[the_old_crowd] Re: Parseltongue (SPOILERS!)

[silmariel]

On 7/24/07, davewitley <dfrankiswork at ...> wrote:
> --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, silmariel <silmariel at ...> wrote:
> >
> > > > SPOILER SPACE!!!
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > >

S first:
> > It appears not a question of knowing parseltongue but of being able
> to
> > repeat the correct password. If DD didn't know the exact wording, he
> > couldn't produce it at will. It's a stretch having Ron remember the
> > sounds Harry produced five years ago to open the chamber, but it can
> > happen, and understanding the words depends on the IA of the door
> > chamber.

David:
> Small point here.  I don't find this very satisfactory from the point
> of view of internal logic (Parseltongue is *magic*, surely?), but Ron
> didn't have to remember all that long, since Harry used the same word
> to open the locket a few months earlier.
>
> David
>

Thanks for the detail. I also need a reread and a notebook. But this
time it won't be a pain, even with all the wtf moments, I enjoyed a
lot.

But it is also a language, and it seems it also works with some non
magical rules. Only Harry was able to hear the basilisk, but Ron could
hear Harry speaking it. I suppose what Ron can't do is to understand
snakes talking in parsel.

When I read what Ron had done I thought 'how roleplaying is this',
because it's the kind of things I'm used to see players try to do. If
it's not logical, well, I'd say it's kind of standard.

Silmariel
Yahoomort is not sending me my posts, I had to check the web to see
they had reached the group.