[HPforGrownups] tidbits: fighting dragons, toads

[dragonsbloodmoon at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 18814

In a message dated 5/15/2001 2:16:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
vderark at bccs.org writes:


> So what happened? Why did she finally decide to come up into the air? 
> My guess is that it's the same reason that Nagini obeys Voldemort and 
> the same reason that the Basilisk obeyed Tom Riddle and Salazar 
> Slytherin...and the same reason that the snake obeyed Harry at the 
> Dueling Club. That hissing Harry was doing was Parseltongue, although 
> he probably didn't even realize it. He ORDERED her into the air and 
> she obeyed. After all, when Harry was looking at the image of a snake 
> on the taps in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom, he felt that he could only 
> speak Parseltongue when faced with a real snake, and the Horntail 
> look to Harry, just a few second before, like a snake weaving before 
> a charmer.

This was my theory as well. Actually, I had typed up a nice, long reply 
before I read your entire message, and my jaw dropped when I read this part.  
:-) Great minds, you know..    :-)

Toby


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