Re: Characters: Slughorn, Fleur, the Trio, Draco and Narcissa Malfoy,...
Camilla Send a noteboard - 20/10/2010 10:15:58 PM
Slughorn...while he is the kind of person I detest in real life I find Slughorn oddly charming even when he is quite clearly only out for himself. I think he is the one who gives Harry the most information about Lily he's ever had. Well, until book 7, but definitely up to this point. Maybe I like Slughorn because he is clever. He is quick thinking and demonstrates it here in more than one way. Maybe I find it understandable that he would want to lay low, just not noble like most of our heroes in the series are. The musing can continue later I suppose.
Me too. I like Slughorn, but I wouldn't want to interact with him at all. He is very Slytherin-like. I think it was Phineas Nigellus who commended Harry on running away to save his own skin in the previous book.
Dumbledore...I feel a little conflicted about his dealing with Slughorn. We are clearly witnessing Dumbledore at his most manipulative, but I don't know what else he is to have done. He needs Slughorn close for a variety of reasons and the decision is ultimately left to Slughorn...I don't know. I like him a lot better in his broom closet conversation with Harry.
Manipulation isn't inherently evil.
I love Mr and Mrs Weasley's conversation before she lets him in the house. They are so charming. 

Indeed

I wind up feeling sorry for Fleur. She's trying really hard. I think I feel sorry for her because I see some of myself in her actions. She tries really hard and then she puts her foot in her mouth. Like when she says there is nothing really to do if you don't like cooking. Totally true, and there is no way Mrs Weasley is sharing that responsibility, but still not the right thing to say here.
Yes. She really just rubs women the wrong way. Have we had any real explanation for Ron's insane susceptibility to her charms yet?
Narcissa. I take it back, she is awful. Whatever devotion to her son she expresses she is clearly in line with at least some of Voldemort's aims with her reaction to Hermione. I'm thinking Draco never really stood a chance to be a decent human being.
True, he was rather ruined. Although I suppose if there is hope for Dudley...
I love our introduction to Fred and George's shop. They really are good businessmen and talented wizards even though we've been led to believe in the early books that they were screw ups.
I always had faith in them

Draco. Every time I read this chapter I'm reminded of how we've been so misled. Harry is right about Draco for the entire book. He gets the specifics wrong sometimes, but he knows this trip is important and doesn't let it go. Harry has been wrong so many times we dismiss it like everyone in the book does but he is so, so very right.
We are given the explicit indication that Draco is at the centre of Voldemort's plans already in chapter 2 of this book, so the pattern is rather different this time. But yes. Harry's being right works as a contraindication.
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The Great Harry Potter Re-read: Book Six, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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General comments on the book.
18/10/2010 06:14:10 PM
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Suggestions.
18/10/2010 06:18:46 PM
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*cough*
09/11/2010 09:24:21 AM
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Chapters 1-3: The Other Minister, Spinner's End, Will and Won't.
18/10/2010 06:21:55 PM
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Characters: The three Ministers, Snape, Narcissa, Bellatrix, Harry, Dumbledore, the Dursleys.
18/10/2010 06:25:12 PM
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18/10/2010 06:55:06 PM
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Re: Characters: The three Ministers, Snape, Narcissa, Bellatrix, Harry, Dumbledore, the Dursleys.
19/10/2010 01:07:59 AM
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*spoilers for book 7* an assortment of characters
19/10/2010 01:01:35 AM
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Plotting and writing.
18/10/2010 06:27:40 PM
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*spoilers for book 7* focalisation and why I'l accept it this time, the power/powerless issue &stuff
19/10/2010 01:02:53 AM
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Re: *spoilers for book 7* focalisation and why I'l accept it this time, the power/powerless issue
20/10/2010 02:58:54 PM
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Re: *spoilers for book 7* focalisation and why I'l accept it this time, the power/powerless issue
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Anything else? *NM*
18/10/2010 06:28:16 PM
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Dumbledore-centered.
19/10/2010 01:03:05 AM
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Chapters 4-6: Horace Slughorn, An Excess of Phlegm, Draco's Detour. *NM*
20/10/2010 03:44:39 PM
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Characters: Slughorn, Fleur, the Trio, Draco and Narcissa Malfoy,...
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Re: Characters: Slughorn, Fleur, the Trio, Draco and Narcissa Malfoy,...
