Things I don't understand

[anakinbester <anakinbester@hotmail.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48561

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> 1 - In GOF, during the Imperious Curse DADA training class, Harry 
> breaks both his kneecaps the first time he handles the curse. So 
how 
> does he manage to continue the class, and "hobble" out afterwards 
on 
> broken kneecaps? Shouldn't he have been carried directly to the 
> hospital wing?

I explained that away with magical healing. Maybe Madam Pomfry had 
given Moody something to help heal anything the kids broke. Given 
howmagic fixes obnes, it is at least plausable. You'd just have to 
assume something was on hand. 

> 
> 2 - GOF again, during the first task, after Harry learned how to 
> Accio, why didn't he just Accio Egg and get the whole thing over 
with 
> without the fanfare? For that matter, why didn't he Accio Weezy and 
> Accio Cup? I know - the answer to that is: Because the story is 
> better than way, but really ....

Stress. Who here comes up with the best solution under stress? I like 
that he didn't come up with the perfect answer. It makes him more 
human. Im ean there are loads of tiems where I've hit myself and go, 
huh I did it the hard way didn't I. 

> 
> 3 - GOF - Regarding Rita Skeeter, Hermione says "Give me 5 minutes 
in 
> the library .." (paraphrased, I don't have my book) Presumably, she 
> uses those 5 minutes to find out if Rita is listed as a registered 
> animagus. Well, there is a big leap between understanding that Rita 
> is a bug and finding her. So, did Hermione just happen to see a 
> beetle flying by and it just happened to be the right one? How 
> fortuitous is that?

She caught Rita in the end, while Harryw as in the hospital givein 
his story. There's apoint where Hermione leaves, slams a window or 
something like that, then comes back holding something. Presumably 
Rita had been spying as an animagi in the hospital wing, trying to 
learn what happened at the 3rd task. Hermione probably saw the bug, 
remebering the own beetle in her hair, but the two together, and 
assumed it to be Rita. 
Hermione was probably also on the look out. 

Good thing too! God knows what Rita would have made of all that! And 
Sirius's secret would be out! (I think. I don't recall all the timing 
off hand) 

> 4 - In C0S, Dobby dresses in a filthy pillowcase before he is 
freed. 
> The pillowcase, I understand, but why is it filthy? Wouldn't the 
> Malfoy family be grossed out and demand cleanliness from their 
> servants? Winky isn't filthy until she gets too depressed to care 
> about hygiene, so what's the problem with Dobby?

That probably one of those out of sight out of mind deals. Winky 
seems to have gone with Crouch, where as I suspect Dobby didn't 
normally. I think Dobby only showed up with Malfoy in CoS for plot 
convience =P and because Malfoy was probably so angry to hear 
Dumbedore came back, that he didn't tell Dobby to stop polishing his 
shoes, so Dobby had to tag along.

-Ani