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HBP Chapter 12: Silver and Opals

Aug 26, 2005 21:43

Harry wakes up one fine morning and randomly hexes Ron courtesy of the Half-blood Prince. -_-' Morning, kids! Time for a healthy breakfast! Ron wastes no time bragging about it at breakfast. Harry sudden;y remembers where he'd seen the spell used before and begins to suspect his father may have been. Hermione is miffed and reminds Harry about ( Read more... )

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scarah2 August 27 2005, 02:07:37 UTC

I think Tonks in this scene has two purposes. 1. The setup that she's going to tell Dumbledore, who already knows everything that happend outside the Three Broomsticks by the time Harry talks to him. 2. Her attitude may be a clue that Harry is wrong about his rampant Tonks/Sirius shipping.

house_elf_44 August 27 2005, 05:29:27 UTC

I think we had to see that she was in Hogsmeade over a period of time, and will find out later that exposure to the mist from the dementors breeding made her more lovesick than she would be normally. I'm looking for reasons for the OOC-ness, and this is what I've got for Tonks. Why keep mentioning the mist and keep the effect a secret, or include it at all without it having an effect?

cadesama August 27 2005, 02:31:36 UTC

Harry's response to the Prince's book really makes me think, for the first time, that he could have been the kind of student James evidently was, if his school experiences had been better in his early life. He actually likes learning (although I personally believe that most kids like school, and get conditioned not to by experience), and he likes magic. He just doesn't like lectures, being humiliated in class, or boring busy work. Obviously, a lot of the teaching technique at Hogwarts aren't much of an improvement from Harry's muggle school ( ... )

geezer_also August 27 2005, 03:01:14 UTC

And Hermione cares more about Ron's fixation on Rosemerta than Harry having a melt down about Sirius. Because we all know that when you have a crush, you forget about your other friends completely, and all the things that previously mattered to you. ::rolls eyes::"

Well, yeah, it does happen. In fact I vaguely remember it happening to me (altho it was so long ago, I can't be certain) However I have worked with teenagers for more years than I care to think, and done lots of counciling, and I have seen it many times. Especially "un-requited crushes". As my mama used to say, "it may be only puppy love, but it is real to the puppy!"

cadesama August 27 2005, 03:05:52 UTC

It happens. But it's not pretty to see in real life, nor sympathetic in a book. And since Hermione had a crush on Ron during the scenes where she was scanning Harry for signs of grief over Sirius . . . well, I don't buy that her concern is solely circumstantial.

geezer_also August 27 2005, 03:09:41 UTC

Granted not sympathetic in a book, but perhaps more real?????
(relax, it is only a book)

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geezer_also August 27 2005, 02:54:40 UTC

Me thinks perhaps Tonks appearance was not exactlly random......how many times did she just accidently appear, 3? I would surmise, that she was specificly posted to Harry. (altho, I'm not sure I would want to entrust that posistion to a person, who is obviously having a hard time focasing)

lavinialavender August 27 2005, 19:24:47 UTC

*nods* Someone says above that perhaps she was assigned to bodyguard detail.

house_elf_44 August 27 2005, 21:51:12 UTC

I don't have a problem with Hermione cautioning against handwritten incantations. You have no idea who wrote them, if they knew what they were doing, or what the results will be. It's like Russian Roulette. I don't like that Harry tried some out on Crabbe and Filch. It reminds me of Death Eaters practicing on Muggles, although I think that's only in fan fiction. How'd they figure out what Muffliato did ( ... )

Re: Hermione's crush euterpe5 August 29 2005, 02:13:00 UTC

There are too many books, and just not enough time. The thing that seems to get me going, is that most of the people who complain about JKRs faults (I'm on dangerous ground here :D )
are either people who's ship didn't sail, or people who use the word misogynist. Maybe it's my age, but I just don't read them with those things in mind, and maybe I should be more aware, but I read to relax, or to escape.Whenever an author publishes anything for public consumption, the work no longer belongs strictly to that author anymore. To publish is to invite criticism, positive and negative. Anyone who has invested the money to purchase a book and the time to read it has a perfectly legitimate right to say whatever they want about it. If the author has delighted readers, then the reading audience will say good things, if the author has disappointed readers, then they will say negative things. If Shakespeare was not above scathing criticism, I don't see how JKR is not. Since people are still complaining about some of the things Shakespeare ( ... )