That would hold true either way. No matter what the Secret was, it would have to be revealed to Bathilda. Whether they were invisible or their house. That was my point.
My main issue with that is that if Pettigrew had revealed their location to people, people must have known he was the Secret Keeper. THAT is odd. Because the whole "Serius was believed to be evil" bit hinges upon everyone thinking he was the Secret Keeper.
Pretty much. It can be so either way, but this is yet another plothole. Why didn't Bathilda come out and reveal who was the Secret Keeper who told her the location?
Yes. Unless they were not yet hidden by the Fidelius Charm at that point. As I said, I don't have my books at hand. Does it state unequivocally that they were hidden by the charm when the letter was written?
But the critical point, anyway, is that James is unable to go out of the house without his cloak. If he was the secret, he could have.
I see you've ignored this very important point. Again...
Because you have still not shown that they were hidden by the Charm at that point. I don't have the books here, and nothing of what you have quoted states that unequivocally.
Perhaps it might be better to hold off this discussion until we reach the relevant book.
And Petunia?
Knew their address. What's to say it wasn't held at the Godric's Hollow post office for the Potter's to collect?
They could drop down to the post office? I thought they couldn't leave the house in your scenario.
It doesn't matter whether Sirius or Petunia knew where to send the gift. The Postman/owl wouldn't be able to find the place to deliver them.
Like I said, it can easily be held at the post office for them.
See above. Also, that would be equally unproblematic if they were hidden, rather than their house. It contributes nothing to your argument if that were the case.
They can be active members of the Order and still be in hiding. There is no contradiction there. It is just about levels of hiding.
If James can't step out of the house without his cloak, and is chafing at being stuck at home, then he is quite clearly not active in the Order at the time.
That depends entirely on what they do for the Order. We are getting into the realm of unfounded speculation.
See, it is perfectly possible to use "destination" and "sight" figuratively. It proves nothing either way.
Since you clearly didn't read the whole paragraph...
How could I read the whole paragraph when you didn't quote it until now? As I said initially, I do not have my books where I am.
And along a new and darker street he moved, and now his destination was in sight at last, the Fidelius Charm broken, though they did not know it yet. . . . And he made less noise than the dead leaves slithering along the pavement as he drew level with the dark hedge, and stared over it. . . .
They had not drawn the curtains; he saw them quite clearly in their
little sitting room, the tall black-haired man in his glasses, making puffs of colored smoke erupt from his wand for the amusement of the small black-haired boy in his blue pajamas.
His sighting of the Potters comes after his sighting of the house, yet he makes the comment of the charm being broken when he sees the house.
Yes. It still proves nothing, but it fits better with your version of events.
And no one uses "destination" to mean people inside a house, instead of the house itself. Especially not when they can see the house and not the people and are referring to the destination when the house comes into view, but not the people.
"Destination" could have been used on anything from the death of the child to whoknowswhat. It functions as a very wide metaphor when used figuratively.
Nowhere does it say "house". Language is fiddly. It is all about interpretation.
It doesn't say house, but it quite clearly isn't the people, since they don't come into sight until after he slithers across the pavement and draws level with the hedge. If its not the house, and not the people, what is it? Yet another thing that was kept hidden from Voldemort?
There is nothing conclusive above.
There was. The fact that James couldn't leave the house without an invisibility cloak. You conveniently ignored it.
Because it is not conclusive. It is suggestive, but can be explained away.
And of course it would matter. The Death Eaters would have no way of knowing whether they had chosen to stay in that house or move to another. They would have no way of verifying it either way, and Voldemort would need to KNOW that the one child that could threaten him was gone. For all they would have known, the Potters could have stayed in Hogwarts, with Sirius or under a bridge. They would also have had no way of knowing that they were in the house when it was blasted. The only way of making sure to kill the Potters would be to extinguish all life on Earth.
