Ootp: Chapter Thirty- Grawp
In the aftermath of Fred and George's amazing departure the school is a buzz with what happened. The swamp on the fifth floor is left untouched. There is two broom-shaped holes in Umbridge;s office door, a new door is soon found and Harry's firebolt is moved to the dungeons and things just get worse for Umbridge. A Niffler is put in her ofice, odd
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Is it possible that the trio's teacups illustrate a love triangle? Harry's legs are substantial, but haven't connected yet. Ron's legs have connected, but are weak and trembling. Hermione's legs are just right, and she's revolving around Harry. So what would it mean that Ron breaks in 2, and Hermione repairs him? Then Hermione scampers away, Ron's legs collapse, and Hermione circles around Harry, whose legs still don't yet reach. But I don't like the part where Hermione goes over the edge and smashes.
I think Quidditch foreshadows battles. So Ron feels like he has nothing to loose, which enables him to be successful as a keeper while Harry and Hermione are off on an adventure, and Gryffindor wins.
...H/Hr and alchemy...
Shipping-wise, I love that in the forest, Harry catches Hermione, and then she clings to him behind a tree. I looked up forest in Lyndy Abraham's Dictionary of Alchemical Imagery, and found this to be an illustration of a chemical wedding in the current cycle through the 7 steps. Alchemy includes uniting the body, spirit, and soul. Abraham says the forest is the body, in which the alchemist is to snare and capture the unicorn (spirit) and the deer (soul) so he can couple them together. This union of soul and spirit is the chemical wedding, and produces feeling thinking or thinking feeling. The chemical wedding is what happens after Mercury bickers with the Stone, and then they bind. Harry has been ignoring Hermione's advice, knowing she was right. I haven't read ahead to see if it's from now on, but Harry stops ignoring Hermione's advice, and compromises with her to see if Sirius is home. And they do come to an agreement on whether Hagrid deserves to be sacked on the way back to the castle. And to top it off, Harry and Hermione climb the steps together, and then watch birds soar out of the forest - 2 more symbols of the White Stage according to The Emerald Tablet, which is or includes the chemical wedding. But I still can't say it means he'll fall for her romantically. This could also explain why Ron didn't make the trip into the forest with them. In the trio, Ron represents the body, but here the forest represents the body.
I want to know what Hagrid can help Dumbledore with after he's sacked. Allies?
I see a parallel between how the Centaurs feel about secrecy and servitude and the separation of Wizards and Muggles. Maybe the Centaurs feel they'd be pestered for prophesies all the time, like Wizards think Muggles would be asking for magic solutions all the time.
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