Toadkeeper/ Dark Marks/ Why did Voldy go to Godric's Hollow?/Still life with mem

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Tabouli, updating the toadkeeper theory:
> T.O.A.D.K.E.E.P.E.R. (The Odious Amphibian: Death-eater Knavishly Executing 
> Espionage, Pursuing Evil Revenge) anyone?

Excellent! Our first amphibious Flying Hedgehog!
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Now a bit more on Dark Marks. It struck me today what a blunt instrument they 
are when it comes to summoning DEs to Voldemort. First of all, Voldy has to 
have a DE at his side at the time - well, this is likely I suppose - but 
also, apparently he can only summon the whole lot of them at once. What if he 
wants to summon an individual or a cell individually? Might lead to some 
problems selecting out from the ranks the ones he wants, without giving their 
identities away to the others. Perhaps this is the reason for them having set 
places in the circle : Voldemort is the only one who knows *everyone's* 
position.
There also seems to me to be a great danger of splinching.

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There has been some discussion about DE opus operandi recently, in 
particular, whether and why Voldy went to Godric's Hollow relatively 
unsupported. Can I turn the question round? In other words, what was so 
important that Voldy went *at all*? Why not just send the evil underlings 
instead?
Obviously, this was something both important and personal. But what I only 
took on board today was Hagrid's insinuation that he was trying to get them 
on board, convert them to the Dark Side. Why did Hagrid imply this? Any 
thoughts, anyone?

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Pippin:
>So Snape sets up Frank Longbottom planning to double cross 
>the Lestranges,  rescue Frank and catch the Lestranges in the 
>act. But the Lestranges, acting on information from their secret 
>ally, young Barty, start to suspect Snape and mislead him about 
>the timetable of the planned attack. Snape arrives on the scene 
>too late. The Longbottoms Sr are a gibbering mess, and poor 
>Neville appears to remember nothing about the attack, but does 
>keep a traumatized repressed (not charmed) memory of Snape's 
>wrathful arrival. 

Oh, Pippin! I can't criticise it as a theory, but I can't bear the thought of 
yet *another* of Snape's carefully conceived plans going wrong!

Eloise

Drinking Porphyria's health in Lagavulin (truly) and forgiving her for her 
outrageous behaviour the other day - accusing me of being too nice (watch it, 
I'm a passive agressive, really), and abandoning me on the beach with a half 
empty bottle whilst she went off to play with Eileen. And amused, watching 
Gosford Park last night:(as near as I can remember),
'We don't have Bourbon, we have Scotch. There's ordinary, or single malt.' 
'I'll have ordinary; I'm an American.'
Which reminds me of something else. Someone suggested that the Beauxbatons 
horses drinking single malt was a hint via analogy with Bourbon that 
Beauxbatons was in the Bourbon region. I think this is unlikely to be a clue, 
as to a Brit, (as you've probably gathered by now), the term single malt 
implies Scotch. Bourbon isn't widely drunk in the UK.



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