CHAPDISC: DH30, THE SACKING OF SEVERUS SNAPE

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 184496


Oryomai:
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2 Professor McGonagall was easily able to figure out the riddle to
open the Ravenclaw entrance. What does this say about her Sorting?
I've never found her to be incredibly brave but have always found her
to be very smart.

Alla:

To me it is very clear in the books that Minerva is smart.. Maybe she 
had the same sorting as Hermione did. I think she is both brave and 
smart, personally.



4.Do you think Harry would have Crucio'd Amycus if he had not felt
that rush of affection for Professor McGonagall moments before? A
Stunning Spell would have worked just as well and would have had the
added bonus of not alerting Amycus to the fact that he was, in fact,
in the Tower. (I'd like to avoid the moral points of the Crucio by
Harry, but that's like trying to avoid discussing Severus' teaching
methods!)


Alla:

LOL, you would like to avoid the moral points of Crucio by asking if 
Harry would not have done it if he did not feel a positive emotion 
towards Minerva? Without any sarcasm I do not believe it is possible.

I think Harry would not have Crucio'd Amycus if and only if he would 
not have felt a rush of affection for Neville, for Ginny, for Luna, 
for Michael who was tortured, for all other students of Hogwarts who 
suffered under Carrows wrath and of course for Mcgonagall.

I think Harry started boiling up the very moment he saw battered 
Neville coming to him from the portrait. I think what happened to 
McGonagall was the very last drop, which is while seemingly 
insignificant caused him to blew up. Yes, Stunning spell would have 
worked just fine and even better, I agree. I totally get why Harry 
used a different one though.



6.Has there ever been any outrage about Professor McGonagall using
the Imperius Curse on Amycus? If not, why not?


Alla:

I do not remember an outrage, no. There was certainly none from me. I 
think she could not have make him go voluntarily.

7.What do you think is the significance of Professor McGonagall
*finally* believing Harry about something that is going on at the
school (Quirrell stealing the Philsopher's Stone anyone?)? Does it
have more to do with Dumbledore or more to the fact that Harry has
managed to survive several months with the Death Eaters trying to
kill him at every turn?

Alla:

Personally I think and this is speculation of course that she always 
believed him, she just thought that Dumbledore knows more and will 
deal with it, now there is no Dumbledore, so she speaks up. Just 
speculation.


11.Can you even imagine being Ginny at this point? Your whole family
(and basically everyone you've ever met) is going to fight for the
freedom of your entire world, and they want you to stay behind.
Would anyone have listened?

Alla:

Well, I can understand her entire family wanting to save their 
sixteen year old's life POV too. But yeah, I doubt that anybody who 
wants to fight would have listened.

12.Oh Percy Weasley. Where to even begin? Did you think he would be
back? Were you secretly hoping that he would battling his brothers
American Civil War style because he was a Death Eater the entire
time? Did you think there'd be any resolution of his storyline? I'm
interested in what everyone else thought would happen to Percy.

Alla:

If I remember correctly, I never thought that he was DE, just an 
idiot, but I did briefly hoped ( I think) that he could be a spy, it 
is evaporated fast.

I thought he would either die or come back.


Thank you for the summary and questions, I may answer more later.