CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 8: Flight of the Fat Lady

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2) Do you think Hagrid could have sought or accepted advice about teaching,
and who from?

Pippin:
Myself, I'd have asked Flitwick or Sprout. But they are heads of what Hagrid
probably still thinks of as rival Houses, and perhaps he thought McGonagall's
feelings would be hurt if he didn't ask her. But she can be pretty rough on
anyone she considers incompetent, so he might not have wanted to.

Alla:

I again blame Dumbledore for not giving Hagrid advice. What's new, right? When in doubt blame Dumbledore ;) No seriously, I do. I think his attitude that JKR was going on about at some point about letting people stew on their own, when he would not go to Hagrid (forgot the exact question), while sometimes let people make independent decisions, more often than not was extremely annoying, because he was not giving help to people who needed it IMO.



> 4) What did you make of the interactions between Lupin and Snape?

Pippin:
I certainly didn't see romantic tension. But there's no accounting for ships. I
thought there was obviously some history and in due course we'd find out what it
was.

Alla:
I am not sure if the clarification is needed, but I was joking. Of course  we all know that canon did not support Snape and Lupin being lovers or Sirius and Lupin or Snape and Sirius, but if as a slash lover I were to look for romantic interaction, neither ever I would say that Lupin and Snape were ones. 
Sirius and Snape? Oh yes, because I felt that Sirius could stand against Snape  and their noncanonic interactions would be the ones I would enjoy and did enjoy in fanfiction. Snape and Lupin to me would be basically revolting person bullying somebody who is kind and gentle (when he is not a werewolf lol) and I had no desire to reread the redux of Snape v Harry scenario. I mean, I read the stories about Snape and Lupin, but did not like them.

Sorry for the clarification and for no canon in it, but it seemed to me that you were answering it seriously and I just wanted to make it clear that I was not.

5) Is Lupin's idea that Harry's boggart might be Lord Voldemort reasonable,
considering Harry was just over a year old when he saw him?

Pippin:
I doubt that Seamus remembers any banshee or Parvati any mummies. The fears
don't have to come from actual experience. However, what Harry experiences
through the dementors is actually his experience of Voldemort, Harry just
doesn't know that yet.

Alla:

Oh good point, I however thought that question was specifically about whether such young child could remember it, but you are right, it does not have to be.