Going after the Philosopher's Stone

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

I realized today that the big adventure with the philosopher's stone that happens at the end of Book 1 will have to come soon. I looked it up, and it seems like it happened right after the end of exams, which would possibly put it tonight.

Then just now, Sally-Anne saw Macnair practicing the tinwhistle and looking guilty, which might make Harry suspect that Macnair is going after the stone tonight.

Anyway, I wonder how it will play out, who will be involved, and how the book events will be changed in this world. I'm pretty sure Quirrell won't be involved. Macnair might, unless he's playing the red herring like Snape was...

Anybody want to make any last-minute guesses about this event before it happens?

Comments

[longstrider.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure whether Macnair or Lupin is a more likely stand in for Snape's role. I see no shady character that has McGonagall's complete trust the way Snape had Dumbeldore's.

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

But from Harry's eyes it would seem that Macnair did, since he went to warn McGonagall about Macnair yesterday morning, just as he warned her about Snape in the books.

I agree the situations aren't all that similar. I think the farther we go in the game, the more difference big events will be from canon. But so far they're still similar enough that we can at least have fun trying to map this world onto the events that we know took place in that one.

[spiffariffic.livejournal.com]

Speaking of events staying close to canon, do you think they'll have a Prisoner-of-Azkaban-like story the third year? I was just thinking about that and wondering who the "prisoner" would be in that case - does anyone know what happened to Peter and Snape? They'd be my first bets. (With Peter they could still say he was James' friend, with Snape they could say he was Lily's and betrayed her somehow... or hated James so much that he helped them both be killed. Of course I don't know who'd tell Harry this since it doesn't seem to be common knowledge that Voldemort's not his real father.)

[spiffariffic.livejournal.com]

Oh, and speaking of the Snape/Macnair similarities, it'd be interesting if Macnair turned out to be Voldemort's man all along, like Snape was Dumbledore's.