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[dungrollin]

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> > Dungrollin:
> > 
> > It looks to me as though we're looking up, and the trio have just 
> > fallen through a hole in the ceiling  
> 
> Talisman:
> 
> Hey Dung.  
> 
> Based on Ron and Hermione especially, and the way stuff in the 
> foreground seems to be flying up, it seems to me that they are 
being 
> sucked backward...er...through the rear orifice.
> 

Dung:
Saluté Talisman.
Good point. However, if it's only a fall of a few feet from the 
orifice (I don't think you can really tell) you wouldn't expect too 
much wind <g>. And if they were being sucked backwards, their hair 
would also be flying backwards from their faces.

Talisman:
> The picture looks a bit too dynamic to interpret them as just 
leaning 
> in; they are all in motion and no one seems in control of their 
> posture.
> 
> Coins do seem to be flying up, where no one has yet impacted--
though 
> that could be avalanche effect, I suppose. 
> 

Dung:
I think Ron's hair is the major problem here, but he looks to me as 
though he's trying to get a purchase with his feet, and if he's just 
plunged his right leg into the treasure (not clear), his head may 
have stayed more or less motionless (or moved backwards a bit) while 
his hair was still succumbing to gravity.

Alternatively, there was a big pile of treasure with a Horsecrutch on 
top, and in their eagerness to retrieve it they didn't check for 
traps and the whole then fell through a hole in the floor.

Oh, the possibilities...

Talisman:
> I'm not saying that *falling through* isn't more sensible than 
being 
> *sucked out* (though some vacuum action could be an ancient 
> protection against tomb-raiders) I'm just saying I've got issues 
with 
> that hair... ==:)
> 
> Talisman
>

Dung:
I reckon they'd all been bending over to look through the hole 
(consistent with the hair), and then Kreacher (consistent with no tea-
cosy) took a running leap onto Harry's back shrieking war cries and 
sent him toppling in, and RoMione fell in trying to grab him before 
he fell.

That could be fun. Particularly if we hypothesise that it's Bella's 
stash, and Kreacher is not there to help...

What about that cute little dragon, eh? Anyone we know from WW 
history got a reason to have a dragon hat? A Malfoy antecedent? 
Poppy "dragonslayer" Pomfrey..? 

Dung