[HPforGrownups] CHPDISC: HBP14, Felix Felicis

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 151832

Potion Cat:

Great summary and questions, potion Cat!  I'm just responding to a couple
questions right now, but will think on the others later.  Snipping the great
summary.

Potion Cat:
9. We don't hear anything about the Snape-McGonagall Quidditch rivalry
anymore. JKR has said she's glad to have written the last Quidditch game.
Did JKR tire of the rivalry too? Do the two professors have more important
things on their minds? Do you miss the rivalry?

Sherry now:

I have to admit feeling gleeful and relieved, when I read JKR's comments
about having written her last Quidditch match.  I'm so tired of quidditch.
It hasn't been interesting since POA.  And it seems almost too frivolous
now, with the war on and people dying.  and there are so many more things I
want to know about in the books, that I'm glad to think the chapters won't
be taken up with quidditch any longer.

I would guess the staff probably feels somewhat the same.  After all, things
are pretty grim in their world right now, and prior friendly rivalry over
their house teams doesn't seem very appropriate now.

Potion Cat:
10. How can Ron really be mad at Hermione for something that happened two
years ago? Is he using Lavender, or does he need/want someone who admires
him?


Sherry:
I think that Ginny's digs at him really got under his skin.  How galling for
a boy to think his little sister is more experienced than he, and how it
must have bothered him, that he was still so innocent.  I think lavender was
available and he went for it, out of anger, out of desire to get that
experience, and out of the need to feel admired.

Potion Cat:
11. We see Hermione with a flock of yellow birds around her head. 
That image is often used to represent innocence or love. Next thing we see,
those birds are attacking Ron, and apparently do some damage. 
What does this tell us about Hermione? Or does it tell us more about love?

sherry:
This is one of my least favorite Hermione scenes.  In fact, I didn't like
her much through the entire book, till the last scene after the funeral.  I
can only put it down to teenager acting like a teenager.  Ron has never
physically attacked Hermione, and her sending the birds after him was pretty
violent, in my opinion.  Birds can really do some damage.

Potion Cat:
14. Felix Felicis wasn't really in the chapter "Felix Felicis." Was Snape's
worst memory really in the chapter with that name? Can you think of other
chapters that may have been written like this?


Sherry:
Wow, that is a fantastic question, and now you've got me pondering!  I've
never really believed that Snape's worst memory, as it's been presented in
OOTP,  can possibly be his worst memory.  I've wondered if one of the other
memories in the Pensieve is really the worst.  Now I want to go through the
chapters to find others in this manner.  I'll be interested to read what
others think.


Potioncat, who would like to thank Penapart_Elf and Carol for suggestions
and encouragement.


sherry
Thanking Potion Cat for such a great chapter discussion.