*ETA: Btw, in my personal canon Stan was totally a DE. And he went free at the end because Harry declared him innocent. Go Stan.
I figured that Stan was a DE just because Harry was so adamant he wasn't without a single shred of evidence. It just seemed to me that people who were actually investigating might have information Harry didn't have.
*Harry tries valiantly to show Remus the proper way to spin everything Snape does into something bad, but gets nowhere. Werewolves. What are you going to do?
Harry's lost his teaching touch. He can't get Ron and Hermione to see Draco's Up To Something, he can't get Remus to spin Snape negatively. What's Remus afraid of? That he'll hear demonic lyrics if Snape is spun backwards?
*ETA: And I'm sure this conversation doesn't get any better in retrospect for Harry after Remus is dead (if he remembers it at all).
Don't hold your breath.
...Neither like nor dislike Snape? He was awesomely brave and sacrificed his life for me and I shall name my child after him!
Not to mention he's conveniently and obligingly dead so it won't hurt Harry any to do it. And of course, Stepford!Ginny is right there, ready, willing and able to deliver said namesake on demand.
*Lupin apologizes for not being able to write Harry (like he did for all those years before—oh wait, he never did), having been forced into a horrible life with the man who traumatized him as a child on Dumbledore’s orders. For Lupin this is like smashing everything in the room and Crucio-ing somebody in anger. ETA: Wuss.
You know, Dumbledore has a habit of sticking people with the people they would most like not to be with. Lupin with Greyback, Snape with Voldemort - people who have hurt them, crushed them, indelibly scarred their spirits. I was just thinking the other day how bad it must have been for Snape to stand there and pretend to worship the monster who killed Lily (and the other monster who didn't protect her but who expected Snape to uphold his part of the bargain anyway) - I know from the *very* few people I actually hate with something beyond a primal and visceral passion that I can't calm down or act in any way normal for hours after just seeing them - and here Snape is, expected to see Voldemort then come back to teach a bunch of raunchy kids. No wonder he was such a terror!
And, I completely forgot about Lupin with the werewolves, more specifically, Greyback. Dumbledore has a lot to apologize for, IMO, but you know if he did, he'd just turn it around to being all about his own "hard choices."
*Hearing he sounds bitter, Lupin gives all the reasons it’s a good thing he’s doing. I’m beginning to understand the appeal of Snupin. I think both of them feel surrounded by idiots a lot, just for opposite reasons. It’s the HMS Spies Like Us.
Um, yeah. Like I just said... *blush*
*Everyone’s wearing sweaters except Fleur upon whom Mrs. Weasley didn’t want to "waste one" which is probably best for everyone.
And some thought that Fleur was the one in the wrong. Sorry, Molly is not an injured party.
*Ginny takes a maggot out of Harry’s hair and he shivers. I’ll point out here that Harry’s now been living at home with the girl he’s supposedly got the hots for, and not only doesn’t he try to chat her up (too noble? Yeah, right) but doesn’t notice her until the plot allows for it.
This was really unbelievable.
*Harry holds up his fist with the scarred words on it. Please let there be a similar scene with Marietta in the next book.
Can't you see the difference?
Neither can I but there apparently is one. Maybe it's Marietta's fault that her mother is alive and well. If she was orphaned, it would be a different story - you know, the one where evil Pansy Parkinson scarred her for life.
No wonder they (DEs) recruited Stan. With his ability to drive straight he could take over this world pretty quickly.
Those Mad Driving Skilz. So few wizards can really master them... right, DHs Ron?
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Date: 2008-11-14 08:19 pm (UTC)I figured that Stan was a DE just because Harry was so adamant he wasn't without a single shred of evidence. It just seemed to me that people who were actually investigating might have information Harry didn't have.
*Harry tries valiantly to show Remus the proper way to spin everything Snape does into something bad, but gets nowhere. Werewolves. What are you going to do?
Harry's lost his teaching touch. He can't get Ron and Hermione to see Draco's Up To Something, he can't get Remus to spin Snape negatively. What's Remus afraid of? That he'll hear demonic lyrics if Snape is spun backwards?
*ETA: And I'm sure this conversation doesn't get any better in retrospect for Harry after Remus is dead (if he remembers it at all).
Don't hold your breath.
...Neither like nor dislike Snape? He was awesomely brave and sacrificed his life for me and I shall name my child after him!
Not to mention he's conveniently and obligingly dead so it won't hurt Harry any to do it. And of course, Stepford!Ginny is right there, ready, willing and able to deliver said namesake on demand.
*Lupin apologizes for not being able to write Harry (like he did for all those years before—oh wait, he never did), having been forced into a horrible life with the man who traumatized him as a child on Dumbledore’s orders. For Lupin this is like smashing everything in the room and Crucio-ing somebody in anger. ETA: Wuss.
You know, Dumbledore has a habit of sticking people with the people they would most like not to be with. Lupin with Greyback, Snape with Voldemort - people who have hurt them, crushed them, indelibly scarred their spirits. I was just thinking the other day how bad it must have been for Snape to stand there and pretend to worship the monster who killed Lily (and the other monster who didn't protect her but who expected Snape to uphold his part of the bargain anyway) - I know from the *very* few people I actually hate with something beyond a primal and visceral passion that I can't calm down or act in any way normal for hours after just seeing them - and here Snape is, expected to see Voldemort then come back to teach a bunch of raunchy kids. No wonder he was such a terror!
And, I completely forgot about Lupin with the werewolves, more specifically, Greyback. Dumbledore has a lot to apologize for, IMO, but you know if he did, he'd just turn it around to being all about his own "hard choices."
*Hearing he sounds bitter, Lupin gives all the reasons it’s a good thing he’s doing. I’m beginning to understand the appeal of Snupin. I think both of them feel surrounded by idiots a lot, just for opposite reasons. It’s the HMS Spies Like Us.
Um, yeah. Like I just said... *blush*
*Everyone’s wearing sweaters except Fleur upon whom Mrs. Weasley didn’t want to "waste one" which is probably best for everyone.
And some thought that Fleur was the one in the wrong. Sorry, Molly is not an injured party.
*Ginny takes a maggot out of Harry’s hair and he shivers. I’ll point out here that Harry’s now been living at home with the girl he’s supposedly got the hots for, and not only doesn’t he try to chat her up (too noble? Yeah, right) but doesn’t notice her until the plot allows for it.
This was really unbelievable.
*Harry holds up his fist with the scarred words on it. Please let there be a similar scene with Marietta in the next book.
Can't you see the difference?
Neither can I but there apparently is one. Maybe it's Marietta's fault that her mother is alive and well. If she was orphaned, it would be a different story - you know, the one where evil Pansy Parkinson scarred her for life.
No wonder they (DEs) recruited Stan. With his ability to drive straight he could take over this world pretty quickly.
Those Mad Driving Skilz. So few wizards can really master them... right, DHs Ron?