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Jayson
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(1) "A lone clog, the size of a small boat, lay abandoned in front of them. There was no other sign of Grawp or of his attacker."
- Huh, didn't know Grawp was Dutch, wooden shoes and all.
- Kidding. Hagrid found him east of Minsk so he's likely Russian.
(2) Snape: "You’re a witch."
Lily: "That’s not a very nice thing to say to somebody!"
- I mean, what do you expect?
— Sep 10, 2020 12:10AM
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(1) "A lone clog, the size of a small boat, lay abandoned in front of them. There was no other sign of Grawp or of his attacker."
- Huh, didn't know Grawp was Dutch, wooden shoes and all.
- Kidding. Hagrid found him east of Minsk so he's likely Russian.
(2) Snape: "You’re a witch."
Lily: "That’s not a very nice thing to say to somebody!"
- I mean, what do you expect?
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Jayson’s Previous Updates
Jayson
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(1) My audiobook re-read of "Harry Potter" is nearly at an end. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for all the great discussion and enthusiasm. It was like having one big buddy-read with hundreds, even thousands, of people. I know many of you friended and followed me because of my "Harry Potter" updates, and I hope you decide to stick around for what comes next :)
— Sep 15, 2020 12:10AM
Notes:
(1) My audiobook re-read of "Harry Potter" is nearly at an end. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for all the great discussion and enthusiasm. It was like having one big buddy-read with hundreds, even thousands, of people. I know many of you friended and followed me because of my "Harry Potter" updates, and I hope you decide to stick around for what comes next :)
Jayson
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(1) Voldemort: "Pick up your little friend, Hagrid. And the glasses — put on the glasses — he must be recognizable —"
- Of course, the glasses... otherwise he'd be totally unrecognizable... a regular Clark Kent.
(2) Molly: "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH! ... OUT OF MY WAY! ... Get back! Get back! She is mine!"
- Well, at least we know where Ron gets his foul mouth from.
— Sep 14, 2020 12:10AM
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(1) Voldemort: "Pick up your little friend, Hagrid. And the glasses — put on the glasses — he must be recognizable —"
- Of course, the glasses... otherwise he'd be totally unrecognizable... a regular Clark Kent.
(2) Molly: "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH! ... OUT OF MY WAY! ... Get back! Get back! She is mine!"
- Well, at least we know where Ron gets his foul mouth from.
Jayson
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(1) '"Explain," said Harry.
"But you already know," said Dumbledore. He twiddled his thumbs.'
- Always the teacher, Dumbledore. Makes you sound it out.
(2) Dumbledore: "Your wand imbibed some of the power and qualities of Voldemort’s wand ... and it regurgitated some of his own magic against him."
- Yuck! Voldemort magic apparently doesn't sit well in a wand's belly.
— Sep 13, 2020 12:10AM
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(1) '"Explain," said Harry.
"But you already know," said Dumbledore. He twiddled his thumbs.'
- Always the teacher, Dumbledore. Makes you sound it out.
(2) Dumbledore: "Your wand imbibed some of the power and qualities of Voldemort’s wand ... and it regurgitated some of his own magic against him."
- Yuck! Voldemort magic apparently doesn't sit well in a wand's belly.
Jayson
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(1) "He felt his heart pounding fiercely in his chest. How strange that in his dread of death, it pumped all the harder, valiantly keeping him alive."
- I don't find it strange at all. Harry's dreading death, after all.
(2) "He saw the mouth move and a flash of green light, and everything was gone."
- Huh, I thought Voldemort was more proficient in non-verbal spells.
— Sep 12, 2020 12:10AM
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(1) "He felt his heart pounding fiercely in his chest. How strange that in his dread of death, it pumped all the harder, valiantly keeping him alive."
- I don't find it strange at all. Harry's dreading death, after all.
(2) "He saw the mouth move and a flash of green light, and everything was gone."
- Huh, I thought Voldemort was more proficient in non-verbal spells.
Jayson
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(1) "[Harry] heard Snape shout at [Lily] in his humiliation and his fury, the unforgivable word: "Mudblood."
(2) Lily: "You call everyone of my birth Mudblood, Severus. Why should I be any different?"