20/10/2010 05:27:26 PM
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(Mostly) on Slughorn, Narcissa and Fleur...
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Re: (Mostly) on Slughorn, Narcissa and Fleur...
20/10/2010 09:46:08 PM
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Re: Characters: Slughorn, Fleur, the Trio, Draco and Narcissa Malfoy,...
20/10/2010 10:15:58 PM
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Dumbledore, Slughorn, Tonks, Mr & Mrs Weasley, Hermione, Narcissa and the twins.
20/10/2010 09:23:04 PM
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Re: Dumbledore, Slughorn, Tonks, Mr & Mrs Weasley, Hermione, Narcissa and the twins.
20/10/2010 09:56:28 PM
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Re: Dumbledore, Slughorn, Tonks, Mr & Mrs Weasley, Hermione, Narcissa and the twins.
20/10/2010 10:17:23 PM
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Anything else? *NM*
20/10/2010 03:48:07 PM
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So. Inferi are zombies aren't they? I just realised. Ick. Do they eat brains? *NM*
20/10/2010 09:24:03 PM
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I was kind of disappointed that Harry didn't remark on that fact.
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22/10/2010 07:24:11 PM
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Chapters 7-9: Slug Club, Snape Victorious, The Half-Blood Prince *NM*
22/10/2010 07:23:03 PM
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Characters *NM*
22/10/2010 07:23:24 PM
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Harry, Romilda, Malfoy (in luuuve), Snape, Lavender Brown, McGonagall, Hermione and Slughorn.
22/10/2010 07:26:19 PM
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Love is in the air, evidently.
22/10/2010 07:54:35 PM
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Slytherin had been in need of new blood for a long time. (And assorted other comments.)
22/10/2010 10:34:49 PM
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Re: Slytherin had been in need of new blood for a long time. (And assorted other comments.)
25/10/2010 10:33:04 AM
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Plotting and writing. *NM*
22/10/2010 07:23:37 PM
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Dumbledore, patronuses and the DADA job.
22/10/2010 07:27:23 PM
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Anything else? *NM*
22/10/2010 07:23:50 PM
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I believe in Wrackspurts, too. And some questions.
22/10/2010 07:28:04 PM
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I'm not sure if I noticed this before, but awesome Tolkien shout-out there.
22/10/2010 09:58:27 PM
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Re: I'm not sure if I noticed this before, but awesome Tolkien shout-out there.
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Re: I'm not sure if I noticed this before, but awesome Tolkien shout-out there.
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Chapters 10-12: The House of Gaunt, Hermione's Helping Hand, Silver and Opals. *NM*
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Characters: The Gaunts, the Trio, Hagrid, and many more. *NM*
25/10/2010 05:02:07 PM
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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
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*lol*
25/10/2010 06:39:19 PM
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Re: Harry's continued insistence about Malfoy really irritates me (even though he's right).
26/10/2010 09:23:09 AM
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Trelawny, Ogden, Gaunt, Ron, Hermione, Ron and Harry
25/10/2010 10:23:55 PM
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Plotting and writing.
25/10/2010 05:03:16 PM
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Amazing amounts of accurate guesswork here, in hindsight.
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Re: Amazing amounts of accurate guesswork here, in hindsight.
26/10/2010 09:46:47 AM
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Anything else? *NM*
25/10/2010 05:03:32 PM
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Dumbledore still sounds like Stephen Fry. And reflections on the nature of Potions class.
25/10/2010 05:11:24 PM
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It's like baking, I think.
25/10/2010 05:32:42 PM
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Yes, exactly like baking - and advanced baking involves experimenting, substituting, improvising.
25/10/2010 06:42:42 PM
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Also, Parseltongue - is Harry that thick, or is it a magic thing?
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I think it's a magic thing.
25/10/2010 05:34:09 PM
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It can be learned actually. Dumbledore implies he knows it and Ron uses it in book 7
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Re: It can be learned actually. Dumbledore implies he knows it and Ron uses it in book 7
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parseltongue
25/10/2010 10:24:46 PM
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Interesting how many of our remarks are along similar lines.
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Chapters 13-15: The Secret Riddle, Felix Felicis, The Unbreakable Vow *NM*
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Characters: The Trio, Ginny, Tom Riddle, Draco,... *NM*
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Dumbledore, Voldemort, Ron & Hermione, Harry, Ginny, Luna
27/10/2010 10:31:39 PM
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My take on Ginny is rather different, I must say... at least this time around.
