Chapter Discussion: Chamber of Secrets Chapter 10, The Rogue Bludger

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ceridwen" <ceridwennight at ...> wrote:

> CoS Chapter Ten: The Rogue Bludger

> 2.  Moste Potente Potions is a musty book.  Are there other copies of this book around, perhaps in Snape's office, so advanced Potions students don't request this copy very often?  Some of the illustrations are gruesome.  Would this be a book an advanced student might need to use or is it a relic from much earlier times?


There is surely more than one book that tells of polyjuice potion. That just happens to be the book Snape pointed out and Hermione learned of polyjuice potion then. Snape must like gruesome little drawings teehee.


> 4.  The Bludger doesn't attack during the time out but after the game an injured Harry notices Fred and George wrestling the Bludger into a box.  It is still fighting them.  Why did the Bludger not attack during the time out but apparently try to keep going after the game was finished?



Maybe a game time-out is different. The other balls don't attach when time-outs are called. Maybe the balls aren't allowed to attack anyone who isn't on a broomstick or in the air. Maybe they erect a force field to keep the balls from attacking while they have a time-out.

As for the bludger still fighting afterward, do the other normal bludgers always fight or can they be "turned off" after a game is done? Is it unusual for a bludger to still be fighting after a game? It might be because this is not Harry's first quidditch game. It's unlikely this is the first time he's seen someone putting away the balls. It's interesting to note that it's Fred and George who are responsible for the rogue bludger instead of a teacher or something. Does no one care that the ball has been tampered with to kill a player?

Maybe it's always the beaters job to put the bludgers away after a game.

arwen17