[HPforGrownups] Re: Laughing All the Way to the Bank

[Christine Maupin]

No: HPFGUIDX 176014

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...

 Carol:
>Favorite comic relief moments that I can recall off the top of my
>head: Ron's response to Hermione's statement that she could run him
>through with a sword and his soul would survive unharmed ("Which would
>be a real comfort to me, I'm sure," 104) and Kreacher's saucepan
>standing in for Mrs. Figg's catfood cans with regard to Mundungus. I
>don't like violence in general, but the comic violence that Mundungus
>suffers, first from a Squib and then from a house-elf, always seems >well-deserved and funny. 
 I too love the Kreacher's "Perhaps just one more, Master Harry, for luck?" and the picture of his "thin arms trembl[ing] with the weight of the pan, still held aloft"  (p. 221).

Carol, another of my favorites is thanks to Snape:

Snape raised his eyebrows and his tone was sardonic as he asked, "Are you intending to let him kill you?"

"Certainly not.  You must kill me."

There was a long silence, broken only by an odd clicking noise.  Fawkes the phoenix was gnawing a bit of cuttlebone.

"Would you like me to do it now?" asked Snape, his voice heavy with irony.  "Or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?"

I can't think of any other Snape one-liner and to see this in the midst of his often tragic backstory and in the midst of this very heavy conversation, complete with comedic timing -- I loved it!

(And, it helps show how far the relationship between Snape and Dumbledore has come -- they obviously are comfortable with each other to be able to banter given the gravity of what they are discussing.)

Christy

       
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