Lawbreaking; Minerva; MOVIE: Malfoy pronunciation; Pumpkin ju ice

[Hillman, Lee]

No: HPFGUIDX 28327

Greetings again!

Having dispensed my insights on Sirius and Severus in a long post, here's a
lot of little posts on various topics.

1. Lawbreaking. Dave said:
> 
> 2. Voldy releases all his old supporters, and, seeing what a pity it
> is to let that nice, big fort go to waste, he uses it to lock up the
> good guys (!!!)
>

Well, I do think Voldy will arrange with the Dementors to release any
remaining, living supporters from Azkaban, or else convince them to abandon
the prison altogether, allowing all the convicts incarcerated there the
chance to get away. I don't think he'll replace the prisoners with hostages
of his own.

So I remain skeptical as to whether this would bring Harry there. 

My reason is this: at the moment, Voldemort's greatest asset is that the
Ministry doesn't believe he's back. If (big if, I know) he can cause his
movements to occur without attracting undue attention, he could infiltrate a
great deal without incurring a full-scale mobilization of wizards.

OTOH, maybe the fall of Azkaban will be his new big comeback moment.


2. What Minerva knows and doesn't know. Leslie observed: 
>
> It has always bothered me at the end of GoF, that Dumbledore sends 
> Minerva off before having Sirius transform.  She is the Deputy 
> Headmistress, and should something happen to Dumbledore, she would be 
> in charge.  Isn't this an important bit of information in the fight 
> against Voldemort?  Shouldn't she also know about the Old Crowd?  Has 
> anyone else thought that was strange?

Two things. First, the best way to keep Sirius safe is to let as few people
as necessary in on the secret of his identity. That said, I think it's
possible that she knows already. Dumbledore has had a year to fill her in on
things, if she needs to know. Either way, the tasks he needs her to do at
the time may be more important in his estimation than her witnessing the
"reconciliation" between Snape and Black.


3. MOVIE: Malfoy Pronunciation. John Walton wrote:
>
> I just found it interesting that on the first TV trailer (the 
> one where
> McGonagall reads out HHR & Draco's names), Draco's name is 
> not pronounced
> MAL-foy but mal-FOY, much like Stephen Fry's audiobook readings.
>

Well, I just listened to the trailer about 6 times in a row. Smith puts a
definite stress on the "foy," but I'm not convinced it's more stress than
the first syllable, "Mal." I think (emphasis on think) that she's simply
being very deliberate and marking each syllable, as with the first name. She
hits all four syllables very hard, almost over-enunciating them. 

It's possible, certainly, but I'll withhold judgment until I hear at least
one other character pronounce it with a more than slight emphasis on Foy.


4. Pumpkin juice. Rita Winston wrote:
> 
> I am sure the pumpkin juice is made by magic and is nothing like the 
> real pulpy liquid that can be squeezed from a pumpkin. I imagine it 
> as being a cold, clear, refreshing, orange colored drink that tastes 
> rather like a pumpkin pie, or a sweet potato pie, i.e. with a spicy 
> taste more complex than just a lot of cinnamon.
> 
Agreed. I picture pumpkin juice more like a pumpkin-pie flavoured cider.

Gwen (who hopes these topics garner more response than her long, accurate
treatise on butterbeer)