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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Reaction Thread - SPOILERS!!!!
me | 7/21/2007 | me

Posted on 07/21/2007 5:18:11 PM PDT by JenB

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To: SuziQ
...and I wondered if that were because he was imposed on the school by the Ministry of Magic...

Some serious anthropomorphizing here--I think the castle itself, as a fortress of deep magic, accepted Snape as Headmaster. A lot of Snape's memories in "The Prince's Tale" take place in the castle and Hogwarts grounds. It's like the castle knew.

461 posted on 07/23/2007 9:37:15 AM PDT by grellis (Femininists for Fred!)
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To: tioga
HP never used dark magic knowingly

He used crucio on the person in the Ravenclaw conference room.... and meant it.

462 posted on 07/23/2007 9:37:43 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: tioga
She had Lily’s eyes, but was just like James in his actions

And he represented everything Snape could never have. From being the result of Lilly's love for another to his surviving as a baby due to her great love for him. All the love that Snape never got.
463 posted on 07/23/2007 9:37:56 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: SuziQ

FUNKLE! I always forget the word. I am a Grand Mistress of the Funkle!


464 posted on 07/23/2007 9:38:54 AM PDT by grellis (Femininists for Fred!)
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To: r9etb
Seesh. Conference room?!? I meant common room, of course.

I like the "conference room" imagery, though: Harry Potter and the Endless Meeting.

465 posted on 07/23/2007 9:38:55 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: tioga

And I was talking about “Hogwarts teachers aren’t married”. That’s a “rule” that is stupid.


466 posted on 07/23/2007 9:39:00 AM PDT by Politicalmom (Nearly 1% of illegals are in prison for felonies. Less than 1/10 of 1% of the legal population is.)
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To: patriciaruth
Have you seen the movie Galaxy Quest?

Alan Rickman was just hilarious in that movie! But my favorite line in that movie, and one I've used often, is Sam Rockwell's comment when Tony Shaloub and the alien girl start kissing, "That's not right!" LOL!

467 posted on 07/23/2007 9:39:19 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: tioga

And Harry DID use Cruciatis several times.


468 posted on 07/23/2007 9:39:33 AM PDT by Politicalmom (Nearly 1% of illegals are in prison for felonies. Less than 1/10 of 1% of the legal population is.)
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To: Mygirlsmom
Aww, too bad! Couldn't you just see them in their place - the garden like no one's ever seen before, a few adorably endearing "half-bubble off" kids gamboling about with their unusual pets?

Yeah!

469 posted on 07/23/2007 9:40:59 AM PDT by null and void (We are a Nation of Laws... IGNORED Laws...)
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To: Politicalmom
And I was talking about “Hogwarts teachers aren’t married”. That’s a “rule” that is stupid.

There's nothing that says that. The teachers' private lives are not discussed, by and large. We don't know if, say, Flitwick is married or not.

470 posted on 07/23/2007 9:41:27 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: CT-Freeper

If the movie is PG-13, they’ll definitely use it! They might even use it if it’s PG, ‘parental guidance’, after all.


471 posted on 07/23/2007 9:41:58 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: r9etb

Exactly the point I was going to make... I seem to recall some comment from Rowling in an interview that not all the teachers live at Hogwarts (easy to commute in from Hogsmeade, after all, and not everyone eats at the Head Table). Nothing says there’s no Mr. Sprout or Mrs. Flitwick back home.


472 posted on 07/23/2007 9:43:43 AM PDT by JenB
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To: JenB

Hey if that wart Kuchinich can get a tall red head, Flitwick can sure do better!


473 posted on 07/23/2007 9:45:01 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: TalonDJ

Grindelwald stole the wand from the previous owner, remember? So he was not the “true master” of the wand and it did nothing special for him. Dumbledore did win the wand so he was its master... I think... that was the implication anyway.


474 posted on 07/23/2007 9:45:08 AM PDT by JenB
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To: JenB

I never said that was the case, I was responding to someone else.

But IF that is a “tradition”, then I don’t think it would stop
Harry from attempting to change it if he wanted to.


475 posted on 07/23/2007 9:45:24 AM PDT by Politicalmom (Nearly 1% of illegals are in prison for felonies. Less than 1/10 of 1% of the legal population is.)
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To: Politicalmom

The occlumency thing is funky, on the one hand Snape was pretty quick to give up teaching Harry, but on the other side Harry a definite “screw you I won’t learn from you” attitude. I think Snape tried but Harry gave him so much resistance, then went poking around in Snape’s head and that was pretty much it. As for his putting down Harry in front of Dumbledore I think that ties to the whole discipline and James thing, Dumbledore was fond of letting Harry do whatever, kind of like how James got to do whatever. I think Snape wanted the James beaten out of Harry so he could be more his mother’s son.


476 posted on 07/23/2007 9:47:18 AM PDT by discostu (indecision may or may not be my biggest problem)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Hey if that wart Kuchinich can get a tall red head, Flitwick can sure do better!

Maybe he did just the same.... Perhaps she's a widow in the wizarding world; or a cross-world bigamist.

477 posted on 07/23/2007 9:47:52 AM PDT by r9etb
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A quick word of opinion about deaths.
Remus and Tonks. They had to die there. For Harry seeing them dead and knowing that he in someway had contributed to another boy growing up with no parents was a key impetus for him to go to his death. Yeah, maybe he had enough reasons already but to me that one was most powerful. The deepest symbol and reason behind why he HAD to go end it.
Hedwig. The same, had to die. They needed to be out of touch and it made sense for the owl to be gone. By the way, I must have missed it but does anyone know what happened to Crookshanks?

On a slightly lighter note I think Neville showed the most bravery of anyone. Sure Harry went to die but he knew WHY and it was a darn good reason. Neville faced the dark lord and his army just to get one clear shot at the snake. Because his friend had said it was important. That was enough reason to stand before the horde and dive into certain death. After that I thought Harry’s duel was almost anticlimactic.

478 posted on 07/23/2007 9:49:48 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: null and void

But also a reminder of love, and probably the only happy moments in his life. One of the things I’ve learned recently is that hate fades faster than love. Been helping to create my 20th high school re-union and I’ve found that the classmates I was fond of then I’m still fond of now, and the classmates whose names I couldn’t even say then without cursing I actually kind of like now.


479 posted on 07/23/2007 9:49:50 AM PDT by discostu (indecision may or may not be my biggest problem)
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To: discostu

But Snape never gave him any explanation for what he was supposed to do.

Contrast the scenes where Lupin teaches Harry Expecto Patronum and the occlumency scenes.

I don’t think Snape was really a very good teacher.


480 posted on 07/23/2007 9:50:00 AM PDT by Politicalmom (Nearly 1% of illegals are in prison for felonies. Less than 1/10 of 1% of the legal population is.)
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