HBP: Luna's commentary and Tonk's Red Herring

[ewe2]

Picture yourself on a list with an email
With theories of this and theories of that
Suddenly someone exclaims in the subject
"There's something you haven't done yet!!"

What could it be I keep asking myself
What could I simply forget?
List Elves aplenty throw food in my face til I'm gone

Spacey on the Screen With Spoilers!
Spacey on the Screen With Spoilers!
Spacey on the Screen With Spoilers!

Aahhhhh!

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> "...but now that big Hufflepuff player's got the Qaffle from her, I can't remember his name, it's
> something like Bibble - no, Buggins - "
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> Is this the first piece of evidence we've been given that the Wizarding World reads Muggle
> fiction?
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> Catherine, focussing on the important things during her reread

I couldn't help noticing that too. I can't remember anything more explicit
than that unless some Dickens fan comes up with something, Kneasy? Perhaps
we'll get more of this in Harry Potter and the Cheeky Tart Wraps It Up.

Noone seems to have noticed the great big galumphing clanger JKR dropped in the
Dreaded Interview Pt. 2 wherein, quoting Dorothy L Sayers, she quoth:

" ...there is no place for romance in a detective story except that it can be
useful to camouflage other people's motives. That's true; it is a very useful
trick. I've used that on Percy and I've used that to a degree on Tonks in this
book, as a red herring."

Kind of throws out the Tonks/Remus ship, IMHO. She seems to hint that the
reason for DD's trust in Snape is kind of obvious, but it isn't so far to
me...

ewe2, 'ere this FILKing thing's a lark innit?

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