Betrayal - Willows - Invisibility section - House-elf clothes

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 31677

William wrote:

>JKR has apparently stated that Harry WILL be betrayed by someone

Before Heather's image of Harry being betrayed by love interest Peeves 
overwhelms us all:  Can you refer us to a particular interview?  I don't 
remember reading this anywhere.

I loved your Arthurian and 7-task posts, BTW.

Re: willows, I'm not knocking all the speculation about the symbolism of 
willows.  However, I honestly believe that the tree is a willow because JKR 
was looking for a funny name and "Whomping Willow" suggested itself.  It's 
not the most spectacular pun, but it is kind of funny.

hulintay wrote:

>While Harry is spying on the Hufflepuffs
>talking about him, he is "hidden in the Invisibility section". Isn't
>this a *great* place for snogging and such - it's private, and people
>will rarely bump into them. The problem is, what's the use of an
>invisible invisibility section in a library???

I have always loved this line, and I hope that the Invisibility section 
isn't a place where you're actually invisible, as it diminishes the lovely 
little throw-away wordplay.  Somehow the line is sweeter and funnier to me 
if Harry is hidden only in the way that anyone standing in a library aisle 
would be hidden from anyone not standing in the same aisle.

I wish there had been an invisible invisibility section in the library I 
used to snog in.  We had to use the little study cubicles instead, which 
unfortunately had windows in the doors and walls that didn't go all the way 
up to the ceiling . . . but I digress.

Heather Moore wrote:

>I can just see how tense Masters must be whenever they have to replace any 
>of their
>elves' livery/uniforms/work clothes because it's such a big production to 
>cover the
>technicalities.

Oh, is *that* what the tea towel is covering?

Amy "Remus is not dumb" Z

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"I might remind you that =your= pincushion,
Thomas, still curls up in fright if anyone
approaches it with a pin!"
                  -HP and the Goblet of Fire
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