Even though we know that Lucius, like Riddle, was unaware of the fine print in the new version of the wand lore introduced just for this book (i.e., that Snape wasn't the master of the wand anyway).
Thanks. That's what I was figuring. I love the Snape/Lucius relationship. The one that's entirely in my head, I mean. :) But I thought Lucius would do something if he could. I didn't actually know why Lucius was saving him until I got to that moment in the writing. Tricky Lucius! He came up with that all on his own!
Oh God I *hate* the Dark Lord Mental Broadcast Network so, SO MUCH! Such a contrivance! Such a plot crutch!! Rowling was so determined to keep to just Harry's point of view she had to whip up this gimmick so Harry - and we readers - could be artificially apprised of what was happening with Riddle and also be given the massive information dump necessary to make sense of the new Deathly Hallow gimmicks.
The thing is, it could have worked, except that JKR was determined not to Harry develop mastery over it until Dobby's death. I've talked tons about my love for Theowyn's The Enemy Within (http://www.potionsandsnitches.net/fanfiction/viewstory.php?sid=1286). In that story, Snape and Harry spend most of sixth year working on Occlumency.
After HBP came out, Theowyn wrote a sequel called "Harry Potter and the Chained Souls" which incorporated a lot of stuff from HBP and DH (which came out mid-story). Both stories explore what might have happened had logic and continuity applied to the Voldemort/Harry mind connection.
But Rowling only has this ONE, LAST novel to (a) have Ron grow up quickly, and (b) establish the R/Hr pairing.
You know, I never found Ron all that immature compared to Harry and Hermione. JKR's quotes about how he needed to mature to be on their level left me scratching my head.
Why is Ron not on Harry's level of maturity? Because he hasn't suffered as much? And he's not on Hermione's level--why? Because she kissed a boy when she was fourteen and he didn't until he was sixteen? So, maturity is a result of either horrible trauma or a kiss?
And, if it's a result of kissing--Ron did a lot more kisssing than Hermione or Harry did. Shouldn't he be the most mature by DH?
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Date: 2009-12-15 02:30 pm (UTC)Thanks. That's what I was figuring. I love the Snape/Lucius relationship. The one that's entirely in my head, I mean. :) But I thought Lucius would do something if he could. I didn't actually know why Lucius was saving him until I got to that moment in the writing. Tricky Lucius! He came up with that all on his own!
Oh God I *hate* the Dark Lord Mental Broadcast Network so, SO MUCH! Such a contrivance! Such a plot crutch!! Rowling was so determined to keep to just Harry's point of view she had to whip up this gimmick so Harry - and we readers - could be artificially apprised of what was happening with Riddle and also be given the massive information dump necessary to make sense of the new Deathly Hallow gimmicks.
The thing is, it could have worked, except that JKR was determined not to Harry develop mastery over it until Dobby's death. I've talked tons about my love for Theowyn's The Enemy Within (http://www.potionsandsnitches.net/fanfiction/viewstory.php?sid=1286). In that story, Snape and Harry spend most of sixth year working on Occlumency.
After HBP came out, Theowyn wrote a sequel called "Harry Potter and the Chained Souls" which incorporated a lot of stuff from HBP and DH (which came out mid-story). Both stories explore what might have happened had logic and continuity applied to the Voldemort/Harry mind connection.
But Rowling only has this ONE, LAST novel to (a) have Ron grow up quickly, and (b) establish the R/Hr pairing.
You know, I never found Ron all that immature compared to Harry and Hermione. JKR's quotes about how he needed to mature to be on their level left me scratching my head.
Why is Ron not on Harry's level of maturity? Because he hasn't suffered as much? And he's not on Hermione's level--why? Because she kissed a boy when she was fourteen and he didn't until he was sixteen? So, maturity is a result of either horrible trauma or a kiss?
And, if it's a result of kissing--Ron did a lot more kisssing than Hermione or Harry did. Shouldn't he be the most mature by DH?