Bragging Rights answer key, chekhov's guns, spoiler report, etc

[sdeepthi]

No: HPFGUIDX 172544

random832:
>
> CHEKHOV'S GUNS
> - Lily's/Harry's eyes
> Nothing on this so far as far as I know
>

Deepthi:
The eyes are significant only in the fact that Harry's eyes are
exactly like Lily's. Just before he dies, Snape says to Harry "Look at
me". And in chapter 33(page 678 of the US edition), Dumbledore tells
Snape "He has her eyes, precisely her eyes. You remember the shape and
color of Lily Evans's eyes, I am sure?"
I don't think it could be made clearer than that.

random832:
> - Dudley's reaction to dementers
> I think this was touched on, as to him having matured some.
>

Deepthi:
Yes, but wasn't the original question about what Dudley's worst memory
was? since dementors force you to relive that?

random832:
> - Dumbledore's gleam of triumph
> We see a lot of Dumbledore's past that I don't think any of us
> anticipated
>

Deepthi:
True. DH makes it more likely the Dumbledore planned a lot more things
than has been revealed. It is still possible that the gleam of truimph
was nothing but Dumbledore anticipating the effect of Lily's blood
when LV next tries an AK on Harry.

random832:
>
> - Pettigrew -- silver hand, life debt
> Nothing. We don't even get anything else on life debts generally
>

Deepthi:
Pettigrew was unable to strangle Harry, and the silver hand turned and
strangled him instead. It is because of the life debt that Pettigrew
relaxed his hold on Harry's throat, though Harry needed to remind him
of it.

random832:
> - Occlumency & legilimency
> Not so much.

Deepthi:
In the Prince's tale, when Dumbledore is telling Snape what to tell
Harry (page 686), he _closes_ his eyes, and he tells an actual lie. He
says ".... a fragment of Voldemort's soul was blasted apart from the
/whole/..." (emphasis mine). It looked like he was avoiding Snape's
fabled powers as a Legilimens. He opens his eyes only after he
finishes talking about what Harry must do, and that Harry must die.

random832:
> - DD's visions drinking the potion.
> I think that what we've learned about his past might go towards
> explaining this, but I'd have to reread HBP to be sure.
>

Deepthi:
At least Harry thinks that he was reliving the duel with Grindelwald
where Ariana dies, and Aberforth is subjected to Cruciatus. (page
567-8)

random832:
>  >   36. Werewolves, including Fenrir Grayback and Lupin
> I don't remember any big showdown between them, but by then it was
> late in the morning, did I miss anything
>

Deepthi:
There wasn't. We actually don't know how Lupin died, Jo didn't say.

Random832:
>   45. Will Pettigrew repay his life debt by turning against LV and
> helping Harry ?
> Nope.
>

Deepthi:
He didn't help Harry _against_ LV, but he couldn't kill Harry either, so it did help.