what surprised you the most?

[Indigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 23911



for my money:

That Moody was fake was probably the biggest surprise.  Barty Jr. 
actually took his "role" seriously enough to make himself believable 
as Moody -- which is really counterpoint to his goal.  Teaching a 
bunch of kids to withstand the Unforgivable Curses that his master's 
people most frequently cast?

Close second is  the revealation of Pettigrew-the-Betrayer.  I think 
though that JKR has done a clever pattern here.  Quirrell the wimp 
and Pettigrew the wimp both turned out to be far more than they were 
given credit for.  I expect Neville Longbottom to be far more than 
he's thus far been given credit for.

Third was that Madame Maxime actually used the muggle-esque "I am 
just big boned!" reaction rather than admit to Hagrid she had Giant 
blood.  In this world where  Voldemort's prejudices were most 
prevalent, it was weird to see someone wary of being the target of 
prejudices engendered by Voldemort.

Indigo