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Dumbledore’s Army
Happily this chapter is shorter, and the next one is The Lion Versus the Serpent and Teh H/D!111, maybe to make up for the approaching ‘Hagrid’s Tale.’
In which there is a bad 80s training montage and Harry gets a whistle. And the ability to read Voldie’s mind. But not to shut up.
Also, I don’t usually rec fic here, but this ( Read more... )
Happily this chapter is shorter, and the next one is The Lion Versus the Serpent and Teh H/D!111, maybe to make up for the approaching ‘Hagrid’s Tale.’
In which there is a bad 80s training montage and Harry gets a whistle. And the ability to read Voldie’s mind. But not to shut up.
Also, I don’t usually rec fic here, but this ( Read more... )
That would have been the best subplot ever.
I love that Filch is liek, totally mean for reading people's letter even though, um, people read his letters. It's different! Somehow!
And yes, Hermione may have drugged fellow students, stripped them and had Ron and Harry lock them in a cupboard and interrogate their friend; but at least she never stooped as low as defrauding the postal service! For shame, Filch. *shakes head sadly*
He's big boned!!!
He's festively plump. Now I really want someone to write a fic in which every action of Dudley's is immediately excused and explained away. Something like this: http://www.livejournal.com/users/malecrit/46926.html
You know, the ethics of these books could literally and easily be reduced to the one phrase: "Go ahead, make my day." Wonder if Harry was named after that other Harry!
Harry Flashman!
Heh, I was just watching Tom Brown's Schooldays. I love the subtle naming. Tom Brown - Isn't it a lovely old English name? Just like Potter. Good, sturdy, sensible names.
Whereas the baddies have icky foriegn sounding ones like Malfoy (bally well sounds French!) or Dolohov (watch out for reds under the bed.)
Damn. Wouldn't it have been great if they'd spent the whole meeting with Voldemort smiling and waving at Harry in the foe-glass the whole time, like one of those happy snapshots of his parents?
BWHAHAHA. I don't know why that made me laugh so much, but it did. My sister actually looks rather frightened.
I'm imagining Voldie crying and smiling at the same time, showing off his knobbly knees, and I don't think I'll be able to read that bit when pauraque gets to it in the readthrough without laughing.
(I'm already unable to watch any of the films "touching" moments without snorting, and it doesn't make me very popular in cinemas!
But it's so funny!: "Mum?" *tremulous glance* "Dad?" *sad smile*
*giggles helplessly*)
Do they even live up to it? There's no scenes I remember with the IS acting like the Inquisition. Or maybe Dumbledore's Other Army since they're following in his tradition of fixing the House Cup Competition and not much else.
Of course they live up to it. They're SUPPORTING Umbridge who is INSPECTING teachers! They took points, as well! *breathes loudly through mouth* This is 1984, and they're Big Brother!
How DARE you question my authority on how they dared question the teachers' authority?!
I do love that McGonagall saves the school from a Slytherin victory by um...fixing the cup her own way. That'll teach them!
Like, I know I nearly DIED after I took, what, four stunning spells to the CHEST; but there are more important things to worry about now, what with fatalities in the Order and the onset of the Second War! Like Gryffindor winning the cup again!
Would you have guessed the Patronus thing was that special if they didn't make it a Jabootu Informed Attribute in this book?
It's so special that everyone has to be very surprised and impressed and say 'OMG Harry, older wizards can't do that!' and let him off court cases and give him high grades in his exams; but not so special that 25 other kids can't learn to do it at age 15. A fine line to tread, I guess.
(I love that part where Cho and Hermione say how 'pretty' they are and Harry 'sternly' corrects them.)
Lions don't but they need to be as far from Slytherin as possible, in a heavenly direction.
Yes, it's rather subtle isn't it? Gryffindor in the air, Slytherin below ground. Almost went over my head there.
They belong to him now, so he doesn't want anybody messing with his stuff. I'm sure Voldemort watches the DEs leave the same way.
Ooh. That's mean. I love it.
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BWHAHAHA. I don't know why that made me laugh so much, but it did. My sister actually looks rather frightened.
Now I'd just managed to stop giggling at that picture in my mind and now you've gone and quoted it again! This monitor will never be the same.
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