CHP 17 DISCUSSION, II: Education Decree Number Twenty-Four

[Sea Change]

No: HPFGUIDX 97641

 Elisabeth (a_rude_mechanical) queried:

E arm >~Explain to me why the Weasleys never mentioned the Longbottoms 
E arm >to their children? Don't you think that it would have come up at
E arm >some point? Why is this a secret?~~

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Sea Change responds:

At first blush this doesn't seem remarkable, as Molly and Arthur were
overheard by Harry as he was going downstairs to get Ron's rat-tonic.
 In this conversation, they were talking about keeping vital
information from Harry.  So, with their own kids, they may not have
even struggled, and censored automatically.

After the events of that book, they might have told all of their kids
about Sirius, but maybe not.  And, after GoF even Ginny might seem old
enough.  They probably didn't know that DA!Ron & Ginny.  Do you think
if they did, they might have told?

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More Elisabeth:
E arm >~~Now, where have we seen the Vanishing Spell before? Rowling 
E arm >tellsus-Snape keeps using it to clean out Harry's potions.
E arm >Hmmm
.is this coming back? There seems to be a LOT of cleaning
E arm >up and redding out going on in this book, don't you think?
E arm >Symbolism? Or not? What do you think~~

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Sea Change replies:


The cleaning *I* most noticed, probably because JKR set me up for it,
was the effects of the hats and scarves Hermione was leaving all
behind.  Elf-magic seems to be different from human magic, so perhaps
the cleaning up here is one which must be done by elf-elbow-grease or
at least require a physical presence.  

I, like many listies, wonder canonlessly about where Evansesco'd stuff
goes.

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     Elisabeth further asks:

E arm >~~Does DD's secret keeping then not extend to the Floo Network?
E arm >If DeeJay had indeed caught Sirius, would she have then found
E arm >Grimmauld Place? I'm confused as to how exactly the Floo
E arm >Network functions and don't understand how anyone could catch
E arm >you just by finding your head.~~

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Sea Change puzzles over this one:

In real life, I can wear a blindfold and actually end up pinning a
tail near the donkey's behind.  Other partiers may make the attempt,
not because they are any more certain to succeed, but because the
reward is high enough.  If Umbridge had caught Sirius, that certainly
would have been the case.  Perhaps the Floo Network isn't so much a
hole in the Fidelius as it is someone spinning you around and pointing
you in the approximately right direction.  There's certainly a lot of
rotation and revolutions happening by anything Floo!


Sea Change, who wonders if 'pulling a rabbit out of a hat' could be
considered a practical use of Floo powder.