Posted on 07/21/2007 5:18:11 PM PDT by JenB
Actually, IIRC, it was Bella that taught Draco.
I’m going to have to go back now and re-read the whole series. I just can’t decide if I want to read DH again first and then start over or go back to the very beginning.
I need a week at the beach...
;-)
Harry was explaining to LV why the wand wouldn't work for him, because he didn't "win" it, he stole it.
LV, in all his arrogance, refused to believe this and thought his AK would kill Harry. (will he never learn??)
Nah, we're having a good time. That's one of the reasons I like the books, sometimes you need a break from all the BS out there.
Yup. It points out the awesome responsibilities of leadership. There are people who will die trying to do what they're told to do. A leader must ensure that his orders really are worth dying for.
For a counter-example, there have been some recent stories about a new monument at Passchendaele -- a place where tens of thousands died to no good purpose, other than Haig's arrogance. He and his staff didn't even visit the battle area, and certainly didn't know about the hellish conditions under which their soldiers fought and died for no gain.
The way Harry was there at the last moment to save him from the result
I gotta go back and re-read that part.
I just had a great image of all us FR Potterheads sitting around under umbrellas, sipping adult beverages, and BS-in' about all the books. What fun that would be!
No, Malfoy's wand -- that Harry was wielding -- was hawthorn, not elder. Voldy *did* have the Elder Wand; he just wasn't master of it.
Lol, that would have been funny to see. Could you imagine Snape in his old age? Talk about a cranky old man.
Harry didn’t want to learn occlumency. Period. He wanted to see what was behind the door.
The only person that could have taught him occlumency imo, would have been Dumbledore. Dumbledore admitted it was his mistake for not telling Harry why it was so important to learn it because of what he feared Voldemort might try to do (which V consequently did do.)
Similar lines have been written in many places.
I'd guess yours is from one of the Hobbit books?
I'm probably going too far, but the Argentinian writer Borges had a short story which portrayed Judas as the key Christian sacrifice. (I don't think Borges invented this, I think it's an idea that's been played with for centuries.) The idea is that someone has to commit evil, and then be hated by the world forever. It's hard to sign up for that kind of role. But if you love humanity, and if you know that the task of betrayal must be done, then you step up. Snape did it. Borges (for the sake of a story) said that Judas did it as well.
I don't mean to imply that there is any theological validity to this.
Anti-heroes are fascinating.
And getting some pretty good comments about it, too ... which is what good writing is supposed to do. JK wins again!
Yup, him and Filtch writing rambling letters to the editor in the Daily Prophet.
It would be pathetic if you were dressed as a wizard or witch while discussing said fictional characters.
I'll be back after I change.
Voldemort use the AK curse because on p. 743 it says that Harry saw Voldemort’s green jet meet his own spell, saw the Elder Wand fly high..... the AK curse is always described as a green jet in every instance that it is used. Also Voldemort had the Elder Wand but the actual power of the wand was in Draco’s wand, it transferred it’s power to Draco’s when Draco sent Dumbledore’s wand flying. The power is what made the wand not the actual wand. That is why the Dumbledore’s wand was buried with him and didn’t do Voldemort any good, it had Draco’s wand’s power. This is JMO> :)
Good point.
I want to know what happened to Luna Lovegood and her father! Couldn’t the author have given us one more paragraph?
He might even post on FR as ... say ... notaneoliberal.
I'm wearing my Golden Snitch Jammies.
And you've got a lovely oceanfront property there in New Mexico, right? :-).
Who's buying?
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