Who versus who

[feumindra]

No: HPFGUIDX 46364

> This, of course, leads me to observe that in GoF, Draco acts just 
as 
> oddly towards Harry, Ron and Hermione in the most traumatic event 
of 
> their young lives, seeing Deatheaters return to use Muggles as 
> playthings...and WARNS OFF the trio.  I have several scenarios in 
> mind of why he would choose NOT to hand over Harry and Hermione 
over 
> to the deatheaters that instant, but I am hoping 
(desperately...what 
> was it y'all were saying about wanting characters we like to 
> succeed/survive???)
> 
OOOOOPS!!!  I didn't finish the sentence!!  I meant to say, I am 
hoping that it is because he is beginning to separate himself from 
his father's ideals for him, at least.  I am also hoping JKR will at 
least give Draco a sense of independence along the levels of 'well, I 
may not like Muggles, but I am not going to go around killin them 
just so someone else can have power.'  That would probably be hoping 
for too much, but my general observation of Snape is along those 
lines.  He exhibits just as much vitriol towards Hermione as Draco 
does, but he has already shown some signs that he does not align 
himself with Voldemort.  What he has to say about the Malfoys is yet 
to be discovered, but it has already been noted that he favors Draco 
out of all the students in the Potions class.  There has to be a 
reason why, but I know there are others who are far better fans of 
Snape than I to explain that.

Oh, and after checking my books, I need to correct myself: it was the 
Cat who represented Ra/Osiris who defeated Apep.  I know these 
differences dont seem to matter much, but in Egyptian mythology, it 
was often the case that the same god had different names, 
interchangeable to the context/situation/time/place they were in.  Ra 
would start out as Khepera in the morning, rolling the dung ball 
across the sky, but by noon, he had changed into another god (can't 
think of who at this time of night right now) and in the evening, 
become Osiris preparing to face the long night of death.  The sun 
rising in the morning was Osiris' triumph over death, and the bennu 
bird his first motion into the day, transforming immediately into 
Khepera once more...

At least, thats what I understand of Egyptian mythology...

see what a pedantic person you have among you???!!! LOL