[HPforGrownups] Chocolate Frogs/ dementors/ Snape/ Brother wands (was Fawke's Feathers)

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 41019

Amy Z wrote:

> I don't know who's buying up all these Chocolate
> Frogs.  They cost about $4 each, which makes them
> several times the cost of a comparable amount of
> chocolate in plain old candy bar form, and umpteen
> times the cost of their weight in chocolate chips.

They're $2 around here, and considering you get about 10 cents worth of
chocolate, you're paying close to $2 for one wizard card!  Which explains
why I only have two, by the way.

Laila writes:

>I have a question that has been bothering me
>also. I was listening to POA in my car, and Arthur and
>Molly are arguing about whether or not Harry should
>know about black. Fudge had said that the guards said
>that black had been talking in his sleep saying "he's
>at Hogwarts". Well, what puzzled me is this---- I
>cannot recall if the dementors can talk or not. Or are
>there other guards at Azkaban? Guardsto oversee the
>dementors perhaps?

I tend to think that someone would have to be at or near Azkaban to keep a
reign on the dementors. They don't seem very trustworthy if they'd target a
13 year old boy who's done nothing wrong.  As for whether they talk, I'm not
sure.  I know they have no eyes, right?  But maybe they do talk.  They must
communicate in some way for Dumbledore to believe they would follow
Voldemort.  If they don't talk, maybe some mental telapathy?  Maybe only
certain wizards with special training can communicate with them?  I don't
know, I'm reaching here!

Alyssa writes:

> And I've been wondering for awhile: If Snape was a DE, why didn't he
> get punished for it? Even Dumbledore admitted he was a DE, but turned
> back to the light(GOF, The Pensieve). I don't believe the MoM would
> have let him off just because of Dumbledore? He still was a DE and
> must have done horrible things during the war for Voldemort. Was it
> because he was giving them info about Voldemort's actions that they
> decided to let him off for it?

Snape's a real mystery, and though I'm not quite sure what, I'm sure that he
must have done something pretty incredible near the end of Voldemort's reign
to get Dumbledore on his side.  Saved someone, told something, etc.
Something that would without doubt prove he had turned away from the dark
side.

BBOY_MN writes:

> Correct me if I'm wrong, the 'Brother' effect only occurred when they
> threw simultanious curse, or curses that we thrown so close together
> that they met in mid-air and caused the brother effect.

That's the way I see it.  It's only because Harry thought fast enough to
shout out a curse (any curse!) that he was saved.  I am completely convinced
that if he hadn't, or if Voldemort hadn't given him back his wand, Harry
would've been killed by Voldemort's AK in the graveyard.  Period, the end.
Which of course is why he had to shout something, or the series would've
been over.  Duh.  My brillance truly amazes me. ;)


Richelle