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Due to circumstance I haven't been able to listen to much. Anyhow Harry said the name and they got snatched. It seemed for a little bit that they might get out of it, but it didn't last long and now they are on the way to Malfoy manor.
There is a big hole here, why not just apperate away when they hear the snatchers coming? I think the hole can be plugged with a bit of exposition explained that the taboo prevented apperation for a few minutes, it would just make sense. Anyhow, I think it was too big a hole not to be plugged. I will just assume my theory to appease my sense of internal consistency.
Greyback is written especially repulsive in this scene.
I was sort of uneasy with the taboo in general -- it makes Voldemort sort of all-powerful in a way that feels like it breaks the rules of that universe. To me.
I just assumed that they just had a spell that sampled conversations everywhere magically. It's like the government tapping all those lines in major cities after 9/11, searching for keywords.
Makes Voldemort devious, but not all powerful. And it could be broken down into regional spells by his lackeys. Voldemort may not have had to produce the spell directly.
As far as why they didn't just disapperate, I was assuming 1. they really haven't gotten it down quite yet. and 2. there is a bit of hesitancy on the part of the trio because it's forbidden for underage wizards.
It's just not in their first-to-mind bag of tricks, and that hesitancy would lose the advantage.
I just assumed that they just had a spell that sampled conversations everywhere magically.
Me too, but I still find that a little over-powerful for the rules of the world.
Didn't they get their wands confiscated? Can they disapparate without wands?
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I was sort of uneasy with the taboo in general -- it makes Voldemort sort of all-powerful in a way that feels like it breaks the rules of that universe. To me.
Never bothered me. Invoking evil's name resulting in summoning evil is pretty much a classic, and really, I thought it was nice to have a payoff after seven books of people insisting on saying "You Know Who," no matter how annoying it got. I liked that there really was a reason to fear his name.
2. there is a bit of hesitancy on the part of the trio because it's forbidden for underage wizards.
They're not underage in DH.
I assumed they didn't want to leave everything behind, which they would have to, to disapparate that quickly.
They're not underage in DH.
Yes, but they have been conditioned by years of not doing so. Their first thoughts are not going to be to take that path.
Unless they're so eager to do it because they can. I mean, look at drinking and driving (uh, separately).
