CHAPDISC: HBP24, Sectumsempra

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No: HPFGUIDX 161142

Carol:
> 5. What was your initial reaction to Draco crying in the "bathroom"
> (restroom) and to Moaning Myrtle comforting him? Did that reaction
> change on a second reading after you understood what Draco was 
trying
> to do? Why or why not? 

Alla:

I was  I think surprised. It changed sort of in  a sense that I was 
not laughing anymore. as I said I just cumilatively got enough of 
Draco sufferings - I am not sympathetic, but my bloodthirstiness 
towards little shmack is fulfilled ;)

 
> 6.  Were you shocked that Harry would try out Sectumsempra under 
these
> circumstances, especially given the label "For Enemies"? Why or why
> not? What other options, if any, did he have in response to Draco's
> attempted Crucio?

Alla:

No, I was not. That was his last effort to defend himself, he was on 
the floor, he tried two harmless things to defend himself. He fell. 
Only Harry's enemies use Crucio on him, Spell was marked for enemies.

I mean, I would be terribly annoyed with Harry, had he used 
Sectusemptra under any other circumstances, I still think that he 
should not have thinking of trying unknown spell, but if that is 
what came to his mind - that was self defense.

So, I am not shocked, but sure if there are other spells, he should 
have used them, I just cannot think of any.


> 11. Professor McGonagall tells Harry that he could have been 
expelled.
> Why does Snape tell the staff "precisely what happened" yet punish
> Harry only for being "a liar and a cheat"? Why didn't he so much as
> threaten to expel Harry when he could have done so? Are the 
Saturday
> detentions primarily intended to punish Harry by tormenting him 
with
> his father's indiscretions or does this tactic disguise Snape's 
real
> purpose for keeping Harry in his custody every Saturday until the 
end
> of term?

Alla:

I do not believe Snape when he says that he only punished Harry for 
being liar and a cheat, I do not know what it is with him, but I 
suppose he needs to say some proper reasons for his punishments or 
something like that.

And yes, Harry of course deserved punishment, but do I think Snape 
designed the punishment to torment him with Marauder's detentions 
cards?

YES, I absolutely do. I think Snape is always pleased to torment 
Harry, this is no exception.

And again this was a legitimate punishment of course, but that was 
all the more reasons for Snape to come with punishment to cause 
Harry's pain, if nothing else - James and Sirius are dead and Harry 
is forced to read the reminders of their carefree youth.


> 12. Harry apparently feels only anger and resentment as he 
undergoes
> his detention, with no thought of the reasons why Snape assigned 
it.
> What has happened to Harry's horror and remorse? Has he forgotten 
his
> own wrongdoing? What, if anything, might Snape have done to make 
this
> detention (and its sequels) more effective?

Alla:

I know :)

Make him do something **else** besides dealing with Marauders 
detention cards.


Thank you for the questions.

Alla