Yeah, only one more chapter, and Harry hasn't even spoken to Hermione yet. Or his parents. Or gone back to the mirror to see if they could get Dumbledore out. No Bellatrix either. Or Dementors.
No Merlin or Atlantis either, though I suppose neither of those is gonna happen.
Or either of them speaking to Hermione's parents.
I also wonder if Lesath was allowed to remember his involvement in V-day.
"I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
Except for that leaving and changing identity thing. That might get in the way.
Maybe he recognized the voice, assuming it was not disguised by a charm?
It was disguised. And Harry he admits in chapter 120 only figuring it out after the fact.
You're right, that is less evil.
And less secure.
"You're my friend, but I can't let you know that I killed your father, because you might tell that to someone else and that would be unpleasant for me."
Tell you what, I've made peace with this chapter. It shows Harry as a flawed protagonist, and in a more interesting way than Eliezer's usual "I was flawed because I was not smart enough".
Harry may be shown as flawed in this chapter, but choosing to keep extremely important secrets secure is not one of the reasons.
Well, I read canon a loooong time ago but IIRC in book 7 in one of the first chapter Voldie goes around humiliating Lucius, in particular taking his wand without offering a replacement, and insulting him for believing he (Voldie) would give Lucius his wand in exchange. The conversation with Mr. White (" most delinquent of my servants") and the fact that he humiliates him similarly by removing part of his magic ability is reminiscent of that.
Also, before I thought Mr. Grim was Peter Pettigrew, but now that we know that Black is the actual bad guy, it's even clearer that Mr. Grim = Sirius Black. In particular, Voldie says to him "I was surprised to see you here tonight; you are more competent than I suspected", which in retrospect clearly means "I thought you were rotting in Azkaban".
Thanks, good points.
But it doesn't explain how Harry would know.
For what it's worth, I too thought Mr. White was Lucius before seeing everyone else convinced it was Counsel. It seemed more in line with canon, and "white" evokes Lucius's awesome white hair. On the other hand, Harry could be mistaken, and using codenames that seem to indicate who the person behind is when they in fact bear no relation sounds like a thing Voldie would do.
Could you elaborate on the evidence pointing to White that you see? In what way is it more in line with canon?
Draco's mother lived as a muggle for a decade. I assume they're not obliviating those memories. Even if Draco does not become friends with Harry, he's not going to end up with the worldview of a pureblood.
Or is she. She doesn't seem to have found her Muggle existence very meaningful. Now that she's presumably going back to the real "first world", her rightful place, to reunite with what's left of her family, I see it as at the very least a possibility that she'll look back at it with contempt, and resentment for whoever removed her from her real life.
Of course that's just speculation, depending on what kind of a person she is - I imagine diferent people in her position would have wildly different reactions to something like this.
Kind of glad Draco wouldn't give an answer to Harry - it's sad, but also entirely realistic. Would have strained my suspicion of disbelief if he'd just accepted to forgive and forget.
As for Narcissa... Sweet vindication. ...And then a gutpunch as she speaks her husband's name.
I hoped for Draco saying "I need more time. Lock me up somewhere safe if you have to, but I need time to process this."
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I hoped for more than one chapter of Hermione-ness because I like how EY portrays her, but Snape had also deserved a good ending.
We still get to hear what Hermione wanted to talk to Harry about before anyone else, right?
"Have you gone through puberty since we last spoke?"