Re: CHAPDISC3: HBP 3, WILL AND WON’T

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 142629

>Ravenclaw Bookworm wrote:
 

> snip that someone found 
> Sirius's will (identifying the first part of the chapter title). 
> 
> Dumbledore conjures Kreacher who appears, repeating "Kreacher 
> won't..." (the second half of the chapter title). 

Potioncat:
Oh, very good, I didn't pick up on that! There are also several 
places in the chapter where someone will or won't do something. In 
fact it starts out with Harry waiting to see if DD will come or won't 
come. 

For the first time ever in any book, I read the names of the chapters 
before I started the book. That led to all sorts of mistaken ideas on 
what was to come. So I thought I was ready after Snape's three "I 
Will" statement for "Will and Won't" to have some connection. We do 
end up with two individuals (Snape and Kreacher) having to obey when 
they would rather not. (At least IMHO.) 

Ravenclaw Bookworm: 
> Q2:  How does knowing that Scrimgeour was the Head Auror change 
your 
> interpretation of earlier events as they had unfolded in OotP?

Potioncat:
I hadn't given it a thought until you asked. But that means he was 
sending Aurors at Umbridge's request to shoot at Hargrid and Minerva. 
Not good, not good at all. He's in charge now and Umbridge is still 
there, although he must know how she mis-directed the Aurors under 
her authority.

> 
> Q4:  Is Mrs. Longbottom one of those who "seem reassured" by the 
new 
> security measures?  What do you think she said that is hidden from 
> us?

Potioncat:
I don't think anything was hidden, but rather that JKR revealed the 
part we needed to know. Mrs. Longbottom has been a stalwart supporter 
of DD throughout the books.
> 
> Q5:  Do these measures seem reasonable?

Potioncat:
No, they're like some of the absolutely horrible advice that is out 
there in the RW now. 



> 
> Q12:  Harry does not give Kreacher any orders about discussing the 
> Order.  Was this an error by Harry and Dumbledore?  Or do Sirius's 
> orders to Kreacher still apply?

Potioncat:
Never mind that! Am I the only one who went "Ewww" at the thought of 
Kreacher in the Hogwarts kitchens? If I were Harry, I'd be owling for 
take out.
 
Very good summary and questions! I'll post on the others as soon as I 
get back to my regular computer.