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Comment author: Unnamed 25 September 2010 07:21:19PM *  6 points [-]

Chp 47 Author's Notes

Is the hint in chp 45 the Dementor saying to Quirrell "that it knew me, and that it would hunt me down someday, wherever I tried to hide"? I'd assumed that was related to Voldemort cheating death, but I haven't read all the books so I don't know if it's suggesting anything non-canon or just more evidence for Q=V.

Comment author: Gabriel 25 September 2010 10:08:17PM 5 points [-]

I thought that the strange word that echoed through Harry's mind could be somehow related to this completely mysterious fragment of text found at the beginning of chapter 1:

Beneath the moonlight glints a tiny fragment of silver, a fraction of a line...

(black robes, falling)

...blood spills out in liters, and someone screams a word.

Not that I think this would explain anything.

Comment author: Document 27 September 2010 09:58:39PM *  4 points [-]

Chapter 20:

Professor Quirrell raised his wand and said something that Harry's ears and mind couldn't grasp at all, words that bypassed awareness and vanished into oblivion.

Chapter 43:

Harry wouldn't let his mind see something false, and so he didn't see anything, like the part of his visual cortex getting that signal was just ceasing to exist. There was a blind spot under the cloak. Harry couldn't know what was under there.

There are blind spots in Harry's mind, and in 20 he doesn't even seem to notice it.

Comment author: gwern 27 September 2010 10:38:53PM 5 points [-]

Doesn't the Interdict of Merlin imply that either blind spots are easily magically manufactured or that everyone has them?

Comment author: Baughn 28 September 2010 09:32:04PM 3 points [-]

Add to that spells like the Fidelius, and.. yes. They're easily manufactured.

Comment author: gwern 28 September 2010 10:29:08PM 3 points [-]

Oh yes, and also all the places hidden from Muggles. Can't believe I forgot about those. The Interdict is specifically Eliezer's, though.

Comment author: Document 28 September 2010 12:15:41AM 0 points [-]

Didn't think of that; I haven't reread the chapter mentioning the Interdict since I noticed the line.

Comment author: Document 18 August 2013 06:32:36PM 0 points [-]

It might, if the word is Riddle.

Comment author: Unnamed 25 September 2010 07:30:22PM 4 points [-]

Another notable thing from chp 45 was Fawkes's role in getting Harry to take another shot at the Dementor - perhaps a phoenix is something like an anti-Dementor (peace of mind, rebirth, etc.)?

Comment author: [deleted] 26 September 2010 11:10:07PM 3 points [-]

What was Professor McGonagall busy doing, maybe?

Comment author: mjr 27 September 2010 08:22:32PM 7 points [-]

I thought that was (probably) rather straightforward; providing extra guard for the Philosopher's Stone, the theft of which was (probably) what Dumbledore earlier suspected the Dementor plot to be a distraction from.

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