OOP Chapter 6-8 post DH look

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"So who d'you think's got it now?" asked George.
"I hope it's our side," said Ron sounding slightly nervous.
"If it is, DUmbledore's probably keeping it," said Fred>" - p.100

Alla:

And we enter chapter 6 and I just want to say how very true this 
observation sounds to me. Dumbledore is keeping *it* indeed all right.


"Because I hated the whole lot of them: my parents, with their pure-
blood mania, convinced that to be a Black made you practically 
royal... my idiot brother, soft enough to believe them... that's him."
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"From what I found out after he died  and tried to back out. Well, 
you don't just hand in your resignation to Voldemort. It's a lifetime 
of service or death" - p.111-112.

Alla:

Those two quotes that sticked together even though there are almost 
full two pages between them remind me that I indeed did not doubt 
from the moment I read them that Sirius loved his brother.

I believe that when he says that his idiot-brother was soft enough to 
believe them, that's regret talking, and regret for Regulus that he 
was soft enough to believe him.

And it looked like Sirius bothered to find out, not just somebody 
informed him about Regulus' death. If he made inquiries, I take it to 
mean that he cared about his brother, sigh.

Although this is one of the questions that I still want to know, who 
told this story to him, about how Regulus died that is.


This chapter also introduces the Tapestry. Were you surprised to find 
out that all pure blood families were interrelated?

If I remember correctly, I was surprised, but not shocked.


"I don't like being back here," he said, staring across the drawing 
room. "I never thought I'd be stuck in this house again" - p.114

Alla:

Sigh.



The only thing that jumped at me from Chapter 7 was this tidbit.

"Will it be Aurors who catch them?"
"Oh no, this is too trivial for aurors, it'll be ordinary Magical law 
Enforcement Patrol - ah, Harry this is Perkins" - p.135

Alla:

So, what are cases that are good for Aurors and which ones are being 
kicked to those guys?

High profile cases only? Do those guys even do anything fighting 
related?

Are they allowed to use any curses at all? I wonder



Chapter 8 introduces Umbridge dear. What were your first reaction to 
her? I mean, she is not very pleasant, but did you foresee that she 
will be such a problem?

And the quote that jumped at me is this one :

"We have no record of any witch or wizard living in Little Whinging 
other than Harry Potter," said Madam Bones at once. "That situation 
had always been closely monitored, given... given past events" - p.143

Alla:

They monitor where every wizard lives?????? Or they just monitor 
every wizard who lives near Harry Potter?