Little Questions Answered v.21
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In OotP, Chapter 27, "The Centaur and the Sneak," Dumbledore says two lines as he is leaving his office:
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If Harry had truly closed his mind, Dumbledore would eventually tell him the truth, as was his plan. It would likely need to be the following year if not the end of that fifth year, as the following summer, Dumbledore would bring about a fatal curse and run short on time. |
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Another one from me about Chamber of Secrets. (The book I'm currently re-reading :D)
"Most of their fellow students seemed glad that they were being shepherded from class to class by teachers..." pg. 198. So because of the attacks, the classes are being directed to their next one by their teacher. This is proven at the bottom of the page where we see Snape say, "Hurry up, I've got to take you all to Herbology....It was only safe to let go of him when Snape had seen them out of the castle." Understandable, their next lesson is Herbology, their previous lesson was Potions so obviously Snape would take them from his lesson to the next. But then after Herbology... "At the end of the lesson Professor Snape escorted the class to their Defence Against the Dark Arts Lesson." pg.199 Why wouldn't it be Professor Sprout escorting them to their next lesson if they're in Herbology? Is this a mistake? |
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Has Jo ever mentioned the percent split of world population into muggle and magical ? Or any other numbers on how the two communities compare ?
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Thanks for the quote.
Three thousand sounds really low though. If we include all the other magical creatures and bump the number to a hundred thousand, that's only 0.16% of the population of UK. Extrapolating it to the total population puts the number at a little over eleven million in the whole world. Maybe there is a point to their secrecy. If things go south and the two sides end up fighting, we could crush them through sheer numbers never mind all the advanced weaponry we've got. |
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Only a few thousand wizards doesn't make a lot of sense. There'd be little need for the huge Bureaucracy that is the Ministry of Magic if there were that few people. And the economy wouldn't really support a place like Diagon Alley either with such a low number.
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And I doubt the Ministry would be the way it is too if there was such a small population to manage. |
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Someone should write a fanfic about this... |
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I am not sure this even belongs in this thread , its more of a movie plot hole than a question book related... Should I have posted it in the DH part two thread... I think so ... but it is still a little question so I am posting it here instead , sorry if I am mistaken.
Anywho, the thing is , I was watching DH part two last night and when Snape gives Harry the memory , Harry watches in the pensieve when Lily tells Harry to be brave and that he is loved... Ummm, how did Snape have that memory, it does not make sense , does it? In order to have it he would have needed to be there when Voldy killed her, I know its was not in the book , but even if it is in the film , it should make sense shouldnt it... |
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That sounds logical enough :) thanks Now a question that does belong in here: How did Hagrid get to the hut on the rock ? He says he flew, but If I am not mistaken , it is stated in DH that he could not fly via broomstick cause he was too large. Did he use Sirius Motorcycle ? threstral? And then , I understand when he leaves Harry he somehow disapparates, could he do that with his piece of wand? |
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How Hagrid travels at all (eg to Diagon Alley) is a bit of a mystery. Could Sirius' bike be made invisible like the Ford Anglia? Otherwise I can't see him using it to travel into the middle of London if all the Muggles could see him arriving. And if he used it to travel to the island where was it when he and Harry left? And how did he get it back? We never see Hagrid apparating either and I got the impression he wasn't supposed to be using magic which was why he had his wand hidden in the umbrella. Can Muggles see Thestrals? (If they've seen death I mean). If not I suppose he could have ridden one but what happened to it later? Could the Knight Bus have got him on to the island? I'm puzzled. Maybe Dumbledore created Portkeys to get Hagrid around?
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