Theories and Musings

[Michelle]

No: HPFGUIDX 134023

First, let me say I had to wait SIX whole days before getting my 
hands on a copy ... I currently live on a US Army post in the middle 
of the Pacific Ocean.  Once I got it though, it didn't take me long 
to be amazed.

I found HBP to be more witty than the rest of the books, thus far.  
There were lines that just cracked me up.  Overall, I am incredibly 
impressed, once again, that such a story could come from one mind.  
And now on to some points to ponder ...

I was initially shocked with the Unbreakable Vow, but then reasoned 
that Snape had to do it, or he would have appeared more guilty to 
Bellatrix.  Snape had to have known that Bellatrix did not trust 
him, as he had been at Hogwarts with DD for so long, therefore, must 
have expected something like the Unbreakable Vow to come up at some 
point.  If Snape really is a good guy (having a hard time believing 
it right now), then he and DD would have discussed a appropriate 
course of action.  The UV makes sense.

May seem like a small point but ... DD didn't make Harry a prefect 
in OotP because (forgive me if I misquote, I am at work, without 
books) Harry had "enough to be getting on with".  So why would he 
give him the Gryffindor Quidditch team captaincy?  Isn't that just 
as much, if not more, work for Harry than being a prefect?  

I was REALLY glad to see Harry and Ginny get together and I LOVED 
the line that followed the initial kiss ... regarding time ... 
(again, please forgive me) "...few moments ... couple of hours ... 
several sunlit days...".  And seeking Ron's approval was a classy 
thing to do, even for a 16 year old as old as Harry.  (Sounds like a 
bizarre sentence, but think about it ...)  I was sad when Harry  
ended it, but I have faith they will get back together.

I knew Draco wasn't as big a man as he said he was.  I initially 
thought his mission was to somehow free his father from prison.  I 
really didn't see him trying to kill DD.  That caught me by 
surprise.  But, looking back, everything he had said/done pointed to 
something quite drastic.

I feel completely betrayed by Snape.  HOW COULD HE?  After all that 
DD had done for him.  I am hoping against all odds that it wasn't 
really Snape.  That it was Bellatrix using Polyjuice Potion.  I know 
it is incredibly unlikely, but like DD, I want to see the best in 
Snape ... the slimey git.  Of course, the big hole in my theory 
is ... if Bellatrix was using Polyjuice Potion, where was Snape?  

I read someone else's post that suggested perhaps R.A.B. was Regulus 
Black.  I had the same thought.  I looked through OotP and couldn't 
find his middle name mentioned anywhere, when Harry and Sirius were 
looking at the Black Family tree.  

Harry not going back to Hogwarts?  I have a tough time believing 
he's done with school for good.  And he doesn't have to stay with 
the Dursley's very long ... DD told him that when he picked him up 
at the beginning of HBP.  So back to the Burrow for Bill and Fleur's 
wedding (poor Bill) and maybe Tonks and Lupin's as well (wouldn't 
that be wonderful?) and then off to Godric's Hollow and the search 
for the rest of the Horcruxes (what a GREAT word), but leaving 
school for good?  Can't be possible.  Ron and Hermione have to be 
Head Boy/Girl(friend) and Gryffindor needs their Seeker.  

Another 2 years before #7?  I will be at my local bookstore and not 
in the middle of the ocean, I can't possibly wait 6 days again!

Thank you for tolerating my musings, I couldn't read everyone's 
posts before posting ... there are so many!!  Off to start reading 
some more ... maybe HBP, maybe some posts ...

Michelle, a lurker for the past few years ... :)