He imagines the scenario in his head over and over, interestingly picturing Peter as resembling Neville. I'm not sure if this is supposed to directly link Peter and Neville (so Neville being who Peter could have been?) or if it's more that Harry sees him as being just as vulnerable and innocent, since that's the idea he basically got.
I think it's meant to be paralleling Neville and Peter and also setting up some false foreshadowing that Neville might turn out to be like Peter, though Neville's already stood up to his friends and foes in ways that Peter never did.
Harry says it's a great idea - that way, he can ask Hagrid why he never mentioned Sirius when "he told me all about my parents!" Maybe because you'd only just found out you were a wizard?
Yeah, Hagrid didn't even want to tell him about Voldemort, I can't imagine him voluntarily bringing up Sirius, not to mention that Sirius was in Azkaban being punished at the time, anyway!
Hermione isn't very sympathetic to Ron over Crookshanks, is she? I can understand her dismissing his accusations that Crookshanks is stalking Scabbers deliberately (although, haha, he was TOTALLY RIGHT) but she isn't helping matters by letting Crookshanks just wander all over the boys' dormitory and not even stopping him from trying to get at Scabbers.
Remus tells Harry that the spell he's about to teach him is advanced, beyond OWLs, called the Patronus Charm.
I've always wondered when they actually learn the Patronus Charm, because from the leaflets and things in HBP, either it isn't actually taught or it's so difficult that very few actually manage to master the spell.
Remus gets suspicious, though I'm not sure why. Is Butterbeer illegal everywhere but Hogsmeade?
I think it's more that it isn't served in Hogwarts, Harry was brought up by Muggles who wouldn't have it, and McGonagall must have told the other teachers that he isn't allowed to go to Hogsmeade, yet somehow he knows what Butterbeer is and what it tastes like! I'd be suspicious too.
I can't tell if Remus agrees, but it's interesting that he would so off-handedly mention Sirius's presumed fate. It certainly implies he doesn't question his guilt, and maybe hasn't even thought of Sirius as having been the same person he was friends with in school, hence his reaction to Harry's question. I imagine when James, Lily and (as far as he knew) Peter died, he would have probably focused more on his grief anyway, so perhaps everything else just got put on the backburner. Until now.
I believe Remus himself says that he didn't start to question the official version of events until he saw Peter's name on the map and then his whole world turned upside down.
I love that Hermione's reaction to Harry's perfectly sensible suggestion is "ZOMG NO THAT WOULD BE THE WORST THING EVER" but maybe this is part of her reaction to being stuck in the hospital wing for weeks in CoS. It would make her even more determined not to miss anything and to do everything she could.
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I think it's meant to be paralleling Neville and Peter and also setting up some false foreshadowing that Neville might turn out to be like Peter, though Neville's already stood up to his friends and foes in ways that Peter never did.
Harry says it's a great idea - that way, he can ask Hagrid why he never mentioned Sirius when "he told me all about my parents!" Maybe because you'd only just found out you were a wizard?
Yeah, Hagrid didn't even want to tell him about Voldemort, I can't imagine him voluntarily bringing up Sirius, not to mention that Sirius was in Azkaban being punished at the time, anyway!
Hermione isn't very sympathetic to Ron over Crookshanks, is she? I can understand her dismissing his accusations that Crookshanks is stalking Scabbers deliberately (although, haha, he was TOTALLY RIGHT) but she isn't helping matters by letting Crookshanks just wander all over the boys' dormitory and not even stopping him from trying to get at Scabbers.
Remus tells Harry that the spell he's about to teach him is advanced, beyond OWLs, called the Patronus Charm.
I've always wondered when they actually learn the Patronus Charm, because from the leaflets and things in HBP, either it isn't actually taught or it's so difficult that very few actually manage to master the spell.
Remus gets suspicious, though I'm not sure why. Is Butterbeer illegal everywhere but Hogsmeade?
I think it's more that it isn't served in Hogwarts, Harry was brought up by Muggles who wouldn't have it, and McGonagall must have told the other teachers that he isn't allowed to go to Hogsmeade, yet somehow he knows what Butterbeer is and what it tastes like! I'd be suspicious too.
I can't tell if Remus agrees, but it's interesting that he would so off-handedly mention Sirius's presumed fate. It certainly implies he doesn't question his guilt, and maybe hasn't even thought of Sirius as having been the same person he was friends with in school, hence his reaction to Harry's question. I imagine when James, Lily and (as far as he knew) Peter died, he would have probably focused more on his grief anyway, so perhaps everything else just got put on the backburner. Until now.
I believe Remus himself says that he didn't start to question the official version of events until he saw Peter's name on the map and then his whole world turned upside down.
I love that Hermione's reaction to Harry's perfectly sensible suggestion is "ZOMG NO THAT WOULD BE THE WORST THING EVER" but maybe this is part of her reaction to being stuck in the hospital wing for weeks in CoS. It would make her even more determined not to miss anything and to do everything she could.
Here is Part Four of Watching for Wolves!