Btw, are hags yet another creature that aren’t fit for polite society from birth?
They are said to eat children, according to the introductory chapter of FB.
Harry also gets free sundaes every half an hour. Wow. Does he look a little more like Dudley by the end of the week or what?
Is he still wearing Dudley's trousers or does he have his own once he's away from the Dursleys?
LOL! There’s something wonderful about Harry reminding himself that it’s not like he’s ever lost a Quidditch match on his Nimbus 2000. He might as well have reminded himself that he never seems to lose at anything, really. To be fair, he hasn’t yet entered the TWT.
Or encountered Cedric. (That he remembers.)
Harry also sees Neville, but doesn’t stop to chat. Shock.Neville is just a forgetful boy who mislaid his booklist. Foreshadowing of the password list business. Also, Harry sees Gran, so when he sees the Granified-Boggart!Snape he would be able to make a comparison. And he doesn't want Augusta to hear of his impersonation stunt. (Though I think Augusta
( ... )
Yeah, that is a good distinction there. Percy's probably considered worse because he remains pompous with everyone, including his family, telling him he sucks.
Gobstones squirt nasty-smelling liquid into the other player’s faces when they lose a point. Honestly, for all the claims of how great it is, the wizarding world mostly tastes and smells terrible all the time.
***Gobstones are a popular children's game in the wizworld. It says a lot about wizarding humour, really.
Harry also sees Neville, but doesn’t stop to chat. Shock.
***Wasn't Neville with his Granny? There's a woman you take a wide berth sround if ypu have any sense!
The twins also tried to shut Percy in a pyramid in Egypt. They’re so funny and awesome.
***They probably are, by wizarding standards. And by JKR's.
Harry thinks maybe Sirius should be afraid of Dumbledore since Voldemort was. Nope, one of Sirius’ most appealing qualities was that he wasn’t afraid of Dumbledore. Which is also pretty much why he spent his life in prison and then died young, really.
As does Harry, Hermione, Ron and others continually falling over themselves 'roaring with laughter' as Ginny, once boosted into the limelight, says bitter and means things about Fleur and Ron which we all know are riotously witty and funny from the response they garner.
The thing I will always love Sirius and Lupin for, especially in this book, is the way they totally screw things up for Dumbledore. For all the crap Lupin later gets, I love that he didn't tell Dumbledore about Sirius even though it was wildly irresponsible and Snape's right to say that. I think because I can't help but think that at least part of the reason for it is that Lupin is protecting the only friendships he ever had.
I think you're right about that. Lupin was just as much a hanger-on as Peter. Or worse, a "project".
Another unfired gun, btw, might be Florian Fortescue. She seems to have had a reason to have him apparently dragged off by DEs and never seen again in HBP, but that was another shoe that never dropped.
Harry’s eye falls on a book about death omens that has a picture of a black dog on the cover...
Ah. Remember the days when Harry was actually curious about books? Maybe the Potions book was the last straw to turn him off reading forever.
Arthur has of course heard all about what happened to Aunt Marge.
I'm sure that the story made the rounds at the Ministry, complete with indulgent chuckling at the little dickens. They probably put moving pictures of Marge in her blowed-up state on whatever it is the wizards have that's better than the internet.
Hermione says Harry’s blowing up his aunt isn’t funny. After all, she’s amazed he wasn’t expelled. Nice foreshadowing of Hermione’s take on the Sectumsempra issue.
Hermione sure talks about Harry being expelled a lot. How come there aren't conspiracy theories about how she was secretlly trying to get him kicked out of Hogwarts?
Hermione is taking Muggle studies because she thinks it will be fascinating to see them from the wizard pov. If by “fascinating” you mean infuriating and
( ... )
Trevor is probably really Neville's second cousin. Neville's hiding him until that incident with Griselda Marchanks and the very unfortunate Transfiguration accidents during his O.W.L.s blows over. And yes, he shrank his invisibility cloak.
What's weird to me is how Percy went from being an amusingly pompous older brother to being the scourge of the wizarding world.
I would love to see a version where, sometime during GoF, Percy snaps and decides he must take over the wizarding world for its own good. Fred and George will be first into the reeducation camp. (This is entirely compatible with Percy playing Redheaded Pimpernel in OotP, too - for his own ends. He'll just let Dumbledore think he's secretly on his side until the time is right.)
But what about Crookshanks? He's just very smart, right?
So smart the goblins let him access Sirius' gold. Maybe he is a reverse-Animagus. Or is that an Anthropus? Or whatever - an animal that can impersonate a human?
(Anyone wrote HP/Discworld crossovers with Crookshanks and Greebo? Too bad they're both male.)
---"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Professor Charity Burbage and I will be teaching you about the fascinating subject of muggles in the coming year
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I would love to know what they actually learn in Muggle Studies. Does Hermione occasionally comment that in all fairness, stitches work for non-magical woulds?
Nobody can accuse him of not fulfilling at least that goal.
It doesn't count if you suicide-by-dark-lord because your headmaster told you to!
Muggle accountants would nab Sirius as soon as he made that withdrawal from Gringotts. Follow those pets!
You know what else is nice about the Sirius = Grim fakeout? In the ww, there could be genuine history behind that superstition, long enough ago that everyone's forgotten the origin. Perhaps there used to be another animagus with a black dog form who also happened to be a serial killer.
Muggle accountants would nab Sirius as soon as he made that withdrawal from Gringotts.
***But Muggles wouldn't be so stupid to let people who are constantly rebelling against them be in charge of their economy. I doubt the MoM has any insight at all in the Gringott's affairs.
True. (Oppressed and resentful, yes, rebellious no. And even that only lasted a few centuries.) But if they did end up in that situation because their grandparents were idiots, they'd be on it.
And they'd look into what happened to Ludo Bagman, last seen fleeing from the goblins, too. The goblins have to be one of the biggest unfired Chekhov's Guns in the series. We hear about goblin rebellions every book, spend most of GoF watching people get into debt and worry about the goblins, see a character run off by goblins, and then... see goblins not mention the sword's a fake when they might have and get cranky around Harry? Seriously now? All that escalation for nothing. I'm going to imagine that they rebelled the day after the last battle at Hogwarts while the wizards were hurting and distracted.
---“Not that this great broom will in any way give Harry an unearned advantage over any other Seeker, of course. Our brooms, like our choices, simply show who we are
( ... )
... and Ginny giggles. I guess there’s our Big Clue to the firecracker within.”
BITCH
Hee. :-)
Ginny had it easy. No pressure, she could giggle and do what she liked in the first five books, knowing that she was going to be placed in the 'love interest who is AWESOMELY AWESOME befitting the hero' slot regardless of anything she might say or do (or even despite it).
Save your pity for our Hermione, who slogged away for seven hard years helping and protecting Harry. :-(
Eh, if I was a Hermione fan, I'd be relieved she didn't suffer the hell of being married to Harry. Sure, Ron's a loser in a lot of ways, but Hermione can control him, which is all she ever really wanted, anyway.
Given the way Quidditch is scored, I wouldn't be surprised if Harry could be the best Seeker ever without setting foot on the field all 7th year! Aren't we told that while Charlie Weasley had the best record Slytherin was still managing to be champion for all those years? (Gryffindor players seem to have an surprising record for churning out professionals. Charlie, Oliver, Ginny and therefore Harry all seem to be professional level.)
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They are said to eat children, according to the introductory chapter of FB.
Harry also gets free sundaes every half an hour. Wow. Does he look a little more like Dudley by the end of the week or what?
Is he still wearing Dudley's trousers or does he have his own once he's away from the Dursleys?
LOL! There’s something wonderful about Harry reminding himself that it’s not like he’s ever lost a Quidditch match on his Nimbus 2000. He might as well have reminded himself that he never seems to lose at anything, really. To be fair, he hasn’t yet entered the TWT.
Or encountered Cedric. (That he remembers.)
Harry also sees Neville, but doesn’t stop to chat. Shock.Neville is just a forgetful boy who mislaid his booklist. Foreshadowing of the password list business. Also, Harry sees Gran, so when he sees the Granified-Boggart!Snape he would be able to make a comparison. And he doesn't want Augusta to hear of his impersonation stunt. (Though I think Augusta ( ... )
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***Gobstones are a popular children's game in the wizworld. It says a lot about wizarding humour, really.