(3) Phineas Nigellus: "They are camping in the Forest of Dean! The Mudblood —"
Snape: "Do not use that word!"
- That, boys and girls, is what we call a "character arc."
— Sep 11, 2020 12:20AM
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(1) "[Harry] heard Snape shout at [Lily] in his humiliation and his fury, the unforgivable word: "Mudblood."
(2) Lily: "You call everyone of my birth Mudblood, Severus. Why should I be any different?"
(3) Phineas Nigellus: "They are camping in the Forest of Dean! The Mudblood —"
Snape: "Do not use that word!"
- That, boys and girls, is what we call a "character arc."
Jayson
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(1) Goyle: "You was looking for a die-dum! What’s a die-dum?"
- I bet Goyle will die dumb.
(2) Ron: "If we die for them, I’ll kill you, Harry!"
- Can the dead be killed?
(3) Hermione: "Are you a wizard, or what?"
Ron: "Oh — right — yeah — Wingardium Leviosa!"
- Nice callback to the first book, where the roles were reversed. Also, to the first spell they ever learned.
— Sep 09, 2020 12:15AM
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(1) Goyle: "You was looking for a die-dum! What’s a die-dum?"
- I bet Goyle will die dumb.
(2) Ron: "If we die for them, I’ll kill you, Harry!"
- Can the dead be killed?
(3) Hermione: "Are you a wizard, or what?"
Ron: "Oh — right — yeah — Wingardium Leviosa!"
- Nice callback to the first book, where the roles were reversed. Also, to the first spell they ever learned.
Jayson
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(1) "Running at Ron, [Hermione] flung [her arms] around his neck and kissed him full on the mouth. Ron ... responded with such enthusiasm that he lifted Hermione off her feet."
- Huh, it's a lot more aggressive in the book.
(2) Harry: "D'you think you could just — just hold it in until we’ve got the diadem?"
Ron: "Yeah — right — sorry."
- I bet he's not really sorry.
— Sep 08, 2020 12:20AM
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(1) "Running at Ron, [Hermione] flung [her arms] around his neck and kissed him full on the mouth. Ron ... responded with such enthusiasm that he lifted Hermione off her feet."
- Huh, it's a lot more aggressive in the book.
(2) Harry: "D'you think you could just — just hold it in until we’ve got the diadem?"
Ron: "Yeah — right — sorry."
- I bet he's not really sorry.
Jayson
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(1) '"Our headmaster is taking a short break," said Professor McGonagall, pointing at the Snape-shaped hole in the window.'
- So much sass.
(2) I find it hard to believe that Dumbledore never knew about the Room of Requirement.
(3) '"It was Ron, all Ron’s idea!” said Hermione breathlessly. "Wasn’t it absolutely brilliant?"'
- Ron being brilliant makes Hermione swoon.
— Sep 07, 2020 12:10AM
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(1) '"Our headmaster is taking a short break," said Professor McGonagall, pointing at the Snape-shaped hole in the window.'
- So much sass.
(2) I find it hard to believe that Dumbledore never knew about the Room of Requirement.
(3) '"It was Ron, all Ron’s idea!” said Hermione breathlessly. "Wasn’t it absolutely brilliant?"'
- Ron being brilliant makes Hermione swoon.
Jayson
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(1) Harry uses the Cruciatus Curse and McGonagall uses the Imperius Curse. Sure, rules get thrown out when it comes to war, but do the ends justify the means?
(2) In the film McGonagall duels Snape one-on-one until he flees. In the book, it's Flitwick that runs Snape off.
(3) 'Professor McGonagall dryly, "we teachers are rather good at magic, you know."'
- Ha! Sassy.
— Sep 06, 2020 12:10AM
Notes:
(1) Harry uses the Cruciatus Curse and McGonagall uses the Imperius Curse. Sure, rules get thrown out when it comes to war, but do the ends justify the means?
(2) In the film McGonagall duels Snape one-on-one until he flees. In the book, it's Flitwick that runs Snape off.
(3) 'Professor McGonagall dryly, "we teachers are rather good at magic, you know."'
- Ha! Sassy.
Jayson
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(1) Ron: "Yeah, well, food’s one of the five exceptions to Gamp’s Law of Elemental Transfiguration."
