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The Rite to...ah... Rembody? Voldemort and Various Reactions To It.
So, grabbing that information about Doholov and talking about his reaction to the rite made me start thinking about it again. And how it differs from canon, and how that's important, and such. And also how everyone reacted.
Apparently my brain is in the mood for this kind of thing today.
I'm working more off of Lupin's report on the Pensieve memory here than Harry's report to the ISS, because it's more detailed.
So: They used Selwyn's blood as 'blood of the enemy', which makes sense, as Voldemort's 'death' was his plot, so Voldemort would probably consider him sufficiently Important. (And is naturally, much preferable to him capturing one of the Order for that purpose). However (unless I'm totally misremembering, I don't have the books handy), canonically, using Harry for that had the effect of negating Harry's protection, at least partially. So Harry may still have that (depending on whether he had it in the first place, which is a question of how exactly the difference in Voldemort's understanding of the prophecy changed events there. I don't think we have a solid answer on this?)
The bone is, I think, the only element that matches canon precisely. The Order's discussion on that was interesting--apparently that could be changed, too. (In which case, I'm actually a little surprised that Voldemort didn't go dig up a more Important (I should clarify that this is his definition of important, as far as I grasp it) ancestor to use. Maybe it's stronger with a direct link?
And then we have the substitution of Bella for Pettigrew, and the use of a finger instead of a whole hand. I'm fairly certain we're not going to be seeing more parallels based on that replacement (it seems to be more a matter of who was available and, well, Bella), though the finger/hand thing is interesting.
And...okay, again, I don't have the books in frount of me, so correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to recall there only being three components in canon? (right, having checked the wikis, yeah, apparently there were only three components with phrases in canon.) So... any ideas on why they included that and how it affected the ritual? (Also: !!!)
Anyway. Then we've got Selwyn's reaction, which is actually an interesting consideration with how this affected people.
As for reactions: Bellatrix, naturally, was excited.. Lucius seems more worried about his own security (and, in context of later revelations, this seems to indicate he was frightened. Antonin Doholov we've already discussed/are discussing. Raz apparently looked somewhat shaken. I think that's everyone we heard from/about, if I missed someone, please say, especially since I seem to be missing at least a few of the more key figures.
Apparently my brain is in the mood for this kind of thing today.
I'm working more off of Lupin's report on the Pensieve memory here than Harry's report to the ISS, because it's more detailed.
So: They used Selwyn's blood as 'blood of the enemy', which makes sense, as Voldemort's 'death' was his plot, so Voldemort would probably consider him sufficiently Important. (And is naturally, much preferable to him capturing one of the Order for that purpose). However (unless I'm totally misremembering, I don't have the books handy), canonically, using Harry for that had the effect of negating Harry's protection, at least partially. So Harry may still have that (depending on whether he had it in the first place, which is a question of how exactly the difference in Voldemort's understanding of the prophecy changed events there. I don't think we have a solid answer on this?)
The bone is, I think, the only element that matches canon precisely. The Order's discussion on that was interesting--apparently that could be changed, too. (In which case, I'm actually a little surprised that Voldemort didn't go dig up a more Important (I should clarify that this is his definition of important, as far as I grasp it) ancestor to use. Maybe it's stronger with a direct link?
And then we have the substitution of Bella for Pettigrew, and the use of a finger instead of a whole hand. I'm fairly certain we're not going to be seeing more parallels based on that replacement (it seems to be more a matter of who was available and, well, Bella), though the finger/hand thing is interesting.
And...okay, again, I don't have the books in frount of me, so correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to recall there only being three components in canon? (right, having checked the wikis, yeah, apparently there were only three components with phrases in canon.) So... any ideas on why they included that and how it affected the ritual? (Also: !!!)
Anyway. Then we've got Selwyn's reaction, which is actually an interesting consideration with how this affected people.
As for reactions: Bellatrix, naturally, was excited.. Lucius seems more worried about his own security (and, in context of later revelations, this seems to indicate he was frightened. Antonin Doholov we've already discussed/are discussing. Raz apparently looked somewhat shaken. I think that's everyone we heard from/about, if I missed someone, please say, especially since I seem to be missing at least a few of the more key figures.