[HPforGrownups] Dorcas Meadows: who was she? (was snape's love)

[The Crashing Boar]

No: HPFGUIDX 77089


  From: ghinghapuss 
  <<<<snip>>>Another thought I had about Dorcas was the whole chapter she was mentioned in seemed very contrived. The whole business with Molly Weasely's Woes was devastating yes, but obvious, right?  After all Molly is a mother and the death of her children is of course her greatest fear.  After rereading the chapter again I began to think it was written to cover the revelation of some other piece of important information that JKR is feeding to us in preparation for later. The only new pieces of information were the introduction of the original members of the Order Mad Eye Moody showed Harry in the photo. And of that just about everyone else has a description of death, all except 
  Dorcus.  <<snip>>

  Mandy

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  I'll pay more attention when I get a chance to reread it, but I felt that Molly's fear of seeing her loved ones dead was more camouflage for who would eventually die, such as the attacks on Arthur and McGonagal.  I have to admit, from various things I had a feeling JKR was going to kill a Weasley (although I couldn't see her crying over Percy).  It may be that the reference to Dorcas is contrived, but another reason for her inclusion could simply have been to up the danger element in reference to members of the Order coming up against LV.

  Dawn


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