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Re: Dumbledore, Slughorn, Tonks, Mr & Mrs Weasley, Hermione, Narcissa and the twins. Seriana Sedai Send a noteboard - 20/10/2010 09:56:28 PM
Dumbledore: he really is still very, very cool. His simple statement that Harry will not be attacked because he is with him, for example. You know it is true. And his cool apparent lack of awareness of their last encounter. And his assurance that if he were a death eater he would be a very thorough one. I believe that. I also really like his comment that "something horrible has happened here", when he already knows that Slughorn is hiding. The "horrible" must refer to Slughorn's cowardice.

I need to go reread this now. I thought Dumbledore was initially taken in and then figured out Slughorn set it up, but he would have noticed from the beginning that there was no Dark Mark so your explanation makes a lot more sense.

Slughorn: I like many of Rowling's non-heroic characters, and this one is no exception. You have to love a man who will use age as a card not to help when faced with Dumbledore. And who still cannot help boasting about how quickly he set the scene. Not to mention the comment about making sure the neighbours not seeing you bring in the piano. I was intrigued by his comment that Voldemort could hardly count him as a friend, however. It struck me that if Voldemort remembers the Horcrux conversation, he should have tried to get hold of Slughorn in order to a: see whether he has told anyone about it and b: kill him before he can tell anyone. It is a wonder that he did not kill him years ago.

I blame Voldemort not seeking Slughorn out to kill him on Voldemort's arrogance. He thinks he was incredibly smooth and that Slughorn doesn't suspect him (in my mind) so it doesn't even occur to him to clean up after himself. Just like when Voldemort doesn't think anyone else would have found the Room of Requirement which is beyond stupid. His arrogance is his ultimate undoing.

Tonks: we get indications that she is heartsick. I sympathise, obviously. While I cannot approve of the turn events take, I understand her perfectly.

Mr and Mrs Weasley: I like her worry, and how she is carrying the large clock around with her, even though the hands are stationary at mortal peril. And I like how he misses the muggle stuff and would rather know how aeroplanes stay up than be promoted. I am sure Hermione could tell him.

I'm really surprised he doesn't try to get more information out of Harry and Hermione about how Muggle technology works. Or that no one gets him a series of Dummies books about different technologies for Christmas.

Hermione: you'd think her reaction to knowing exam results are coming are a humorous exaggeration, but I am here to tell you it is perfectly realistic.

I'm surprised she doesn't do better in Defense against the Dark Arts. Do you think that is supposed to tell us something, or just have her not be perfect?

Narcissa Malfoy: I like how she threatens the trio. Very cool and collected. It provides an insteresting contrast to her appearance in the second chapter.

The twins: I love how their reaction in the face of the fear that is completely swamping everyone else is to laugh and provoke laughter. It is a very effective tactic. Very powerful.

They are really great in this book. They are so spot on in how they deal with all the doom and gloom surrounding them, and it's no wonder they attract so many customers.

It is unfortunate that some of their work ends up in Draco's pocket.

