HBP 19: Elf Tails

[seicat]

Harry, Hermione, Fred, George, and Ginny gather around Ron's bed int he hospital wing. Fred and George had been in Hogsmeade to look into buying Zonko's and to surprise Ron on his Birthday. Well, um... Surprise! They all speculate on what could have happened, Ron croaks -_-' and Hagrid makes a hasty entrance. (He was reading to Aragog.)

Comments

[cadesama]

Contrast the number of visiting family members Ron gets with the number that Colin, Justin, and Hermione got. Guess only wizarding parents are allowed to make sure their kids are alright.

I'm not seeing why Ron getting poisoned is unbelievable. Maybe if it weren't Hagrid, who was at Hogwarts both times the Chamber was opened, it wouldn't sound so stupidly naive. Or maybe there's some crazy mind control spell that convinces all the characters that contrary to all of the events in the past five books, Hogwarts is safeSince Harry's saved so many Weasleys, does that mean he owns them? I think it ought to

[annearchy]

I like theory about Petunia's ill feelings toward the magical world. It makes sense that she would have had a chance to learn a lot about Hogwarts/the magical world from the times when Lily was home from school AND felt that their parents showed favoritism toward Lily because of that.