Hagrid [MINOR COS SPOILER]

GulPlum plumeski at yahoo.com
Wed Nov 13 01:13:32 UTC 2002


This includes reference to a VERY, VERY minor spoiler about the CoS 
movie (to wit, a reaction shot; Robbie Coltrane is too good an actor 
for it to be meaningless).

The above sounds much more ominous than it is, but I've included it 
just to be on the safe side - I've thought about the material issue 
before, but the movie crystallised it it my mind. I started writing 
this message on the main list, but decided to send it here instead -  
It's certainly relevant to the main list, where it probably should 
move if this thread goes anywhere. 

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When Harry meets Hagrid in Knockturn Alley and asks what he's doing 
there, as per the book, Hagrid tells him that he's looking for Flesh-
Eating Slug Repellant (F-ESR) for the school cabbages. However, 
whilst in the book, Harry gets a straight answer, Hagrid looks quite 
seriously furtive and his answer starts with significant "err"ing. 

Much later on, after the diary flashback, rather than talk about 
Hagrid's visit to Knockturn Alley as per the book, the trio encounter 
Hagrid carrying a bottle of F-ESR, this time "for the Mandrakes". 

Am I the only one who finds this a little fishy? 

I have no theory about what all of this might mean, but considering 
JKR famously gave Robbie and others insights into their characters, I 
can't help but wonder where this is going. I thought there may have 
been a connection with Ron's slug-burping incident, but that had been 
several months earlier.






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