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Deathly Hallows, Chapter 26: Gringotts

Feb 01, 2014 17:11

HRH and Griphook are finalizing their plans to attack Gringotts. Hermione will Polyjuice herself as Bella. Hermione’s wand was lost at the Malfoys’, and she doesn’t like Bella’s wand that she’s carrying as part of her disguise. She says it doesn’t work right and feels like a piece of Bella. Harry restrains himself from pointing out she sounds like ( Read more... )

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malic_ba February 1 2014, 23:44:16 UTC

Hi oneandthetruth, first off thanks for all the entertaining sporking ( ... )

aikaterini February 2 2014, 03:09:27 UTC

/Harry has to Imperio them ( ... )

terri_testing February 3 2014, 02:11:36 UTC

Er--in POA, Snape is on hand to tell the duo they'd been seen and to warn them what punishment they'd earned (permanent expusion from the WW, for a violaton of the Statute of Secrecy of that order)--and Dumbles and Minerva were on hand to waive the punishment.

Since neither is the case here--especially not someone to make sure HRH get off--Jo has to just ignore her previously-stated rules.

Unless, of course, the international community decides to take a hand.

Uh-oh, I feel another drabble coming on.

sharaz_jek February 3 2014, 19:13:16 UTC

Neither here nor later does Hermione do any shrieking about “oh, how horrible it is, the way it’s forced to obey,” the way she did with elves.

Nor, of course, does she say this when Harry uses the Imperius curse.

annoni_no February 4 2014, 00:43:21 UTC

Hermione will Polyjuice herself as Bella.

Did they only choose Hermione because she's The Girl and Rowling couldn't countenance either of the boys going trans for even a few hours? I mean, none of the trio have ever been portrayed as great actors, but Ron at least has been mentioned as being good at mimicry, and this could be an opportunity to set up his amazing ability to mimic Harry's parseltongue so accurately later (which I still don't believe).

Harry thinks Hermione’s real problem is that she didn’t take the wand from Bella by force, thus winning its allegiance and bending it to her will.The wand idiocy again ( ... )

nx74defiant February 8 2014, 02:37:23 UTC

Never mind that Bill actually worked at Gringotts and could be a big help. Perhaps he could have warned them about the waterfall and the other protections.

Hogwarts has taught them well - never ask someone older and more experienced for help.

oryx_leucoryx February 9 2014, 01:42:23 UTC

Yes, Griphook's information was outdated, as he had been on the run since late September or thereabouts. Bill's information would have been up to Easter time, about a month old.

annoni_no February 4 2014, 00:43:55 UTC

Harry Confunds the wizard guards so they can get in. Unfortunately, the goblins have been warned about a fake Bella, so they question her, and Harry has to Imperio them.

Why couldn't he just Confund the goblins too? It would be one thing if goblins had been stated or shown to have some form of resistance to mind-altering spells that meant nothing less than an Imperius would be effective (and that Imperius itself had been established as more effective/less resistible than a Confundus), but it wasn't, so the action feels completely gratuitous, like Harry was just itching to use that curse and took the first excuse his could. He certainly enjoyed it enough. I wonder if he got the same titillating tingle every time he used one of the Prince's curses in HBP.

They get into the vault, but the treasure has been enchanted to replicate and become burning hot when touched.This is actually a really clever trap, since I'm assuming that the worthless duplications immediately bury the actual treasure beneath themselves. Unless the would-be ( ... )