[HPforGrownups] Finality of Death/That Pesky Lack of Body

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 67899

minetourjunkie wrote:

> Oh, random thought on this topic: anyone else think that veil works
> like the Threstrals?  Ron and Hermione didn't seem to hear the voices
> and Neville, Luna and Harry did.  (pg. 683 Can. Ed.: Harry talks
> about hearing voices and Hermione and says "Nobody's talking Harry" -
> well the scene continues, but you all have the book)  So, maybe you
> have to have seen death to be able to understand the veil as well.

Or at least, you have to have "beloved dead" to be able to hear
them on the Other Side.  We know that Luna, Harry, and Neville
all have this experience, while as far as we know Hermione does
not.


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>