More Thoughts on DH (SPOILERS!)

[constancevigilance]

Phyllis wrote:

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(CV: do we still need spoiler space?)

  
 Grindlewald went to Durmstrang - as accurately predicted by 
 Susan/Constance Vigilance at Phoenix Rising!

CV: Actually, I predicted that Grindelwald was a Nazi wizard who took
over a school and renamed it Durmstrang. Thanks for the credit, but I
think it was misplaced. Sigh.

Phyllis: I fully expected to be vindicated in my conviction that Snape
has  always been evil, particularly given how he did nothing to spare
the Muggle studies teacher from death, told Voldemort about Harry's 
correct departure date, took part in the chase to kill Harry after he
 left Privet Drive and Sectumsempra-d George's ear off.  

CV: Good point on Muggle Studies teacher. Spilling the beans on
Harry's departure date was on orders from Dumbledore - but what was
that bit about "Source?" "The same as we discussed previously." My
guess is that was laziness on the part of JKR. Didn't want to bother
giving Snape a real story for his source for information to give
Voldy. Boooo.

George's ear? Bad aim, as I recall. But he should have been able to
mend it on the wing, as it were. He is capable of fixing
Sectumsempra'd injuries as we recall from Draco. Of course, Draco
wasn't severed, just sliced. (If Jo were determined to off a Weasley
to inspire Fanged!Molly, why couldn't it have been Charlie?)

Phyllis: I thought the unknown Gryffindor or Ravenclaw Horcrux would
be from Gryffindor, and that they would find it in Godric's Hollow.  

CV: I've always thought that the house itself was supposed to be the
Gryffindor horcrux object. Voldy did his boogatyboogawhatever that
sets up the container object that only needed the murder to start it
up, but when the murder backfired, the incomplete horcrux (house)
collapsed. As it turned out, there was no Gryffindor horcrux, so I
sort of think I was right about that.

  
Phyllis: I didn't think it worked to have Ron open the Chamber of
Secrets to obtain the basilik fangs - either you know Parseltongue or
you don't - how could he fake it?  If that were the case, presumably
Dumbledore could have made his way into the Chamber in Book 2.

CV: I agree. And at the time I read it, I was thinking - how did they
get back *out* of the chamber? Last time, it was Fawkes flying them
out. Do you crawl up a slide? Or did they remember to take broomsticks
with them?

More unsolved questions:

What did Dudley see under the Dementors?

How did the Death Eaters get the forest space away from the acromantulas?

What the heck does "Death Eater" mean anyway? The only eater of death
we ever saw was Fawkes. And that doesn't make any sense at all.

Is Ted Lupin a werewolf, and why didn't Harry raise him?

I thought Harry was going to get another pet?

~Constance Vigilance