I can't quite picture Draco in their store...I wonder if he went or if he had someone else go.
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The Great Harry Potter Re-read: Book Six, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 18/10/2010 06:12:40 PM 3150 Views
General comments on the book. - 18/10/2010 06:14:10 PM 1805 Views
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Yes, I'm loving that I can read in English again. - 22/10/2010 10:10:32 PM 2026 Views
Me too - 01/11/2010 02:11:28 PM 1787 Views
Suggestions. - 18/10/2010 06:18:46 PM 1834 Views
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*cough* - 09/11/2010 09:24:21 AM 1716 Views
Oh yes. I'm being distracted by Towers of Midnight. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:11:22 PM 1080 Views
Shocking. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:43 PM 1022 Views
Are we having a break right now? - 12/11/2010 06:48:10 PM 1884 Views
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Chapters 1-3: The Other Minister, Spinner's End, Will and Won't. - 18/10/2010 06:21:55 PM 2065 Views
Characters: The three Ministers, Snape, Narcissa, Bellatrix, Harry, Dumbledore, the Dursleys. - 18/10/2010 06:25:12 PM 2071 Views
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(minor book seven spoilers) - 19/10/2010 11:27:53 AM 2028 Views
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*spoilers for book 7* an assortment of characters - 19/10/2010 01:01:35 AM 2031 Views
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I rather enjoyed the new characters. - 22/10/2010 07:30:03 PM 1816 Views
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Anything else? *NM* - 18/10/2010 06:28:16 PM 940 Views
Dumbledore-centered. - 19/10/2010 01:03:05 AM 1958 Views
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Re: Dumbledore-centered. - 22/10/2010 07:33:34 PM 1893 Views
Chapters 4-6: Horace Slughorn, An Excess of Phlegm, Draco's Detour. *NM* - 20/10/2010 03:44:39 PM 1085 Views
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(Mostly) on Slughorn, Narcissa and Fleur... - 20/10/2010 09:25:20 PM 2051 Views
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Dumbledore, Slughorn, Tonks, Mr & Mrs Weasley, Hermione, Narcissa and the twins. - 20/10/2010 09:23:04 PM 1849 Views
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Characters. - 25/10/2010 03:10:35 AM 1782 Views
Plotting and writing. - 20/10/2010 03:47:55 PM 1879 Views
*minor spoilers for book 7* - 20/10/2010 09:23:44 PM 1923 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 20/10/2010 03:48:07 PM 939 Views
Dumbledore's Stephen Fry moment... or maybe that's just me. - 22/10/2010 07:35:59 PM 1713 Views
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Characters *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:24 PM 1027 Views
Harry, Romilda, Malfoy (in luuuve), Snape, Lavender Brown, McGonagall, Hermione and Slughorn. - 22/10/2010 07:26:19 PM 1979 Views
Thoughts about your thoughts. - 23/10/2010 05:28:10 PM 1748 Views
Re: Thoughts about your thoughts. - 24/10/2010 09:18:37 AM 1766 Views
More characters. - 25/10/2010 03:21:33 AM 1756 Views
Re: More characters. - 25/10/2010 10:27:33 AM 1769 Views
Love is in the air, evidently. - 22/10/2010 07:54:35 PM 1924 Views
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Re: Love is in the air, evidently. - 22/10/2010 09:54:46 PM 1782 Views
Slytherin had been in need of new blood for a long time. (And assorted other comments.) - 22/10/2010 10:34:49 PM 1941 Views
Neville. - 23/10/2010 05:30:39 PM 1842 Views
Re: Neville. - 08/11/2010 02:35:57 PM 1934 Views
NEWT Potions - 24/10/2010 03:24:42 AM 1920 Views
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Plotting and writing. *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:37 PM 1024 Views
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Re: Dumbledore, patronuses and the DADA job. - 23/10/2010 05:32:27 PM 1774 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:50 PM 1041 Views
I believe in Wrackspurts, too. And some questions. - 22/10/2010 07:28:04 PM 1736 Views
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Harry's continued insistence about Malfoy really irritates me (even though he's right). - 25/10/2010 06:15:23 PM 2034 Views