None of which means they wouldn't blast the house. Keeping the Potters on the run, causing random death and destruction at places they could be, all those would have been legitimate ways to bring them out in the open if they were the secret. Their location was, so blasting it wasn't an option. Anyway, Voldy proves conclusively that their house was the subject of the charm.
By that argument, they could have gone to Hogwarts and started killing children to force the Potters out. It is not an argument.
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Harry Potter Re-read: The Philosopher's Stone - Final section underway! (& next book plans)
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Chapters 1-3: Introducing Harry
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Characterisation *NM*
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My thoughts, such as they are.
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Re: My thoughts, such as they are. *spoilers*
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Writing style *NM*
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It is very clear it is a children's book at this time
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Vernon's slow descent into madness is great.
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Re: Vernon's slow descent into madness is great.
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Early themes *NM*
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Chapters 4-10: Making Friends at Hogwarts *NM*
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Impressions: thoughts about the school, the teachers, the enemies and the friends. *NM*
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I'd forgotten how annoying Hermione was
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Yep. I like seeing her transformation in this story though.
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Re: Yep. I like seeing her transformation in this story though.
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Yes and, I think, this may be another candidate for early themes (from above)
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Re: Impressions: thoughts about the school, the teachers, the enemies and the friends.
14/07/2010 04:22:54 PM
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Agree. I loved the instant tension between Harry and Malfoy and with Harry and Snape too.
14/07/2010 05:03:20 PM
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Some thoughts before I run off to the library again
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It's interesting to look at the beginning of the story from Draco's point of view.
26/07/2010 03:08:38 PM
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Re: It's interesting to look at the beginning of the story from Draco's point of view.
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What about the magic?
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The magic wasnt really developed at this point
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Re: The magic wasnt really developed at this point
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I think
14/07/2010 04:34:30 PM
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Diagon Alley - Olivander's Foreshadowing
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I really need a remembrall.
14/07/2010 08:57:10 PM
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But it doesn't tell you what you've forgotten!
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Chapters 11-17: Harry the Hero *NM*
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What'd you think of the ending? *NM*
15/07/2010 05:21:38 PM
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Two separate things:
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Lovely
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Haha
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Re: Haha
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But I thought all girls were made of sugar and spice and everything nice?
15/07/2010 09:26:53 PM
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Oh, we are.
15/07/2010 09:35:17 PM
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Honestly, dumbledore is a bit of an ass...
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The decades of manipulation of a child doesn't bother you, but the House Cup does? *NM*
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Overall thoughts for the book
12/07/2010 08:31:37 AM
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Foreshadowing and setting up the future
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Harry's anger management issues?
12/07/2010 07:14:58 PM
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Heh.
12/07/2010 07:40:40 PM
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Nah, not deliberate.
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Re: Nah, not deliberate.
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I noticed a lot of this.
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Re: I noticed a lot of this.
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Re: I noticed a lot of this.
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On Ginny:
12/07/2010 10:36:47 PM
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This was my interpretation too and why I didn't pay much attention to it at the time. *NM*
13/07/2010 02:53:08 PM
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I've noticed a lot of the same things, probably because I've reread this book so many times...
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Re: I've noticed a lot of the same things, probably because I've reread this book so many times...
13/07/2010 08:58:10 AM
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So much (chapters 1-3) *spoilers*
12/07/2010 07:35:57 PM
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I missed the school roof thing this time around too! Good catch there. *NM*
12/07/2010 09:22:21 PM
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The thing that tipped me off
12/07/2010 09:53:01 PM
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Imagine how easy his test would have been if he remembered he'd done it as a child! *NM*
13/07/2010 03:20:27 PM
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You have to wonder why Hagrid and Dumbledore didn't suspect the truth about Sirius.
26/07/2010 04:04:05 PM
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I re-read a couple weeks ago, and I was highly amused by all the little things she worked in
14/07/2010 04:09:19 AM
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Some stuff (chapters 4-11)
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Re: Some stuff (chapters 4-11)
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I can answer your consistency question!
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More stuff (chapters 12-17)
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Tiny tiny inconsistency (?) in Ch. 12
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What made this book (and the rest of the series) such a success?
