Some questions

[Talisman]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "snow15145" <kking0731 at g...> 
wrote:
 
> (1) Did Marvolo see his daughter as a squib because she lacked the 
> ability to speak parceltongue? Is parcelmouth a magic ability for 
> anyone magical or an inherited trait only representative of the 
> Slytherin bloodline? 


Talisman:
Marvolo was just an SOB with poor self-esteem who liked to trash his 
children, including all manner of suggestions that they were not 
good enough.  Unfortunately, you can find these types on any street 
corner. 

I believe there is a reference in FBAWTFT, and elsewhere in 
Rowling's interview comments, suggesting that parceltongue, while 
rare, is not exclusively Slyth.  Nonetheless, we know where Harry 
got his.


> (2) If the castle is protected from anyone flying into the grounds 
> (via Dumbledore and Harry flying into Hogwarts for the final 
showdown 
> on the tower), how did the Ford Anglia manage to get through the 
> magical defenses in COS?

Talisman: DD explains that a great deal of extra protection has been 
added to Hogwarts between the end of OoP and start of term in HBP.
 
> 
> (3) If the Phoenix has healing powers in its tears, why didn't 
Fawkes just cry on Dumbledore's wand hand that was burned by the 
Horcrux to heal it? 

Talisman,
Got your choices, really: 1.) Phoenix tears can't cure everything; 
2.) it suited DD's purposes to be seen as having *slowed down* and 
become vulnerable; 3.) all of the above.

While we are on the subject, notice that DD wasn't calling for 
Fawkes after he drank the green goo, either.  Nope, he was calling 
for Snape. That would be the same person he credits with saving him 
from the curse that destroyed his hand.

Ah Snape, my dark Phoenix, singing his ancient healing incantations 
over the dying Malfoy.  People who underestimate him are only 
fooling themselves.
  
> (5) How would the twins even know about the `unbreakable vow' at 
>age 
> nine let alone attempt to perform it on a five-year-old Ron?  
>Where 
> did they see someone doing this at age nine that they would even 
>know 
> of `its' existence? 

Talisman: Children growing up in the magical world must be exposed 
to a great many things--if only anecdotally--that Harry and the 
reader must discover along the way.  And, to borrow from Eoin 
Colfer's terminology, the twins are *running hot* with magic.


> (6) Does anyone else see the big blonde death eater as a giant 
>with less skill with his wand than even Hagrid? Is that why the 
>blonde death eater chose to ignite Hagrid's cabin because he 
>realized it would be futile to engage stunners against a giant, 
>being one himself?  

Talisman: I see him as mainly a marker, used for artistic purposes, 
to preserve the mirrored symmetry patterns in the series.  He 
signals the action, in book 7, of another notably big blonde: 
Dudley, who will doubtless use his late-blooming magic in a battle--
quite possibly at No. 4 Privet Dr.--to Harry's benefit. I'm 
personally partial to the notion that No. 4 will burn to the ground, 
as well.