Praeceps09
Saturday 18th July 2009 19:30 | Meaning of One, Part Two: Chambers and Secrets |
| its the hair. that is my final answer on why the alarms are going off. Penny had tea split on her lately? |
jan10002
Thursday 2nd August 2007 18:25 | Meaning of One, Part Two: Chambers and Secrets |
| is it the Malfoy house-elf? nice story =] |
| Wednesday 14th November 2007 14:31 | Meaning of One, Part Two: Chambers and Secrets (Author Response) |
| Could be! |
GryffindorDragon
Friday 27th July 2007 11:20 | Meaning of One, Part Two: Chambers and Secrets |
'Tim and Linda’s daughter' - we now know it's Xenophilius
Well, this is still rather curious. I suppose it has something to do with their magic, but I'm still looking for the answer
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| Wednesday 14th November 2007 14:30 | Meaning of One, Part Two: Chambers and Secrets (Author Response) |
| Yeah, I've gone back and changed it all to Xeno. |
huskers
Thursday 19th July 2007 06:59 | Meaning of One, Part Two: Chambers and Secrets |
Well, I think it is pretty much a given at this point that someone is tampering with the PJs. Can you say Dobby? And even Molly has to come to her senses sooner or later regarding the dumb things. Harry and Ginny both know they're being watched closer than ever, getting even more suspicion directed at them. If you were guilty, you would make sure the alarm didn't go off again. At least that's what a couple of 10 and 11 year olds would do. Someone a bit more advanced in their thinking would say, if we set them off a bunch, then they're going to come to the conclusion there is something wrong with the things, because we couldn't possibly be dumb enough to keep trying to get away with something. And eventually, that has to be what Arthur and Molly conclude, that there is something wrong, because they can't be dumb enough to keep setting them off.
If Arthur really believes Harry would chew off his own finger before hurting Ginny, what is the point of the PJs? He has to simply be humoring Molly with them. I wonder what charm he put on them the last time? Some kind of anti-tampering charm? Do we catch our meddler in the next chapter?
I still wonder just how you will work Riddle's diary in this book. With the bond between Harry and Ginny, there is just no reason for her to start writing in the thing. She already has Harry to confide everything too. And if not him, she has McGonagall, who they both trust. Perhaps you're going to sever the bond somehow, and the resulting emptyness has her start writing in the thing. Or maybe someone else entierly takes to writing in the diary. Both Hermione and Luna are good candidates. Whatever, this book seems to me to be the one that is going to be most difficult for you to adapt to your story line.
Still having fun, keep the chapters coming. |
| Wednesday 14th November 2007 14:27 | Meaning of One, Part Two: Chambers and Secrets (Author Response) |
Yes, I can say Dobby.
I'm getting into the main plot of the story now, and I'm really looking forward to answering your questions about the diary. I hope you like it. |
Darkarma
Wednesday 18th July 2007 10:16 | Meaning of One, Part Two: Chambers and Secrets |
Several theories with Harry and Ginny. Since they have to sleep touching at night, their magic is at its peek level of power. Like magic affecting muggle technology when in great amounts, their disrupting the magical webs attached to the PJs.
Next theory, Ginny and or Harry and subconsciously Shifting in their sleep but only enough where for microseconds of time passes where they aren't in the PJs that they abhor. Much like when Harry had his hair cut and it grew back the next day of his youth, they don't like it so their trying to get rid of it.
My next theory is that the PJs just don't like them or their subconsciously setting them off on purpose to prove that its no there fault? Or they could be using magic as a result of their dreaming?
Anyways excellent chapter. |
| Wednesday 14th November 2007 14:25 | Meaning of One, Part Two: Chambers and Secrets (Author Response) |
| Those are all really interesting theories. The first one is quite thought-provoking. Thanks for reading. |
trentbusted
Tuesday 17th July 2007 08:09 | Meaning of One, Part Two: Chambers and Secrets |
| Woo thanks for another great installment and a big one too!! I really look forward to the next |
| Wednesday 14th November 2007 08:44 | Meaning of One, Part Two: Chambers and Secrets (Author Response) |
| Thanks very much. |
honourary_weasley
Monday 16th July 2007 03:55 | Meaning of One, Part Two: Chambers and Secrets |
What on earth could be making those darn pajamas go off?!
I'm still loving this... can't wait for more!
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| Wednesday 14th November 2007 07:58 | Meaning of One, Part Two: Chambers and Secrets (Author Response) |
| I hope you enjoyed the answer. Thanks for reading. |
rhetor
Sunday 15th July 2007 20:55 | Meaning of One, Part Two: Chambers and Secrets |
You’re setting up a motif here, and I haven’t figured out why -- or not entirely. (1) Pajamas erupt (I was going to say “pyjamas go off,” but that gives the wrong impression entirely ); (2) parents (especially Molly) react suspiciously; (3) H/G (especially Ginny) get angry and act out; (4) Arthur asks them to control themselves & be understanding, and tells Harry he’s a good boy. You’ve done this three times in two chapters, and I know you too well to think it’s an accident. There’s something you’re trying to convey. My guess is that you want the reader to feel as “stuck” as H/G do in this situation, that you want us to be as impatient with the repetitiousness of the events as they are.
