GoF CH 34 - 37 Post DH look

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 182236

"I told you, Harry... I told you. If there's one thing I hate more 
than any other, it's a Death Eater who walked free. They turned their 
backs on my master when he needed them most" - p.675


Alla:

Isn't it cool how JKR sort of flips character's motivations when his 
mask is taken off, but not quite?

Barty dear indeed hates DE who walked free, but contrary to real 
Moody he does not hate DE who walked free from WW justice, but DE who 
walked free from Voldemort. Very cool, I say.



"This is not Alastor Moody," said Dumbledore quietly. "You have 
never  known Alastor Moody. The real Moody would not have removed you 
from my sight after what happened tonight. The moment he took you, I 
knew - and I followed." - p.680

Alla:

Well, DOH Dumbledore, congratulations. Your amazing deduction skills 
finally showed up.

You could not figure out the impostor for a year, what does it even 
mean that real Alastor would not have removed him from DD sight?

I mean, he supposedly took Harry to the hospital, no? Why was it so 
amazing and unusual?


"He put a very powerful Memory charm on her to make her forget what 
she'd found out. Too powerful. He said it damaged her memory 
permanently" - p.685

Alla:

I forgot that Barty got his hands on Berta before Voldemort did 
actually. Ooops.

That's actually has rather disturbing implications to me. I never 
liked WW obliviating Muggles per se ( meaning the ethical 
implications of somebody else deciding what one should or should not 
remember), BUT I accepted them as sort of condition of WW existance, 
meaning that I accepted that per author's intention WW should exist 
separately from mugle world and without memory charms it is not 
possible.

Ergo, I was never too bothered by it, but the fact that Memory charm 
CAN be too strong and CAN damage your memory permanently is very 
disturbing to me.

How many muggles got sick because obliviators did not do their job 
very well, whether deliberately or not?

Person suddenly suffers amnesia because person by accident witnessed 
something from WW. Scary.

"She used her own brand of magic to bind me to her" - p.687

Alla:

Houses elves are super powerful, indeed it seems to me.


"Very slowly - but still glaring at each other as though each wished 
other nothing but ill - Sirius and Snape moved toward each other and 
shook hands. They let go extremely quickly" - p.712


Alla:

Awww. Don't they make the cutest couple ever? ;)


That's all folks. See you in OOP.