Alice's resistance

[Steven Spencer]

No: HPFGUIDX 109892

Aggie wrote:

> Terpnurse:
>>>> We know the French resistance cells during WWII relied heavily on 
>>>> coded messages and ingenious ways of communicating those messages. 
>>>> Could the gum wrappers be analogous to some of their 
>>>> methods?>>>>>>>>
>
> Aggie:
> When I first read this I wondered WHY they would need to pass 
> information in this manner.  But then I got thinking (*always* a bad 
> sign!!) and thought specifically about Alice and Frank.  They are 
> trapped in their own minds and in the locked ward in St Mungo's, what 
> if they (or at least Alice) feels that there is a dangerous element in 
> said ward.  Perhaps she thinks that one of the members of staff is 
> trying to keep them from recovering!  That they are kept in a state of 
> 'insaneness' to stop them spilling the beans about something they 
> know.  Perhaps it's someone using the imperius curse and Alice is, at 
> last, fighting it.  We *know* that Bode died there, what if this 
> wasn't an accident?  She may be using the wrappers as a means of 
> 'resistance' communication, we don't know as Neville just puts it in 
> his pocket and doesn't read them!!!
>
> Cuckoos? I think one's just flown over my nest!!


Terpnurse:
Oh my lord I just thought of something! Earlier, Kneasy said:

"What does Droobles do? It produces bubbles, spheres that remain stable
for days. Spheres? What sort of clue is that? Where can we find spheres?
In the Ministry, in the Dept. of Mysteries, of course."

Combined with what you just wrote, it occurs to me that there's another 
type of sphere that Alice would likely be more aware of in her present 
state. The light globes at St. Mungo's! JKR went into a bit of detail 
describing those lights, twice! During both of Harry's visits to the 
hospital. And you're absolutely right about Bode. He was on the same 
ward as the Longbottoms, and presumably shared a nurse or healer with 
them. Didn't Hermione even remark that someone at the hospital 
should've recognized the plant for what it was? Perhaps the spheres 
that Alice is possibly warning Neville about are those lights. Maybe 
some sort of spy device, like a crystal ball? Or perhaps there's 
something else inimical about them?