Snape - Safe at Hogwarts? - Tips for V - Apparition - Lighting - Winky

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 19919

Vicky wrote, reasonably:

>I always thought the DE that left Voldy forever was Snape. What makes 
>anyone think differently?

Oh, they probably just have too much time on their hands!  It's a long way 
to Phoenix . . .

But we all also know that JKR likes to dangle the obvious in front of our 
noses while sticking the truth in a quiet corner.  So some creative and 
intelligent listies have pointed out that it could be Karkaroff who has 
"left forever" and Snape who is the "coward."  WE all know he isn't a 
coward, but Voldy might think otherwise.

Medusa wrote re: Snape being the DEwhohasleftforeverandwillbekilled:

>Hi, it wasn't an interview, it was a reading JKR gave at a bookshop. 
>Someone who posted on Jenna's Unofficial HP Fan Club site attended the 
>reading and put an account of it on the forum there.

Sheryll then said that it was at the Skydome.  In any case--does it make it 
absolutely clear that she means Snape?  If yes, isn't it sweet that she 
doesn't want him to die either?  I find it touching.

Dinah wrote:

>So if he appears at the first meeting then Voldemort might be inclined to
>decide in his favour... if not he has given up all chances of ever coming
>back into V's circle.

I'm inclined to agree, but I still think Snape has a good excuse for not 
dropping everything and getting to the graveyard.  I know they're supposed 
to Apparate instantly at their Master's side, yada yada, but if they're 
undercover that's likely to blow their cover, right?  Hey, Crouch doesn't 
show up and instead of being p.o.'d, Voldemort all but drools over his 
faithfulness.  He makes an exception to the Drop Everything And Apparate At 
My Side rule because for the sake of the overall plan, it's best for Crouch 
to stay where he is for awhile longer (and a good thing for V he does too, 
as it gives him one last shot at Harry . . . though he manages to blow it.  
When will these people learn to AK first and give long autobiographical 
explanations after?).

Parker wrote:

>Sirius says in GoF several times that Harry is safe at Hogwarts under 
>Dumbledore's protection.

We learn by the end that he's wrong, though (one more thing for poor Sirius 
to feel guilty about).  Harry =is= safe at Hogwarts, technically speaking, 
but only because the plot to kill him requires that he be sent =out= of 
Hogwarts.  And then MEM/BCJ tries to kill him inside the walls and comes 
within a Kneazle's whisker of succeeding.  Sirius doesn't know that Voldy 
has a man inside Hogwarts.  He is pretty sure that no one will try to kill 
Harry under Dumbledore's nose, but by the end he's losing his confidence--we 
see it when he's ticked at Harry for taking an evening stroll with Viktor:  
"you could have been killed."

Susan Hall, adding to the list of Helpful Tips for Voldemort, wrote:

>"First one to kill him gets 200 bonus points and a free excuse voucher for 
>the next 20 applications of the Cruciatus curse" would have been more 
>prudent.

ROFL!  No doubt Voldemort will post such an announcement in Deatheaters' 
Daily first thing Monday morning.

Michi wrote:

>If you can't Apparate at all on Hogwarts grounds then how
>would they teach their students to do so?

Field trip to Hogsmeade?

Steve wrote:

>However, one thing I've noticed is that there doesn't seem to be a spell 
>for some kind of bright, portable light. Notice that Lupin on the train has 
>to come up with some weak, hand-
>held light when the Dementors came aboard. And Dumbledore, when Krum was 
>attacked in the Forest, could only manage a Lumos spell to look around for 
>him.

Lumos seems to be all anyone would need--IIRC, it sometimes creates a dim 
light, sometimes a very bright one, though I can't think of the references 
at the moment.  (What determines the brightness?  The volume at which one 
says "Lumos"?  Or is it in intensity of need and/or purity of intention, 
like Eilonwy's bauble in the Chronicles of Prydain?)

Lupin and Hermione's hand-held versions are pretty cool too, and they also 
suggest to me that there are lots of options for portable light.

Milz wrote:

>Actually, I don't even think Crouch Sr. wanted to fire Winky at the World 
>Cup. I think he HAD to because there were too many witnesses and he 
>couldn't cover it up. If he hadn't fired Winky and blamed her for the Dark 
>Mark, there would have been an investigation.

I agree.  She's about to be grilled by Diggory and she's not being too 
terribly stable.  He has to turn the issue into one of punishment and punish 
her on the spot so that Diggory will drop the idea of taking her in for 
questioning (which he does only reluctantly as it is).

Amy Z

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