CoS chapter 12 - 14 post DH look

[Bex]

No: HPFGUIDX 181241

> >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?

Bex: Putting a bit of herself in the books, I see. I did enjoy the
occasional bits in the series where common Muggle Phenomena (like
losing your keys, or suddenly remembering something you needed to do
when you got to certain location) were explained as wizard tricks or
charms.

Cos:  
> >"...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
> > half forgotten."
> 
> 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. 

Bex:
I reread that passage several times in my CoS reread last week. I
always thought it was the soul bit kicking in a little - reacting to
the name, or just being attracted to the diary. I've always wondered
what the horcruxes would do if put together - I wonder if they would
act like magnets, holding to each other.

  
> > 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.

Bex:
Me neither. Anyway, I expect Snape was the "go to" person for love
potions in his later Hogwarts years - his friends looking for hangover
rememdies, and the occasional contraception potion around the holiday
ball festivities as well. He was probably kept in demand.

Cos:  
> > "Depends where you want to go, Harry," he said. "It's never too 
> early
> > to think about the future, so I'd 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."
> 
Bex:
Yep, Percy all right. And we got a hint of what Hermione was up to in
PoA here as well - she signed up for "everything." Woinder what
electives Percy took - he supposedly got a barn full of owls just the
summer before.

Bex