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[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 25151

 Plot Devices We Don't Want to See Again for A Bit

 Add your own to the bottom, and pass it on.

 Animagus (Ali)
 Polyjuice Potion (Amanda)
 The Time Turner (Cindy)
 Veritaserum (Cindy)
 Marauder's Map (Ali again)
 Draco is Evil (Jenny)
 Seeming Good Guy is Evil (Jenny)
 Moaning Myrtle (Haggrid)
 Snape doesn't believe Harry (Kelly)
 Part Non-Human teachers (MMM)
 Voldemort's Evil Overlord antics in GoF (MMM)
 Seeming Evil Guy is Good (MMM)
 Dobby and Winky (Luce)
 Dumbledore Explains It All (Sam)
 Anybody screaming, 'Mad, am I??' (katzefan)

The Pensieve.  Great idea, but you only get to use it once, Jo.

Re: the list above:  I don't mind Animagi per se--naturally whenever 
we see Sirius this is going to come into play, and I do want to see 
Sirius (don't we all)--but if anyone else turns out to be an 
unregistered Animagus, I will retire to a U-bend in disgust.  Seeming 
Good Guy is Evil and Seeming Evil Guy is Good can work well, 
depending.  The books are mysteries; as such, people are not always 
what they seem.  In the case of 2 and 4 in particular, we know from 
the start that someone is causing trouble, and it would be boring if 
it were someone we already knew was bad.  I for one think Fudge is one 
that's well-done, especially if he turns out not to be a DE (please 
please please).  He isn't a good guy who suddenly jumps out of a 
cupboard wearing an Evil Guy mask and cape; he is a generally good and 
kind man whose blind spot may cause evil to flourish.  

Plot Devices that Get Funnier and Better the More Times They're 
Repeated:  ill-fated DADA professors.  

Things I'm Hoping Will Turn into Plot Devices (this is a subset of Red 
Flags):  F & G's wheezes.  Like Portkeys, the FFA and Polyjuice, which 
each made an innocuous appearance before returning as crucial plot 
devices, a Canary Cream or the like may prove to be a very big deal.  
I'm hoping so.

Amy Z

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