Laughing All the Way to the Bank

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 175801

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

Potioncat;
> Whatever might be said of her, JKR does have a sense of humour. There 
> are some very funny lines in the books. Sometimes there are scenes or 
> lines that could be (maybe) JKR teasing her fans; an "I know what 
> you're saying," sort of joke. For example, at some point in DH, LV 
> makes a comment about DD controlling Harry's strings (does anyone 
> recall that scene, or have I made it up?)

Geoff:
No, you haven't. The relevant canon is:

'Voldemort hissed.
"Potter doesn't mean that," he said, his red eyes wide. "That isn't how he 
works, is it? Who are you going to use as a shield today, Potter?"
"Nobody," said Harry simply. "There are no more Horcruxes. It's just you 
and me. Neither can live while the other survives and one of us is about
to leave for good..."
"One of us?" jeered Voldemort and his whole body was taut and his red 
eyes stared, a snake that was about to strike. "You think it will be you, 
do you, the boy who has survived by accident and because Dumbledore 
was pulling the strings?"'

(DH "The Flaw in the Plan" p.591 UK edition)

Geoff
as ever, the nice old uncle finding juicy bits of canon