Things that will come into play later.

[mom31]

No: HPFGUIDX 79343

Some things from OOP I think will come into play later.

1.  Hermione's otter patronus and/or Cho's swan patronus.  Were they the only ones to succeed with that spell?  If not, why show us only theirs?  Was it to show us that Cho is a powerful witch or was it just a personality match? (Swans are beautiful from afar, but not very friendly and even a little dangerous up close)  Was Hermione's otter a clue like Sirius's code name "snuffles" (snuffed out)?  Add a P to otter, and what do you get?  Can we assume Ron didn't make a patronus?

2.  The way the stairs to the girls dorm turned into a slide.  I think it's a little late in the books to mention something like this unless it will come into play later.  Harry and Ron never tried to visit Hermione before, not in 5 years?  They never heard about it from anybody else?  You'd think someone would have mentioned it before!  If that same scene had been in SS or CoS I wouldn't think anything of it.  Book 5 though?  

3.  Harry throwing the unforgivable curse. Was it simply a way for JKR to show us how horrible Harry was feeling inside, that he would resort to that?  Was it to teach Harry ,or us, how it's used and why Harry wasn't successful with it?  Is it going to eat at Harry that he lost control like that?  The fact that Harry did it was a very big deal, but I'm not sure if the important part was that he tried it or that he failed at it. 

4.  Why was Ron's role somewhat weakened in this book and Hermione's elevated?  I'm not talking about shipping here.  Yes, Ron was off doing his own stuff, which has to be important later.  Why couldn't he have succeeded on his own, and still contributed more with Harry and everyone else.  He was at the MoM, but he was put with Ginny and Luna, not Harry and Hermione.  Plus, JKR had him acting all stupid there.  He also kept himself distant from Harry by refusing to offer his opinion several times, even when Harry was about to do something dangerous.  Hermione and Harry were very close in this book.  Why did JKR need to strengthen their bond even more?  It makes me worry for Hermione in the next book!

Joj 

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