Again, I wonder what, if any protection is utilised for Petunia and Dudley. Because while the Order are tricking them out of the house, what's to stop the DEs simply killing them, presumably destroying his 'blood' ward-a-majigigs?)
Even after being primed by Voldemort's overly-convoluted plot in GoF, OotP really does seem to be the book where the slightest questions to the plot make the whole thing fall apart. The Dursleys just seems so much more obviously vulnerable than the Order.
I did a 'find' on all the snarling by various characters in this book, but after the first thirty (I kid you not) I stopped counting...
That's the funniest thing I have ever read about OotP.
Um, wouldn't anyone who's attended school with Harry know that? Especially since he's sent it at three people whose fathers are Death Eaters? Which Lupin saw himself? Good thinking!I thought that too. Now I'm picturing Lucius asking Draco, "So, that thing that blasted into you at the Quidditch match...did you happen to notice if it had antlers before you passed
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Even after being primed by Voldemort's overly-convoluted plot in GoF, OotP really does seem to be the book where the slightest questions to the plot make the whole thing fall apart.
Hmm. The portkey which necessitated an entire tournament (a spectator's tournament in which half the tasks weren't visible to the crowd, don't forget!) and assisting Harry with fighting Sphinxes, dragons, spiders and merpeople when Fake!Moody could have just said 'Catch, fool!' and tossed it at him; versus a room with permanent guards to hide a prophecy that's already been heard? I'm torn!
That's the funniest thing I have ever read about OotP.
I wish I was joking!
You know, I had exactly this thought, particularly after this book. There seems to be this idea that having a huge hate-on for anybody you decide is a "Dark Wizard" is a good quality in an Auror. It's like Harry might as well decide his chosen career is Revenge.Especially since Moody is the Auror we've seen the most of, and he's the guy who's all 'Everyone's out to get me! Dementors, yay!
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Well, the thing with GoF was you didn't know how stupid the plan was until the end, whereas in OotP I was going, "Tell him!" from chapter one on...it was more like watching an episode of Three's Company where everything could be fixed in five minutes if people just shared basic information!
I actually hate the idea of Auror!Harry, for several reasons.
And I agree with all of them, really. I can see when you're 15 years old and a Career! Fighting! Evil! seems cool in the sort of vague "I want to be Jet Li when I grow up" way, but it seems like that's going to be hideously unhealthy for him if he keeps on that track.
They 'catch dark wizards', and then what?
Throw them in Azkaban, apparently, with or without a trial. (Odd that the Lestranges got a trial but Sirius didn't.) And they do seem to have a huge amount of power to abuse with no checks on it. And they're going to make Harry an Auror, Harry whom no one has ever been able to rein in and keep from doing whatever he damn pleases? Dude, just give him a t-shirt that says "Dark Lord" on it and call it a day.
I'm sorry, Daniel Radcliffe may show early signs of growing up to be quite the looker, but he's still not going to make as pretty a Dark Lord as Frodo would have. Not no way, not no how.
And here's the icon you made me think of with all your talk of MacGuffins. I just had to use one of the Dark!Frodo shots rather than any of the fifty bazillion other images of the ring, because I hadn't made any of them into icons. Yet.
Another reference to how frightening Dumbledore's voice sounded. Is this a red herring so we suspect a mystery sender, or is it foreshadowing for Dumbledore being more frightening than he appears? *crosses fingers*
I'm weighing in for a mystery sender. Why would Dumbledore send a Howler to the Dursleys, then send the 'advance guard' to get Harry so soon after the Dementor attack if he didn't intend for Harry to stay with the Dursleys for some time?
Y'know, I completely forgot about that! *sheepish* Would have been interesting if JKR had explored it, though. I wonder what the conditions of the pact Petunia made with Dumbledore are.
To be honest, when I read OotP the first time, I began to lose interest and skim by the time I reached the last few chapters. This book just didn't manage to hold my attention like the others did - I felt bored and irritated with the pointlessness of the plot (talk about an idiot book!) a lot of the time. This read-through seems like fun, though.
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Even after being primed by Voldemort's overly-convoluted plot in GoF, OotP really does seem to be the book where the slightest questions to the plot make the whole thing fall apart. The Dursleys just seems so much more obviously vulnerable than the Order.
I did a 'find' on all the snarling by various characters in this book, but after the first thirty (I kid you not) I stopped counting...
That's the funniest thing I have ever read about OotP.
Um, wouldn't anyone who's attended school with Harry know that? Especially since he's sent it at three people whose fathers are Death Eaters? Which Lupin saw himself? Good thinking!I thought that too. Now I'm picturing Lucius asking Draco, "So, that thing that blasted into you at the Quidditch match...did you happen to notice if it had antlers before you passed ( ... )
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Hmm. The portkey which necessitated an entire tournament (a spectator's tournament in which half the tasks weren't visible to the crowd, don't forget!) and assisting Harry with fighting Sphinxes, dragons, spiders and merpeople when Fake!Moody could have just said 'Catch, fool!' and tossed it at him; versus a room with permanent guards to hide a prophecy that's already been heard? I'm torn!
That's the funniest thing I have ever read about OotP.
I wish I was joking!
You know, I had exactly this thought, particularly after this book. There seems to be this idea that having a huge hate-on for anybody you decide is a "Dark Wizard" is a good quality in an Auror. It's like Harry might as well decide his chosen career is Revenge.Especially since Moody is the Auror we've seen the most of, and he's the guy who's all 'Everyone's out to get me! Dementors, yay! ( ... )
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I think we may have got the better deal.
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And I agree with all of them, really. I can see when you're 15 years old and a Career! Fighting! Evil! seems cool in the sort of vague "I want to be Jet Li when I grow up" way, but it seems like that's going to be hideously unhealthy for him if he keeps on that track.
They 'catch dark wizards', and then what?
Throw them in Azkaban, apparently, with or without a trial. (Odd that the Lestranges got a trial but Sirius didn't.) And they do seem to have a huge amount of power to abuse with no checks on it. And they're going to make Harry an Auror, Harry whom no one has ever been able to rein in and keep from doing whatever he damn pleases? Dude, just give him a t-shirt that says "Dark Lord" on it and call it a day.
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I'm weighing in for a mystery sender. Why would Dumbledore send a Howler to the Dursleys, then send the 'advance guard' to get Harry so soon after the Dementor attack if he didn't intend for Harry to stay with the Dursleys for some time?
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To be honest, when I read OotP the first time, I began to lose interest and skim by the time I reached the last few chapters. This book just didn't manage to hold my attention like the others did - I felt bored and irritated with the pointlessness of the plot (talk about an idiot book!) a lot of the time. This read-through seems like fun, though.
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I think the fun of bitching about it in recaps is what keeps me reading this time! ;)
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