Merchant SJR: Probity Probe.
Illjwamh: U-No-Poo
Merchant SJR: Gotta love Fred and George.
Illjwamh: Indeed
Merchant SJR: Now.
Illjwamh:
biggrin Merchant SJR: Question of the day:
Merchant SJR: Snape killing Dumbledore.
Illjwamh: s**t!
Merchant SJR: Planned all along, or simply the Unbreakable Vow?
Merchant SJR: And if so, did Dumbledore know Snape was going to kill him? Is that why he was pleadingly saying "Severus........Severus, please"
Merchant SJR: ?
Merchant SJR: As in, "Make it quick"?
Merchant SJR: Was Dumbledore really wrong?
Illjwamh: I really don't know
Merchant SJR: I'm making a post. Let the debating begin.
Illjwamh: That look of hatred he had kind of incriminates him, don't you think?
Illjwamh: Plus, the way he acted when he fought Harry
Merchant SJR: We know Snape is good at controlling his facial expressions, though, from the Umbridge situation.
Illjwamh: but we also know he can lose control sometimes
Merchant SJR: And even while Harry was trying to curse him, he was imparting teaching advice.
Illjwamh: remember when Sirius excaped?
Illjwamh: or earlier that night, in the shack?
Merchant SJR: Indeed.
Illjwamh: But yes, I saw the advice in there also
Illjwamh: must intriguing
Merchant SJR: And I do believe Dumbledore expected this outcome, and prepared for it.
Merchant SJR: Also, Harry's an a**, and Ginny's a wimp.
Illjwamh: agreed
Illjwamh: seriously
Merchant SJR: And Ron and Hermione? SO totally snogging in the hospital wing.
Illjwamh: I was totally expecting her to tell him to shove it
Merchant SJR: She almost did.
Illjwamh: almost
Illjwamh: but she didn't
Merchant SJR: Got very close.
Illjwamh: yep
Merchant SJR: Actually.....
Illjwamh: for a second there, i thought it was okay
Merchant SJR: If that b*****d new Minister hadn't interrupted them, she probably would have.
Illjwamh: probably
Illjwamh: well, they'll see each other over the summer
Merchant SJR: Will they?
Merchant SJR: That's the thing.
Illjwamh: the wedding
Merchant SJR: Oh, right.
Merchant SJR: .....I'm a dumbass.
Illjwamh: lol
Merchant SJR: Now, of course there's going to be some adventuring, which is awesome.
Illjwamh: yeah
Merchant SJR: I'm assuming you read her explanations of the wands, and their significance within the Trio.
Illjwamh: But is he really oing to skip out of school?
Illjwamh: yeah, i did
Illjwamh: a couple of times, though
Merchant SJR: Honestly? I think he will.
Illjwamh: but the books are about his time at Hogwarts as much as anything else
Merchant SJR: Unless the seventh book is bigger than Order of the Phoenix (something that I desperately hope happens)
Illjwamh: I think something will happen over the summer to convince him to stay
Merchant SJR: Because there's at LEAST three Horcruxes left. Maybe four, if Regulus Black didn't have time to destroy the locket.
Illjwamh: right
Merchant SJR: And yes, I do think that Regulus is the one.
Illjwamh: You think it's him too then, eh?
Merchant SJR: Well, all evidence points towards it.
Illjwamh: yeah
Illjwamh: I thought of him right away
Merchant SJR: Regulus was killed right away by Voldie, while it took a year to get Karkaroff.
Merchant SJR: And we all know that Voldie has his priorities straight.
Illjwamh: yep
Merchant SJR: Evil priorities, but they're straight.
Illjwamh: right
Merchant SJR: But did he have time to destroy it?
Merchant SJR: We'll find out.
Illjwamh: yesh
Illjwamh: it might be buried with him
Merchant SJR: A friend of mine said she thinks Harry's the final Horcrux.
Merchant SJR: Which is an interesting theory, but I don't think it works.
Illjwamh: neither do i
Merchant SJR: As far as we're led to believe, the creation of a horcrux is supposed to be intentional.
Merchant SJR: Voldie never intended to mark Harry, he intended to kill him.
Merchant SJR: And if a simple murder was all it took to create one, then everyone'd be as immortal as Voldie.
Illjwamh: right, yeah
Illjwamh: indeed
Merchant SJR: Besides, how can Harry kill Voldie if he's dead?
Illjwamh: exactly
Illjwamh: check out this passage:
Illjwamh: 'Why,' asked Snape, 'does it have the name 'Roonil Wazlib' written inside the front cover?'
Harry's heart missed a beat.
'That's my nickname,' he said.
'Your nickname,' repeated Snape.
'Yeah ... that's what my friends call me,' said Harry.
'I understand what a nickname is,' said Snape.
Merchant SJR: XD
Illjwamh: whole new significance now, eh?
Merchant SJR: I love that.
Merchant SJR: "Yes, sir"
Illjwamh: lmao
Merchant SJR: "There's no need to call me sir, Professor."
Illjwamh: best one of the lot
Illjwamh: no, but I meant Snape's last quote there:
Illjwamh: 'I understand what a nickname is,' said Snape.
Merchant SJR: No, I know.
Merchant SJR: Anyway, seems like Arabella and Zsenya were right about the twins and their shop, eh?
Illjwamh: indeedy
Illjwamh: I kinda figured along those lines too
Merchant SJR: Right down to the "manufacturing products to help Aurors"
Merchant SJR: But anyway, like I said earlier
Merchant SJR: Ron and Hermione were SO totally snogging in the hospital wing.
