How important is the right sluggish memory?

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 142346


> Valky:
> The prescence of the trio in
> the D.O.M working behind the scenes to protect the D.A. would 
> explain some gaps in the account of the battle.
> > 
> 
> Lucianam: 
> 
> This is so intriguing I had to come back to this thread! I've been 
> re-reading the D.O.M. battle again and it's amazing, really amazing 
> how the craziest possibilities spring to mind, if you read the 
> sequence of actions very carefully.
> 
> I say crazy possibilities because, well, I saw possible evidence for 
> Hermione and/or Tonks being killed, for example!

Valky:
LOL I have to agree there Lucianam, a careful reread reveals more than
anything, innumerable possibilities. And the near misses are just
something else altogether aren't they! 

You wrote:
> [Hermione's] 'fiery 
> crosses' have faded. Isn'it a bit creepy? It reminded me of Harry's 
> Body-Bind being lifted (in HBP) when Dumbeledore was AK'ed. 

Valky:
Interesting point. I wonder can we say there that Hermione really
died, or just very nearly, and was brought back from or stopped at the
brink. I personally get an image of one TimeTurned party in the DOM
doing the kind of patch-up healing that Snape did on Katie Bell in
HBP. Just enough healing to keep that person alive until they can get
more sophisticated care, a kind of Time-Turned Medic on the
battlefield who has ability to slow down or just halt at a point
Hermione's impending death, revive Ginny and stabilise Ron's
frightening plight with the injuries he sustained and was still
sustaining. To be honest, didn't we all find it barely believable that
everyone survived the D.O.M. battle? It certainly wouldn't harm the
logic to insert a subplot which explains how they survived.


You also wrote:
> For example:
> In message #142255 I went on about how Tonks could have been killed 
> by a 'jet of green light' in the Death Room. And well, she could 
> have! How would one wriggle out of that tight hole, seeing that 
> Tonks has been seen walking and talking since? See loopholes above. 
> I personally favor the Metamorphamagus option, as a homage to Tonks.

Valky:
I am impressed with your creative thinking here and I do expect the
Metamorphmagii concept to come back into play at some stage. I can't
entirely rationalise a dead Tonks in the D.O.M. maybe because I would
be in denial of that if it did happen ;D I really do like Tonks. 
OTOH I can vaguely imagine metamorphosis magic happening during the
battle as long as a second metamorphmagii was present other than Tonks
because Polyjuice must be past it's expiry date by now, and besides it
could really be impractical to have it suddenly used in the midst of a
heated battle. (maybe it's time to dust off that old
Metamorphmagi!Harry theory <g>)

Valky
Grinning at the possibilities!