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Chapter 25 -- The Seer Overheard

Jul 02, 2006 12:50

In which Ginny compares and contrasts tattoos, Trelawney talks about the circumstances surrounding the Prophecy, Harry gets capslocky, and Dumbledore is displeased that, for once, his beliefs aren't being accepted as facts.

( Also, another Tarot card makes an appearance, and we learn something about witches and recycling. )

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jamoche July 2 2006, 17:46:32 UTC

I don't care that Snape didn't know that telling Voldemort the prophecy would lead to the deaths of James and Lily. First of all, he hated James. He still does hate James. So I'm not seeing vast regret at James's death.

Yep. The only way this is relevant is if Snape might possibly have cared about Lily's death. There's not a lot of sympathy for Neville here, either - he lost his parents as much as Harry did.

I believe it to be the greatest regret of his life and the reason that he returned -'

Lily, Lily, Lily. Barf, barf, barf.

Headmaster wants to convince anyone watching that he's just going to the Three Broomsticks or the Hog's Head for a friendly drink.With a student. I'm still amazed that the big uproar in the US was over "snogging" (which they assumed meant sex) and not drinking ( ... )

gehayi July 2 2006, 18:09:49 UTC

None of this chapter makes any sense. NONE of it.

We've also got continuity problems - Trelawney has always been out of it when she does real prophecies, unaware of anything until the end. Snape only heard half the prophecy. Just when exactly did the "commotion" happen? There was no sign of it when we saw this scene in a pensieve in OotP, either.

You're right, and I missed that.

I believe it to be the greatest regret of his life and the reason that he returned -'

Lily, Lily, Lily. Barf, barf, barf.

You know, Snape/Lily didn't even occur to me. I must be a bad Potterverse fan. I'm horrible at shipping.

Harry's woefully unprepared for what happens on a Horcrux hunt, considering that the whole book has been a setup for them and that he'll have to do the rest on his own.

And he STILL doesn't know how to find, identify or destroy Horcruxes. Dumbledore, knowing he was dying, should have spent the book teaching Harry these things so that he could destroy the Horcruxes in Book 7. But nooooooo...

jamoche July 2 2006, 18:30:56 UTC

Snape/Lily didn't occur to me until the day after I read HBP, and then only because I was sitting there disgusted at the whole book, trying to figure out how it fit into a series where "love" and "choices" were supposed to be so important.

pepperjackcandy July 2 2006, 19:36:57 UTC

Lily, Lily, Lily. Barf, barf, barf.

Amen.

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tigerpetals July 2 2006, 18:18:17 UTC

That's badfic sex? When you said that, I got a mental image of Harry being the semen. Maybe it's because I don't read that sort of thing. Anyway, I found DD's attitude upsetting too.

underlucius July 2 2006, 19:37:19 UTC

We're told that Slughorn is taking this well, as he thinks Harry is merely lovesick. I guess Slughorn doesn't expect lovesick students to be able to use their brains. How nice for Harry.

Obviously he's been love sick since PS. Who's Dumbledore in love with? Oh yes, silly me. *headdesk*

After some questioning by Harry, Trelawney admits that she was trying to get in there, and why

AND HOW DID SHE GET IN? Harry had been trying everything he knew - JKR expects me to believe that Trewlaney's "I want to get in there to uselessly dump these bottles" would work against everything that Harry's tried? IT'S THE IDIOT PLOT.

And talking of more idiot plot..

Dumbledore did me the courtesy of calling upon me in my room at the inn.I've never understood why this was. Every interview I've ever heard of was done at the work place involved. Dumbledore would have had no inkling that she wasn't a true seer (her relation was, apparantly) and if she WAS a true seer it might have been quite likely she'd say something vital. So why on earth not the ( ... )

redcoast July 4 2006, 20:31:07 UTC

I've never understood why this was. Every interview I've ever heard of was done at the work place involved.

I've heard of job interviews taking place at hotels. Or was that a Courtyard Inn commercial?

Anyway, if JKR wanted to set the prophecy scene in the castle, she could have had Snape already teaching Potions and standing outside the door. Maybe there's some reason this doesn't work, plotwise. Snape couldn't have the job so early or Aberforth needed to be invovled somehow.

kheha July 2 2006, 20:06:23 UTC

Ha! Lovely spork. And the badfic sex was a perfect conclusion.

pepperjackcandy July 2 2006, 20:16:16 UTC

And how do you go the wrong way up the stairs? Stairs go up. Stairs go down. There's not much variety.

I've interpreted this more in the sense of "made a wrong turn." Because *that* is an easy thing to do in a UK hotel.

When we were there we stayed in one that had, no lie, three steps up, a small landing, and then, like, four steps down. Why? No clue. There may have been a room door on the landing, but even then, um . . . . :scratches head: