CHAPDISC: DH29, THE LOST DIADEM

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 184357

DH chp 29  
> 1) Why would Neville and Seamus look so bad?  Shouldn't they have
> been healed by the school nurse or even by themselves or another
„« student?

Potioncat:
Good question! Erm, here's a few attempts at answers.
It was a curse that can't be mended./ or that was as good as it could 
be fixed
Madam Pomfrey wasn't allowed to treat punishment-inflicted injuries
First aid isn't taught at Hogwarts, so none of the other students 
knew how to heal the wound. 
> 
> 2)  What do you think about Voldemort making his very biased version
„« of Muggle Studies compulsory for the students?

Potioncat:
I think the Carrows were given their positions at Hogwarts as rewards 
and with very little guidance. I doubt very much that LV cared what 
was taught, as long as it was negative.
> 
> 3)  Despite the source (Alecto Carrow, a Death Eater) could there be
> some truth about Muggles driving wizards "into hiding by being
„« vicious towards them"?

Potioncat:
There's a kernel of truth to it, but not the complete truth. I¡¦m sure 
there are wizards who think so. Look at our (Muggle) history of 
witches. Look at what happened to the Dumbledore family.
> 
> 4) Neville says "...it helps when people stand up to them, it gives
> everyone hope.  I used to notice that when you did it, Harry."  What
„« does this say about how Neville and the others see Harry?

Potioncat:
It says that Neville was paying attention to Harry's actions and 
their consequences. I'm not sure if the others saw the same thing.  
Frederick Douglas said something along the same lines about standing 
up to overseers.
> 
> 5) In Half-Blood Prince only Neville and Luna were still carrying
> around their fake galleons that the D.A. used in Order of the
> Phoenix.  Judging from how many people show up to answer Neville's
> message and how active the D.A. has been in fighting the Carrows,
„« this is no longer the case.  What caused the change?

Potioncat:
Need, I would say; and perhaps the younger trio's organization.
> 
> 6) In the seventh book, the trio of Neville, Ginny, and Luna were 
the
> leaders of the D.A.  Can we compare this new trio with the trio of
„« Harry, Ron, and Hermione?

Potioncat:
It would have been great to see them working together. Of course, we 
knew that Ginny and Neville were friends and that Ginny and Luna were 
friends, so it makes sense that a trio formed. It's hard to compare 
the two trios without having seen NGL in action.

> 
> 10) Harry only sees banners for three houses represented.  Why
> haven't any Slytherins stood up to the Carrows and joined the D.A.?
„« Was it unrealistic to hope that any of them would?

Potioncat:
Well, I guess it was unrealistic---I didn't give up until the last 
page of DH--

I had the feeling from Minerva's statement to Slughorn (which will 
happen in the next chapter, I think) that the Slytherins had been at 
least indecisive about who they followed. But it would have been an 
incredible risk for any of them to join the DA, even if the DA had 
taken them. 
> 
> 11) Seamus says that "Neville's the man!"  There is no doubting that
> Neville came into his own in Deathly Hallows; however, do you feel
> that this was plausible or not?  Do you feel that Rowling presented
„« Neville's change well?

Potioncat:
Neville was not a standard Gryffindor. (That's a compliment.) We were 
shown the degree of fear he suffered while his courage was less 
obvious. I thought it said something that he showed up for every 
Potions class ready to work.  He never had a reason or an opportunity 
to demonstrate his leadership abilities, but it does not seem out of 
character at this time.
> 
> 12) Why didn't the room of requirement give them a passage into the
„« Hogwarts' kitchen instead of to the Hog's Head Bar?       

Potioncat: It was showing good judgment?
> 
> 13) After girls starting moving in, the Room of Requirement
„« sprouts "a pretty good bathroom."  What did the boys do before then?

Potioncat:
I hope there was a basic, less fancy bathroom.  But I wondered that 
myself at the time. By the same token, DD told a story about a room 
full of chamber pots. So maybe the RoR meets the required need at the 
standard of those of who request it.

> 
> 16)  Would any of you be interested in reading about what happened 
at
> Hogwarts during Deathly Hallows?  ("Neville Longbottom and the
„« Rebellion at Hogwarts" sounds like a good read to me ^_^.)

Potioncat: Oh, yes, yes, yes. I'd like to see how Snape ran the 
school, how the teachers reacted to the events, how the younger trio 
worked. What Hagrid and the trio did in the Forbidden Forsest for 
detention.


Thanks, Yolanda, for a great summary and questions. I hope to answer 
the ones I left off at a later time.