CHAPDISC: DH5, Fallen Warrior

[Goddlefrood]

No: HPFGUIDX 178030

> Mike wrote a spiffing summary of chapter 5, while 
> posing, inter alia, these questions:

> Part I Questions:
> 1. What did you think of Harry's greeting of
> Andromeda when she came in?

Goddlefrood:

In the circumstances of his arrival the greeting was
understandable. In the light in which she stood
Andromeda was almost the twin of her dear sister
Beelatrix and until she was fully lit, iirc, Harry
thought she was she. In light of later events the only
real surprise was that he didn't Crucio her on the
spot ;-)

> 2. The big question: This is the only time we meet
> Andromeda Black Tonks. Was it enough, along with the
> other background we know of her, to label her 
> a "good Slytherin"?

Barely, but along with Horace Slughorn she's about as
good a Slytherin as we were given in the books, Snape
notwithstanding, and my opinion on him is reserved.
There would have been a good deal of satisfaction if
she had done for her sister, had that happened I
apprehend that many an argument would have been made
out for Andromeda being the "really good Slytherin"
and not just a "good Slytherin"

> 3. In your eyes, was this enough grieving for
> Hedwig?

There was no grieving for Hedwig in my eyes, I rarely
get too sentimental over others' animals' demise,
particularly fictional ones.

> Part II Questions:
 
> 7.  How did you like this waiting and wondering
> what's happened to everyone? Did you feel the 
> suspense of the situation or were you annoyed it was
> taking so long? (et sequence)

I thought this sequence was one of the best written
parts of the book. The suspense of the situation was
captured tremendously well I thought. During the
course of the wait, and even before George turned up
with his severed ear to the tune of Steeler's Wheels,
I'd been expecting someone to die. I didn't expect it
to be Mad-Eye though, but rather one of the Weasleys.

> 10. Whimsy Question: Have you got a better joke than
> George's?

None that are suitable for publication on this list,
although there are several I could offer as better.
The one about the Court and the screw driver always
goes down well.

> Part III Questions:

> 14. Did you think the self-spelling wand was going 
> to go somewhere?

Yes, it seemed quite obvious that the wand had acted
on its own without Harry's help. It did go somewhere
too, as we found out later on the reason for the
regurgitation of the spell. Not having the books with
me currently I'll not be the one to expand on this.

> 15. That is, should Harry ever have been trying to 
> shut out theses visions, or had just been told that
> they are usually real visions but that they 
> *could* be fake visions projected by LV for Harry's
> consumption?

It's just as well Harry did not block the visions
otherwise he'd probably still be out there chasing
after the Horcruxes. It was a convenient a far too
convenient IMO, plot device in order to expedite the
Horcrux hunt. As it turned out this was one of the
points of DH with which I was personally dissatisfied.

> 16. Whimsy Question: What was the Thestral *grazing*
> on?

On your liver, washed down with a nice Chianti, slurp,
slurp, slurp, slurp.

Goddlefrood, off to have a nice glass of Chianti sans
liver.




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