Just noticed this lovely little tidbit at the very end of Chapter 84:
“[Hermione] thought she heard, as she was within the doorway, a distant cawing cry. But it wasn’t meant for her, she knew[.]”
What on Earth is that supposed to mean? Who or what is cawing in Hogwarts or on the grounds, and how does she know something about it that we don’t? Or am I missing some terribly obvious connection here?
I’m very sorry about this. It referred to a part of Ch. 85 that I simply couldn’t work out in time for the posting deadline. I’ve removed the corresponding lead-in from Ch. 84.
If I get Ch. 85 to work as originally planned, I may put it back in later.
Me gusta. Not the part about Snape being her mysterious old wizard, but he was probably responsible for the escalation and was doing so for some unknown motive, I agree with that part, and that he’s probably not motivated by love for Lily anymore.
Edit: The unwarranted negative reputation proves that people are stupid assholes everywhere, this lesson shall be appreciated and remembered.
Please stop talking about your karma. I am tired of seeing these huge long threads arguing with you about your karma and whether lesswrong has groupthink and whether other people are being rude or disingenuous or whatever. You have singlehandedly lowered the quality of my experience reading LW this past week, and I am earnestly requesting that you stop it.
Just noticed this lovely little tidbit at the very end of Chapter 84:
What on Earth is that supposed to mean? Who or what is cawing in Hogwarts or on the grounds, and how does she know something about it that we don’t? Or am I missing some terribly obvious connection here?
I’m very sorry about this. It referred to a part of Ch. 85 that I simply couldn’t work out in time for the posting deadline. I’ve removed the corresponding lead-in from Ch. 84.
If I get Ch. 85 to work as originally planned, I may put it back in later.
It’s so totally Snape.
Fawkes.
Yes. And it absolutely was meant for her.
I’m pretty sure it was meant for Dumbledore. If it was meant for Hermione it could have just fire-ported to her.
It’s done similar things before. It called her to the bullies (probably) without her seeing it.
It’s plausible that that was actually Fancr, vavgvngvat uvf pbasyvpg rfpnyngvba cybg.
Snape may have used the sound of a phoenix call to guide Hermione in the past.
Me gusta. Not the part about Snape being her mysterious old wizard, but he was probably responsible for the escalation and was doing so for some unknown motive, I agree with that part, and that he’s probably not motivated by love for Lily anymore.
Edit: The unwarranted negative reputation proves that people are stupid assholes everywhere, this lesson shall be appreciated and remembered.
Please stop talking about your karma. I am tired of seeing these huge long threads arguing with you about your karma and whether lesswrong has groupthink and whether other people are being rude or disingenuous or whatever. You have singlehandedly lowered the quality of my experience reading LW this past week, and I am earnestly requesting that you stop it.
I thought it was the phoenix, myself.
There’s still an aftermath chapter left I think—it may be we’ll see first hand what Fawkes was cawing for.