12/07/2010 08:33:00 AM
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I think it was mostly because it was a simple narrative with an identifiable protagnonist.
13/07/2010 11:59:06 PM
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It has tons of things in it that every kid dreams of doing
14/07/2010 01:56:05 PM
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It's a simple, well-done little book.
12/07/2010 07:46:48 PM
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you don't read instructions, do you?
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When did you pick up this book?
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I was 10.
13/07/2010 04:13:44 AM
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Ah book orders...man you just brought back nostalgic memories. I miss being a kid
13/07/2010 04:42:12 AM
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1999
13/07/2010 09:03:03 AM
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What do you mean by adult version?
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They started publishing copies with 'adult' covers so people wouldn't be caught out reading
13/07/2010 11:53:46 PM
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Got a boxed set for Christmas when Order of the Phoenix came out in hardback.
13/07/2010 03:06:42 PM
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The first five were out, waited for HBP.
14/07/2010 06:20:39 AM
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Very early. Beginning of 1999, so it had just come out in the States. *NM*
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I held out quite awhile because I don't like "fads"
14/07/2010 02:04:37 PM
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I did the same thing.
15/07/2010 06:39:16 AM
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I would have, if I had known there was hype. I know I would have.
15/07/2010 03:28:50 PM
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Aged 13 or 14 - a while before the first movie (which was Christmas 2001). *NM*
26/07/2010 04:13:55 PM
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Jesus Christ.
26/07/2010 05:04:46 PM
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^That was me. *NM*
26/07/2010 09:55:49 PM
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Aw. I was just feeling flattered as I didn't think Tor had read that many of my posts. *NM*
27/07/2010 12:15:52 AM
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Suggestions for the Re-read
12/07/2010 08:33:25 AM
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This is my first official time participating and its been fun so far!
14/07/2010 05:16:48 PM
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Unfortunately, no. (Silly me, pretending someone's still going to read all my posts... ) *NM*
26/07/2010 04:20:35 PM
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Inconsistencies Re: the Potter's death...
15/07/2010 05:16:45 AM
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Because they were tricked? They considered Peter and Sirius to be brothers.
15/07/2010 07:05:27 AM
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That's nonsense..
16/07/2010 01:08:40 AM
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Take it up with Rowling, since you don't believe me. *NM*
16/07/2010 08:19:58 AM
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What's there to believe?
18/07/2010 06:03:13 AM
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Peter + Sirius = family. I don't know how to explain it more simply. *NM*
18/07/2010 08:58:20 AM
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Re: That's nonsense..
16/07/2010 09:37:59 AM
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Also
16/07/2010 11:17:51 AM
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Huh?
18/07/2010 05:57:58 AM
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But Camilla explained it!
18/07/2010 09:27:55 AM
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I'm fairly certain you guys have that totally wrong...
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Re: I'm fairly certain you guys have that totally wrong...
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Re: I'm fairly certain you guys have that totally wrong...
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Re: I'm fairly certain you guys have that totally wrong...
18/07/2010 06:28:27 PM
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That bothers me too.
18/07/2010 07:17:14 PM
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Re: That bothers me too.
18/07/2010 07:20:44 PM
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Again...
18/07/2010 07:35:10 PM
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Re: Again...
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Re: Again...
19/07/2010 06:33:13 AM
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Re: Again...
20/07/2010 04:45:16 PM
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Yet another load of bosh.
21/07/2010 01:00:14 AM
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It was just the sort of things these two daredevils would do...
14/09/2010 12:11:20 AM
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Re: It was just the sort of things these two daredevils would do...
14/09/2010 09:20:46 AM
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You have to wonder if that's actually true.
26/07/2010 04:23:31 PM
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Since Lily and James were unable to leave the house
18/07/2010 07:14:21 PM
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Re: Since Lily and James were unable to leave the house
26/07/2010 05:07:48 PM
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^ And this, too, was me.
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