RatSpy/Ch7summary/VeelaGrandma/Crystallized/BlaiseMum/HagridPals/ViktorSnape

[lagattalucianese]

No: HPFGUIDX 146163

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> << Luna presumes he�s been attacked by a Wrackspurt, an invisible
> creature that floats through one�s ear into one�s brain, making 
it 
> all fuzzy. As Luna bats off imagined Wrackspurts,Harry and Neville
> exchange a look and hastily change the subject. >>
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> I dunno why Luna is given the line about Wrackspurts, when they are
> quite obviously real, at least based on my experience.
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La Gatta Lucianese:

My place must be crawling with them. I wonder, is that what the cats 
are staring at when they gaze off into space?
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> << Fleur's grandmother is/was a Veela, that means her mother is half
> Veela >>
> 
> Unless the Veela grandmother is her father's mother instead of her
> mother's mother. 
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La Gatta Lucianese:

Are veela akin to vilias, viljas, and wilis?
> 
> << what in the world crystalized pinneapple is... >>
> 
> I've been assuming it is dried pineapple chunks coated in sugar, 
like
> crystallized ginger. I believe that 'crystallized' is a reference to
> the sugar, like the way sugar forms rock candy.
> 
La Gatta Lucianese:

I don't think it's the same thing as candied pineapple, that 
revolting sticky stuff that grocery stores carry around 
Christmastime, which is a component of fruitcake. I think I've seen 
the crystallized sort in candy stores. It must be cooked in a sugar 
syrup, then allowed to cool. It's covered with a thin sugary coating, 
unlike candied or crystallized ginger, which has sugar crystals all 
over the outside.