- “One Horcrux down! says Ron. If I were him, I wouldn't be quite so cheerful about it. It's past Christmas already, and they haven't made any progress beyond destroying that one Horcrux.”
Why didn’t they stick the locket in a deserted barn in the middle of nowhere and set it on Fiendfyre? (Sorry, don’t have access to DH, so pardon my spelling). If Crabbe can create it, then Hermione the Magnificent surely could – she certainly knew about it and its properties. It might be impossible to extinguish magically, but once it had run out of fuel wouldn’t it just die out? Or is the Room of Requirement still on fire?
- “ One more thing in which Dumbledore did Harry a disservice was to encourage him to use Voldemort's name.”
I still insist that Dumbledore was hoping that Harry would get himself killed. After all, there was nothing that Harry did that couldn’t be done better by half the Order once Harry's horcrux was taken care of. Hermione was the smartest of the Trio, but she was a large fish in a *very* small pond. Remus, Tonks, Kingsley, McGonagall etc could easily surpass her. Harry’s death, the earlier the better, would have made the operation run a lot smoother. JKR would never admit (even to herself) that Dumbledore was that harsh, so she didn’t address it - making him seem either foolish (he’d never heard of the taboo?) or rather cruel. I know what I think.
- “ Harry has forgotten Ron's fear of spiders. I think that's quite a feat, considering their adventure is CoS. Just goes to show how much attention Harry pays to his best friend.”
He really is a thoughtless b*st*rd isn’t he? Still, at least Ron manages to avoid being brutally tortured when Harry doesn’t bother to remember one of the few pieces of sage advice Ron is allowed to give.
- “ Mr Lovegood doesn't want them to come in. Warning bells ring! Except in the minds of the Trio.”
Ho! Xeno has stuck his neck out for ages supporting Harry in his own way and suddenly he doesn’t want to help him? Suspicious much? Sigh. Also, were the Trio glamoured at all, I forget? It’s just that I remember that Hermione the Magnificent had to hide Ron, but show Harry (while they dribbled down their fronts and twiddled their thumbs presumably) to show the Death Eaters that Xeno wasn’t lying. What was the point of that if they looked different? Do glamours have a time limit? They *must* have been disguised - after Godric’s Hollow, wouldn’t they be even more cautious whenever they had to break cover?
Xeno’s reputation of being pro-Harry started long before the Ministry fell, and added to Luna’s support in the Ministry in Book 5, would indicate that Xeno’s house might be being watched. If I was a Dark Lord, I’d certainly be watching all the homes of Harry’s supporters, both known and suspected, plus Order members etc (anyone who fought in Books 5 and 6 for a start). Actually, I’d have arrested and executed every last one the minute the Ministry had fallen and I was in charge, but that’s just me.
-“ I don't really know why I bother to do these recaps when you can't even get anything juicy out of the chapters because they are so boring.”
I thank both you for making this sacrifice, and Merlin that I don’t have to! It’s a bit dull at the moment, the Owl’s already exploded and the giant snake has burst out of the animated corpse, but worry not! The Know-It-All is due to be tortured anytime now, because Harry is the bestest best friend forever! (Or if not forever, at least until he causes your premature death)
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Date: 2009-06-28 10:45 pm (UTC)Why didn’t they stick the locket in a deserted barn in the middle of nowhere and set it on Fiendfyre? (Sorry, don’t have access to DH, so pardon my spelling). If Crabbe can create it, then Hermione the Magnificent surely could – she certainly knew about it and its properties. It might be impossible to extinguish magically, but once it had run out of fuel wouldn’t it just die out? Or is the Room of Requirement still on fire?
- “ One more thing in which Dumbledore did Harry a disservice was to encourage him to use Voldemort's name.”
I still insist that Dumbledore was hoping that Harry would get himself killed. After all, there was nothing that Harry did that couldn’t be done better by half the Order once Harry's horcrux was taken care of. Hermione was the smartest of the Trio, but she was a large fish in a *very* small pond. Remus, Tonks, Kingsley, McGonagall etc could easily surpass her. Harry’s death, the earlier the better, would have made the operation run a lot smoother. JKR would never admit (even to herself) that Dumbledore was that harsh, so she didn’t address it - making him seem either foolish (he’d never heard of the taboo?) or rather cruel. I know what I think.
- “ Harry has forgotten Ron's fear of spiders. I think that's quite a feat, considering their adventure is CoS. Just goes to show how much attention Harry pays to his best friend.”
He really is a thoughtless b*st*rd isn’t he? Still, at least Ron manages to avoid being brutally tortured when Harry doesn’t bother to remember one of the few pieces of sage advice Ron is allowed to give.
- “ Mr Lovegood doesn't want them to come in. Warning bells ring! Except in the minds of the Trio.”
Ho! Xeno has stuck his neck out for ages supporting Harry in his own way and suddenly he doesn’t want to help him? Suspicious much? Sigh. Also, were the Trio glamoured at all, I forget? It’s just that I remember that Hermione the Magnificent had to hide Ron, but show Harry (while they dribbled down their fronts and twiddled their thumbs presumably) to show the Death Eaters that Xeno wasn’t lying. What was the point of that if they looked different? Do glamours have a time limit? They *must* have been disguised - after Godric’s Hollow, wouldn’t they be even more cautious whenever they had to break cover?
Xeno’s reputation of being pro-Harry started long before the Ministry fell, and added to Luna’s support in the Ministry in Book 5, would indicate that Xeno’s house might be being watched. If I was a Dark Lord, I’d certainly be watching all the homes of Harry’s supporters, both known and suspected, plus Order members etc (anyone who fought in Books 5 and 6 for a start). Actually, I’d have arrested and executed every last one the minute the Ministry had fallen and I was in charge, but that’s just me.
-“ I don't really know why I bother to do these recaps when you can't even get anything juicy out of the chapters because they are so boring.”
I thank both you for making this sacrifice, and Merlin that I don’t have to! It’s a bit dull at the moment, the Owl’s already exploded and the giant snake has burst out of the animated corpse, but worry not! The Know-It-All is due to be tortured anytime now, because Harry is the bestest best friend forever! (Or if not forever, at least until he causes your premature death)