?
Well, I believe that Tom was setting Harry up, with possible bonus of getting rid of Dumbledore. In chapter 17 Tom himself admits that he was fascinated with Harry; a guy that as a toddler defeated him. That had to make him feel threatened, especially since he was no more than 100 meters away from the Horcrux. So Tom targets people who annoyed Harry; Argus' cat and Colin. Things get interesting when kids start brewing potion near CoS entrance. Ginny noticed Ron's behaviour and told about it Percy. The same Ginny who prefers telling her crush about her possible possession than telling her caring older brother. If I had to place my bets I would say that Diarycrux suggested to her to tell Percy about it. Then Harry reveals publicly that he is paraselmouth. That rises his thread level on Tom's radar, so he attacks Justin; a guy who according to general public was threatened by Harry.
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Date: 2018-10-23 07:31 pm (UTC)