Now that I think about it, I'm not sure the Basilisk was such a good idea...

[truebeliever60]

No: HPFGUIDX 57924

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Melanie L Ellis <emeleel at j...> 
wrote:
 
> 3. The basilisk is charmed to only be able to harm/kill Muggle-
borns, not
> Pure Bloods.
> 
> Eh, maybe.
> 
> Sooo..... thoughts, anything I missed, screwed up on, etc.?


I like number three with and alteration. If the basilisk is 
intelligent enough to follow orders from a parselmouthe, maybe he was 
simply told to target muggle-borns?  I was under the impression that 
the killing stare was an act of will on the basilisk's part, not that 
just making eye contact was lethal. Then wouldn't Salazar Slytherin 
and Tom Riddle have been dead after having a face to face chat with 
the beast?  It actually seems perfect to me. The monster hunts 
mudbloods at night, the heir remains anonymous. Only mudbloods die, 
until the school rules it isn't safe for muggle-borns to attend.  The 
monster goes into hiding on the heir's orders, and leaves the pure-
bloods in peace.  Genious, if you ask me. 

Tim, who thought the basilisk downright scary.