CoS chapters 6-10, post DH look

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No: HPFGUIDX 181212

Alla quoted:
 Everything Harry had learned last year seemed 
> to have leaked out of his head during the summer. 

Potioncat:
Oh, that reminds me of Snape leaking memories in DH. <sigh>
 
Alla quoting:
> 
> "If we hadn't married Muggles we'd've died out" - p.116> 
>Alla: 
> Not that I really wish to get into that famous introduction about 
> Mudbloods, etc, but did he not meant to say muggle- borns here?

Potioncat:
But to Purebloods, Muggleborn is Muggle. This is the culture Ron 
lives in. His family may be bloodtraitors, but some of the same views 
may exist side by side with less purist ones.

Besides, if a Pureblood marries a Muggle-born, he marries into a 
Muggle family. Ron's kids are (will be) half-bloods.


> 
>Alla quoting: 
> "Dumbledore was giving Harry a searching look. His twinkling light 
> blue gaze made Harry feel as though he were being X-rayed.
> 
> Innocent till proven guilty, Severus," he said firmly" - p.144
> 
Potioncat:
I think that Snape is learning Legilimency and this is a practical 
exercise. He and DD are both Legilimencing Harry's mind. Snape is 
reporting what he sees. Besides, part of the lesson is for Snape to 
remember the limits of what he can do with the information.
> 

Alla quoting Binns:
> "Just because a wizard doesn't use Dark Magic doesn't mean he can't 
> Miss Pennyfeather," snapped Professor Binns." I repeat, if the 
likes of Dumbledore-" - p.152
> 
> 
> Alla:
. Another hint 
> that DD may have used them in the past? Or maybe it refers not only 
> to Dumbledore? Oh, and Miss Pennyfeather? Too funny that.

Potioncat:
It goes along with Minerva's "you're too noble..." and again 
foreshadows Harry's need to choose later whether or not to use Dark 
Magic.

Binns mis-names almost all his students. I've always thought he was 
calling them by earlier students who had similar names. I thought it 
would turn out to mean something, but it never did. I think he called 
Harry "Perkins".