I’m still confused. I think because I assume that saving Bellatrix was definitely not the point of the trip, and whatever the real point was, it specifically has to do with Harry so Quirrel’s patronus status is irrelevant with respect to the Azkaban trip. Couldn’t Quirrel always have used an ally in the plot? They wouldn’t even necessarily have to be willing or reliable on their own, or can’t you summon a patronus under the imperius curse?
Now I feel like I did when reading the chapter on the final army battle. I think I’m an n-1 player.
I got the impression that Harry’s patronus was special and strong for shielding against the Dementors, perhaps no others would have been strong enough to hide an escaped felon? Why hadn’t more people been broken out?
Okay if saving Bellatrix is not about saving Bellatrix, could whatever it was about have been done in a more controlled environment? Could Quirrell have hired some goons to play a part in some formative point of Harry’s education/ensnarement rather than taking a teen into a live fire situation.
What would have happened if Harry hadn’t been able to cast Patronus? Could Quirrell have taught the lesson/ got a hold on Harry in a different way? If so why hadn’t Quirrell got this hold as soon as he could have? It seemed that Harry’s Patronus was the trigger for the Azkaban mission (Quirrell suggests it just after he finds out about it, why does Quirrell need to get the hold now).
The only explanation that makes sense in the “azkaban is not about bellatrix” scenario is that Quirrell wanted it to fail all along… I see insufficient incentive for Quirrell for the positive outcome to offset the severe risk of it going wrong.
I’m also confused. None of the explanations for what is going on make sense. Quirrell’s motivation/identity seems the most under explained.
Interesting. I’m not sure whether or not it’s better at shielding, because we’re told that people break in to Azkaban to shield the inmates so that they might have regular non-nightmare dreams, or just a half-day of patronus time. So we know that just one typical patronus is strong enough to protect people from the worst effects of a Dementor for 12 hours.
I don’t think we know enough about the defenses of Azkaban to say at what point the typical rescue operation would fail. But when we’re witnessing the aurors in the command center, I find it interesting that only attempts to relieve the pain of being in Azkaban through patronus-presence are brought up (in the bit about bribes), not escape attempts. Perhaps it has to do with the “perfect crime” logic.
As to what the actual purpose was in this whole excursion, I have no idea.
I’m not sure intentional failure is the only explanation. It could be some weird bonding experience. Maybe Quirrel always dreamed of raiding wizarding prisons, pulling off bank heists, and taking over the world with his son. Chapter 55: “Adoption Papers”
I think from the duel that we can infer that Quirrel didn’t expect to lose, even in a one-sided fight against a team of aurors. He was just playing games when it was one-on-one. Maybe he used the killing curse because he was (overly) confident that Harry was committed to trusting him completely with regards to this mission and didn’t expect to be blocked.
Maybe chapter 55 will answer all of our questions. Ha. Haha.
Someone talked about the chapter being in “fantasy mode”. My first thought was that they were saying that the chapter might be a dream. This doesn’t seem to be what they meant, but the chapter is so odd in terms of the overall story that I don’t want to entirely exclude the hypothesis.
At that point, the hard thing is thinking of a way that it being a dream or other sort of hallucination wouldn’t be completely infuriating. I’m not sure if it “Harry has an enemy who’s attacking him in his dreams” would be good enough, though that would be a very Harryish nightmare. Maybe it’s his subconscious telling him that Quirrell isn’t entirely trustworthy.
I usually do not like dream episodes if they are not well hinted at. It often feels like a cheap excuse to blow everything up without hurting the status Q.
I’m still confused. I think because I assume that saving Bellatrix was definitely not the point of the trip, and whatever the real point was, it specifically has to do with Harry so Quirrel’s patronus status is irrelevant with respect to the Azkaban trip. Couldn’t Quirrel always have used an ally in the plot? They wouldn’t even necessarily have to be willing or reliable on their own, or can’t you summon a patronus under the imperius curse?
Now I feel like I did when reading the chapter on the final army battle. I think I’m an n-1 player.
I got the impression that Harry’s patronus was special and strong for shielding against the Dementors, perhaps no others would have been strong enough to hide an escaped felon? Why hadn’t more people been broken out?
Okay if saving Bellatrix is not about saving Bellatrix, could whatever it was about have been done in a more controlled environment? Could Quirrell have hired some goons to play a part in some formative point of Harry’s education/ensnarement rather than taking a teen into a live fire situation.
What would have happened if Harry hadn’t been able to cast Patronus? Could Quirrell have taught the lesson/ got a hold on Harry in a different way? If so why hadn’t Quirrell got this hold as soon as he could have? It seemed that Harry’s Patronus was the trigger for the Azkaban mission (Quirrell suggests it just after he finds out about it, why does Quirrell need to get the hold now).
The only explanation that makes sense in the “azkaban is not about bellatrix” scenario is that Quirrell wanted it to fail all along… I see insufficient incentive for Quirrell for the positive outcome to offset the severe risk of it going wrong.
I’m also confused. None of the explanations for what is going on make sense. Quirrell’s motivation/identity seems the most under explained.
Interesting. I’m not sure whether or not it’s better at shielding, because we’re told that people break in to Azkaban to shield the inmates so that they might have regular non-nightmare dreams, or just a half-day of patronus time. So we know that just one typical patronus is strong enough to protect people from the worst effects of a Dementor for 12 hours.
I don’t think we know enough about the defenses of Azkaban to say at what point the typical rescue operation would fail. But when we’re witnessing the aurors in the command center, I find it interesting that only attempts to relieve the pain of being in Azkaban through patronus-presence are brought up (in the bit about bribes), not escape attempts. Perhaps it has to do with the “perfect crime” logic.
As to what the actual purpose was in this whole excursion, I have no idea.
I’m not sure intentional failure is the only explanation. It could be some weird bonding experience. Maybe Quirrel always dreamed of raiding wizarding prisons, pulling off bank heists, and taking over the world with his son. Chapter 55: “Adoption Papers”
I think from the duel that we can infer that Quirrel didn’t expect to lose, even in a one-sided fight against a team of aurors. He was just playing games when it was one-on-one. Maybe he used the killing curse because he was (overly) confident that Harry was committed to trusting him completely with regards to this mission and didn’t expect to be blocked.
Maybe chapter 55 will answer all of our questions. Ha. Haha.
Someone talked about the chapter being in “fantasy mode”. My first thought was that they were saying that the chapter might be a dream. This doesn’t seem to be what they meant, but the chapter is so odd in terms of the overall story that I don’t want to entirely exclude the hypothesis.
At that point, the hard thing is thinking of a way that it being a dream or other sort of hallucination wouldn’t be completely infuriating. I’m not sure if it “Harry has an enemy who’s attacking him in his dreams” would be good enough, though that would be a very Harryish nightmare. Maybe it’s his subconscious telling him that Quirrell isn’t entirely trustworthy.
I usually do not like dream episodes if they are not well hinted at. It often feels like a cheap excuse to blow everything up without hurting the status Q.