[HPforGrownups] The Joke's on Me

[elfundeb]

No: HPFGUIDX 175396

On 8/7/07, potioncat <willsonkmom at msn.com> wrote: Did anyone outsmart
themselves in DH? The time you knew at once what
was going on and what was about to happen…. But to your surprise, it
didn't? Not a disappointing moment, but a groaner moment that made
you laugh at yourself. Maybe even a place where you half suspected
JKR had just pulled one over on you.

Then here's the place to confess it.

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Debbie:
Hehehe, I've been meaning to make my confession for some time now.

My moment was the self-executing spell Harry's wand cast to evade Voldemort
during the escape from Privet Drive, with Voldemort.  I was 100% certain
that Snape had manipulated Harry's wand to cast the spell -- so certain that
I ceased at that moment to have any further doubts about Snape's loyalty.

Then, reading The Princie's Tale, when I began to read Snape's memory of the
same event, I was even more certain that the wonky wand action would be
explained . . . and it wasn't.  It wasn't even mentioned, only George and
his ear.  I was so convinced, though, that I didn't give up on my version of
events even then.  And when the explanation of the self-executing spell was
given, I decided that I liked my version better.  The official version gives
me visions of renegade wands out there meting out rough justice in the Old
West.  And, really, the only purpose of that spell was to set Voldemort off
on a quest for the Elder Wand; it didn't really matter whether he'd
correctly guessed the reason why.  Or us, for that matter, since it didn't
really help (at least it didn't help me) to understand the intricacies of
the Elder Wand's loyalties.

Debbie
right about Snape, but for the wrong reason


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