Tapestry!!!

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 169964

---  dracojadon at ... wrote:
>
> shmantzel wrote:
> 
> > ... reading .. about the tapestry ...with its 
> > Permanent Sticking Charm.
> > <snip>
> > Maybe the fact that the tapestry couldn't be 
> > removed was to show Sirius that he can't purge 
> > everything from the house, but maybe this is
> > another plot device.
> >
> > What ... if the Permanent Sticking Charm was taken
> > off and we could look behind the tapestry? A wall? 
> > or maybe something else?

> jadon:
> 
> Ah! The Secret Cache of Horcruxes Cunningly 
> Transfigured Into a Wall Theory?
> 
> I think the tapestry's fulfilled most of it's plot
> expectations --... it's already pointed out the state
> of wizarding genetics as one big orgiastic soup.
> 
> I bet a permanent sticking charm _can_ be taken off,
> though. After all, an Unbreakable Vow can be broken.
> 
> jadon
>

bboyminn:

As usual, I'm off on my own tangents here.

First to Sirius's purge of the House; I think this
was a mistake. In his momentary anger, he made an
emotional decision that none of the artifacts 
mattered. He hated the history of his family. But
here is the thing, today is tomorrows history. He
and Harry have the opportunity to make future
Black Family History mean something positive. They
had the potential opportunity to give great postive
weight to those many symbols of the Black Family.

I think in time, had things worked out better for 
Sirius and Harry, they both would have regretted 
trashing all those family artifacts. I think as
things are, Harry will deeply regret not having 
them around because to him they don't represent
the negative history of the family, they 
represent Sirius. 

I think this was driven home to Harry very clearly 
when Mundungus started nicking the Family treasures. 
If they meant nothing to Harry, if they symbolized
nothing to him, he wouldn't have cared, but he did
care, and cared very much, because the loss of 
those family treasure was a further loss of Sirius.

I have speculated that part of the next book will
about Harry enlisting the help of Mundungus and 
Kreacher to return all the Black Family artifacts
that they can possibly recover. This represent
punishment and redemption for Mundungus, and it
represent the return of object that Kreacher holds
in great reverence. I think this will ingraciate Harry
to Kreacher and soften their relationship. When
Kreacher sees that Harry respects and values the 
Black Family through the family artifacts, Kreacher's
respect for Harry will grow. 

Why all this, well, to get the Locket back of course.
All that I have suggested will be a secondary benefit
to reclaiming the artifacts.

Next, the Horcrux task seems of massively impossible,
that I have to wonder if in the end, they will actually
matter? Of course, they DO matter, but since the task 
is so impossible, I have to wonder if there isn't some
other way to defeat Voldemort that Harry will find. 
Something very unexpected and very accidental I suspect,
but still, we don't even know what one of the Horcruxes 
is, that makes it very difficult to find. Many of us
suspect Dumbledore was wrong about Nagini being the
last external Horcrux. Again, the task seems so 
impossible that I can't help thinking in the end,
eliminating all the Horcruxes won't matter. 

As to the Tapestry, sorry but I think it is just what
it is. No secret passageways concealed behind. Still
that would be a nice twist to the plot. Maybe the 
cover of the UK edition shows the Trio stumbling
into the Black Family Treasure Vault hidden under
the house and accessed by a secret passageway 
hidden behind the tapestry. Like I said, I don't think
so, but really, it is an intriguing thought.

Steve/bboyminn