[HPforGrownups] Re: Minerva and Tom: 6 theories

[Peggy Wilkins]

No: HPFGUIDX 153938

On 6/16/06, CoMtnLady <comtnlady at yahoo.com> wrote:

CoMtnLady:
> There is a bit of a flaw in assuming that Minerva doesn't have
> memories or information that is important.
>
> We just haven't been made privvy to much of what she knows thus
> far.
>
> For example:  We know for sure something traumatic happened to her
> when the Chamber was opened when Tom was in school.
> "Stiff upper lip" McGonagall sniffles (indicating crying/emotional
> reaction) when Harry and Ron cover their behinds about being out when
> they weren't supposed to be, by saying they are trying to sneak up to
> see petrified Hermione.  This is not normal McGonagall behavior, it
> indicates something terrible happening to a friend is something that
> touches her.  This hints that something happened to her then.

Peggy W:
I didn't interpret this to mean something happened to her (though I
suppose something might have)... I read it as simply part of her
characterization: that she is sensitive and caring at heart, something
that she doesn't show under ordinary circumstances, but that comes out
in difficult times.  I found it endearing.

I do like your assessment that "we just haven't been made privvy," though.

-- 
Peggy Wilkins
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