How many instances can y’all remember where Eliezer has repeated himself in an oddly specific way?
Chapter 17, when Harry picks up Neville’s Remembrall: “The Remembrall was glowing bright red in his hand, blazing like a miniature sun that cast shadows on the ground in broad daylight.”
Chapter 43, when Harry has a Dementor-induced flashback of the night… something happened in Godric’s Hollow: “And the boy in the crib saw it, the eyes, those two crimson eyes, seeming to glow bright red, to blaze like miniature suns, filling Harry’s whole vision as they locked to his own—”
That really sets off my deliberate-hint senses—so much is repeated that it’s got to be intentional. (My apologies if this was already discussed to death in the considerable time since #43 was posted.)
Likewise the basilisk, which I know was discussed at some point:
Chapter 35, H&C speaking: “Salazar Slytherin would have keyed his monster into the ancient wards at a higher level than the Headmaster himself.”
Chapter 49, the Defense Professor speaking: “or by some entity which Salazar Slytherin keyed into his wards at a higher level than the Headmaster himself.”
I’m sure I could find more if I put my mind to it, but that’s all I’ve got for now.
My interpretation was that we’re meant to connect the two incidents and conclude that Harry’s (seemingly numerous) forgotten memories are something to do with Voldemort, whether specifically memories of that night or something wider.
Well, the fact that he remembered the night of Voldemort’s attack (I have 80%+ confidence it was a real memory, though I’m not sure of what), it’s clear that there was at least one thing that he had forgotten at the time he held the Remembrall. I hadn’t made the connection until now. Previously I thought the crimson eyes were a hint pointing to Moaning Myrtle’s recounting of her encounter with the basilisk. Now I wonder if it’s just a coincidence because the “blazing sun” simile works well for a bright Remembrall, or if Eliezer is giving us a three-way hint. A basilisk being present at Godric’s Hollow had a lot of awesomeness potential, but it does seem like the less likely hypothesis.
On the other hand, pretty much everyone has forgotten most of their infancy—presumably, Dementors don’t bring such memories back because they’re almost never as traumatic as Harry’s—and Remembralls don’t start glowing like mad in everybody’s hands, so something is still missing there.
On the other hand, pretty much everyone has forgotten most of their infancy—presumably, Dementors don’t bring such memories back because they’re almost never as traumatic as Harry’s—and Remembralls don’t start glowing like mad in everybody’s hands, so something is still missing there.
Much more than infancy—apparently everything before 10 is suspect, and everything before 4 especially so according to Wikipedia on childhood amnesia.
The basilisk has yellow eyes in the movies, and probably in book-canon as well.
Yes.
Are they explicitly stated to be red in MOR?
The basilisk hasn’t been mentioned by name in MOR, aside from Moody suggesting it as a poison. Slytherin’s Monster was mentioned as possibly-not-real in Chapter 49, but without physical description. So no, there’s no reason to think it has red eyes.
Yes, you’re right. Turns out my memory over-dramatized a bit Myrtle’s words. She said only “I just remember seeing a pair of great, big, yellow eyes.” For some reason I thought she had also said something like “blazing suns”.
After the escape from Azkaban, I thought that the most likely thing for the Remembrall to have been referring to, must have been the Newtonian physics that Harry was mentioned to have forgotten about in regards to broomstick flying—but am not quite sure that makes sense anymore. At the time the Remembrall lit up, Harry hadn’t spent any time steering/accelerating the broomstick, and had barely seen anyone else fly at all.
How many instances can y’all remember where Eliezer has repeated himself in an oddly specific way?
Chapter 17, when Harry picks up Neville’s Remembrall: “The Remembrall was glowing bright red in his hand, blazing like a miniature sun that cast shadows on the ground in broad daylight.”
Chapter 43, when Harry has a Dementor-induced flashback of the night… something happened in Godric’s Hollow: “And the boy in the crib saw it, the eyes, those two crimson eyes, seeming to glow bright red, to blaze like miniature suns, filling Harry’s whole vision as they locked to his own—”
That really sets off my deliberate-hint senses—so much is repeated that it’s got to be intentional. (My apologies if this was already discussed to death in the considerable time since #43 was posted.)
Likewise the basilisk, which I know was discussed at some point:
Chapter 35, H&C speaking: “Salazar Slytherin would have keyed his monster into the ancient wards at a higher level than the Headmaster himself.”
Chapter 49, the Defense Professor speaking: “or by some entity which Salazar Slytherin keyed into his wards at a higher level than the Headmaster himself.”
I’m sure I could find more if I put my mind to it, but that’s all I’ve got for now.
I have no idea how to interpret the first clue. Are Voldemort’s eyes Remembralls?
My interpretation was that we’re meant to connect the two incidents and conclude that Harry’s (seemingly numerous) forgotten memories are something to do with Voldemort, whether specifically memories of that night or something wider.
Well, the fact that he remembered the night of Voldemort’s attack (I have 80%+ confidence it was a real memory, though I’m not sure of what), it’s clear that there was at least one thing that he had forgotten at the time he held the Remembrall. I hadn’t made the connection until now. Previously I thought the crimson eyes were a hint pointing to Moaning Myrtle’s recounting of her encounter with the basilisk. Now I wonder if it’s just a coincidence because the “blazing sun” simile works well for a bright Remembrall, or if Eliezer is giving us a three-way hint. A basilisk being present at Godric’s Hollow had a lot of awesomeness potential, but it does seem like the less likely hypothesis.
On the other hand, pretty much everyone has forgotten most of their infancy—presumably, Dementors don’t bring such memories back because they’re almost never as traumatic as Harry’s—and Remembralls don’t start glowing like mad in everybody’s hands, so something is still missing there.
Much more than infancy—apparently everything before 10 is suspect, and everything before 4 especially so according to Wikipedia on childhood amnesia.
The basilisk has yellow eyes in the movies, and probably in book-canon as well. Are they explicitly stated to be red in MOR?
Yes.
The basilisk hasn’t been mentioned by name in MOR, aside from Moody suggesting it as a poison. Slytherin’s Monster was mentioned as possibly-not-real in Chapter 49, but without physical description. So no, there’s no reason to think it has red eyes.
Yes, you’re right. Turns out my memory over-dramatized a bit Myrtle’s words. She said only “I just remember seeing a pair of great, big, yellow eyes.” For some reason I thought she had also said something like “blazing suns”.
After the escape from Azkaban, I thought that the most likely thing for the Remembrall to have been referring to, must have been the Newtonian physics that Harry was mentioned to have forgotten about in regards to broomstick flying—but am not quite sure that makes sense anymore. At the time the Remembrall lit up, Harry hadn’t spent any time steering/accelerating the broomstick, and had barely seen anyone else fly at all.
I prefer “Time turners are supposed to be a secret, don’t flaunt it”.
That was my interpretation also.