PoA Ch 10 Post DH look

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 181459

Ummm, the previous part was actaully chapters 7-9, NOT 8-10, SORRY.



"...and Ginny Weasley, blushing furiously, turned up with a "get 
well" card she had made herself, which sang shrilly unless Harry 
kept it shut under his bowl of fruit" - p.137


Alla:

Wow, this card is cool indeed. Go Ginny :-)




"Lupin made a sudden motion with his arm as though he had made to 
grip Harry's shoulder, but thought better of it" - p.140

Alla:

Boy, do I love JKR's writing sometimes or what? This quote to me 
sums up one of the main reasons why I want to shake Remus so badly 
sometimes. It is clear to me that he does feel for Harry, yes? So 
why did he not write to him ONCE while the kid was little? I would 
not put it past Dumbledore to forbid visitors, but would even 
Dumbledore being able to forbid letters?

May have made tons of difference for Harry to have a friend, even if 
pen pal friend if you ask me. But yeah, I know - no story.

And here we have this quote - allow yourself to FEEL Remus, world is 
not going to bite you, sigh.


"What else, m'dear, but Sirius Black? I daresay you heard what 
happened up at the school at Hallowee'en?"
"I did hear a rumour," admitted Madam Rosmerta.
"Did you tell the whole pub, Hagrid?" said Professor Mcgonagall 
exasperatedly" - p.151


Alla:

Yeah, okay I guess Hagrid cannot keep a secret after all and 
everybody knows that :-)


"They're in fury against Dumbledore - he won't let them inside the 
castle grounds" p.151

Alla:

Still confused. How can he stop them and be absolutely sure that 
they will obey? Besides Patronus I mean.


"James Potter told Dumbledore that Black would die rather than tell 
where they were, that Black was planning to go into hiding 
himself... and yet.,

Dumbledore remained worried. I remember him offering to be Potters' 
Secret Keeper instead" - p.153

Alla:

Nothing especially new, just me getting angry at Dumbledore every 
time I read this quote. Yes, yes, I know Dumbledore thought Sirius 
betrayed them. Would be nice if he spared one extra thought to 
James' words and double checked if you ask me.



"He did indeed. Black was tired of his double agent role, he was 
ready to declare his support openly for You-Know-Who, and he seems 
to have planned this for the moment of the Potters' death" - p.153


Alla:

Here is what I do not get at all. Okay if Fudge talks about Sirius 
supposedly killing thirteen muggles, killing Peter, etc, I can 
understand that. After all this is what is supposedly happened per 
witnesses, those are facts at that point in time.

How the heck does he know that Sirius was tired of his double agent 
role if Sirius gave no testimony whatsoever and the only resemblance 
of the hearing was Dumbledore testifying and giving "evidence" that 
Sirius was the secret keeper?

Is Fudge just making things up on the spot? Another rumor out of 
nowhere?

Please do not tell me that somebody indeed used legilimency on 
Sirius and told the falsehoods.

"... and Pettigrew received the Order of Merlin, First Class, which 
I think was some comfort to his poor mother" - p.155

Alla:

I wonder what happened to this poor woman indeed.


"You know, most of the prisoners in there sit muttering to 
themselves in the dark, there's no sense in them... but I was 
shocked at how normal Black seemed" - p.155


Alla:

Yeah, Azkaban is not good for most people indeed.