[HPforGrownups] Thank You (Re: Dumbledore in book 7)

[Jeremiah LaFleur]

No: HPFGUIDX 164921

jeremiah:
> but i do have one question... we see Snape and DD takeing memories
out and putting them back into their heads. What would happen if you
placed someone else's memory into your own head? Hmm... Anyhoo.. That
may be a way to dispense with the Pensive.

Carol:
We've seen that already, remember? Tom Riddle killed the Riddles and
Hepzibah Smith and then placed the memories of those murders in the
heads of the people he framed, Morfin Gaunt and Hokey the house-elf.
Safely to use the Pensieve and not mistake someone else's memories for
your own! Besides, Harry needs to learn how to remove a memory from
his own head, much less someone else's head (imagine what might happen
if he botched the job and got the wrong memory!) before he can explore
it--unless it's already safely bottled--and the only safe way to
objectively explore a memory is a Pensieve. If you could see your own
memories clearly, fully, and objectively without removing them and
placing them in a Pensieve (a pun on pensive + thoughtful and sieve =
sift), there would be no need for a Pensieve.

Carol, noting that Hermione's Ancient Runes studies are another
Chekhov's gun that hasn't been fired and hoping she'll decipher or
translate the runes around the edge of DD's Pensieve
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Jeremiah:

I don't remember if Tom Riddle places memories into other people's heads so
i'll have to re-read that section... I'm sure you're right, though.

I never even though for a second about Herione reading the runes on the edge
of the pensive. Way to go on the observaiton. I'm sure it will have clues
how to use the thing... Like a "User Manual" for wizards. Probably a warning
or two. I can see it now: Harry goes in and doesn't know how to get out,
Hermione is there and does something to get them all out and when Harry asks
how she did it she'll put on the "Are you just plain stupid" attitude she
gets and say seomthing like, "I read the instructions on the edge of the
bowl. (sighs) You do remember that I have Anciet Runes as a class, don't
you?" and then Ron will say something like, "I hate it when she does that."

Hogwarts is full of resources from people (living and dead) to objects to
memories. it would be impossible to list everything that could be used as a
resource to Harry and the rest of the gang.


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