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Re: (Mostly) on Slughorn, Narcissa and Fleur... Seriana Sedai Send a noteboard - 21/10/2010 12:04:23 AM
I was trying to think of a way to say the same thing, the not malevolently racist bit, but couldn't come up with anything. It's like a general attitude he has but he doesn't hold to it when someone is gifted like Lily or Dirk Creswell. I find it odd.

I think it's not really odd, quite realistic in fact. Just think of all the racists who make exceptions for their personal friends.

Dumbledore refers to his "considerable talents" and I think Slughorn is aware that he may be useful to Voldemort. Do you think this is arrogance on Slughorn's part or an astute observation and reaction?

I think he certainly might be useful to Voldemort, but still it's interesting that he'd think he would be among Voldemort's first priorities, and that Voldemort would risk blowing his cover (well, to the extent he still has a cover). What I also want to know is what he did during the previous war - evidently he never became a DE, but did he spend all that time running away so they could never try to recruit him, too?

That's a good question. Was Slughorn still teaching at Hogwarts during the last war? He taught Lily, so probably, which makes me think that Slughorn was safe at the school during the last war. Pure speculation though.

See, now I adore Ginny, but I think she's really unfair. I think Fleur is trying in the beginning and then as she gets the attitude she stops trying as hard (the Christmas radio broadcast comes to mind, hardly her most endearing chapter). I never understood why everyone was so shocked that she still wants to marry Bill by the end, if anything I'd think she'd want to call it off before to get away from a family that doesn't want her.

*I* think Ginny is unfair, too, but I'm not sure if Rowling does, which was my point about not being sure what to infer. And yes, agreed - I'm not sure if any reader really would've expected Fleur to go "no, I can't marry him anymore". She's shown a long time ago that she has her priorities straight.

Ahhh, gotcha.

I felt badly for her briefly after the Lucius remark, until she hits back just as hard about Harry being reunited with Sirius.

Heh, yes.

I didn't phrase that as well as I would have liked...I'll blame a lack of coffee. ;) I meant how Mrs. Weasley has always wanted them to be more like Percy and being disappointed with their behavior. It provides a nice counterpoint to this to see them be successful and later showing their mother how much they appreciate her. I think they are great sons.

Oh, yeah, I was glad to see her come around, too.

That's exactly it! He's right in the next book too about something big...so that's the second time a day, right? ;)

Indeed. I suppose it makes sense that he gets to be right more often later on in the books, older and wiser and all... but every once in a while he still has to get things totally and utterly wrong to not make the reader wonder who this guy is and what he's done with Harry Potter.

