Deathly Hallows uberwank: Chapter 30, The Sacking of Severus Snape

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I can explain the delay on this in a single word: "essay".

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[cristiline]

Voldemort knows the diadem is in the room of requirement, doesn't he? So why would he be so worried about Harry getting into the Ravenclaw common room?

I think it's because he suspected Harry would figure out that the last Horcrux was something of Ravenclaw's, but Harry wouldn't know where it was, so he'd look for it in the Ravenclaw common room.

It's just that... well, I get the impression she hasn't ever fully decided what the rules of her fictional world are, and rather than simply admit that, she tries to get around it by putting in hippy-dippy bullshit about how circles have no beginning and transfigured objects disappear into nothing, which is the same as everything, which makes no sense.

I've commented about this before and everyone else has already talked about it, so I'll just say that Jo's lack of a set of rules is one of main problems in the books.

The Cruciatus thing is something that my dad and I have argued about several times. He thinks Harry should be badass enough that he's willing to use force or something. And while I can accept that arguement in a different situation - say, when Bellatrix killed Sirius - it's total BS here. First of all, a stunning spell would have knocked him out and taken care of the problem, but the fact that he had it in him to cause that much pain because Amycus spit at McGonagall just pisses me off. Insulting his teacher make him angrier than killing his godfather?

I can better understand the excessive use of the Imperius Curse, but wouldn't a stunner have worked just as well half the time? McGonagall could have stunned Amycus and taken his wand instead of using an Unforgiveable Curse!

I'm not going to go on about Harry/Ginny and female roles because everyone else has already discussed it to death.

The picture of Teddy = win.

And a random note, the Ravenclaw "passwords" have convinced me that Trelawney was a Ravenclaw.

And sorry, sorry, sorry for not commenting earlier!

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Oh my god, don't be sorry! I'm always so flattered anyone wants to comment on anything I say - seriously, I am such a review whore. :D

I think it's because he suspected Harry would figure out that the last Horcrux was something of Ravenclaw's, but Harry wouldn't know where it was, so he'd look for it in the Ravenclaw common room.

... OK, that works. (BTW, I think it's funny how I'm always like "RAH RAH RAH THIS IS STUPID" and you're like "Well, how about this explanation" and I'm like "... Yeah, good point". :D )

First of all, a stunning spell would have knocked him out and taken care of the problem

Yeah, exactly - and earlier in this book, Harry is all about using disarming or, at worst, stunning spells because he's just that good/noble/etc. It seems quite out-of-character for him to suddenly be both able and willing to perform crucio now.

I can better understand the excessive use of the Imperius Curse, but wouldn't a stunner have worked just as well half the time? McGonagall could have stunned Amycus and taken his wand instead of using an Unforgiveable Curse!

Again, agreed. It just seems completely gratuitous when she could have disarmed or stunned him, magically tied him up, modified his memory, turned him into a table - there are all sorts of alternatives. Whereas, when Harry uses it at Gringotts - OK, it's a bit unnerving that he does it at all, but at least there is a case for it being necessary.

And a random note, the Ravenclaw "passwords" have convinced me that Trelawney was a Ravenclaw.

That's a very interesting point. I'd never really thought about her house before, but that works very well (and after all, Luna, who also spends a lot of time talking rubbish, is a Ravenclaw too). I suppose part of being intelligent is having imagination, regardless of how you use it - so that might mean Einstein's "thought experiments" or it might mean Trelawney's making-up-crap sessions. :)