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Post by crowschmo on Nov 12, 2019 14:49:10 GMT -5
Dumbledore just blurting out at Karkaroff's trial that Snape was a spy was just idiotic. He's saying this out loud to a Death Eater who they eventually LET GO. Karkaroff could have used that to his advantage if he were ever in the presence of other Death Eaters that he feared would retaliate against his giving names. It might have been part of Snape's cover (that Voldemort knew he was "pretending" to be a spy for Dumbledore), but everyone thought Voldemort was gone at this point, so whether that was Voldemort's plan or not, that would still be putting Snape's life in danger from other former Death Eaters should Snape ever encounter them.
I stopped reading for a while, so I don't remember if this was addressed. I was just thinking about this scene that Harry saw in the Pensieve. I know it was just another plot device so that Harry (and the reader) would now know that Snape was a former Death Eater for "shock" value.
Still, not a very effective spy if everyone in that damn room now knew about it.
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Post by crowschmo on Oct 30, 2020 17:12:03 GMT -5
I know I keep harping on these nits I keep picking. The more I write about this myself, the more holes I see in the original. (I'm probably drilling a few holes myself).
Here's something: I don't remember if this was addressed by Rowling or not, so someone refresh my memory. Did Lily realize she was accessing "old magic" when she "gave her life" for Harry? (Like no other mother would do that). Or was it just an accident and she didn't realize it and it was just a by-product of her "unselfish love"? Because if she didn't realize what she was doing, how the hell does "defying" a powerful, evil wizard who is about to kill her son really help him? She stood in front of Harry and wouldn't step aside, but she wasn't fighting Voldemort, she just allowed herself to be killed. But, now she's dead. That leaves her infant son alone and defenseless in a room with a powerful, evil wizard hell-bent on killing him. Um...
Did she know about blood protection, or, again, was Voldemort's spell rebounding on him just a happy accidental consequence? And she didn't know about Voldemort's promise to Snape to spare her, so, uh, what was she going for there?
I'm not remembering the details of the scene and the subsequent explanations later on by Dumbledore. (Don't feel like re-reading everything in the books just yet).
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Post by crowschmo on Mar 25, 2022 12:53:56 GMT -5
It's hard to take anything seriously that Rowling says retroactively about this series when now, in Fantastic Beasts, she has McGonagall teaching at Hogwarts years before she was even born.
And I really can't reconcile a dapper, fitting-in-fine-with-Muggle-dress Dumbledore when later on he wears outlandish robes and hats (along with other Witches and Wizards who suddenly dress like kooks after knowing what Muggles wore perfectly fine in the Twenties or whenever Fantastic Beasts first starts).
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Post by crowschmo on Jun 13, 2022 12:49:16 GMT -5
Watched FB Secrets of Dumbledore because it was free with HBO which I already get, so...
What a waste of a movie. It was so stupid. That little Chillin (?) - whatever it was called - animal was cute, though. But it was a stupid premise.
And they could just call it "Wizarding World" for the name of the series, ya know? They don't have to keep calling it Fantastic Beasts, since Newt and all the critters are pretty unimportant at this juncture and it's now more about Dumbledore and Grindelwald.
The magic in these stories is so inconsistent. These wizards and witches can make wands, which pretty much put the universe in it's holders' grasps. They can bend space and time and put an entire menagerie in a SUITCASE - or TIME TRAVEL, for sh*t's sake. They can destroy - and then REBUILD - buildings in a flash, and yet they can't defeat ONE stinking wizard in Grindelwald (or later Voldemort). I know these powerful wizards have defenses, I guess, but come on.
Ugh. They make everyone too powerful in some instances, and then not powerful enough when it's convenient.
Maybe they're like Muggles - some people know how to build and program computers, others just push buttons but don't understand how it all works. Maybe wizards are like that. They can recite the spells and have the magic in them, but some just don't know how it all works and are just riding on the coattails of ones who came before. That's the explanation in my head cannon to explain the inconsistencies.
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Post by mylungswereaching on Jun 13, 2022 18:49:24 GMT -5
Watched FB Secrets of Dumbledore because it was free with HBO which I already get, so... What a waste of a movie. It was so stupid. That little Chillin (?) - whatever it was called - animal was cute, though. But it was a stupid premise. And they could just call it "Wizarding World" for the name of the series, ya know? They don't have to keep calling it Fantastic Beasts, since Newt and all the critters are pretty unimportant at this juncture and it's now more about Dumbledore and Grindelwald. The magic in these stories is so inconsistent. These wizards and witches can make wands, which pretty much put the universe in it's holders' grasps. They can bend space and time and put an entire menagerie in a SUITCASE - or TIME TRAVEL, for sh*t's sake. They can destroy - and then REBUILD - buildings in a flash, and yet they can't defeat ONE stinking wizard in Grindelwald (or later Voldemort). I know these powerful wizards have defenses, I guess, but come on. Ugh. They make everyone too powerful in some instances, and then not powerful enough when it's convenient. Maybe they're like Muggles - some people know how to build and program computers, others just push buttons but don't understand how it all works. Maybe wizards are like that. They can recite the spells and have the magic in them, but some just don't know how it all works and are just riding on the coattails of ones who came before. That's the explanation in my head cannon to explain the inconsistencies. I've read all the books and seen some of the movies. Different wizards have different levels of power. And getting wizards to work together is like herding cats. Millions of muggles could die and half of the wizard word would even realize it was happening. You rarely see two wizards fighting against one. My head canon is that if you are not trained to fight the chances of catching a rebounded spell is too high.
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Post by crowschmo on Jun 17, 2023 19:55:18 GMT -5
HBO is making a reboot series of HP. It's weird seeing that there'll be a reboot when the movie series has been on TV, like, everyday on some channel or other since forever.
It's even weirder to realize that the movie franchise (from when it first started) is over twenty years old. Seeing it everywhere all the time makes one forget how old it is.
One thinks -- Reboot? Already? That's not necessary. Then: Oh, yeah, it's old.
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