UnFunny Things; Perspective; Chapter 37 Comments - LONG

[clairey at airy-fairy.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 16303

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Magda Grantwich <mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
> > 1. In all of PoA and GoF, when Draco comes into their compartment
> > on the train, Crookshanks never reacts badly to him. Now, if
> > Crookshanks...is...in posession of "an uncanny ability to 
> > detect unsavoury or suspicious characters..." then the lack of 
> > reaction to Draco means he is neither unsavoury or suspicious. 
> 
> Or it could mean that he's so obvious and open about it that it
> hardly counts as something that needs detecting.
> 
> 
> > 2. It is *arguable* that when he saw Hermione in the woods at the 
> > World Cup, he was actually trying to warn her to get out of the 
way
> > of the Death Eaters. It's about as arguable and as supported by
> > canon evidence as any conclusion that Hermione likes Ron is. 
> 
> I can buy this.  We should perhaps be careful not to lump Harry, Ron
> and Hermione into one group regarding Draco.  It's entirely possible
> that Draco reluctantly (perhaps unconsciously at this point) likes
> Hermione and is trying to impress her Draco-style.  Which
> unfortunately means being his own less-than-wonderful self to get 
her
> attention and then lashing out hurtfully when it doesn't work.  In
> Draco's universe, a girl should be thrilled to be singled out for
> attention.  Pansy Parkinson gets it; Hermione doesn't.
> 
> > 3. On the train on the way home in GoF, when he says some things
> > that are clearly, on the surface, very nasty, with regard to
> > Muggle-borns, he actually uses the sentence, "I warned you!" JKR 
> > could have just as easily had him say, "I told you!" or "I said 
it,
> 
> > didn't I?" - but she chose the word "warned..." Could that be 
> > foreshadowing? 
> 
> Since the context of the phrase is clearly meant to be menacing to 
H,
> H & R, I don't think a milder interpretation is appropriate. 
> Especially with Crabbe & Goyle present.
> 
> 
> > 4. Professor Snape seems to trust him. In book 4, Snape accepts 
> > Malfoy's statement about what happened when he & harry were trying
> > to curse each other. *IF* you believe that Snape has Dumbledore 
and
> > the Old Crowd's best interests at heart, it is possible that he 
> > would support a completely evil and unredeemable Draco, in the 
> > interest of getting Draco to change his ways and be on Snape's 
> > side, but it is equally probable that Snape does not see Draco as 
> > being completely evil and unredeemable *at this point*. If he's 
not
> 
> > unredeemable, then it is possible that redemption and a turning 
> > away from Lucius and the  Death Eaters (tm) will happen in the 
> > future. 
> 
> JKR mentions a few times that Draco isn't dumb enough to pull
> something when a teacher's around to see him.  (His assault on Harry
> that preceded the Great Ferret Incident was atypical in this regard
> but I think we can put it down to emotional upheaval because Harry
> had just dissed his mother.)  He never lets Snape see what he's
> doing: the "Potter Stinks" badges appear when Snape's back is turned
> and during the ricochet cursing incident he accuses Harry of
> attacking him with no mention of attacking Harry back.  Snape did 
not
> see the attack; he only saw the consequences.  
> 
> I don't redemption is on Snape's mind regarding Draco: he's part of
> Snape's house (which matters a lot to Snape), he's anti-Potter
> (ditto) and he's probably a little suck in private (an assumption, I
> know but I think a valid one.)
> 
> And another prediction: Snape never had a crush on Lily Evans 
Potter;
> rather, he had the adolescent burn for Narcissa Malfoy and goes easy
> on her kid as a result.


hmmmmm....just a little thought here......Why do the Malfoys hate the 
Potters so much? Simply because they brought about the dimise of mr 
V? Or something deeper? Me and a few of my HP friends were discussing 
this earlier, perhaps Lucius had a thing for Lilly? I dont think 
so...but it could happen. Narcissa had a thing for James? ....kinda 
comical actually....!? Or something happened between their relatives?

....also, at the moment i am researching various meanings of HP 
names, Lilly means innocent....hmmmmm.......maybe she's not so 
innocent after all (?)

I do occasionally read rumour pages and one re-occuring theme is that 
Lilly Potter is the BIG climax...apparantly it has something to do 
with the green eyes (?) well.....any thoughts on this would be 
greatly appreciated!


claire (13, uk)
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