Deathly Hallows, chapter 4

[anehan]

The Seven Potters

* Hedwig is sulking. Even she understands how stupid it is of Harry to lock her in her cage.

* Lupin is "greyer, more lined". In every book, Lupin looks worse and worse. I swear, he should have wasted away years ago.

* According to Kingsley, Harry is more important than the Muggle Prime Minister. Too bad we haven't seen Harry do anything to demonstrate this to us. As it is, I remain sceptical.

* Harry can't be Flooed, Portkey'd or Apparated out of 4 Privet Drive. So take him to Mrs Figg's and Apparate him away.

* The Trace. I think I've said all there is to say about it in the previous cap. The bloody thing makes no sense.

* "With You-Know-Who out there and half the Ministry on his side?" My, Voldemort has been busy. He's done more during this summer than in the previous two years together.

* According to Moody, Voldemort is bound to have a Death Eater or two on the lookout. Tell me again, why didn't he do that in the previous two years? Kidnap Harry in OotP and save us the tedium of reading through HBP and DH.

* Harry's Polyjuice Potion is a clear, bright gold. Remember the muddiness of Crabbe's and Goyle's? They were evil already at the age of 12. Remember, it's your choices that... Wait a minute, what am I saying? Some people are born good and some people evil.

* Good thing we have the Polyjuice Potion tell us about Harry's goodness. Otherwise we might have had some doubts, what we the Unforgivables an all that.

* Notice that Fleur doesn't change size when she drinks Harry!Juice. Just observing.

* "Bill, don't look at me -- I'm 'ideous." Ahahahahaaaa!

* Six naked Potters. *leers*

* Fleur give Bill a soppy, slavish look. It's the same look that's glued on Ginny's face when she looks at Harry.

* Moody won't lock the back door, since it won't keep the Death Eaters away. Maybe not, but at least it'll keep the neighbourhood children from ransacking the house while the Dursleys are away. Dear me, what am I talking about? No one cares about the Dursleys' property. They're just dirty Muggles.

* Why aren't the Potters and their guards Disillusioned? Quite aside from the fact that Muggles can now see them flying, why are they making the Death Eaters' job easier? Logic, what Logic.

* Hedwig died. Cheap, Rowling, cheap.

* Harry is doing magic willy-nilly. Whatever happened to the Trace?

* What is dragon fire and why haven't we hear of it before?

* Stan Shunpike's face is strangely blank. Maybe it's supposed to tell us that Stan is Imperio'd, but why would the Death Eaters take an Imperio'd person with them to such a delicate mission? I much prefer to think that Stan really is a DE.

* I don't get why the DE would think Harry's the only one who'd use Expelliarmus against them. Surely it's not that obscure a charm, considering that it was the first charm the students were taught in the Duelling Club in CoS. It doesn't make sense.

* Oh dear, here we have the incident of Harry's wand acting of its own accord. More things that don't make sense.

* Well, that was boring.



Designated Hero:
Harry's Polyjuice Potion reveals his essential goodness.

Hero's Death Battle Exemption:
The Killing Curses miss Harry by millimetres.

IITS:
Why can't Harry be Apparated away? IITS!

Final score: 3

Comments

[tdotm.livejournal.com]

Several people have pointed out how boring and unexciting this was - yet it was a big action scene. If a chapter with lots of things happening can be so dull, that doesn't bode well for the many chapters where nothing happens. And I don't mean silly things not worth mentioning, I mean literally nothing.

Also, fantastically amusing though Hedwig's pyrotechnic finale was, I concur with those who got all excited at the thought of Hagrid out of the story at last. Plus, with his drink problem, his blood was no doubt pure alcohol and he really could have exploded when he landed.

Actually, the very best scenario would be Harry as the Fallen Hero. Let’s face it, the only thing he did of any merit in this book was die - in my version there’d be none of that coming back to life malarkey. If she could have pulled that off in Chapter Four, it would have been the twist to end all twists, shut up the doubters and hopefully saved Hedwig. Anything she wrote instead would have been improved by Harry being dead and buried. I'd have to insist that his body burst into flames though. (And no rising from them like a bloody phoenix either)

[sunnyskywalker]

his blood was no doubt pure alcohol and he really could have exploded when he landed

And it would be a (half-) GIANT explosion! :D