[HPforGrownups] CHAPDISC: DH30, THE SACKING OF SEVERUS SNAPE

[Heather Hadden]

No: HPFGUIDX 184500

Questions!!
1.How do you feel about Luna being the one to stun Alecto? Is it notable that one of the "extras" from the DoM battle is the one to help Harry out?
 
I liked it. I feel that there are three types of characters.
The main ones - HRH, DD, etc
The minor ones - Seamus, Buckbeack, etc
Then the ones that fall in the middle - professors, Dean, Griphook, Luna
So, that being said, Luna is not a main character, but she is by no means a minor one either, so her stepping up into the action was not that unbelievable to me. I loved that it was Luna who did the stunning though.
 
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.
 
I have always found her to be brave. She is always in the middle of the major fights. She is in the Order, she doesn't back down from people trying to push her down (i.e. Umbridge). She is a very brave woman, as well as smart.
 
3.More interestingly (to me anyway) is the fact that the Carrows had to have Professor Flitwick *let* them into the common room. Do you think they tried to enter but got Professor Flitwick out of frustration, or do you think they thought there was a password? How does the fact that some people, like Professor McGonagall, seem to know things about the castle that the Death Eaters don't affect the upcoming battle?
 
Of course they got frustrated and went to get Flitwick. Who wouldn't in the same situation? I don't know if they thought there was a password or not. I just don't think that they were smart enough to figure out the riddle. How does the fact that the original staff knowing more about the castle affect the battle? Simple, they know the castle. They know the knooks and crannies. They know the charms, and spells put on the castles. This deffinately gives them the holme field advantage.
 
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!)
 
Good question. I am not sure really. I know that he felt that surge of affection for Professor M, so that did make him want to retaliate to anyone that would harm her. Now, if he hadn't felt that emotion, I still feel like he would have done something, but not sure if he would have gone to that extreme.
 
5.Why does Harry tell Professor McGonagall that Voldemort is on the way to the castle when in reality he is on his way to check on the Horcrux? At this point, the jig is pretty much up: Harry's in the castle, there are Death Eaters everywhere, and he needs help. He's used lies of omission on everyone else, why not Professor McGonagall?
 
I honestly don't know.
 
6.Has there ever been any outrage about Professor McGonagall using the Imperius Curse on Amycus? If not, why not?
 
Hmmmm....not sure
 
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?
 
I think that she actually always believed Harry, just didn't want to believe him before. Up until this point, or until the end of GoF and the beginning of OotP, Voldemort wasn't actually back. Now, Voldemort is back, full force, ready to fight. Dumbledore is dead, and life at Hogwarts has been hell. I think that by this time, everyone is ready for the battle, just to come to some conclusion. 
 
9.What do you think would have happened if Severus had found Harry alone? Would Severus have told him everything? Would he blow his cover?
 
Very good question. As we have seen Severus "attacking" Harry later, running from the school, etc, it wouldn't surprise me if Snape acted like he always had. Tried to attack him, but "miss" givving Harry a chance to leave, or getting Harry so worked up, that when Snape ran, Harry wouldn't question it.
 
10.Severus leaps out the window and flies away. Do you think this was, at any point, part of the plan? What do you think his plan was before? Do you think he has any idea what's to come?
 
I don't think that jumping out of the window is part of the plan. I think he is actually just playing it all by ear. I don't think he has any idea of what is to come.
 
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?
 
I doubt that I would have listened. I would have been right there fighting.
 
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.
 
I figured that Percy would rejoin his family. He is just a good boy who made a mistake. I never hoped that he would fight his family. Call me a sapp, but I loved that he rejoined the family.
 
13.Why didn't Ron and Hermione tell anyone where they were going? Did they just look at each other, say something, and run off?
 
They probably did, or knowing Hermione, she thought of it and told Ron. Ron probably wanted to tell Harry, but there wasn't time, so they left. She has done this alot in other books.

Heather
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