CHAPDISC: DH31, The Battle of Hogwarts

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>2. I would have thought that rumours of the ghosts 
pasts would definitely have been well known by all students. Bearing 
in mind that Harry and co. learn plenty about Nick, wouldn't someone 
from Ravenclaw have figured out about the Grey Lady and passed that 
information on?


Joey: 
I think the personality of the ghost also matters here. Nick seems to be a friendly, want-to-interact type of ghost. Baron was someone who could scare even Peeves. Peeves was one whom anybody would love to avoid. So was Moaning Myrtyle, for different reasons though. So, may be Grey Lady put up a show of being very snobbish (considering how she reacted to Harry when he tried to speak to her) whom people didn't want to move with and hence, the lack of knowledge. 


>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 realises Harry may be 
his only
chance for freedom?



Joey: 
I somehow feel it's the latter cause. He did *sort of* help when the Trio was in the Malfoy Manor but considering how he behaved with Dumbledore in HBP climax, I think the latter explanation fits in better. Yeah, I know Malfoy Manor incident happened post DD's death but still..... :-)


>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?


Joey: 
Hmmm, good question. May be he just cooled down a bit when he vented out his frustration on Amycus and he possibly felt a bit bad / guilty at his first-time success with a curse like Crucio - he seemed to realize for the first time what Bellatrix meant about unforgivables.


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


Joey: 
May be it's something like Crucio (considering the way Hermione reacted to the fact that he had caused that type of fire) - if you mean to cause harm, you are done with it. We also get to know that Crabbe and Goyle were enjoying doing Crucio and they wouldn't have enjoyed it if people really had a tough time because of them, I think. So, Crabbe has some practice with such types of curses, I guess.


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


Joey: 
Dunno. Sigh. 



      

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