Cedric's Death

[sophierom]

No: HPFGUIDX 91254

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bluesqueak" <pipdowns at e...> 
wrote:
> Oogems wrote:
> 
> > Why didn't Tommy instruct Malfoy to raise some questions 
> > publicly?  That seemed a perfect way to get Harry out from under 
> > Albus's control.  Did Tommy's affair with the prophecy, blind 
him 
> > to a better way to remove Harry from Hogwart's?  Even if Albus 
hid 
> > Harry, removing him from Hogwart's and the WW would still would 
> > have been a success.
> > 
 
Pip!Squeak responds:
 
> Priori Incantantum.
> 
> If Tom Riddle had instructed Malfoy to raise questions, the first 
> question asked would probably be 'could I have your wand, Harry'. 
> Then a quick check would prove that it wasn't Harry's wand that 
cast 
> the AK. End of case. 
> 

Sophierom:  

I think Pip!Squeak makes a good point about why Harry couldn't be 
framed for Cedric's death. 

But I also think that Oogems has a good point: LV's actions in OOtP 
don't make sense. Well, of course they don't make sense (he's the 
villain), but what I mean is that they don't make sense in the 
context of the story arc.  This is only book 5 of the series.  Yet, 
at the end of OotP, LV is on the run; he looks down and out!  I 
would think that he should be stronger at this point, or at least 
strong enough to be in a deadlock with the Order.  But it seems that 
the Order now has the upper hand: they've regained control of the 
Ministry (and thus the Daily Prophet, mouthpiece to the people?); 
Harry is now more informed about his role in this whole affair, and 
so he's less likely to make a risky move like the one he pulled in 
OotP; and while the Order suffered a saddening loss with the death 
of Sirius, Sirius wasn't as instrumental in the order as say 
Dumbledore, Snape, or even Arthur, as all the latter had more active 
roles in fighting LV.  

This all makes me think that Book 6 will take a wild turn, that by 
the end of Book 6, the fortunes of the Order will be almost 
completely reversed. Perhaps Dumbledore will die and/or LV will 
stage some horrific scene of destruction which will make the 
majority of the WW too frightened to act against him.  Otherwise, I 
just don't see how Book 7 can have enough tension in the plot.  

But hey, I'm certainly no genius at plotting stories, and JKR is 
brilliant at it, so what do I know? But to bring my long winded 
response full circle, I guess I say all this to agree with Oogems: 
the plot of OotP seemed off balance, at least compared to the 
previous books. Maybe there are just too many unanswered questions 
at this point and the plot will fare better once seen as Book 5 of 7 
instead of Book 5 of 5.  What do you all think?

Sophierom