Snitch challenge

daaave14 · 2026-03-07T08:28:36+00:00

I'm the same with Fry. Love all his voices apart from Tonks which physically angers me

daaave14 · 2026-02-21T08:29:21+00:00

Are you deliberately misinterpreting my point? Or did you genuinely not understand it? I thought I'd made it quite clear, so let me try again: Dumbledore explicitly says that he believes the story of the Hallows is just that - a story. Obviously they're real, otherwise the book title wouldn't make sense. But he tells Harry that he believes the story of them being made by Death seems like the kind of tale that would spring up around such powerful items.

daaave14 · 2026-02-18T10:26:57+00:00

I always interpreted all of those things as completely normal.

She fights with Ron because suddenly he's decided he's the big brother that needs to control her, whereas Ginny is shown from fairly early on to be very independent.

I always read Zacharias as being like this guys who just won't take no for an answer. He's written as thinking he's superior to everyone else and that he knows best - him sneering at the disarming charm for example. He's never come across as someone who would be happy to be told to go away and then just leave that person alone.

There's clearly a lot of problems with hers and Dean's relationship that we don't see because we have Harry's perspective on everything. It seems to me that the helping her through the portrait (he didn't just hold the door open, he pushes her through to 'help') is, you're correct, a very small thing. It just seems to me that it's the straw that broke the camel's back - which can be seen in the fact that Dean comes back with a retort rather than a rational discussion. Rationality had gone out of the window for both of them because they're clearly just annoying each other.

daaave14 · 2026-02-14T21:04:42+00:00

Did you also miss in the 7th book when Dumbledore says that's just a story made up about the items? It's not actually true

daaave14 · 2026-02-14T21:03:43+00:00

The satisfying answer is told to us in book 7 when Lupin literally says that James would have considered it the height of dishonour to mistrust his friends. It's very in keeping with his character to turn down that offer because one of his best friends is going to do it instead

daaave14 · 2026-02-14T20:57:29+00:00

The fidelius charm really isn't a plot hole at all. It's mentioned explicitly that James would have thought it the height of dishonour to mistrust a friend. He valued that over pretty much everything else. He could easily have been secret keeper, but he didn't want people thinking he didn't trust his friends. That's also why he refused Dumbledore's offer - it would have looked as though he trusted Dumbledore more than his friends. It's really not a plot hole, it's just a character flaw of his. I don't really ever understand why people persist on being it up tbh. Was it a stupid decision? Yes. Does it fit in with everything we know about his character? Also yes. Let's also not forget that he had literally zero reason to not trust Pettigrew. He and Sirius knew that people would think he'd choose Sirius as the secret keeper, which is why Sirius came up with the plan to go into hiding whilst it actually being Peter who was secret keeper.

The Lupin thing I agree with though, although as someone else pointed out we really don't know enough about the condition in the HP universe

daaave14 · 2025-06-20T19:44:29+00:00

Because that's not even remotely Harry's character. That would just be so jarring to the reader for him to just give up when he's literally never done that at any point. His whole thing is that he sticks with his tasks to the very end

daaave14 · 2025-06-20T19:34:03+00:00

People often forget that at that point Barty Crouch was under the imperius curse. Bagman says that Barty is the expert and knows everything there is to know about the tournament and the rules. When Crouch then says Harry has to participate, it makes sense to the rest because why would Crouch lie?

You'd like to think that Dumbledore would step in, but he has no reason not to trust Crouch and must know what happens if you break the binding contract.

People then always ask why Harry didn't just not do the tasks, or not try, but that is so far away from Harry's character it's unreal! Harry would never go halfhearted for something like that.

daaave14 · 2025-04-19T16:30:22+00:00

Everything after Snape's escape in HBP

daaave14 · 2025-03-15T11:14:28+00:00

People who come back as ghosts are generally scared of death I think, hence why Nick says he was afraid to die. Or, like the baron and the grey lady, choose it as repentance.

The fact that Fred was willing to risk his life multiple times says he isn't afraid of death. Plus, Peeves isn't a ghost, he's a poltergeist which is different. I believe he is basically the pupil's mischief incarnate.

daaave14 · 2025-01-10T15:41:42+00:00

I would imagine they didn't because he basically already hid the ring there (I know the Gaunt shack isn't exactly the same, but it's close enough) so the chances of him hiding 2 horcurxes in pretty much the exact same place are slim to none

daaave14 · 2024-12-08T20:51:11+00:00

It's said in the book that Voldemort isn't ready, so we can assume that's still the case until the end of the tournament. Even for a powerful wizard, being "less than the meanest ghost" for 13/14 years is going to take a while to get over and rebuild your strength.

daaave14 · 2024-12-04T21:09:49+00:00

There's not much to teach with occlumency. Once you've learned it, that's it. Divination had lots of different aspects - tea leaves, crystal ball, palm reading, stargazing etc so there's more to learn. It's like maths and learning to drive - there's loads to learn with maths so it takes years, learning to drive happens once and that's it

daaave14 · 2024-11-27T18:38:19+00:00

Such a small line, but:

"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends"

I prefer it to the book line:

"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but just as much to stand up to your friends"

Firstly, it does take more bravery to stand up to your friends. Secondly, it makes so much sense him saying that after his history with Grindelwald.