- Hermione must be beaming.
(2) Seamus: "We’ve been hiding out [in the Room of Requirement] ... and it even sprouted a pretty good bathroom once girls started turning up —"
Lavender: "— and thought they’d quite like to wash, yes."
- So... boys don't "require" washing?
— Sep 05, 2020 12:20AM
Notes:
(1) Ron: "Yeah, well, food’s one of the five exceptions to Gamp’s Law of Elemental Transfiguration."
- Hermione must be beaming.
(2) Seamus: "We’ve been hiding out [in the Room of Requirement] ... and it even sprouted a pretty good bathroom once girls started turning up —"
Lavender: "— and thought they’d quite like to wash, yes."
- So... boys don't "require" washing?
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ARI wrote: "yes! i think the same way too! i mean his actions towards harry in all those years is not well justified! just coz he loved his mother and her mother married his enemy dosen't signifies his attitud..."Yes, it certainly provides much to chew on :)
Koby Z. (KZ Reads) wrote: "Sanpe probably WOULD NOT HAVE helped Harry if he didn't owe Harry's father, which just proves the point even more."And what point would that be?
Koby Z. (KZ Reads) wrote: "@Jason: That Sanpe can't be forgiven that easily. He only saved Harry so that he wouldn't have owed James anymore."I don't believe it's ever mentioned that he only saved Harry because he owed James anything. I believe he saved Harry primarily because Quirrel was going to kill him, and Dumbledore said to watch out for him.
Koby Z. (KZ Reads) wrote: "@Jayson: Yes, probably both. However, at the end of the book, when Harry is talking to Dumbledore, Harry asks why Snape saves him and Dumbledore replies that James saved Snape a long time ago and s..."For the life of me, I have no idea what you're talking about. I've read over the only conversation between Harry and Dumbledore several times now, and nowhere does it mention this debt or Quirrel or anything relating to it. Please point me to this passage, because if it exists in this book I can't find it. I can only conclude that you must be mistaken.
Aarja wrote: "Ha, lol!"😁👍
Koby Z. (KZ Reads) wrote: "I think maybe we're talking about dofferent books now? I'm saying thr conversation in book one relates to this. If not, I can find you the page number."Why do you keep deleting your comments? It makes it very difficult to track this conversation. Regardless, in the first comment you deleted you said that the conversation happened at the end of THIS book. Now, if you were mistaken, as I suggested, and this conversation took place in a previous book, then that's another thing entirely.
Koby Z. (KZ Reads) wrote: "Sorry, I have horrible spelling. My Kindle's keyboard is bad."It's why I always wait to comment on a computer.
About the comment deleting:My Kindle has this weird Goodreads setting that makes it delete replies to save space. Because it can only show around 15 comments at once, it deletes old replies automatically if possible to accomodate for the new ones. My apologizes for it being hard to track down. Regardless, now that we can't be sure, we should probably just stop debating about it now.
Koby Z. (KZ Reads) wrote: "Regardless, now that we can't be sure, we should probably just stop debating about it now."Well, we can certainly be sure because I have a text copy of your comment as an e-mail notification. You very plainly specify it was this book. Also, Snape didn't save Harry ONLY because he owed James. As is made very clear in this book, Dumbledore needed Harry alive, and Snape was in on that plan. I'm not precluding life debt as any sort of supplementary reason.
Clogs are very uncomfortable. He was probably his own attacker solely because of his shoe choice
Roel ✿ wrote: "Clogs are very uncomfortable. He was probably his own attacker solely because of his shoe choice"I'll take your word for it about clogs. I'm sure they can drive anyone to madness and self-injury :)
TMR wrote: "Such a sad flashback."
RenardRouge wrote: "Welp"
Thanks, glad you like it! As for Snape, I defnitely think this chapter puts all his motivations in context and presents him in a more human light than the heartless villain he's been portrayed as until this point. However, I don't know if it's enough to redeem his actions. It seems like the entire purpose of this chapter was to flip a switch where suddenly he went from villain to hero in Harry's mind and ours, but I don't know if it was 100% successful in that regard. He's certainly a flawed and complex character, probably the most complex character in the series. And I think that's the biggest takeaway and effect of the chapter.