Dumbledore's Death (TBAY) (WAS Dumbledore's dispensib...

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 39640

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., elfundeb at a... wrote:

> The Shack was Bangy because of all the rapid changes in who the
characters 
> were.  First Sirius was Evil!  Then Sirius and Lupin were Evil!
together.  
> Then Bang! Scabbers became Peter.  Then Bang! Peter became Evil! and
Lupin 
> and Sirius were redeemed.  In fact, I think the Biggest Bang of PoA,
was the 
> a bit of quiet conversation at the end of ch. 18: "'That's not a
rat,' 
> croaked Sirius Black suddenly.  'What d'you mean -- of course he's a
rat --'  
> 'No, he's not,' said Lupin quietly.  'He's a wizard.'  'An
Animagus,' said 
> Black, 'by the name of Peter Pettigrew.'"
> 
> Noisy?  No.  But dramatic?  Bangy?  Absolutely.  The best Bangs, you
see, are 
> the ones that reinvent the story.  

Exactly!  And the Shrieking Shack scene is full of great moments like
that: think of Lupin embracing Black, or Snape appearing for under the
Invisibility Cloak.  *All* the books are full of moments like that,
from "You're a wizard, Harry" to "Severus Snape was a Death Eater." 
That's what Dumbledore's death needs -- a moment of stunning
revelation, not a river of lava.

> <Cindy nods, swings her FEATHERBOA over her shoulder, and prepares
to leave.  
> Debbie does the same, but suddenly veers back into the Dead Flamingo
Bar.>  
> "George, are you going to stay there awhile?  How about if I pop by
later for 
> a drink or two?  We need to talk about Snape."

George's face lights up.  It's been *ages* since a beautiful woman
wanted to talk to him about Snape.

"Darling," he says, "I'll be here for as long as you want me.  Or
until the martini supply runs out."

Marina
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