Harry also sees Neville, but doesn’t stop to chat. Shock.
***Wasn't Neville with his Granny? There's a woman you take a wide berth sround if ypu have any sense!
The twins also tried to shut Percy in a pyramid in Egypt. They’re so funny and awesome.
***They probably are, by wizarding standards. And by JKR's.
Harry thinks maybe Sirius should be afraid of Dumbledore since Voldemort was. Nope, one of Sirius’ most appealing qualities was that he wasn’t afraid of Dumbledore. Which is also pretty much why he spent his life in prison and then died young, really.
***Hear, hear!
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As does Harry, Hermione, Ron and others continually falling over themselves 'roaring with laughter' as Ginny, once boosted into the limelight, says bitter and means things about Fleur and Ron which we all know are riotously witty and funny from the response they garner.
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Another unfired gun, btw, might be Florian Fortescue. She seems to have had a reason to have him apparently dragged off by DEs and never seen again in HBP, but that was another shoe that never dropped.
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Ah. Remember the days when Harry was actually curious about books? Maybe the Potions book was the last straw to turn him off reading forever.
Arthur has of course heard all about what happened to Aunt Marge.
I'm sure that the story made the rounds at the Ministry, complete with indulgent chuckling at the little dickens. They probably put moving pictures of Marge in her blowed-up state on whatever it is the wizards have that's better than the internet.
Hermione says Harry’s blowing up his aunt isn’t funny. After all, she’s amazed he wasn’t expelled. Nice foreshadowing of Hermione’s take on the Sectumsempra issue.
Hermione sure talks about Harry being expelled a lot. How come there aren't conspiracy theories about how she was secretlly trying to get him kicked out of Hogwarts?
Hermione is taking Muggle studies because she thinks it will be fascinating to see them from the wizard pov. If by “fascinating” you mean infuriating and ( ... )
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What's weird to me is how Percy went from being an amusingly pompous older brother to being the scourge of the wizarding world.
I would love to see a version where, sometime during GoF, Percy snaps and decides he must take over the wizarding world for its own good. Fred and George will be first into the reeducation camp. (This is entirely compatible with Percy playing Redheaded Pimpernel in OotP, too - for his own ends. He'll just let Dumbledore think he's secretly on his side until the time is right.)
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So smart the goblins let him access Sirius' gold. Maybe he is a reverse-Animagus. Or is that an Anthropus? Or whatever - an animal that can impersonate a human?
(Anyone wrote HP/Discworld crossovers with Crookshanks and Greebo? Too bad they're both male.)
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Nobody can accuse him of not fulfilling at least that goal.
It doesn't count if you suicide-by-dark-lord because your headmaster told you to!
Muggle accountants would nab Sirius as soon as he made that withdrawal from Gringotts. Follow those pets!
You know what else is nice about the Sirius = Grim fakeout? In the ww, there could be genuine history behind that superstition, long enough ago that everyone's forgotten the origin. Perhaps there used to be another animagus with a black dog form who also happened to be a serial killer.
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Muggle accountants would nab Sirius as soon as he made that withdrawal from Gringotts.
***But Muggles wouldn't be so stupid to let people who are constantly rebelling against them be in charge of their economy. I doubt the MoM has any insight at all in the Gringott's affairs.
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And they'd look into what happened to Ludo Bagman, last seen fleeing from the goblins, too. The goblins have to be one of the biggest unfired Chekhov's Guns in the series. We hear about goblin rebellions every book, spend most of GoF watching people get into debt and worry about the goblins, see a character run off by goblins, and then... see goblins not mention the sword's a fake when they might have and get cranky around Harry? Seriously now? All that escalation for nothing. I'm going to imagine that they rebelled the day after the last battle at Hogwarts while the wizards were hurting and distracted.
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BITCH
Hee. :-)
Ginny had it easy. No pressure, she could giggle and do what she liked in the first five books, knowing that she was going to be placed in the 'love interest who is AWESOMELY AWESOME befitting the hero' slot regardless of anything she might say or do (or even despite it).
Save your pity for our Hermione, who slogged away for seven hard years helping and protecting Harry. :-(
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Sure, Ron's a loser in a lot of ways, but Hermione can control him, which is all she ever really wanted, anyway.
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