Illjwamh: most likely
Merchant SJR: "her.....my....neee"
Illjwamh:
biggrin Merchant SJR: JS Kyra: No kidding. They were on like donkey kong.
Illjwamh: lmao
Illjwamh: Lots of teen angst in this one though, eh?
Illjwamh: But the normal stuff, not like the last one
Merchant SJR: Right.
Illjwamh: It had a genuinely more lighthearted feel to most of it
Merchant SJR: And Harry got over his CRAWLING IN MY SKIN phase.
Illjwamh: yeah
Illjwamh: I was really proud of him in this one
Merchant SJR: Well, until he left Ginny.
Illjwamh: well, yeah
Illjwamh: but you wanna know that's not permanent
Merchant SJR: Oh, yeah.
Merchant SJR: One whole book left. ^_^
Illjwamh: ^^
Illjwamh: I was really proud of Fleur, too
Illjwamh: at the end there
Merchant SJR: If he could realise his feelings and act on them in one book, he can change his mind in another.
Merchant SJR: Oh, yes.
Merchant SJR: Is it just me, or was the first chapter one of the coolest things ever?
Illjwamh: yeah, it was neat
Illjwamh: Fudge seems cool enough again now that he's not in power anymore
Merchant SJR: Oh, yeah.
Merchant SJR: Back down-to-earth.
Merchant SJR: But what Harry said was true, and this is my favorite quote ever. 'specially since it's been used at LEAST twice before.
Merchant SJR: "You'll find that Dumbledore has not truly left so long as there are still people loyal to him."
Illjwamh: really
Merchant SJR: And it took me a while before I realized who "Filius" referred to.
Illjwamh: Flitwick?
Merchant SJR: Yeah.
Illjwamh: yeah....
Illjwamh: when, what, huh?
Merchant SJR: It was just slipped in there randomly.
Illjwamh: I was laughing my a** off at McLaggen in the Quiddich match
Merchant SJR: Hitting that bludger at Harry, I was surprised McLaggen wasn't accosted by hordes of girls right then and there.
Merchant SJR: Interesting how Hermione called Harry "quite fanciable", eh?
Illjwamh: lol
Merchant SJR: I did read that essay on the Lexicon about how Harry and Hermione are coming closer together.
Merchant SJR: And I'm conflicted.
Merchant SJR: While Ron and Hermione belong together, just as much as Harry belongs with his redhead, that essay brought up a lot of points and evidence I hadn't noticed before.
Illjwamh: bah
Illjwamh: Aside from the fact that JKR has SAID it's not going to happen, it's just so obvious that it's not going to happen.
Merchant SJR: I know.
Merchant SJR: And I agree.
Merchant SJR: But still.
Illjwamh: This is my favorite quote in the whole book:
Illjwamh: 'For future refrences Harry, it is Rasberry... although of course, if I were a Death Eater, I would have been sure to research my own jam prefrences before impersonating myself'
Merchant SJR: I miss him.
Illjwamh: i know
Illjwamh: and he always had the best lines, too
Illjwamh: I think probably half of the thirty best lines in this book were his
Merchant SJR: Indeed.
Merchant SJR: PS: I like Acid Pops.
Illjwamh: lol
Illjwamh: So, here's a theory:
Illjwamh: Hagrid, Head of Gryffindor House?
Merchant SJR: Better be.
Merchant SJR: What other teacher do we know that was fervently a Gryffindor?
Illjwamh: we don't really know anything about any of the other teachers
Merchant SJR: Moody's not leaving the Aurors, Lupin can't legally get a job anymore, Arthur's busy.
Illjwamh: right
Merchant SJR: Unless Minerva's staying in that position.
Illjwamh: she can't
Illjwamh: she's headmistress now
Illjwamh: who'll be the new defense teacher, I wonder?
Merchant SJR: Salem T. Overdeck.
Illjwamh: booya
Illjwamh: 'Well, you can't break and Unbreakable Vow ...'
'I'd worked that much out for myself, funnily enough'
Merchant SJR: I did notice a couple typos, but I didn't write them down.
Merchant SJR: Don't remember where they were.
Merchant SJR: By the way, I'm posting this convo when we're done.
Illjwamh: okay
Merchant SJR: I daresay we'll see more of Sluggy's meddling, though.
Illjwamh: Harry's exchange with the minister outside of the Burrow was awesome
Illjwamh: "No, it was honest," said Harry. "One of the only honest things you've said to me. You don't care whether I live or die, but I do care that I help you convince everyone you're winning the war against Voldemort. I haven't forgotten, Minister..."
He raised his right fist. There, shining white on the back of his cold hand, were the scars that Dolores Umbridge had forced him to carve into his own flesh: I must not tell lies.
Merchant SJR: Oh, most definitely.
Merchant SJR: In the last year, Harry's grown a pair.
Merchant SJR: All thanks to Umbridge, really.
Merchant SJR: Well, her and Voldie.
Merchant SJR: But still.
Illjwamh: yeah
Illjwamh: Well, he had it last year with Dudley too, remember?
Illjwamh: "It is night, Diddykins. That's what we call it when it goes all dark like this."
Merchant SJR: Yeah, that's true.
Merchant SJR: He's learned the wonders of sarcasm.
Merchant SJR: Always makes for interesting banter.
Merchant SJR: But even last year, he wouldn't have talked back as much to Snape as he did.
Merchant SJR: ******** him.
Merchant SJR: Anyway, we haven't seen the last of Sluggy.
Illjwamh: no sir
Merchant SJR: Dumbledore warned Harry about it, and he doesn't say such things lightly.
Merchant SJR: "I want to see what Malfoy is doing inside you."
Illjwamh: XD
