In OotP, Sirius's misery will also be hidden away as Dumbledore stows him at Grimmauld Place rather than addressing his ultimately fatal unhappiness.
When the series is over someone will surely do a piece on how alcohol is used throughout. Hagrid, Winky and Sirius are all depicted as drinking alone when they're depressed. Harry intentionally gets Hagrid and Slughorn drunk to get answers from them. Rita turns to drink when Hermione takes her job. Trelawney is dramatically drunk throughout fifth and sixth year. Ginny finds Mundungus' drunkenness funny. Draco's first unflattering (but true) report of Hagrid is the type to get drunk and tries to do magic, setting the bed on fire.
This just always stands out to me because as a kid I found adult drunkenness scary, not funny.
Actually, it's just striking me that it's maybe interesting that Gryffindors tend to be more associated with drinking than others. Slughorn is gotten drunk by Harry with Hagrid. But they don't seem as often associated with this type of thing. It seems like more part of the Gryffindor character, goes along with the sort of manly thing somehow, whereas you've got Snape offering elf wine in a more sophisticated setting and Draco being the one character to openly connected drunkenness with stupidity. I don't know if this means anything, but with the way Slytherin is the "Liquid" house with Potions etc. it just seemed interesting. We don't know Trelawney or Rita's house (I'm sure Rita would be considered Slytherin by many if she went to Hogwarts), though. It's just interesting how often adults are shown to deal with setbacks by drinking.
Interesting that this one is made of cut-up letters, disguising the sender's handwriting. They're afraid to openly announce their anti-Muggleborn views.
Really makes you wonder, doesn't it? Especially since that's not the way our Slytherins mostly approach the story. It's so rare you get a sign of a general prejudice against Muggleborns. The disguise makes it seem like this is more a Molly Weasley type sending the letter, not a DE.
Maybe we shouldn't be surprised that Molly would jump to conclusions about her, since she's the one the "scarlet woman" talk was coming from.
For some reason people sometimes get defensive when you point out just how judgmental and thoughtlessly prejudiced the Weasleys can be, though it's part of their character. They are very conservative in many ways.
I wonder if he was treated to a little patented Evil Exposition before being placed under Imperius.
As it's Voldemort I think this is a given.
I'm surprised that Snape doesn't take this seriously. He's usually quick to catch on when it's not an appropriate moment to toy with Harry.
I admit this scene stands out for me that way too. As strange as it is to say, Snape is a bit OOC here. It's normal for him to want to get Harry in trouble, of course, but usually he understands what's going on very quickly and if he's still difficult it's because he's got his own take on the real situation. I can't think of any other time when Snape was working against his own agenda (if he's really DDM). If it's supposed to symbolize Snape's hatred for Harry distracting him from what's important, it doesn't quite ring true for me.
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When the series is over someone will surely do a piece on how alcohol is used throughout. Hagrid, Winky and Sirius are all depicted as drinking alone when they're depressed. Harry intentionally gets Hagrid and Slughorn drunk to get answers from them. Rita turns to drink when Hermione takes her job. Trelawney is dramatically drunk throughout fifth and sixth year. Ginny finds Mundungus' drunkenness funny. Draco's first unflattering (but true) report of Hagrid is the type to get drunk and tries to do magic, setting the bed on fire.
This just always stands out to me because as a kid I found adult drunkenness scary, not funny.
Actually, it's just striking me that it's maybe interesting that Gryffindors tend to be more associated with drinking than others. Slughorn is gotten drunk by Harry with Hagrid. But they don't seem as often associated with this type of thing. It seems like more part of the Gryffindor character, goes along with the sort of manly thing somehow, whereas you've got Snape offering elf wine in a more sophisticated setting and Draco being the one character to openly connected drunkenness with stupidity. I don't know if this means anything, but with the way Slytherin is the "Liquid" house with Potions etc. it just seemed interesting. We don't know Trelawney or Rita's house (I'm sure Rita would be considered Slytherin by many if she went to Hogwarts), though. It's just interesting how often adults are shown to deal with setbacks by drinking.
Interesting that this one is made of cut-up letters, disguising the sender's handwriting. They're afraid to openly announce their anti-Muggleborn views.
Really makes you wonder, doesn't it? Especially since that's not the way our Slytherins mostly approach the story. It's so rare you get a sign of a general prejudice against Muggleborns. The disguise makes it seem like this is more a Molly Weasley type sending the letter, not a DE.
Maybe we shouldn't be surprised that Molly would jump to conclusions about her, since she's the one the "scarlet woman" talk was coming from.
For some reason people sometimes get defensive when you point out just how judgmental and thoughtlessly prejudiced the Weasleys can be, though it's part of their character. They are very conservative in many ways.
I wonder if he was treated to a little patented Evil Exposition before being placed under Imperius.
As it's Voldemort I think this is a given.
I'm surprised that Snape doesn't take this seriously. He's usually quick to catch on when it's not an appropriate moment to toy with Harry.
I admit this scene stands out for me that way too. As strange as it is to say, Snape is a bit OOC here. It's normal for him to want to get Harry in trouble, of course, but usually he understands what's going on very quickly and if he's still difficult it's because he's got his own take on the real situation. I can't think of any other time when Snape was working against his own agenda (if he's really DDM). If it's supposed to symbolize Snape's hatred for Harry distracting him from what's important, it doesn't quite ring true for me.