Interesting that Harry uses his med pack he bought in anticipation of almost exactly the scenario which played out when he used it, except that Hermione absolves him instead of cursing him.
“One of my classmates gets bitten by a horrible monster, and as I
scrabble frantically in my mokeskin pouch for something that could help
her, she looks at me sadly and with her last breath says, ‘Why weren’t you
prepared?’ And then she dies, and I know as her eyes close that she won’t
ever forgive me—”
The detailed foreshadowing often seems like part of the story, not just as aspect of the story. What is said comes true much more than it should, and in much more detail than it should. “Bitten” is a very specific way to die.
That very quote led into McGonagall’s theory that Harry had suffered some kind of trauma and had it Obliviated. And then there was that business with the Remembrall in chapter 17. I’d have to go back and check for more instances of Harry specifically foreshadowing a future event like this, but more and more I’m beginning to think that Harry has forgotten or locked foreknowledge that’s leaking into his subconscious.
But in Chapter 17, McGongall rejects the theory that remembralls detect Obliviation.
“More importantly, why did the Remembrall go off like that?” Harry said. “Does it mean I’ve been Obliviated?”
“That puzzles me as well,” Professor McGonagall said slowly. “If it
were that simple, I would think that the courts would use Remembralls,
and they do not. I shall look into it, Mr. Potter.” She sighed. “You can
go now.”
But, strange that Harry doesn’t think to keep experimenting with the Remembrall.
That’s plausible, but if so, it seems like a very disproportionate response from the Remembrall; that is assuming that under ordinary circumstances Remembralls light up like they do in canon, which I suppose is not necessarily a given.
Interesting that Harry uses his med pack he bought in anticipation of almost exactly the scenario which played out when he used it, except that Hermione absolves him instead of cursing him.
The detailed foreshadowing often seems like part of the story, not just as aspect of the story. What is said comes true much more than it should, and in much more detail than it should. “Bitten” is a very specific way to die.
You know, speaking of foreshadowing…
That very quote led into McGonagall’s theory that Harry had suffered some kind of trauma and had it Obliviated. And then there was that business with the Remembrall in chapter 17. I’d have to go back and check for more instances of Harry specifically foreshadowing a future event like this, but more and more I’m beginning to think that Harry has forgotten or locked foreknowledge that’s leaking into his subconscious.
But in Chapter 17, McGongall rejects the theory that remembralls detect Obliviation.
But, strange that Harry doesn’t think to keep experimenting with the Remembrall.
This bothered me as well. It’s a mysterious phenomenon that directly relates to Harry’s own mental state. He should have been all over that.
Harry had forgotten that he was not to use his timeturner in front of other people- a fact which got him a very stern rebuke from Mcgonagall.
That’s plausible, but if so, it seems like a very disproportionate response from the Remembrall; that is assuming that under ordinary circumstances Remembralls light up like they do in canon, which I suppose is not necessarily a given.
From what we’ve seen of Wizard courts, they aren’t exactly bastions of prudence and rationality.
And we never did hear back from her on that topic, did we?
Could he have forgotten without obliviation?