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Whit · 07-03-2003, 10:26 AM

     Russoto, you're right that it wouldn't have done Voldy any good now. However, I must point out that he didn't know that. After all, if he'd have had that it 16 years ago Harry would have died having never been within 20 miles of He-Who-Shall-Not-Get-a-Tan and the good guys would've lost back then. Due to the nature of the item he couldn't know how useful it would be untill he examined it.
     Now, Tom's (I did enjoy Dumbledore calling him that) refusal to enter the Ministry to retrieve it himself then popping in like it was no big deal was a little annoying. However, it's a kids book. It's hardly fair to expect it to live up to adult book standards.
     Oh yeah, did anybody else get what the hell exactly was behind that veil? It sounded like a portal to the afterlife or somesuch but I didn't get it...
Spoiler: I am still pissed nothing happened between Ron and Hermione. What the hell? They're 15 hormones churning and they act like, well, Ron's parents. Or rather they don't, the Weasleys do have what seems like 3 dozen kids. I don't know... Maybe Rowling felt a few more pages would be a bit to much. Maybe we'll find out later that something was happening, but since the book always follows Harry we didn't get to find out about it until they tell him.

07-03-2003, 10:26 AM	#24
Whit Umm ... yeah. Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Arkansas, USA Posts: 949	Minor Spoilers      Russoto, you're right that it wouldn't have done Voldy any good now. However, I must point out that he didn't know that. After all, if he'd have had that it 16 years ago Harry would have died having never been within 20 miles of He-Who-Shall-Not-Get-a-Tan and the good guys would've lost back then. Due to the nature of the item he couldn't know how useful it would be untill he examined it.      Now, Tom's (I did enjoy Dumbledore calling him that) refusal to enter the Ministry to retrieve it himself then popping in like it was no big deal was a little annoying. However, it's a kids book. It's hardly fair to expect it to live up to adult book standards.      Oh yeah, did anybody else get what the hell exactly was behind that veil? It sounded like a portal to the afterlife or somesuch but I didn't get it... Spoiler: I am still pissed nothing happened between Ron and Hermione. What the hell? They're 15 hormones churning and they act like, well, Ron's parents. Or rather they don't, the Weasleys do have what seems like 3 dozen kids. I don't know... Maybe Rowling felt a few more pages would be a bit to much. Maybe we'll find out later that something was happening, but since the book always follows Harry we didn't get to find out about it until they tell him. __________________ A friend will help you move. A true friend will help you move a body.