That made me laugh, because you're so right. :D
He's starting to come around in this book, getting more and more stuff right and I think he keeps it pretty clean in the next book. Not perfect, but like you said we need to recognize Harry!
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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 2538 Views
General comments on the book. - 18/10/2010 06:14:10 PM 1425 Views
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Me too - 01/11/2010 02:11:28 PM 1416 Views
Suggestions. - 18/10/2010 06:18:46 PM 1473 Views
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*cough* - 09/11/2010 09:24:21 AM 1347 Views
Oh yes. I'm being distracted by Towers of Midnight. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:11:22 PM 848 Views
Shocking. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:43 PM 797 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 1689 Views
Characters: The three Ministers, Snape, Narcissa, Bellatrix, Harry, Dumbledore, the Dursleys. - 18/10/2010 06:25:12 PM 1660 Views
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(minor book seven spoilers) - 19/10/2010 11:27:53 AM 1650 Views
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*spoilers for book 7* an assortment of characters - 19/10/2010 01:01:35 AM 1636 Views
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I rather enjoyed the new characters. - 22/10/2010 07:30:03 PM 1424 Views
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Anything else? *NM* - 18/10/2010 06:28:16 PM 711 Views
Dumbledore-centered. - 19/10/2010 01:03:05 AM 1548 Views
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Re: Dumbledore-centered. - 22/10/2010 07:33:34 PM 1505 Views
Chapters 4-6: Horace Slughorn, An Excess of Phlegm, Draco's Detour. *NM* - 20/10/2010 03:44:39 PM 864 Views
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(Mostly) on Slughorn, Narcissa and Fleur... - 20/10/2010 09:25:20 PM 1630 Views
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Characters. - 25/10/2010 03:10:35 AM 1381 Views
Plotting and writing. - 20/10/2010 03:47:55 PM 1521 Views
*minor spoilers for book 7* - 20/10/2010 09:23:44 PM 1558 Views
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Dumbledore's Stephen Fry moment... or maybe that's just me. - 22/10/2010 07:35:59 PM 1364 Views
It's not just you - 22/10/2010 08:34:25 PM 1360 Views
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Characters *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:24 PM 797 Views
Harry, Romilda, Malfoy (in luuuve), Snape, Lavender Brown, McGonagall, Hermione and Slughorn. - 22/10/2010 07:26:19 PM 1603 Views
Thoughts about your thoughts. - 23/10/2010 05:28:10 PM 1349 Views
Re: Thoughts about your thoughts. - 24/10/2010 09:18:37 AM 1369 Views
More characters. - 25/10/2010 03:21:33 AM 1365 Views
Re: More characters. - 25/10/2010 10:27:33 AM 1353 Views
Love is in the air, evidently. - 22/10/2010 07:54:35 PM 1535 Views
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Re: Love is in the air, evidently. - 22/10/2010 09:54:46 PM 1388 Views
Slytherin had been in need of new blood for a long time. (And assorted other comments.) - 22/10/2010 10:34:49 PM 1571 Views
Neville. - 23/10/2010 05:30:39 PM 1456 Views
Re: Neville. - 08/11/2010 02:35:57 PM 1537 Views
NEWT Potions - 24/10/2010 03:24:42 AM 1534 Views
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Plotting and writing. *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:37 PM 801 Views
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Re: Dumbledore, patronuses and the DADA job. - 23/10/2010 05:32:27 PM 1395 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:50 PM 827 Views
I believe in Wrackspurts, too. And some questions. - 22/10/2010 07:28:04 PM 1359 Views
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Characters: The Gaunts, the Trio, Hagrid, and many more. *NM* - 25/10/2010 05:02:07 PM 837 Views
Harry's continued insistence about Malfoy really irritates me (even though he's right). - 25/10/2010 06:15:23 PM 1634 Views
*lol* - 25/10/2010 06:39:19 PM 1498 Views
I don't hide from my faults. - 25/10/2010 08:01:39 PM 1339 Views
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~geeky moment~ - 26/10/2010 03:14:52 PM 1400 Views
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Plotting and writing. - 25/10/2010 05:03:16 PM 1511 Views
Amazing amounts of accurate guesswork here, in hindsight. - 25/10/2010 05:37:28 PM 1544 Views
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The smuggling and Trelawney's rambling. - 27/10/2010 12:05:48 AM 1484 Views
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Things - 25/10/2010 10:24:19 PM 1505 Views
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Anything else? *NM* - 25/10/2010 05:03:32 PM 658 Views
Dumbledore still sounds like Stephen Fry. And reflections on the nature of Potions class. - 25/10/2010 05:11:24 PM 1334 Views
It's like baking, I think. - 25/10/2010 05:32:42 PM 1491 Views
Good analogy - 25/10/2010 05:52:38 PM 1334 Views
Yes, exactly like baking - and advanced baking involves experimenting, substituting, improvising. - 25/10/2010 06:42:42 PM 1523 Views
But not at high school. - 25/10/2010 07:57:44 PM 1436 Views
Also - 04/11/2010 09:29:47 AM 1387 Views
Also, Parseltongue - is Harry that thick, or is it a magic thing? - 25/10/2010 05:18:41 PM 1462 Views
I think it's a magic thing. - 25/10/2010 05:34:09 PM 1451 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 1407 Views
Huh. I completely missed that. Good thing we're doing a reread. - 25/10/2010 05:57:38 PM 1411 Views
Speaking of Dumbledore and Parseltongue. - 28/10/2010 05:03:10 AM 1675 Views
parseltongue - 25/10/2010 10:24:46 PM 1553 Views
Interesting how many of our remarks are along similar lines. *NM* - 25/10/2010 10:27:30 PM 693 Views
Indeed - 26/10/2010 09:20:43 AM 1471 Views
Chapters 13-15: The Secret Riddle, Felix Felicis, The Unbreakable Vow *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:16:28 PM 831 Views
Characters: The Trio, Ginny, Tom Riddle, Draco,... *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:17:12 PM 814 Views
Dumbledore, Voldemort, Ron & Hermione, Harry, Ginny, Luna - 27/10/2010 10:31:39 PM 1421 Views
My take on Ginny is rather different, I must say... at least this time around. - 29/10/2010 01:47:20 PM 1400 Views
