The AK that was (or wasn't)

[Barry Arrowsmith]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "mooseming" <josturgess at e...> wrote:
> 
> Voldy is the one who is most adept at simply dropping folk in their 
> tracks, now he *is* a powerful wizard; control, clinical execution, 
> heartlessness, are these qualities that make a *good* AK? If so then 
> Wormtail's hit on Cedric makes him a deft hand. Snape's a little 
> sloppy.
> 

Frank Bryce, you mean?
Again, it could be argued that this may not be a good yardstick. Voldy's
not back on his feet yet, probably still below par - he whinges on
in the graveyard about how weak and powerless he was during
his sabbatical amongst the Albanian rodentia. Indeed, earlier in
the chapter 1 of GoF Voldy states that the journey "has tired me greatly"
and also "I am no stronger, and a few days alone would be enough
to rob me of the little health I have regained under your clumsy care."

Poor sod. He's not a well man, you know. Needs nourishing broths,
TLC and a sympathetic counsellor to get him back into mid-season
form. Never mind, "Bone of the father..." etc. seems to do the trick.

 
> I think JKR was having a bit of fun, poison him, shoot him, then 
> throw him off a cliff, so to speak. How dead do we need DD to be 
> already? Is this the dropping of anvil sized hints?
>

Not so much a hint as a smack in the mazzard.
Three times - What I tell you three times is true," quoth the Bellman.
 
> Also the fall allows the locket to pop out of DD's robes, therefore 
> relieving Harry of the responsibility of riffling through a dead 
> man's pockets. Bit of an emotional faux pas that would be don't you 
> think?
> 

Faux pas it may be - but there's some useful stuff in there - his watch,
the putter-outer, small change - and who knows what else. Be a shame
to see them go to waste, wouldn't it? (How often have I heard that
phrase at a wake as the vultures eye the pickings? Too often.)

One interesting ommision from HP - after the funeral, isn't that the
time that the will is usually read? Anything interesting in there, do you
think?

Kneasy