CHAPDISC: DH31, The Battle of Hogwarts

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 184612

Chris:
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1.Is it believable that there are no good Slytherins? Wouldn't
one or two of them remain to fight? Are they all
totally unredeemable? Or is it just herd mentality i.e. one leaves
they all leave?

Alla:

If there are no good Slytherins, based on what I saw and knew of 
them, it did not struck me as particularly unbelievable, no. But 
Slughorn did return and I choose to believe that some returned with 
him. 



3. Why would Helena, who coveted her mother's cleverness,
hide in a forest in Albania on obtaining the diadem? Wouldn't the
whole reason for stealing the diadem be to demonstrate to others how
clever you are?

Alla:

Frankly, Helena's stealing diadem strikes me as an idiotic act from 
the beginning, therefore nothing after that would surprise me.



5. Would Dumbledore really never have found the Room of
Requirement? He
also fails to find the Chamber of Secrets? For such an omnipotent
wizard, that
seems two rather big failures.

Alla:

Harry tries to explain that and actually I think I like the 
explanation of Dumbledore being a model pupil and not looking for 
trouble and not needing room of requirement. Why Dumbledore have not 
found it as Headmaster? Well, as it was said  he knows that it 
exists, maybe he just really not needed anything that room could 
provide.

Or maybe Hogwarts did not particularly like him all that much, lol.

7. Is it remotely believable that Ron could remember enough
Parseltongue
to enter the Chamber?

Alla:

Um, I did not get the impression that he learned the language, I got 
the impression that he parroted the sounds that he memorized. Yes, I 
do find it believable. I never considered that Ron was stupid and 
good chess player needs to have an excellent memory.

8. If Harry truly loves Ginny, wouldn't he make more of an
effort to
stop her entering the battle?

Alla:

I think he loves her and respects her enough to let her make her own 
choices, I also think that no matter how much he would have wanted 
her to be safe, he knows that he must be concerned with task of 
Voldemort's destruction first and foremost


9. Do we think Tonks appearance at the castle makes her a
good wife or a
bad mother?

Alla:

Good Auror.

10. What is going through Malfoy's head in the Room of
Requirement? Is he
only concerned about delivering Harry to the Dark Lord alive? Or does
he want
his family freed from Voldemort's influence and realizes Harry may be
his only
chance for freedom?

Alla:

Actually this was one of the most surprising actions by Malfoy to me 
in this book. I do not mind indecision by him, to me Tower should not 
have resulted in him miraculously coming to Order and telling them, 
oh I am such a good soldier, I want to join you now.

But this? My  first reaction was what the heck is wrong with you boy, 
I guess you did learn nothing after all.

11. Why is Harry suddenly so reticent to use the Cruciatus
curse? Crabbe
is trying to kill his friends – wouldn't this anger Harry more than
his previous
attempts with this curse?

Alla:

Poor Harry – damned if he does it and damned if he does not LOL. I 
took it as confirmation that he does not take Cruciatus lightly after 
all. I do not think that he would be angrier in this situation 
actually, because he heard too much about Carrows IMO and spit at 
Mcgonagall was the last drop.


12. Crabbe is a complete idiot – how could he manage to conjure
such a
devastating curse (Fiedfyre)?

Alla:

Hmmm, I consider all DE to be idiots, really just for joining up, and 
they manage some fun curses, so I do not believe that raw magical 
power and intelligence are necessarily go together.

13. Why, why, why did she have to kill Fred???

Alla: I know, but better Fred than Trio, if you ask me.

Thank you for the great questions.