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Re: My take on Ginny is rather different, I must say... at least this time around.
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Re: My take on Ginny is rather different, I must say... at least this time around.
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Plotting and writing. *NM*
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plot and writing.
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Anything else? *NM*
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Re: Anything else?
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I wonder if that's actually true, though.
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Re: I wonder if that's actually true, though.
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Crabbe and Goyle show us what happens when you fail (most of? all of?) your OWLs.
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Chapters 16-18: A Very Frosty Christmas, A Sluggish Memory, Birthday Surprises *NM*
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Characters: The Trio, Fleur, Scrimgeour, Percy, Remus, Slughorn,... *NM*
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Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour
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Anything else? *NM*
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Chapters 19-21: Elf Tails, Lord Voldemort's Requests, The Unknowable Room *NM*
01/11/2010 02:00:22 PM
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Characters: The Trio, the elves, Draco, Dumbledore,... *NM*
01/11/2010 02:00:56 PM
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the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks
01/11/2010 02:08:32 PM
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Anything else? *NM*
01/11/2010 02:01:27 PM
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I want to hear the joke about the hag, the Healer and the Mimbulus mimbletonia. *NM*
01/11/2010 02:10:11 PM
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Me too. And is a "hag" just an old witch, or something more specific?
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Re: Me too. And is a "hag" just an old witch, or something more specific?
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Re: Me too. And is a "hag" just an old witch, or something more specific?
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Chapters 22-24: After the Burial, Horcruxes, Sectumsempra
03/11/2010 09:50:17 PM
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Characters. *NM*
03/11/2010 09:50:33 PM
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Malfoy, Ron & Hermione, Slughorn, Voldemort, Snape and Ginny.
04/11/2010 12:12:57 AM
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Plotting and writing. *NM*
03/11/2010 09:50:50 PM
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Harry wrong again, house elves, horcruxes, free will, well hidden clues and some irony *DH spoiler*
03/11/2010 10:35:20 PM
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Re: Stuff.
04/11/2010 04:28:04 AM
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Re: Stuff. *spoilers for book 7*
04/11/2010 09:10:19 AM
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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
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Chapters 25-27: The Seer Overheard, The Cave, The Lightning-Struck Tower
05/11/2010 05:37:42 PM
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Characters: Harry, Trelawney, Dumbledore, Draco, Snape. And maybe some other people. *NM*
05/11/2010 05:38:19 PM
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Romilda, Snape, Trelawny, Draco, Dumbledore, Voldemort, Harry *spoilers book 7*
05/11/2010 07:34:01 PM
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Anything else? *NM*
05/11/2010 05:39:43 PM
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I like how good magic is not flashy. Also, a Tolkien thing
05/11/2010 07:55:27 PM
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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
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Chapters 28-30: Flight of the Prince, The Phoenix Lament, The White Tomb. *NM*
09/11/2010 02:13:12 PM
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Characters. *NM*
09/11/2010 02:13:25 PM
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Snape, Lupin, Hermione & Ron, the Order, Mrs Weasley & Fleur, Luna & Neville, Scrimgeour, Ginny *DH*
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Plotting and writing. *NM*
09/11/2010 02:13:40 PM
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Spoilers.
09/11/2010 02:26:38 PM
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Re: Spoilers.
09/11/2010 04:49:06 PM
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I'm assuming not even the Ministry knows 100% what she did.
13/11/2010 12:26:14 AM
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Very true.
15/11/2010 01:48:36 PM
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Not much, no, but there's one fairly crucial mention.
15/11/2010 04:37:23 PM
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With my keen attention to detail, I somehow missed that.
Another good catch!
15/11/2010 09:36:37 PM
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Anything else? *NM*
09/11/2010 02:13:53 PM
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We did the Harry Potter marathon thing on Sunday
09/11/2010 02:28:08 PM
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This is definitely the most painfully altered of the movies.
09/11/2010 04:34:33 PM
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Re: This is definitely the most painfully altered of the movies.
09/11/2010 04:36:29 PM
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I just watched OotP again Saturday night... quite shocking there as well.
15/11/2010 04:45:48 PM
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Re: I just watched OotP again Saturday night... quite shocking there as well.
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