*lol* - 25/10/2010 06:39:19 PM 1863 Views
I don't hide from my faults. - 25/10/2010 08:01:39 PM 1703 Views
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~geeky moment~ - 26/10/2010 03:14:52 PM 1760 Views
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Trelawny, Ogden, Gaunt, Ron, Hermione, Ron and Harry - 25/10/2010 10:23:55 PM 1783 Views
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Plotting and writing. - 25/10/2010 05:03:16 PM 1871 Views
Amazing amounts of accurate guesswork here, in hindsight. - 25/10/2010 05:37:28 PM 1909 Views
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The smuggling and Trelawney's rambling. - 27/10/2010 12:05:48 AM 1856 Views
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Things - 25/10/2010 10:24:19 PM 1903 Views
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Anything else? *NM* - 25/10/2010 05:03:32 PM 855 Views
Dumbledore still sounds like Stephen Fry. And reflections on the nature of Potions class. - 25/10/2010 05:11:24 PM 1740 Views
It's like baking, I think. - 25/10/2010 05:32:42 PM 1840 Views
Good analogy - 25/10/2010 05:52:38 PM 1706 Views
Yes, exactly like baking - and advanced baking involves experimenting, substituting, improvising. - 25/10/2010 06:42:42 PM 1942 Views
But not at high school. - 25/10/2010 07:57:44 PM 1829 Views
Also - 04/11/2010 09:29:47 AM 1770 Views
Also, Parseltongue - is Harry that thick, or is it a magic thing? - 25/10/2010 05:18:41 PM 1810 Views
I think it's a magic thing. - 25/10/2010 05:34:09 PM 1811 Views
It can be learned actually. Dumbledore implies he knows it and Ron uses it in book 7 - 25/10/2010 05:55:28 PM 1780 Views
Huh. I completely missed that. Good thing we're doing a reread. - 25/10/2010 05:57:38 PM 1803 Views
Speaking of Dumbledore and Parseltongue. - 28/10/2010 05:03:10 AM 2072 Views
parseltongue - 25/10/2010 10:24:46 PM 1946 Views
Interesting how many of our remarks are along similar lines. *NM* - 25/10/2010 10:27:30 PM 910 Views
Indeed - 26/10/2010 09:20:43 AM 1824 Views
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Dumbledore, Voldemort, Ron & Hermione, Harry, Ginny, Luna - 27/10/2010 10:31:39 PM 1854 Views
My take on Ginny is rather different, I must say... at least this time around. - 29/10/2010 01:47:20 PM 1772 Views
Girls. - 29/10/2010 05:54:25 PM 1821 Views
Draco: Not as confident as he appears, surely. - 29/10/2010 02:02:01 PM 1951 Views
Re: Draco: Not as confident as he appears, surely. - 29/10/2010 09:01:56 PM 1954 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:17:26 PM 821 Views
plot and writing. - 27/10/2010 10:30:14 PM 1842 Views
Re: plot and writing. - 28/10/2010 05:07:03 AM 1984 Views
Draco can dissemble rather well, just like his parents. - 29/10/2010 02:08:35 PM 1849 Views
Re: Draco can dissemble rather well, just like his parents. - 29/10/2010 09:00:36 PM 1880 Views
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Re: Anything else? - 28/10/2010 04:56:10 AM 1908 Views
Harry comments on that when in Snape's memories in book five. - 28/10/2010 10:42:08 AM 1771 Views
I wonder if that's actually true, though. - 28/10/2010 10:39:20 AM 1977 Views
Re: I wonder if that's actually true, though. - 28/10/2010 10:44:22 AM 1832 Views
It's more than that, though. - 28/10/2010 10:55:49 AM 1899 Views
Re: It's more than that, though. - 28/10/2010 11:48:19 AM 1714 Views
Chapters 16-18: A Very Frosty Christmas, A Sluggish Memory, Birthday Surprises *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:40:39 PM 1019 Views
Characters: The Trio, Fleur, Scrimgeour, Percy, Remus, Slughorn,... *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:43:02 PM 1090 Views
Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 29/10/2010 08:51:58 PM 1978 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 29/10/2010 11:24:02 PM 1800 Views
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Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 31/10/2010 09:07:19 PM 1911 Views
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Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 02/11/2010 07:20:26 PM 1544 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 04/11/2010 04:03:02 AM 1805 Views
And - 04/11/2010 10:46:37 AM 1799 Views
