*Btw, is anybody going to ask him what he’s doing with that rooster? Or maybe by this time they know they don’t want to know. I think he either wanted to show Dumbledore the dead rooster or, more likely, brought it to the kitchen for house-elves to cook for students.
*Actually, wait. I’ve probably just solved it. If Draco got petrified it would be better for Lucius. It would make him look innocent and he could go after Arthur even more dramatically. Does Narcissa know about the diary-plot? On the one hand, as his wife she is supposed to know. But I can't believe she would let Draco stay at school at all, if she knew. Remember that other people got petrified and not killed due to plot cheats.
*Fred, George and Ginny had chosen not to go to Egypt, because they do everything Harry does. Have they really chosen not to go? My theory is that their ticket money went to pay Arthur's 50 Galleons fine. Naturally they were too proud to enlighten Harry to the real reason of their stay.
*I’ll bet when you drink Polyjuice Potion with one of SuperGinny’s hairs in it, it turns a beautiful, sparkly rainbow color and tastes like cherry lime ricky! Reading the chapter I too tried to imagine what different characters' potions would look like. Imo, Ginny's & Harry's would be Gryffindor fierce blood-red, Voldemort's – green or black and the potion you described best suits Dumbledore with his love for original colors.
*Ron says it’s weird to see Goyle thinking. Yeah, like Harry Potter would be such a step up from anyone in that department! My unquestionably favorite moment in this chapter: when Harry looked at Ron, bewildered why Hermione wouldn't come out, and got praised by him "That looks more like Goyle, that's how he looks every time a teacher asks him a question". Do you think Harry looks that way every time Snape asks him a question too? Or, may be, even not only Snape?
*Ron asks a random Ravenclaw if she knows the way to the Slytherin Common Room… Harry would probably ask a Gryffindor who had been his lab partner for six months. I really liked how the girl answered "Our common room? I'm a Ravenclaw". For all she knows they are first years and Ron asked her for directions very politely ["excuse me, we've forgotten the way"]. I thought it would unable our boys to feel on their skin for once how Slytherins are treated by the rest of the school. Naturally this point escaped them altogether. I bet if Harry asked a Gryffindor and got consequently cursed; they would go away, muttering "what a jerk!" without seeing the broader picture either.
*Lucius has sent Draco a clipping about Arthur Weasley in trouble at work. How very very…creepy of Lucius. I bet he gets on Narcissa's nerves with his incessant talk about Arthur as much as Draco got on his, talking about Harry Potter.
*Ron says he’s going to write to Arthur about the hidden room in the Malfoy house, but I honestly can’t figure out if we’re supposed to assume he did or not several books later. I think he did tell and Arthur went to search there, but didn't find anything since Draco, realizing with whom he had been conversing, warned his father to clean the place from all suspicious objects.
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Date: 2007-04-28 09:38 am (UTC)I think he either wanted to show Dumbledore the dead rooster or, more likely, brought it to the kitchen for house-elves to cook for students.
*Actually, wait. I’ve probably just solved it. If Draco got petrified it would be better for Lucius. It would make him look innocent and he could go after Arthur even more dramatically.
Does Narcissa know about the diary-plot? On the one hand, as his wife she is supposed to know. But I can't believe she would let Draco stay at school at all, if she knew. Remember that other people got petrified and not killed due to plot cheats.
*Fred, George and Ginny had chosen not to go to Egypt, because they do everything Harry does.
Have they really chosen not to go? My theory is that their ticket money went to pay Arthur's 50 Galleons fine. Naturally they were too proud to enlighten Harry to the real reason of their stay.
*I’ll bet when you drink Polyjuice Potion with one of SuperGinny’s hairs in it, it turns a beautiful, sparkly rainbow color and tastes like cherry lime ricky!
Reading the chapter I too tried to imagine what different characters' potions would look like. Imo, Ginny's & Harry's would be Gryffindor fierce blood-red, Voldemort's – green or black and the potion you described best suits Dumbledore with his love for original colors.
*Ron says it’s weird to see Goyle thinking. Yeah, like Harry Potter would be such a step up from anyone in that department!
My unquestionably favorite moment in this chapter: when Harry looked at Ron, bewildered why Hermione wouldn't come out, and got praised by him "That looks more like Goyle, that's how he looks every time a teacher asks him a question". Do you think Harry looks that way every time Snape asks him a question too? Or, may be, even not only Snape?
*Ron asks a random Ravenclaw if she knows the way to the Slytherin Common Room… Harry would probably ask a Gryffindor who had been his lab partner for six months.
I really liked how the girl answered "Our common room? I'm a Ravenclaw". For all she knows they are first years and Ron asked her for directions very politely ["excuse me, we've forgotten the way"]. I thought it would unable our boys to feel on their skin for once how Slytherins are treated by the rest of the school. Naturally this point escaped them altogether. I bet if Harry asked a Gryffindor and got consequently cursed; they would go away, muttering "what a jerk!" without seeing the broader picture either.
*Lucius has sent Draco a clipping about Arthur Weasley in trouble at work. How very very…creepy of Lucius.
I bet he gets on Narcissa's nerves with his incessant talk about Arthur as much as Draco got on his, talking about Harry Potter.
*Ron says he’s going to write to Arthur about the hidden room in the Malfoy house, but I honestly can’t figure out if we’re supposed to assume he did or not several books later.
I think he did tell and Arthur went to search there, but didn't find anything since Draco, realizing with whom he had been conversing, warned his father to clean the place from all suspicious objects.