Chapter 13 Summary

[Indigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 20129

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Trina" <lj2d30 at g...> wrote:
> Chapter 13:  Gryffindor Versus Ravenclaw
> 
> > 
> 1. Why does Hermione not exhibit the least bit of sympathy for Ron 
on the loss of Scabbers? Does Ron just have it in for Crookshanks 
> because he jumped on his head in Diagon Alley?

She's treated the boys like they've been silly dunderheads anytime 
they say something she doesn't agree with.  And she's convinced 
herself that it's instinct for a cat to chase a rat.  She's been so 
busy with her schoolwork she probably hasn't noticed that Crookshanks 
hasn't been mousing the *whole* castle, though. 
> 
> 2.  Did Harry see the Grim on the way back to the castle or was he 
> just imagining things?  Why doesn't he tell Ron?

Ron would've panicked, as Harry feared.

I'm of the impression that it was Sirius Harry saw, in the company of 
Crookshanks.  At the time, though, recalling my first read, I thought 
he was just overreacting a little because everybody was all, "Sirius 
Black is after you!" 
> 
> 3.  Do you like the descriptions of the Quidditch matches?  Are 
they  just a waste of pages? 

I like them.  I have a vivid, visual imagination so I can 'see' them 
in my mind's eye.
> 
> 4.  Only 50 points from Slytherin for the dementor trick?  (Harry, 
> Hermione, and Neville lost 150 in the Norbert aftermath.)  Should 
it  have been more?  less?  detention?

It SO should've been more!  

It should've been 50 points EACH, just like it was for the Norbert 
affair.  
> 
> 5.  What did the spectators see when the patronus charged down 
Malfoy  and gang?

Probably, IMHO, an incompletely formed whitish patronus.  Harry's 
patronus didn't take full stag form until the very end when he became 
sure of himself and his sigil, IMO. 
> 
> 6.  Why did Percy pin his HB badge to his jammies?  Is he afraid 
the 
> others will forget he *is* Head Boy?
> 

Percy shares a similar insecurity to Ron here, IMHO.  He wants to 
prove himself a shining star in his own right and not just be Bill & 
Charlie Weasley's little brother. 

> 7.  Neville: brave, or "abysmally foolish"?

A bit of each.  
> 
> 8.  How did Sirius Black get into the castle?
> 
> 
The castle was taught only to recognize Sirius Black.  The knowledge 
of him as an animagus was still privileged information.  That leads 
me to conclude that Snuffles got in, and kept to the shadows, using 
the secret passages and following Crookshanks.

> The other discussion topic (animal characters) will be submitted 
> later this week to give Amy Z time to get her topical summary 
posted.
> 

Indigo