Plotting and writing. - 29/10/2010 05:43:49 PM 1765 Views
Re: Plotting and writing. - 29/10/2010 08:52:34 PM 1892 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:44:04 PM 904 Views
My comments on Potions class were heeded! Excellent. - 29/10/2010 11:28:43 PM 1808 Views
Re: My comments on Potions class were heeded! Excellent. - 29/10/2010 11:52:12 PM 1881 Views
Chapters 19-21: Elf Tails, Lord Voldemort's Requests, The Unknowable Room *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:00:22 PM 796 Views
Characters: The Trio, the elves, Draco, Dumbledore,... *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:00:56 PM 1144 Views
the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 02:08:32 PM 1699 Views
Re: the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 05:10:11 PM 1936 Views
Re: the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 05:16:30 PM 2031 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:01:13 PM 904 Views
Dumbledore, little girls and the house-elf issue again. - 01/11/2010 02:09:35 PM 2038 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:01:27 PM 915 Views
Chapters 22-24: After the Burial, Horcruxes, Sectumsempra - 03/11/2010 09:50:17 PM 2091 Views
Characters. *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:50:33 PM 1053 Views
Malfoy, Ron & Hermione, Slughorn, Voldemort, Snape and Ginny. - 04/11/2010 12:12:57 AM 1854 Views
Draco, Slughorn, Snape, the romance. - 04/11/2010 02:02:04 PM 1885 Views
Re: Draco, Slughorn, Snape, the romance. - 04/11/2010 02:16:17 PM 1922 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:50:50 PM 927 Views
Harry wrong again, house elves, horcruxes, free will, well hidden clues and some irony *DH spoiler* - 03/11/2010 10:35:20 PM 1825 Views
Re: Stuff. - 04/11/2010 04:28:04 AM 1879 Views
Re: Stuff. *spoilers for book 7* - 04/11/2010 09:10:19 AM 1928 Views
This "we'll see in book seven" thing is getting old, but still that's what I have to say here... - 04/11/2010 01:23:01 PM 1711 Views
Yes, I think you are right - 04/11/2010 01:24:41 PM 1889 Views
Well, I'm back. Some comments inside. *DH Spoilers* - 08/11/2010 02:28:11 PM 1896 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:51:04 PM 923 Views
Chapters 25-27: The Seer Overheard, The Cave, The Lightning-Struck Tower - 05/11/2010 05:37:42 PM 1708 Views
Plotting and writing. - 05/11/2010 05:39:27 PM 1549 Views
*spoilers for book 7* - 05/11/2010 07:55:07 PM 1758 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 05/11/2010 05:39:43 PM 933 Views
I like how good magic is not flashy. Also, a Tolkien thing - 05/11/2010 07:55:27 PM 1814 Views
I didn't take the comparison as far, but the gate thing did remind me of Moria, yes. (DH spoilers) - 05/11/2010 10:03:16 PM 2056 Views
yes - 05/11/2010 10:06:43 PM 1781 Views
Chapters 28-30: Flight of the Prince, The Phoenix Lament, The White Tomb. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:12 PM 1054 Views
Characters. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:25 PM 882 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:40 PM 1009 Views
Spoilers. - 09/11/2010 02:26:38 PM 1743 Views
Re: Spoilers. - 09/11/2010 04:49:06 PM 1800 Views
I'm assuming not even the Ministry knows 100% what she did. - 13/11/2010 12:26:14 AM 1877 Views
Very true. - 15/11/2010 01:48:36 PM 1876 Views
Not much, no, but there's one fairly crucial mention. - 15/11/2010 04:37:23 PM 1848 Views
Re: Spoilers. - 13/11/2010 12:22:22 AM 2016 Views
Re: Spoilers. - 13/11/2010 09:38:09 AM 2141 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:53 PM 899 Views
We did the Harry Potter marathon thing on Sunday - 09/11/2010 02:28:08 PM 1861 Views
I vaguely remember something of the sort, yes. - 09/11/2010 02:57:56 PM 2098 Views
Re: I vaguely remember something of the sort, yes. - 09/11/2010 02:58:56 PM 1751 Views
This is definitely the most painfully altered of the movies. - 09/11/2010 04:34:33 PM 1909 Views
Re: This is definitely the most painfully altered of the movies. - 09/11/2010 04:36:29 PM 1857 Views
Very true. - 09/11/2010 04:40:24 PM 2091 Views
Re: Very true. - 09/11/2010 04:43:45 PM 2345 Views
Agreed. - 09/11/2010 04:53:46 PM 1892 Views
Re: Agreed. - 09/11/2010 04:58:59 PM 1971 Views

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