SPOILER--Do I See A Flint?

[doddiemoemoe]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "(Mrs.) Lee Storm (God is the 
Healing Force)" <n2fgc at a...> wrote:
> S P O I L E R!!
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> Okay, someone help me out here and let me know if I see a biggy 
Flint?
> 
> In COS, Harry is taken to Filch's office; Peeves drops the cabinet 
which
> takes Filch's attention; Filch then returns and I quote:
> 
> Filch was looking triumphant.
> 
> "That vanishing cabinet was extremely
> valuable!" he was saying gleefully to Mrs. Norris. "We'll have
> Peeves out this time, my sweet--"
> 
> Now, we know it was broken because of this:
> Nearly Headless Nick came gliding out of a classroom. Behind him,
> Harry could see the wreckage of a large black-and-gold cabinet
> that appeared to have been dropped from a great height.
> 
> Okay, so it was broken.  However, in OOTP, we have what the Weasley 
twins
> did with Montague:
> 
> "He never managed to get all the words out,"
> said Fred, "due to the fact that we forced him
> headfirst into that Vanishing Cabinet on the first floor."
> 
> I think that Flint was already pointed out.  But, now, in HBP, what 
do we
> see?  A vanishing cabinet that obviously needs to be fixed, which 
Malfoy
> accomplishes.  So, am I confused or what?
> 
>snippity-snip-snip

Doddie here:

It is one thing to repair glasses, a broken dish/glass/cup/cauldron 
etc....but if Dumbledore saw a smashed cabinet he'd say, "repairo" 
and more things than would meet the eye would be repaired.

Hence in HBP when harry did "diffindio" and "reparo"...on the HBP's 
book...it worked with all the notes in tact--because he cast the 
spell with the unerstanding that it would...(oh my could HBP be 
teaching us a thing about spells???)

If a pre exisiting spell is already  upon the object....

How much do you wanna bet that Draco never thought to do a simple 
spell as "reparo"....or maybe he did(probably) despite his "add-
ons"....(OMG---love, or rather the intent of spells come into play 
here!!) Malfoys motivators were fear...Harry's love and courage, and 
fear, and intellect, and dextrous ambiguity, and friendship(s), and 
desire....not ambition...but desire--desire to see/want those who he 
loves to be healthy and happy and able to lead the life he never 
led...

And if I'm wrong...trace the path of the maraurder's map! in 
COS...Harry doesn't think Filch's "squibbiness" is a factor at 
all...and NHN put that play in motion...just like DD's being back is 
another play NHN put in motion as well...

Doddie
(who thinks NHN can rock on with is bad self--perhaps he teaches 
lessons that no one sleeps through!)