PoA Chapter 14 Summary

[Indigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 20490

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Lyda Clunas" <lydaclunas at x> wrote:
> Well, I know that I'm posting this a day early, but I'm going
> out of town this week, and I wanted to make sure I was able to read 
> and respond to some of the replies before I leave. :) So, here you 
>go.

Have a good time! We'll miss you!  
See you when you get back! Thanks for getting the ball rolling! 
> 
> 1) Snape's Grudge: Is it simply a long-standing hatred for
James' arrogance and a powerful jealousy about Quidditch? Is it 
really all about the prank that MWPP pulled during their years at 
Hogwarts? Or, as most of us suspect, is there something more? (Open 
Season on Snape/Lily. Have at it.)  

I think it's a combination of the first two, plus a bunch of stuff we 
don't know yet.  It's possible the Snape/Lily connection, even though 
I'm admittedly not much of a shipper. But I seem to recall Harry's 
striking resemblance to his father visibly being something Snape 
snarked at Harry for too.


2) It's insinuated that Snape knows perfectly well who Messrs.
Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs are. So, why doesn't he question
Lupin straight out, rather than being so indirect? 


Knowing it and being able to prove it are two different things.  He 
also knows that Lupin's a werewolf, disapproves of it, but can't do 
anything even with that knowledge because Dumbledore's okay with 
Lupin on staff, even as a werewolf. 

3) Why is it that Hagrid's great guilt trip makes Ron incredibly 
uncomfortable, but yet he still treats Hermione like dirt? Don't 
Hagrid's words mean *anything* to him?

Because Ron knows that Hermione feels bad, but he holds a grudge. And 
Hermione tends to inspire him to hold the grudge.  Hagrid saw her in 
a "righ' state" but she never shows anything to Ron but her snappy 
side, and her smug know-it-all attitude.  If she'd cried in front of 
Ron and said she was sorry or anything like that, Ron would've backed 
off in a minute [more or less by his own admission!]  because all he 
wanted was to hear her say she was sorry and admit she was wrong.  

Okay, yes, Ron was wrong, technically, that Crookshanks killed 
Scabbers, but Hermione was overlooking Crookshanks' kneazle-type 
attentions toward Scabbers while ignoring all the other rodents in 
the castle [which Harry pointed out to Crookshanks at least once in 
my recollection].  Hermione refusing to budge on this is why it went 
on as long as it did.  

Scabbers did have 'seniority' as pets go, and IMHO, at least, it is 
kind of silly to buy a pet that's the natural enemy of one of your 
best friends' pets, and then get all indignant that the the predator 
goes after the prey from instinct.  If the friendship is that 
important, Hermione could've trained Crookshanks not to go after 
Scabbers or at least made an attempt of doing so.  

All Ron wanted was an indication she cared that his poor sick rat was 
being harried [no pun intended] by her cat.  

She refused to give even an inch on that. 


4) How on earth did Hermione find that time to help Hagrid, when
it's quite obvious that she has barely enough time for all of her 
homework and classes? Would she use the Timeturner to help her look 
up stuff for Buckbeak's case? 

She would have to use it to study anyway.  What's one more book since 
she's living the hours again anyway?

5) After the Hogsmeade incident, has Malfoy now figured out that 
Harry owns an Invisibility Cloak?

Possibly.  It's not like the Malfoys don't have their own share of 
weird goods, given what Lucius brought to Knockturn Alley.  If he 
doesn't know for sure, he suspects.

6) Aside from The Three Broomsticks, Honeydukes, the post office, 
Zonko's, Gladrags, and the Shrieking Shack, what other places are 
there in Hogsmeade? 

It's supposed to be a village.  And it may have a normal set of 
places to some degree for the muggle relatives to get in touch with 
their wizard families.  Hermione's parents are muggles after all and 
they'd need some way to reach her if they couldn't use an owl.


7) Who lives in Hogsmeade, aside from the shop owners, and what do 
they do?

Daily Prophet and Witch Weekly staffs, perhaps? 

The Weird Sisters when not on tour?

--Guessing,

Indigo