[HPFGU-OTChatter] Stone archway in Death Chamber

[kemper mentor]

Sarah asked:
 
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What I want to know is "what is the fascination, the mesmerising 
quality of the archway that scares Hermione and entrances Harry?"  
What intrigues him?  What makes him want to walk through it?  Why can 
only Luna and Harry hear the voices and not Neville? (thinking along 
the lines of the Thestrals).  Why does it enthrall Harry, Ginny and 
Neville and yet Ron seems indifferent and Hermione seems absolutely 
terrified?

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Kemper answers:
I think the majority of us geek/nerd/rockin' HP fans agree that Harry and Luna here the whispering behind the veil because they witnessed death. Ginny is distracted as well, I think, because of being 'possessed' by Tom Riddle.  Neville.  Not quite sure why he's distracted, perhaps because he may have witnessed the torture of his parents but maybe he, too, was possessed by Bellatrix (which starts me theorizing... what if Bellatrix, or one of the others, possessed Neville and through Neville, who was holding his father's wand, Crucio'd Frank and Alice? Hmm...) Ron and Hermiione don't hear the whispering because they haven't directly experienced any sort of loss of themselves.
Hermione is freaked because her spider senses are tingling.
To expand on the theory of those witnessing death hear the voices... I believe that the more death you witness the louder and perhaps more corporal the voices become.
 
What do you think?


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