I also notice that, while the pyjamas have malfunctioned three times, they’ve done so in three entirely different ways – which suggests that it’s neither unconscious action by H/G (that’d tend to repeat, I think) nor something Arthur is withholding about the pyjamas (it’s unlikely that he’d withhold three things). Indeed, the sheer unlikelihood that H/G would commit three separate actions in three days to thwart the PJs, makes me think it’s third-party action by someone who doesn’t have a very well-informed view of human behavior, or is seriously lacking in emotional intelligence. Percy comes to mind, as does Dobby (again). If it’s Percy, that’d fit with the sort of remarks that are probably what’s upsetting Ron so much.
Now that you’ve actually had H/G verbalize that the pyjamas are designed specifically to prevent certain kinds of touching, and Arthur has verbalized that Harry would rather chew off a finger than even inconvenience Ginny, you’ve raised The Big Question. If Molly and Arthur really believe that Harry loves Ginny and wouldn’t hurt her, then what do they have to fear from physical (even sexual) contact between the children? There are only a limited number of reasons that we try to keep our children away from sexual contact; they’re all really good reasons, but I wonder how many of them apply to H/G. First and foremost, we want to protect them from abuse or rape – but there’s no chance that either H or G will abuse or assault the other. Second, we want to protect them from things their bodies are ready for but their minds/psyches aren’t – this one’s harder for H/G, but you’d think that it’d be more easily handled with counseling (“You need to watch out for this so that you don’t unwittingly hurt yourselves,”) than with barriers. Third, we want to protect them against disease and unwanted pregnancy – but I’ll bet there are charms for that. Fourth, in an old-fashioned society we’d want to prevent the daughter from becoming “damaged goods” before she’s “sold” to her husband – but I’ll bet Arthur & Molly would be outraged to think of their daughter in those terms. Fifth, we want to make sure they don’t wind up committing themselves to something (a relationship) with their bodies before they’ve matured enough to know when the “right” person has come along – but with H/G that’s a moot point; they already know for sure. (awwww)
Now, the easy answer to this is that Molly and Arthur aren’t cogitating all of these points, and if they did they’re not detached enough to reach these conclusions. Fair enough. But am I right in thinking that you did mean to raise these questions?
Well, okay, I’m really getting used to “comforting and gentle” McGonagall, and actually I like her better than canon McGonagall. See what you’ve done to me?
Were the overlapping conversations between Harry, Ginny, Ron and Luna intentional? Because it looks like you’ve got people talking over each other and responding to the wrong prompts. If that was your intent, I’d’ve expected to see something like “they were talking over each other” or “having two overlapping conversations” or something like that. As it stands, one has to read the conversations two or three times to see who’s responding to whom.
I needn't tell you that I'm still really enjoying this, but I am. |
| Wednesday 14th November 2007 07:58 | Meaning of One, Part Two: Chambers and Secrets (Author Response) |
I'll catch up, I swear.
As we've discussed before, you did get the point of the repetitious pyjama sequence. Since we're now after-the-fact, I can say that it was entirely deliberate for all three of the pyjamas' alarms to go off at different times. As Molly mentioned in her letter, long ago, the pyjamas have three different requirements, and there's an alarm for each one. I hope that now, knowing what you do, the sequence makes sense in light of the 'antagonist'.
I did indeed mean to raise those questions, or something very like them. What exactly would be the problem, in a rational sense? Those five aside, there's really only one big 'reason' left, and it doesn't fit with the rest.
I'm glad you like Minerva. I got to thinking about Hogwarts and magical society in general, a long time ago, and she sortof popped out as the logical conclusion of that thinking.
The 'overlapping' conversation was quite deliberate. I've done it before with a bit less mixing, but it's simply something that we have to accept as part of h/g's existence. The more interesting question is what it tells us about them. But, then, that's the interesting question for most of the story, isn't it? |
Kamalia
Sunday 15th July 2007 18:36 | Meaning of One, Part Two: Chambers and Secrets |
“I’ll go see if anyone else is interested,” Harry said. He started up the stairs and knocked on the twins’ door, leaving Ginny to ask Luna what she had been doing lately. Fred answered with a raised eyebrow. “Want to swim? Ginny, Luna, and I are going.”
“How did your ink turn out?” Ginny asked.
Fred glanced back over his shoulder and then shrugged. “Sure, why not. We’ll meet you there.”
“Quite well, actually,” Luna replied. “We haven’t got it to do joined-up writing yet, but it’s very good at numbers.”
I was a little confused here...I think when you get to "Ginny asked," it could clear things up to add who she is addressing. Or even switch that line with another - having both conversations at once made it difficult for me to understand.
Aside from that, lovely piece! I really want to know what's up with those silly pajamas, but I suppose that will have to wait until later...
Oh well. Can't wait for the next installment! |
| Thursday 2nd August 2007 15:54 | Meaning of One, Part Two: Chambers and Secrets (Author Response) |
| Well, part of the point is that both conversations are happening at once. I'll try to make sure it's clear enough to understand. Thanks for reading! |
