Ink and Stink: A Halloween Post-mortem

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Whew! That was fun. I thought I'd start a new discussion post now that all the facts are available and the drama is done.

Notable events:
- Harry accidentally spilled indelible ink on the book Hermione copied for the LP, the Pretiosissimum Donum Dei, thus sending her off in tears. :-(
- Teddy showed off his Dark Mark (inked by Draco) to the Lord Protector, who was pleased to see a new generation of minions coming to life, as was Bellatrix.
- TROOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLL in the castle! MacNair was the rumored source, most likely by virtue of his announcing it. Sucks to be the messenger. (ETA: The troll belonged to him, so I guess that's more reason.)
- Even before the panic, boot realized Hermione was missing and told Neville, who also knew from Lavender that Hermione had gone off to cry. Harry put the pieces together and ran off after her with Ron, Neville, and a reluctant Draco.
- The battle with the troll seems to have played out much like it did in canon, with two extra people. Harry still ended up upended, prompting Neville to charge the troll (oh, Neville!). Ron wingardium leviosa'd the troll's club above its head, where it dropped for the KO, with a brief stop on Neville. Draco pulled Neville out of the way.
- Pansy is quoting things.

And finally, the LP left Harry a most devoted gift - welcome, Dennis Creevey! (I love him already.)

Thoughts? Theories?

Comments

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

I agree! I think Harry must be one of the trickiest parts to play in all this, but is also one of the most important to get right. The player does a magnificent job. It seems like a lot of thought goes into the exact words that Harry says sometimes. They're always just the right thing to get to the essence of a situation or an idea. "I wouldn't do that. I'm nice. (http://alt-draco.livejournal.com/2776.html?thread=39896#t39896)" "It was kind of fun! (http://alt-harry.livejournal.com/3664.html?thread=64080#t64080)" (such a Gryffindor reaction). And I love his 'grin' icon.