It's great to have you back! Hope your exams went well. This chapter was pants, but there's so much worse to come. Does that help?
I totally agree with whoever said that a burglary should have been arranged at Umbridge's house to retrieve the locket. In fact, giving the invisibility cloak to a House Elf would probably have circumvented whatever wards Umbridge had set up. Dobby could have snuck in at night and stolen the locket. Then Hermione could change the false horcrux (sorry Kreacher!) to look like the real one and Dobby replaced it. Umbridge would have been none the wiser. Most of this would have happened off the page, but writing 'action' is no longer one of JKR's gifts, so it's for the best.
Kreacher, unable to bear this final slight from the mongrel/mudblood/blood traitor could have betrayed their location. Heh. Still better than Hermione's sudden (and temporary) ineptness. As you point out, it makes no sense that she didn't just apply some quick thinking to the Yaxley problem so they could stay in Grimmauld Place. She managed it in the Ministry, so why not now? She managed it on Tottenham Court Road, so why not now? She'll manage it at the Lovegoods, so why not now? She'll manage it at Godric's Hollow, so why not now? She took care of her OWN PARENTS, so why not now? To drive the damn plot - that's why! Pah.
Umbridge having the eye in the door may have served no other purpose except to make a point about who's boss. That Moody, who probably commanded quite a bit of respect/fear was no longer a threat. Insecure meglomaniacs do that a lot. Harry taking the eye served no point except to make him look like an idiot, instead of the fiery (dare I say blazing?) hero I fear was the intent.
I totally agree with whoever said that a burglary should have been arranged at Umbridge's house to retrieve the locket. In fact, giving the invisibility cloak to a House Elf would probably have circumvented whatever wards Umbridge had set up. Dobby could have snuck in at night and stolen the locket. Then Hermione could change the false horcrux (sorry Kreacher!) to look like the real one and Dobby replaced it. Umbridge would have been none the wiser. Most of this would have happened off the page, but writing 'action' is no longer one of JKR's gifts, so it's for the best.
Kreacher, unable to bear this final slight from the mongrel/mudblood/blood traitor could have betrayed their location. Heh. Still better than Hermione's sudden (and temporary) ineptness. As you point out, it makes no sense that she didn't just apply some quick thinking to the Yaxley problem so they could stay in Grimmauld Place. She managed it in the Ministry, so why not now? She managed it on Tottenham Court Road, so why not now? She'll manage it at the Lovegoods, so why not now? She'll manage it at Godric's Hollow, so why not now? She took care of her OWN PARENTS, so why not now? To drive the damn plot - that's why! Pah.
Umbridge having the eye in the door may have served no other purpose except to make a point about who's boss. That Moody, who probably commanded quite a bit of respect/fear was no longer a threat. Insecure meglomaniacs do that a lot. Harry taking the eye served no point except to make him look like an idiot, instead of the fiery (dare I say blazing?) hero I fear was the intent.
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How encouraging. ;-)
Most of this would have happened off the page, but writing 'action' is no longer one of JKR's gifts, so it's for the best.
In fact, most of the Trio's escapades could have happened off the page and we could have used the time to follow for example Snape.
To drive the damn plot - that's why!
And to give us the oh-so-interesting camping trip.
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