[HPforGrownups] Re: Arthurs Wound

[Sabrina]

No: HPFGUIDX 86738

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: meriaugust 
  To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 6:39 PM
  Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Arthurs Wound


  --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Vicky Gwosdz" 
  <vicky.gwosdz at g...> wrote:
  > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "thelinnealand" 
  > <LinneaLand at C...> wrote:
  > > The snake at the MoM gave AW a wound that was so large they were
  > > trying stitches to help it close. Not the usual snakebite.
  > > This sounds to me more like the Basilisk (huge fangs) wound that 
  > Harry
  > > got in CS rather than something a snake like Nagini (sp) might 
  make.
  > > That Arthur didn't end up petrified might be just luck.
  > > 
  > > I am bugged about this whole scene largely because Dumbledore 
  didn't
  > > just ask Fawkes to go to Arthur and save him as he did Harry in 
  CS.
  > > One Pheonix tear and Arthur would be back on his feet again, 
  problem
  > > solved and no one the wiser.
  > > 
  > > Linnea
  > 
  > When Fawkes saved Harry DD said something (and now I'm trying to 
  > translate from Dutch) about Harry showing exceptional loyalty to 
  DD.  
  > Otherwise Fawkes would not have come to his rescue.
  > 
  > So I assume that even though Arthur fights the good fight and is in 
  > the Order, he did not show any "exceptional loyalty" toward DD.
  > 
  > Vicky

  Also it seems to me that JKR makes a big deal of pointing out that 
  magic is not a cure all for every ailment, magically induced or 
  otherwise, After all, Harry and several other characters still wear 
  glasses and sport scars, and no one could just wave a wand and give 
  Frank and Alice Longbottom back their minds (or Lily and James Potter 
  their lives) could they? And, as to why Fawkes didn't swoop in to 
  rescue Arthur (aside from the loyalty thing, which is a good point) a 
  rather large and brightly colored phoenix known to belong to 
  Dumbledore would be pretty hard to hide or explain away, and I am 
  sure that Fudge would have seen that as a sign of Dumbledore's 
  treachery. 
  Meri 



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  I also think, please correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't DD say something to Harry about how he can't *force* Fawkes to shed tears?
  At the end of GoF it is Fawkes who goes to Harry, without any prodding from DD (at least that we know of) and perhaps he just decided that Arthur wasn't that badly hurt or traumatized that he needed his help. Or perhaps Fawkes has just a special affection for Harry.


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  Sabrina

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