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[cheyinka]

So did anybody else just copy Ron's subject line into a text editor and change the case to all-uppercase to see whether he wrote a lowercase l, an uppercase I or the numeral 1?
...and is anybody else deeply concerned for Ron right now?

I mean, best case scenario he 'attempts' and 'fails' to kill her, but then she (and Finnegan, if not also Blaise) really attempt to kill him. *gnaws nails*

(I mean, potentially he could 'attempt to kill her' and really have her kidnapped by the Order, but I don't think succeeding here is good for him, and I don't think she'd be readily convinced of her kidnappers' benevolence.)

Comments

[ellemir]

Actually, on the idea of boundaries something just occurred to me.

To control someone you need to know their boundaries and loyalties.
We know Voldemort uses this. Threats to Draco keep Harry in line. Families suffer if someone betrays him, think Selwyns fate. McGonnagal with no family ties and known allies needed the bracelet to control her. Lucius fears for his family if he loses the LPs favour.
Maybe this test is to make sure the candidates have sufficient close ties, that they can be controlled. Because while the LP may not want them to be more loyal to others than him, he needs them to be manageable.

If so, I predict Teddy will take things too far with possibly dire consequence, and Voldie will have him put down as too much of a risk. Of course Teddy doesn't seem to have a challenge yet.

This is not going to be pretty.

[cheyinka]

Hm, I think you might be right - that as much as some of the challenges are about "will you betray someone, and how?" some of them are designed to test or develop close ties, for potential hostages-to-good-behavior.