death to capslock

This is another of Rowling’s “let’s trash Snape and his fans” phrases. To sack somebody means to fire them, but Snape isn’t fired; he quits. Besides, the only one with the power to fire him is Voldemort, and he doesn’t fire Snape. Take that, Rowling!

Luna Stuns Alecto, and Alecto falls so hard she rattles the glass in the bookcases. (Funny; I don’t remember reading anything about bookcases in the Gryffindor common room. And if the floors are stone, why would a falling body cause them to vibrate enough to make glass rattle?) Ravenclaws sleeping in the dorms stampede down to see what happened. They’re delighted, until the very inappropriately named Amycus (Latin for “friend” when spelled with an I) shows up looking for his sister. Of course, he’s too dumb to answer the door knocker’s question, which means he’s literally dumber than a piece of metal. (Neither could Harry, which makes them nonintellectual equals.) Fortunately for him, McGonagall comes along and answers it correctly, and they go inside. When they find the unconscious Alecto, Amycus has a fit, convinced Voldy’s going to kill them for falsely alerting him to Harry’s presence. He decides to blame it on the kids so the Dull Lord can kill them instead, saying, “Couple of kids more or less, what’s the difference?”