[HPforGrownups] Re: The Death Chamber

[Iggy McSnurd]

No: HPFGUIDX 81675

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> Annemehr:
> Yes, but I'm sure she didn't read about anything in the DoM in a book,
> so if she "understood" somewhat, could it be because she *sensed*
> something?  I would call that being affected, although in a different
> way to the other four.  I think she reacted too quickly for it to be
> because she saw how it affected the others.

Hermione has, IMHO, an analytical enough mind to figgure out what the room
is probably for... or at least get some inkling.  Not all of her
understanding and such comes solely from books and teachers.  (That would be
discrediting her mind...)

There's also a diference between having an insight / sensing what the
purpose of a room or item is, and actually being affected by a particular
item in the room.

In addition, Hermione and Ron could have been affected by it, but to such a
small degree as to shrug it off.  (Much like the difference between putting
the tip of your tongue briefly to the contacts of a 9v battery, and hooking
your tonghue up to your car battery with jumper cables.)

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> Iggy:
> > As for why those four were affected, It was for the same reason they
> could
> > see the Thestrals... they has seen death.
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> Annemehr:
> But Ginny was entranced yet could not see the thestrals.
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Good point, and my goof.

The only other thing I can think of is that Ginny had been posessed by the
spirit of Tom Riddle in Cos, and that posession had probably left some long
lasting marks.  (Tom Riddle had seen deaths even before he imprinted himself
on the diary.  As a residue of that, Ginny may have the sense of having seen
death, but since it was a posession memory, she won't understand it tnough
to actually see the Thestrals.  At least... not yet.)

Just a thought.

Iggy McSnurd
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