The opening chapter of book six

[Brenda M.]

No: HPFGUIDX 121385


> Antosha:
> 
> Think about it from the point of view of PS/SS: We see a scene in 
which a young couple is 
> at home, at peace, when suddenly Senor Psychopath shows up and all 
hell breaks loose. 
> We see the couple die, and LV tries to kill the baby... but fails, 
and is (apparently) destroyed. Then little 
> Harry is picked up by the Jolly Green Giant....
> And wakes up in his cupboard ten years later, dreaming of flashes 
of green light and flying 
> on a motorcycle. Perfect. Not as good a first chapter for PS/SS as 
the one she wrote, and 
> one that would have given away far too much, but very serviceable. 
> 
> PoA? We'd get the same scene, only now Harry knows what he's 
watching, and we get the 
> (misdirected) introduction of Sirius-as-Secret-Keeper. Again, it 
gives away too much, but it works.
> 
> OotP? Well, given that Harry has just survived the resurrection of 
LV, it makes perfect 
> sense that he might have a dream/vision of the old dude's 
destruction. <snip> but it might also have made for one too many 
flashbacks in a single 
> volume, even one as massive as OotP.


Brenda:

Whooot! Feeling gooood to be back!

I very much agree with what you wrote. I do think we will finally get 
a glimpse of what happened 15 years ago @ Godric's Hallow.

What I can't predict though, is how much of that event we will be 
allowed to see in the first chapter. Especially if there are alot of 
colour-revealing going on. After all, we don't know who were present 
at GH that night. If some juicy drama happened (more than we 
expected), then IMO it is unlikely we will see the whole picture.

Another thing I am curious about, is the writing style of this 
chapter. Whose point of view will it be written from, and how will 
this event be introduced? Dream is always an easy route, but it was 
used twice, in PS/SS and GoF. Will Harry go under some sort of memory-
retrival session? If the event is told from a 3rd person's 
perspective, how would this information get transferred to Harry?

Hmm, I wonder, if Harry stares at his parents' photo long enough, 
would that elicit any form of response on Voldemort's part?

As for the connection of Godric's Hallow to HBP... I have no idea, 
since I'm not too sure who HBP would be (and not too eager to guess, 
to be honest... no need to ruin the surprise! ;) The name "Godric" is 
very curious though. Perhaps HBP is Godric Gryffindor, he has magical 
item or a portrait in GH, and his voice was speaking! All the while 
protecting lil' baby Harry!

Gosh I really need sleep.

Brenda