Further thoughts on HBP

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I don't think that if Snape were really Ever So Evil that the Potions book would have played such a big part in the book, even to the name. It seems like it was setting up something for Book 7. Harry seemed to rather like the 'Prince' than otherwise.

I liked Ginny's reaction to Harry's following instructions in an unknown book. Reminder of the events of CoS.

How did R.A.B. get the locket without drinking the potion?

Harry tricking Ron into thinking that he'd taken the potion for luck was great. I actually thought he'd done it at first. Friendship is a wonderful thing in this series.

I could have done without the "I'll make you jealous!" "No, I'll make you more jealous!" R/Hr stuff. JKR's writing of the ships is a little light compared to the tone of the rest of the book, but Ron and Hermione are getting downright nasty here.

OTOH...'I love you, Hermione'...aaawww.

Harry has turned into Fanon!EveryoneWantsHim!Harry. NOOOOOO!!!

'Mollywobbles'? (!!!!)

So if people have been snogging each other's faces off at Hogwarts, how come Harry never noticed it before? The boy is seriously myopic even with his glasses.

Zacharius Smith...related to Hepzibah Smith? Long shot, I know, with a name like that.

The Unbreakable Vow...how come we've never seen something like that before? An Unbreakable Vow + Fidelius would seem like a foolproof method.

Talking of Fidelius, what's happened to 12 GP now that the Secret Keeper is dead? Can the Order actually get inside it any more?

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[emmy-roo.livejournal.com]

Z. and H. Smith are both blond . . . and Hufflepuffs. I think. She didn't say that about Hepzibah, exactly, but the cup of Helga Hufflepuff? I think that might be a clue.

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I think there might well be something going on there.

[ravenclaw-devi.livejournal.com]

Harry tricking Ron into thinking that he'd taken the potion for luck was great.

Yeah. I loved that part, too. Talk about the power of placebos! :D

I could have done without the "I'll make you jealous!" "No, I'll make you more jealous!" R/Hr stuff.

Oh, don't think there was never a point where I wanted to to slap Ron and Hermione upside the head... ;) OTOH, they are the kind of couple that'll have the kind of fierce bickering where the UST underneath is so thick you can cut it with a knife... (And I have to admit I quite like that.) Between Ron's redhead temper (and male thickheadedness) and Hermione's pride, it's bound to happen. But the cool part is that what binds them together will always be stronger than whatever will make them have falling-outs, and you know it. ("you" meaning "the reader" here)

Harry has turned into Fanon!EveryoneWantsHim!Harry. NOOOOOO!!!

Yeah, but they mainly want him for his fame, not for his "Quidditch-toned muscles" and "sparkling emerald eyes", so it's still not as bad. ;)

Talking of Fidelius, what's happened to 12 GP now that the Secret Keeper is dead? Can the Order actually get inside it any more?

I don't think those who could get in before Dumbledore's death won't be able to get in anymore, I just think there won't be any way to let new people in or tell them the location. (So the place is safer than ever before!)

Either that, or the protection of the Fidelius charm was lifted with the death of the Secret Keeper, so now anyone can get in...

So if people have been snogging each other's faces off at Hogwarts, how come Harry never noticed it before?

Because before, he hadn't quite outgrown the "girls have cooties" stage, so he looked away when others where snogging? :p

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I wanted the UST to become SST (slightly resolved sexual tension) at some point in the book!

Not quite convinced by the 'girls have cooties' theory...

[ravenclaw-devi.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... could've been a case of "you notice that which is on your mind" though, maybe? It's like that famous phenomenon when you're afraid you might be pregnant (or hope you might be pregnant), and suddenly you see women with babies everywhere. In this book, Harry became consciously aware of his attraction for Ginny and wanting to kiss her, so he noticed all the others kissing. Hm?

Of course, you could say he didn't notice it like that back when he was attracted to Cho, but I don't think his attraction for Cho was as serious as his attraction to Ginny.

[chthonya]

(hope you don't mind me dropping in - found you via narcissam)

Can the Order actually get inside it any more?

Nice question! I would think the members whom Dumbledore had told about 12 GP would be able to get in, but I doubt others would be unless Fidelius ceases on the death of the Secret Keeper. Actually, if it does, that would make Fidelius + Unbreakable Vow a Bad Idea.