CHAPDISC: DH20, Xenophilius Lovegood

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 182908


> Chapter 20 Questions
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> 5.  Harry tries out his new wand on spiders.  Why spiders again? <snip>

Carol responds:
I've already answered this question, half-facetiously, half-seriously.
but it just occurred to me--spiders in England in December? Wouldn't
spiders of any species that doesn't die after mating be in hibernation
at Christmastime? It's like Venus appearing in the midnight sky in
OoP; it wouldn't really happen.

Carol, who thinks that the scene illustrates Harry's preoccupation
with the uncooperative blackthorn wand to the point that he forgets
about Ron's fear of spiders (which was not cured by Ron's destruction
of the Horcrux)