Malfoy, C.R.A.B., exploding horse

[katzefan at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25862

>Kelly the Yarn Junkie wrote:
>2) Why didn't Malfoy quit after the Buckbeak incident?

I don't think it's in Malfoy to quit, even if he *could* drop that 
particular class, either because he's too stubborn - or because 
there is  *no* way he could explain such a move to Lucius, who 
in CoS made his disappointment in his son's grades extremely 
clear - and probably not for the first time. I'm fairly sure Lucius's 
reaction, were Draco to suggest dropping a class, would 
probably be a good deal worse.

>Katzefan asked:
>OK, now I know what L.O.O.N is; please what is C.R.A.B.?
> Amy Z. answered:
>Cut Ron a Break, founded by Lisa I. in msg. #25575, too 
>recently to be included in the VFAQs.  We can see if it catches 
>on.  Come on, folks, only 2 Sickles to join!

Ok, here's my 2 Sickles and I'll throw in a couple more for some 
badges... I *like* Ron, darn it, and it can't be easy trying to live
up to all his older brothers have done, and having a best friend 
who's almost always the centre of attention (not usually by intent) 
and then having a crush on the valedictorian of the class! (In 
further defense of Ron, when he and Harry were being partially 
strangled by the Devil's Snare, he was the one who reminded 
Hermione that, being a witch, she didn't need wood to start a 
fire.) He's not a genius, nor a one-of-a-kind like Harry, but he is a 
nice kid who is struggling, fairly successfully, with growing up.

>From:  mellienel2 at y...
>katzefan said
> One question: the final photo shows Ron sitting on one of the 
> knights' horses on the giant chessboard - when I read the 
> book, I got the impression H/R/H took the places of three 
>chess pieces, which then moved completely off the board and 
>just stood to one side. Did I get that wrong?
Melliene2 said:
>I think it's that way in the book, but you could just as easily 
>imagine the actual bodies moving off - the actual knight off the 
>horse - in the movie. He is taking someone's place -- the knight 
>that left the horse's back (i think, anyway). In the trailer, you
>see a flash of him getting 'taken' -- instead of being punched, 
>the horse explodes and you see him falling to the ground. 

Aha! Thank you for clarifying that; I wondered what the exploding 
horse was all about - couldn't remember anything in the book 
that related to that, and the scene zips by so quickly in the trailer 
that I didn't notice someone was sitting on the horse.