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[jdr0918]

No: HPFGUIDX 61871

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Random thoughts...

My favorite line (if non-dialogue lines count) is on the first 
page: "...the pinched, slightly unhealthy look of someone who has 
grown a lot in a short space of time." That to me was a chillingly 
succinct summation of the new Harry, and set the tone of the whole 
book. 

Izaskun posts about the 'Virgen de los dolores'. American Catholics 
call her 'Our Lady of Sorrows'...

I'm thinking there was no memorial because Sirius is still an escaped 
murderer. Nobody who would mourn him is in a position to admit they 
knew where he was. As it is, the WW at large doesn't yet know he's 
dead.

How about this interpretation of the Prophecy? Capitalize 'Other'as 
in "either must die at the hand of the Other": that gives you two 
good guys vs. one bad guy, unless there's another bad guy to even 
things out.

Snape + Harry = one seriously twisted S/M father-son relationship. I 
look forward to it.

Lily was a redhead -- could she be related to Molly or Arthur? I know 
Lord Tom keeps on about Lily being muggle-born, but he could be 
wrong. Petunia could be a witch, hiding out, with Dumbledore as her 
secret-keeper. I always thought it was interesting about the Dursleys 
that they seemed not so much to fear witchcraft as to dispprove of it.

As for parallels, we know that JKR has plotted out the series on 
grids, and she's into the consequences of choices. For example, 
Snape/Luna: Snape is defensive when he could have simply bathed, 
while Luna calmly waits for people to get tired of bugging her. James 
and Sirius are contemptuous of Peter while the trio seem to actually 
like Neville ("stop showing off before Wormtail wets himself" 
vs. "you're worth ten of Malfoy"). Sounds like a systems analyst's 
flow chart. By the way, I hope Book VI fleshes out Draco a little. 
He's getting shrill.

I still think deep psychoanalysis of the Potterverse is icky, but I 
have to say this, and blame sleep-dep: Harry seems like a textbook 
case of attachment disorder. Psychological starvation in infancy is a 
cause; inability to seek or accept outside help is a symptom. I can't 
see post-Hogwarts Harry in a relationship that is normal or healthy. 
I think the fanfictionistas on the Harry/Draco ship ("Snitch!", in 
particular) have it right.

Last but not least, in reference to the MoM elevator: I never saw 
either "Matrix", but am I the only person who remembers the old TV 
show "Get Smart"?

--JDR