Girls. - 29/10/2010 05:54:25 PM 1434 Views
Draco: Not as confident as he appears, surely. - 29/10/2010 02:02:01 PM 1605 Views
Re: Draco: Not as confident as he appears, surely. - 29/10/2010 09:01:56 PM 1567 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:17:26 PM 627 Views
plot and writing. - 27/10/2010 10:30:14 PM 1468 Views
Re: plot and writing. - 28/10/2010 05:07:03 AM 1604 Views
Draco can dissemble rather well, just like his parents. - 29/10/2010 02:08:35 PM 1473 Views
Re: Draco can dissemble rather well, just like his parents. - 29/10/2010 09:00:36 PM 1485 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:17:42 PM 674 Views
Re: Anything else? - 27/10/2010 10:30:55 PM 1605 Views
Re: Anything else? - 28/10/2010 04:56:10 AM 1546 Views
Harry comments on that when in Snape's memories in book five. - 28/10/2010 10:42:08 AM 1385 Views
I wonder if that's actually true, though. - 28/10/2010 10:39:20 AM 1571 Views
Re: I wonder if that's actually true, though. - 28/10/2010 10:44:22 AM 1447 Views
It's more than that, though. - 28/10/2010 10:55:49 AM 1506 Views
Re: It's more than that, though. - 28/10/2010 11:48:19 AM 1324 Views
Chapters 16-18: A Very Frosty Christmas, A Sluggish Memory, Birthday Surprises *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:40:39 PM 780 Views
Characters: The Trio, Fleur, Scrimgeour, Percy, Remus, Slughorn,... *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:43:02 PM 876 Views
Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 29/10/2010 08:51:58 PM 1589 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 29/10/2010 11:24:02 PM 1406 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 29/10/2010 11:51:06 PM 1424 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 31/10/2010 09:14:46 PM 1645 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 31/10/2010 09:07:19 PM 1508 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 02/11/2010 06:23:04 PM 1486 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 02/11/2010 07:20:26 PM 1173 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 04/11/2010 04:03:02 AM 1397 Views
And - 04/11/2010 10:46:37 AM 1432 Views
Plotting and writing. - 29/10/2010 05:43:49 PM 1359 Views
Re: Plotting and writing. - 29/10/2010 08:52:34 PM 1501 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:44:04 PM 693 Views
My comments on Potions class were heeded! Excellent. - 29/10/2010 11:28:43 PM 1424 Views
Re: My comments on Potions class were heeded! Excellent. - 29/10/2010 11:52:12 PM 1512 Views
Chapters 19-21: Elf Tails, Lord Voldemort's Requests, The Unknowable Room *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:00:22 PM 603 Views
Characters: The Trio, the elves, Draco, Dumbledore,... *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:00:56 PM 913 Views
the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 02:08:32 PM 1318 Views
Re: the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 05:10:11 PM 1569 Views
Re: the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 05:16:30 PM 1651 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:01:13 PM 692 Views
Dumbledore, little girls and the house-elf issue again. - 01/11/2010 02:09:35 PM 1638 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:01:27 PM 711 Views
Chapters 22-24: After the Burial, Horcruxes, Sectumsempra - 03/11/2010 09:50:17 PM 1725 Views
Characters. *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:50:33 PM 831 Views
Malfoy, Ron & Hermione, Slughorn, Voldemort, Snape and Ginny. - 04/11/2010 12:12:57 AM 1493 Views
Draco, Slughorn, Snape, the romance. - 04/11/2010 02:02:04 PM 1513 Views
Re: Draco, Slughorn, Snape, the romance. - 04/11/2010 02:16:17 PM 1522 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:50:50 PM 720 Views
Harry wrong again, house elves, horcruxes, free will, well hidden clues and some irony *DH spoiler* - 03/11/2010 10:35:20 PM 1442 Views
Re: Stuff. - 04/11/2010 04:28:04 AM 1515 Views
Re: Stuff. *spoilers for book 7* - 04/11/2010 09:10:19 AM 1521 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 1360 Views
Yes, I think you are right - 04/11/2010 01:24:41 PM 1496 Views
Well, I'm back. Some comments inside. *DH Spoilers* - 08/11/2010 02:28:11 PM 1485 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:51:04 PM 706 Views
Chapters 25-27: The Seer Overheard, The Cave, The Lightning-Struck Tower - 05/11/2010 05:37:42 PM 1349 Views
Plotting and writing. - 05/11/2010 05:39:27 PM 1184 Views
*spoilers for book 7* - 05/11/2010 07:55:07 PM 1399 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 05/11/2010 05:39:43 PM 729 Views
I like how good magic is not flashy. Also, a Tolkien thing - 05/11/2010 07:55:27 PM 1433 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 1661 Views
yes - 05/11/2010 10:06:43 PM 1444 Views
Chapters 28-30: Flight of the Prince, The Phoenix Lament, The White Tomb. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:12 PM 841 Views
Characters. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:25 PM 671 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:40 PM 801 Views
Spoilers. - 09/11/2010 02:26:38 PM 1372 Views
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I'm assuming not even the Ministry knows 100% what she did. - 13/11/2010 12:26:14 AM 1523 Views
Very true. - 15/11/2010 01:48:36 PM 1502 Views
Not much, no, but there's one fairly crucial mention. - 15/11/2010 04:37:23 PM 1475 Views
Re: Spoilers. - 13/11/2010 12:22:22 AM 1620 Views
Re: Spoilers. - 13/11/2010 09:38:09 AM 1761 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:53 PM 683 Views
We did the Harry Potter marathon thing on Sunday - 09/11/2010 02:28:08 PM 1483 Views
I vaguely remember something of the sort, yes. - 09/11/2010 02:57:56 PM 1685 Views
Re: I vaguely remember something of the sort, yes. - 09/11/2010 02:58:56 PM 1380 Views
This is definitely the most painfully altered of the movies. - 09/11/2010 04:34:33 PM 1496 Views
Re: This is definitely the most painfully altered of the movies. - 09/11/2010 04:36:29 PM 1467 Views
Very true. - 09/11/2010 04:40:24 PM 1719 Views
Re: Very true. - 09/11/2010 04:43:45 PM 1957 Views
Agreed. - 09/11/2010 04:53:46 PM 1493 Views
Re: Agreed. - 09/11/2010 04:58:59 PM 1598 Views

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