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HBP: Chapter Nineteen

Jun 25, 2005 21:56

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biichan July 16 2005, 07:19:23 UTC

This is the chapter that gave us back our H/D.

monzz July 16 2005, 12:13:50 UTC

I totally agree.

"You're getting a bit obsessed with Malfoy, Harry." I mean, come on. *grins*

fitchersvogel July 17 2005, 22:10:08 UTC

Yeah, and he even admits it himself, kind of... I had to underline these sentences in my book ;)

revena July 17 2005, 02:50:07 UTC

I laughed out loud at the obsession line. Hee!

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marginaliana July 16 2005, 11:25:49 UTC

Hahaha I had the exact same thought. This isn't going to turn out well, is it?

nosinabook July 16 2005, 12:05:12 UTC

Oh no....dumb and dumber tail the "Mistresses" cousin? How can this work out??? Kreacher will blab what he is doing right in front of Malfoy.

...stupid house elves. And Hagrid is a dimwit...

slythwolf July 18 2005, 06:34:48 UTC

But he can't blab. He literally cannot let Malfoy know. Harry ordered him not to.

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monzz July 16 2005, 12:15:05 UTC

Yeah, but I was rooting for Dobby when he socked Kreacher in the face. The little twerp had it coming.

garillama July 17 2005, 00:07:51 UTC

Darn right! Dobby for President ;)

slythwolf July 18 2005, 06:35:36 UTC

Oh god, that's a frightening thought. Although he'd be better than what we have.

Dobby was handing Kreacher his arse in a paper bag, we all know it's true.

garillama July 17 2005, 00:09:12 UTC

"'the Boy Who Scored' - whatever they call you these days."

Best

Line

Ever.

And those poor girls. . .probably Imperius Curse? I'm so curious as to how this will all fit together now. . .

garillama July 17 2005, 00:13:15 UTC

And Luna's commentary. . .wow. . .

moriann July 17 2005, 00:19:53 UTC

Exactly! And there I was, thinking that Lee Jordan's commentaries were brilliant. I loved McGonagall here - trying to keep the commentary Quidditch-centered. She was doomed to fail...

fitchersvogel July 17 2005, 22:18:17 UTC

I <3 Luna.... Every bit with her in it is just so funny!

"Seventy-forty to Hufflepuff!"
"Is it, already?"

You gotta love her.

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amanuensis1 July 17 2005, 01:26:00 UTC

Oh, god, Dumbledore's arranged for Snape to kill him so that Snape won't die from the Unbreakable Vow, hasn't he? Yes, I know Dumbledore's gotta go sometime, but that's a wrench to watch.

Okay, now I'm convinced that the Harry/Ginny is, indeed, a hormonal ruse. There's TOO BLOODY MUCH OF IT and it's so unsubtle I could blow raspberries. The Ron/Hermione is no longer subtle but it's sweet and diverted and that's okay. Hell, the Harry/Draco is subtler than the Harry/Ginny. *is admittedly SO biased*

revena July 17 2005, 02:53:57 UTC

EXACTLY WHAT I'M THINKING.

And, y'know, I loved it that what Hagrid said was that Snape and Dumbledore were arguing and -then- Dumbledore mentioned investigating Slytherins. Harry immediately assumes that -that's what the argument was about-, but that's not the way people have fights, is it? If that's what caused Dumbledore to do the "you'll do it, cause you already said you would, damnit" thing, he wouldn't have felt the need to go back to the subject. So I think they were arguing about Snape's promise to Narcissa, or even some entirely unrelated promise to Dumbledore, not about investigating the Slytherins at all.

And as much as the Harry/Ginny is getting a bit annoying, I do rather like the descriptions of Harry's jealousy/lust monster that lives in his stomach. :-D

slythwolf July 18 2005, 06:42:45 UTC

I totally love you guys. I so hope that's what it is, and really, that's what it has to be, isn't it, because Severus wouldn't actually talk to Albus about it if he was really evil! *sports "Snape Is Good" wrist cuff proudly*

I think we are meant to possibly think Harry is not in full possession of the facts, or something, and be worried that they're talking about Severus's spying on the DEs, but I think it has to be that it's actually about the promise to Narcissa, and Severus doesn't want to kill Dumbledore (which I agree is what Draco's mission has to be), but Dumbledore has I guess resigned himself to it and is going to make Severus kill him, and maybe that's why he's passing on to Harry all the knowledge that he has, because he knows Harry will need it and he knows Harry will need to take care of himself.

Because in this universe he can't pull a Gandalf or an Obi-Wan Kenobi.

laura_the_auror July 18 2005, 22:13:14 UTC

Aw, DD is such a sweetie. Poor the Harry.

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