I found the source of the ticking! It's a pipe bomb! YaaayKA-BOOM!!
Started re-reading the Harry Potter series today. I have decided I should invest in some used paperback versions of the books so I can scribble & make notes in them as I only have my hardback American first editions that I don't want to write in. The books are now fresh fodder for me to make foreshadow & character analysis references after having the entire story in my mind. And leaving little sticky notes with messages isn't cutting it.
I'm only halfway through the first book so far & haven't made too many notes in this one, but I can only imagine how it will be once I start getting further & further in.
I do believe, as probably J.K. was not aware as much of who exactly was going to live or die at the end while writing the first book, that some of my "foreshadow" references may be more coincidence than cleverly lain clues. Despite this they are worthy enough for me to make note.
Also, it occurred to me as I was reading Snape's encounter with Harry in their first potions class how the animosity Snape has towards Harry is not so much that he is James & Lily's son, but rather that Snape was just seeing James. From the beginning he assumed Harry would be cheeky & conceited, like James & thus treated him as such, before ever speaking to him. As a result, they got off on the wrong foot. Sirius was accused of this himself, seeing Harry as James, rather than Harry himself, but of course it was in a different light & a bit more obvious.
Not that some of Harry's actions from that first potions class could not help but fuel Snape's assumptions of him, yet Harry was not quite as self-appreciative as his father (or at least as we have seen of a younger, less mature James). But Harry's life with the Dursley's gave him a different perspective than if he had been raised in a Wizarding family, always praised & admired for his talents.
While over time I think Snape began to separate Harry & James it was a very hard thing for him to do. He would have to face him as someone who embodied his unrequited love, but also had the appearance of the very person who "stole" her away. (When he actually lost Lily more to his own actions & choices with his DA interests.) I think in some way it was easier for him hate him as James, not as Harry, but I don't think Snape really could truly hate Harry. He could hate the part of him that was similar to his father, but never the fact that he was Lily's son.
Title from Potter Puppet Pals: The Mysterious Ticking Noise. Honestly, what sort of Potter fan are you if you haven't seen this? >_>
I'm only halfway through the first book so far & haven't made too many notes in this one, but I can only imagine how it will be once I start getting further & further in.
I do believe, as probably J.K. was not aware as much of who exactly was going to live or die at the end while writing the first book, that some of my "foreshadow" references may be more coincidence than cleverly lain clues. Despite this they are worthy enough for me to make note.
Also, it occurred to me as I was reading Snape's encounter with Harry in their first potions class how the animosity Snape has towards Harry is not so much that he is James & Lily's son, but rather that Snape was just seeing James. From the beginning he assumed Harry would be cheeky & conceited, like James & thus treated him as such, before ever speaking to him. As a result, they got off on the wrong foot. Sirius was accused of this himself, seeing Harry as James, rather than Harry himself, but of course it was in a different light & a bit more obvious.
Not that some of Harry's actions from that first potions class could not help but fuel Snape's assumptions of him, yet Harry was not quite as self-appreciative as his father (or at least as we have seen of a younger, less mature James). But Harry's life with the Dursley's gave him a different perspective than if he had been raised in a Wizarding family, always praised & admired for his talents.
While over time I think Snape began to separate Harry & James it was a very hard thing for him to do. He would have to face him as someone who embodied his unrequited love, but also had the appearance of the very person who "stole" her away. (When he actually lost Lily more to his own actions & choices with his DA interests.) I think in some way it was easier for him hate him as James, not as Harry, but I don't think Snape really could truly hate Harry. He could hate the part of him that was similar to his father, but never the fact that he was Lily's son.
Title from Potter Puppet Pals: The Mysterious Ticking Noise. Honestly, what sort of Potter fan are you if you haven't seen this? >_>