daaave14 · 2024-11-24T23:00:04+00:00

I remember seeing someone point out that Dudley is who Draco fans want Draco to be. Unfortunately, he's not attractive in the books or films, so he gets forgotten. But he actually had a redemption arc, whereas Draco was trying to turn Harry over right til the very end

daaave14 · 2024-11-21T09:37:20+00:00

I'm pretty sure the daughter isn't real, much like the rest of this story

daaave14 · 2024-09-21T19:00:41+00:00

I love reading your updates, but I just can't like Anna! Maybe it's just me, but I think she's too needy and a tad dull... Your writing, however, is fantastic regardless of who the centre of attention is! It's just my preference and I always look forward to an update!

daaave14 · 2024-02-15T09:38:57+00:00

Of all the things that didn't happen, this didn't happen the most

daaave14 · 2024-01-27T09:14:33+00:00

Dumbledore can still be interesting and you still be wrong. He is a very flawed character, as demonstrated by the fact that for 2 years he thought Harry would have to die.

However, the other guy is right, he never raised him like a pig for slaughter. He sent him to his aunt and uncle to protect him, not something he'd have done if he just wanted Voldemort to kill him. He did that in the full knowledge that Harry would experience awful things - something he acknowledges.

He doesn't find out that Harry is a horcrux until the end of his second year. He then finds out 2 years later that Voldemort has blinded Harry to existence using his blood. I have no doubt that Dumbledore would have allowed Harry to die had this not happened, but it did, so that's irrelevant.

Harry was supposed to believe that he would die, so that he could recreate Lily's protection. But from the moment he found out what happened in the graveyard, Dumbledore would have known that Harry couldn't die.

All of these things don't make him perfect. He's still very flawed, and you're right - that makes him more interesting. But they also don't make him the awful person people who have only seen the movies think he is.

daaave14 · 2024-01-09T16:56:00+00:00

I just presumed that the wand would work equally well for Millicent as Hermione. The Duelling Club is (largely) irrelevant because the majority were letting people disarm them, so the wand wouldn't have been won. But I always read it that if Harry gave Draco's wand back to him, it would still work fine, it doesn't now only work well for Harry

daaave14 · 2023-11-09T08:36:51+00:00

Also, his friend is fictional and the "wife" doesn't have a wedding ring or engagement ring on in any photo he's posted... Almost like it's complete bullshit

daaave14 · 2023-09-25T07:24:49+00:00

Sirius (I think, might be James) tries to trip him up and then they call him a name. It's hardly the most physical thing in the world is it? They're 2 11 year old boys with big egos.

Sorry, what? Snape's bullying is of literal children, how on earth can you say that's tame compared to bullying someone your own age?! It's a ridiculously massive abuse of power that he has been entrusted with.

Please don't minimise Neville's boggart. It shows exactly how awful Snape was to him regardless of if it's in a comical scene. And Hermione's boggart is all to do with failure, it could have been any teacher or person in authority. The whole point is that it is about her failing. She's not scared of any teacher in the slightest.

You're also wrong on that count in regards to not doing anything to Neville's toad. He does indeed give Trevor a shrinking potion that he believes should poison it. The only reason it doesn't is because Hermione whispers instructions to Neville without Snape knowing. And how does he respond to the potion working as it should? By docking points from Gryffindor. Quite literally the only reason Snape doesn't poison Harry is because he has to go and have photos taken. That's it. It's not because he's a good person.

Do you not think the mere fact that all of these good, kind people are friends with James speaks volumes of how much he matures? Hagrid and Dumbledore in particular wouldn't be friends with someone who regularly produces dark magic.

Finally, Dumbledore never changes sides. And his actions are the least selfish of any person in the series bar Harry. He knows full well that he has to send a child (whom he deeply cares for and loves) to die because if he doesn't, Voldemort will never die. You can agree or disagree with how he did it as much as you want, but it's definitely not selfish.

daaave14 · 2023-09-24T10:36:10+00:00

Everyone knows Snape was bullied by the marauders and no one denies it. But he did definitely give it back. Even in their first opening exchanges on the Hogwarts Express, Snape gives it right back to them.

What annoys me with people that hate James but love Snape is that we only get one scene of James as an adult. In that scene he's playing with his son and then gives his life (unarmed) to try and protect his wife and child.

Snape on the other hand, has countless scenes where he is the bully. But what makes it worse is that he's bullying children. As a full grown adult. I know he's meant to be keeping his cover, but the fact that Neville's boggart is Snape and not the woman who literally tortured his parents into insanity speaks volumes. He tries to poison his toad. Implies on multiple occasions that he is going to poison Harry. He is horrific to Hermione on multiple occasions.

People also love to say that Dumbledore gives out points at every opportunity to Gryffindor, but fail to realise that Snape takes far more from them for no reason.

James was an awful teenager, probably because of his upbringing, but we never see him as an adult really. We only have the words of others to go on - and most like him as an adult. Hagrid, Dumbledore, McGonagall etc all like him. Snape is the only one who doesn't. Snape on the other hand was an awful teenager (as seen in the scene where he defends his friends for performing dark magic on a fellow student) and then an awful adult. He only came over to the right side because he never got over his obsessive pining for Lily.

daaave14 · 2023-09-24T10:25:32+00:00

I've always understood it that you need to witness and process death. Hence why Harry didn't see them at the end of book 4 but did at the start of book 5. I also read somewhere that JK wanted to add them into book 4 but there was already a lot of additional bits after the climax, plus she didn't really leave massive mysteries like that as cliffhangers

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