Nagini's venom as "mother's milk" (Was: Acromantula Venom)

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 155602

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>

> Carol responds:
> I'm not sure whether you're thinking of my posts, in which I was
> referring to Nagini (whose venom is also an ingredient in the 
potion
> that restores Vapor!mort to a rudimentary body in the first place) 
as
> a surrogate mother to Baby!mort. If so, I was referring to "milk" 
in a
> figurative sense. Wormtail "milks" Nagini (Voldemort's word) to 
remove
> her venom so that he (Wormtail) can feed it to Baby!mort to sustain
> his/its existence as a mother's milk sustains her baby. Very 
creepy,
> horrible parody of motherhood, IMO. 
> 

Allie:

LOL, between my very literal interpretation of everything, my 
incorrect memory of the book, and your last posts, yes, I was 
confused about her use of the word "milk" regarding Nagini.  I'm 
sure she was going for the metaphor.  

 Carol:
>I suspect that having Slughorn "milk"
> the dead Aragog (ugh! no surrogate mother imagery here, I hope) is
> nothing more than a plot device for getting Slughorn to Aragog's
> funeral so that Harry can get the Horcrux memory.
> 
> 

Allie:

I don't think the acromantulas will play a part either, but during 
that scene I specifically wondered, "Now when are we going to see 
that venom again."  I suppose Slughorn might just sell it and buy 
some crystallized pineapple though...