CoS chapter 12 - 14 post DH look

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No: HPFGUIDX 181226


>Alla, quoting from CoS. 
 "...And some old witch in Bath had a book that you could
> never stop reading! You just had to wander around with your nose in 
> it, trying to do everything one-handed. And -"
>
Potioncat:
That would be JKR herself, wouldn't it? Or was Jane Austen from Bath?
> 
 
>"...turning the pages, as though it were a story he wanted to 
>finish. ... almost as though Riddle was a friend he'd 
> had when he was very small, and had
> halfforgotten."

Potioncat:
JKR does have a way with words, doesn't she. He'll finish the story 
in the end. As for the half-forgotten friend, I wonder if on that 
fateful Halloween, little Harry got a burst of Riddle memories---
something like a Legilimency session. 
> 
 
> Alla:
> 
> LOLOLOLOL. So did Snape do love potions in his youth?

Potioncat:
Although we do see what obessive love can do ---here it will turn a 
boy-gone-bad around---but if Severus had used a love potion, the 
series would be Harry Snape and the ....

Oh dear, even I don't think that sounds good.

 
> "Depends where you want to go, Harry," he said. "It's never too 
early
> to think about the future, so Id recommend Divination. 

Potioncat:
I love the Divination word plays. This was Percy, wasn't it? I 
remember actually doing a double take as I first read it. In one of 
the books DD says something about "never having taken Divination so 
not able to foresee how important it would be."



> 
> "Because that's what Hermione does," said Ron, shrugging. "When in
> doubt, go to the library." - p.255

Potioncat:
That pretty much sums up my philosophy.