St. Mungo's not safe?/Stone defenses/Evil!Molly/Filch and Crouch/Time Travel

[Koticzka]

No: HPFGUIDX 58431

A couple of ideas on the variety of subjects - let me begin:

SAINT MUNGO'S:

sabotage3p3 wrote:
<<The next thing that the analysis made me think over was that he
[LuciusMalfoy] does a lot of contributions to St. Mungos.  At first I
thought nothing of it.  But I thought why would he contribute stuff if he is
not getting anything in return.>>

honeycakehorse03 answered:
<<I disagree. From the way Malfoy Sr. is presented in the books he tries to
keep up a respectable appearance and wants to be seen as a valuable part of
the wizarding society. This matches with what you said about him having a
lot of influence on the board of schoolgovernors and the Minstry.>>

***Koticzka comments:
>From watching TV, and especially political news, I do not share
honeycakehorse03's theory.  I do suspect Malfoy is trying to establish at
least a connection to St. Mungo's. This could be one of gratitude, wanting
them to be indebted to him, or financial addiction (wanting to finish an
investment that he started), if not having his people on duty.  This is
always useful, especially when times are so uneasy. Keeping up appearances
is only one of the advantages. Lucius Malfoy, being a perfect diplomat, and
a Slytherin, would not do a thing without a reason, or more accurately, a
couple of really good reasons. But JKR might...

STONE DEFENSES:

pippin_999 wrote:
<<that is in doubts whether there was a poison in Snape's bottles on the
way to a Stone in PS/SS.>>

***Koticzka comments:
Of course there was!  Would Snape miss this opportunity? Noooo!...  That
wouldn't be very Snape-ish!

Steve wrote about Fluffy:
<<My guess is any wizard who tried a method other than music, not matter how
powerful that method was, would find himself one dead wizard.>>

Ersatz Harry wrote about killing the Basilisk:
<<Oh, yes, why did Griffindor need a sword anyway?  His [Harry's] wand might
have been more appropriate.>>

***Koticzka comments:
I am not sure what you mean,  Steve... To be clear, is it that perhaps
Fluffy cannot be charmed in another way because he reflects / beats back all
charms like some other magical animals?  This could be similar to Graphorn
or Tebo skin (as described in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them").
Hope we have a common view.  The same about the Basilisk - I am almost sure.

innermurk wrote:
<<Wouldn't it have been so much easier to summon each key to you than to
chase it around on a broom>>

***Koticzka comments:
It would have been easier, as long as the key would surrender to the
Summoning Charm, and had not been enchanted aginst it...

EVIL!MOLLY:

Becky Waldken cannot buy Evil Molly.

***Koticzka comments: Why not? What is missing in the theory? It is perfect.
And enjoyable. Well, unlike Eric Oppen, I do not need an explanation why she
became a DE (though the one with a bored housewife is also brilliant).
Molly as Ever - So - Evil - Really - Ever... Mmmm... Sounds good! Always
nagging all of her kids (except Percy) Why not hating them, and her husband?
Bad characters aren't only found in the movies (sadly!).  And yes, she would
really conduct the orchestra of Death Eaters' - no other possibility! :)


FILCH AND CROUCH:

Maria Kirilenko suggests that Filch and Crouch are related.

***Koticzka suggests more:
>From GoF, Ch. 8, the Quidditch World Cup:
"Victor Krum was thin, dark and sallow-skinned, with a large curved nose and
thick black eyebrows..."

Has anyone seen anybody thin and sallow-skinned around Hogwarts? Not tanned
and exposed to the sun like Quidditch players?  Not a very social person,
either, hidden down in the dungeons?

TIME TRAVEL:

(bringing Koticzka another headache of the day...)

***Koticzka comments: Not that I do not like TT theme but those loops and
explanations and so on... Fascinating but tiring.  Anyway, Hermione mentions
that wizards meet themselves and that it already
happened, that they killed their future selves. It is not canon that the
Time Turner works forward. When I get back to the past, and unfortunately
meet myself, Me-In-The-Past spotting Me-Time-Traveler can kill
Me-Time-Traveler which means 'future self'. It is a question of attitude. Or
point of view.  Literally: what is future, what is past?  It reminds me of
"Twelve Monkeys" (not sure of the original title) with Bruce Willis...

And speaking of movies, anyone for "Matrix Reloaded" with  a new cast...
starring S. Snape? ; )  I am impressed... yummy!

Koticzka
How can you hurt a man who has nothing?
Give him something broken.

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