Random things noticed in HBP
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snorkackcatcherNo elaborate theories here - just little connections, parallels and the like noticed in passing in HBP, that amused me or otherwise caught my eye.
(1) Luna's commentary on the Quidditch was entertaingly reminiscent of the kind of cricket commentary Johnson and Blofeld used to do on Radio 4 - in which they would spend a lot of time talking about the weather, the crowds, the bus going down the street outside the ground, the chocolate cake a member of the audience had sent in, and occasionally (when they had nothing else to talk about) the actual cricket ...
(2) "Tea? Coffee? Pumpkin juice?" Harry asks Ron which drink he'd like him to (apparently) spike with Felix Felicis in the exact same words Umbridge used when trying to give him Veritaserum. Nice to know the Toad Lady taught him something useful!
(3) Harry doing the Noble Thing by giving up Ginny contrasts strikingly with Remus trying to do the Noble Thing by giving up Tonks, until she finally doesn't let him. Wonder if Mr and Mrs Weasley will tell Harry he's taking a 'ridiculous line' when he gets to the Burrow for the wedding? Or more likely, whether Ginny will pick her moment to do exactly what Tonks did?
(4) Worple at the party offers to interview Harry for a biography, and intimates that he'd done the same with Sanguini. Mmm, yeah, Interview With The Vampire - sounds like a good title for a book.
(5) Anyone else think that Slughorn literally took a fancy to Lily - actually, the latest JKR interview suggests several people did - which is why Harry can influence him to do stuff? And maybe that he saw echoes of her in Ginny, which is why he asked her into his little soiree on the train? New ships could be launched before we know it. :)
(6) Malfoy is careful to tread on Harry's fingers as he leaves the carriage after Body-Binding him - in the same way George is described as careful to tread on a similarly helpless (albeit unconscious) Malfoy on the train at the end of GoF.
(7) At the Welcoming feast: "Hagrid had never quite managed to comport himself with the dignity of Professor McGonagall, Head of Gryffindor House" - well, I wonder if he might get that job now when (if) the school reopens?
(8) More from the feast: Harry longs for a chance to fight Malfoy one on one. Well, he gets it eventually, doesn't he ... (Also noted: Malfoy puts up a pretty good fight. I never did think he was actually crap, just that he overrated himself)
(9) Felix Felicis is "the colour of molten gold"? Actually, I have a vague recollection from quiz books that molten gold is green, but I doubt that's a clue!
(10) Ginny yells at Ron after they encounter her with Dean in the corridor "you've got as much experience [snogging] as a twelve year old!". Hmm ... come to think of it, wasn't she thirteen when she started going out with Michael Corner? Oh dear, don't tell Ron, girl. :)
(11) Early on, Dumbledore tells Harry just before Apparating them both 'I do not think you need worry' (about being attacked) because 'You are with me'. After they get out the cave near the end, and Harry prepares to Apparate them back, Dumbledore says 'I am not worried, Harry ... I am with you.' Nice parallel.
(12) Something which amused me in retrospect: usually, Harry and Ron suspect Snape of being evil, Hermione defends him - and she's right. This time, Hermione suspects the Half-Blood Prince of being evil, Harry and Ron defend him - and she's right.
(1) Luna's commentary on the Quidditch was entertaingly reminiscent of the kind of cricket commentary Johnson and Blofeld used to do on Radio 4 - in which they would spend a lot of time talking about the weather, the crowds, the bus going down the street outside the ground, the chocolate cake a member of the audience had sent in, and occasionally (when they had nothing else to talk about) the actual cricket ...
(2) "Tea? Coffee? Pumpkin juice?" Harry asks Ron which drink he'd like him to (apparently) spike with Felix Felicis in the exact same words Umbridge used when trying to give him Veritaserum. Nice to know the Toad Lady taught him something useful!
(3) Harry doing the Noble Thing by giving up Ginny contrasts strikingly with Remus trying to do the Noble Thing by giving up Tonks, until she finally doesn't let him. Wonder if Mr and Mrs Weasley will tell Harry he's taking a 'ridiculous line' when he gets to the Burrow for the wedding? Or more likely, whether Ginny will pick her moment to do exactly what Tonks did?
(4) Worple at the party offers to interview Harry for a biography, and intimates that he'd done the same with Sanguini. Mmm, yeah, Interview With The Vampire - sounds like a good title for a book.
(5) Anyone else think that Slughorn literally took a fancy to Lily - actually, the latest JKR interview suggests several people did - which is why Harry can influence him to do stuff? And maybe that he saw echoes of her in Ginny, which is why he asked her into his little soiree on the train? New ships could be launched before we know it. :)
(6) Malfoy is careful to tread on Harry's fingers as he leaves the carriage after Body-Binding him - in the same way George is described as careful to tread on a similarly helpless (albeit unconscious) Malfoy on the train at the end of GoF.
(7) At the Welcoming feast: "Hagrid had never quite managed to comport himself with the dignity of Professor McGonagall, Head of Gryffindor House" - well, I wonder if he might get that job now when (if) the school reopens?
(8) More from the feast: Harry longs for a chance to fight Malfoy one on one. Well, he gets it eventually, doesn't he ... (Also noted: Malfoy puts up a pretty good fight. I never did think he was actually crap, just that he overrated himself)
(9) Felix Felicis is "the colour of molten gold"? Actually, I have a vague recollection from quiz books that molten gold is green, but I doubt that's a clue!
(10) Ginny yells at Ron after they encounter her with Dean in the corridor "you've got as much experience [snogging] as a twelve year old!". Hmm ... come to think of it, wasn't she thirteen when she started going out with Michael Corner? Oh dear, don't tell Ron, girl. :)
(11) Early on, Dumbledore tells Harry just before Apparating them both 'I do not think you need worry' (about being attacked) because 'You are with me'. After they get out the cave near the end, and Harry prepares to Apparate them back, Dumbledore says 'I am not worried, Harry ... I am with you.' Nice parallel.
(12) Something which amused me in retrospect: usually, Harry and Ron suspect Snape of being evil, Hermione defends him - and she's right. This time, Hermione suspects the Half-Blood Prince of being evil, Harry and Ron defend him - and she's right.
