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Fridge Brilliance

  • The fact that Remus and Danger were apparently the first people in centuries to successfully invoke the Three-Fold Curse of the Righteous makes a lot more sense when we see Danger's wish magic frequently pull off similar feats on a smaller scale. And when we learn that Remus is the Heir of Gryffindor, it makes even more sense that he could invoke the power of the Founders to level that curse.
  • One of the Dangerverse sidefics is a partial songfic of If I Die Young by The Band Perry depicting Danger's thoughts in the aftermath of Draco's death. Now, the fic ends before you get to the end of the song, but if you happen to be familiar with it, you'll know that it ends with the revelation that the dead girl isn't actually dead.
  • One of Ginny's hobbies in this story is sculpting in clay. And as Hermione points out, there's a word for a person who works clay...
  • The author of the Sacred Twenty-Eight (supposedly Cantankerus Nott) excluded the Potters because of Henry "Harry" Potter's condemned the Minister who forbade the magical community from being involved in World War I, and his outspoken support of the Muggle community. Nott believed that the commonness of the Potter name in the Muggle world could mean that the Potters were Muggle-born. In DV, we find that William Potter, a student during the Founder's era was indeed Muggle-born.
  • Luna's mother was a gifted witch who died while making a scrying potion. Part of the bowl exploded and she died shielding Luna. Luna was cut by a piece of the bowl and some of the potion got into her blood and she became a Seer. Years later, she and Draco become blood heirs of Slytherin, whose powers were speaking Parseltongue and being Seers.
  • Is it any wonder Salazar Slytherin got so obsessed with blood purity? His "unique power" was a joke, and would have been even moreso to someone with his ambition and lust for power. He needed some way of feeling superior.
  • During Draco's confrontation with Malfoy, the narration states: "Twelve golden necklaces chilled ever so slightly about their owners' necks. The glow of the carvings upon them was faint and fitful...The death they reported had hardly been an unexpected one." Now, remember that the Pack and Pride feel their pendants heat and chill with less strength if Pack-friends or relatives are in danger or killed, such as when Percy goes to the Crouch's, but their pendants chill when Hagrid dies because he is a Pack-friend. So, the reason that there's hardly a chill when Draco dies isn't because the death is unexpected, it's because Draco isn't dead, but Malfoy is. Now, Draco Black "dies" soon after and becomes Reynard Beauvoi.
  • Lucius's speech to Remus when the latter is captured and brought to Malfoy Manor to distract Voldemort from Harry. It is full of double meaning, which, when said as Lucius means one thing, but when you discover that it's actually Reynard, means quite another. Awesome, when you think the amount of stress the poor boy was under, that he could hold
    • And Remus's responses likewise have one set of meanings if you take them as uttered to Lucius, but take on a quite different meaning when you realize that he knew all along it was Reynard he was speaking to.
  • During Remus's confrontation with Voldemort, Voldemort tells Remus that he is descended from Godric Gryffindor. A stunned Danger tells him that Voldemort could be lying, that he "could sit there and tell you anything. That he's going to transfigure Bellatrix into a tree to amuse you or that you're the prophesied savior of all the werewolves in the world." Lo and behold all of it comes true, although it's Neville who transfigures Bellatrix. (Danger's not descended from Alex, is she? It would explain their connection).

Fridge Horror

  • Fridge Fridge Horror: Reynard and Luna Beauvoi were newlyweds during their time at Malfoy Manor. Presumably, they would wish to consummate their marriage, probably quite frequently. Moreover, it would be so totally in-character for Lucius Malfoy to take full advantage of having a pretty young pureblood girl totally devoted to him that it probably would have attracted notice had they remained celibate. The Fridge Horror comes from thinking about what Peter or Snape would have felt, seeing what would appear to be Lucius Malfoy taking full advantage of having a pretty young pureblood girl totally devoted to him.
  • Miss Evanie Mead and Annette go to Diagon Alley to buy Annette's supplies. While there, Diagon Alley is attacked and Evanie is kidnapped and Annette is killed. Others in the shop who knew about them are either killed or captured, making it very unlikely that anyone notified the orphanage. The staff must be horrified that Annette was going to attend a magical school and the pair vanished.
  • Unlike in canon, where a few Muggle-borns are on the run, in DV, entire families evacuate to Sanctuary for months. Their family, friends, and co-workers have no idea where they are and can't get in touch. Then, they re-appear a few months later, but some of the Muggle-borns were probably injured or killed during the Battle of Hogwarts. How would you explain all this to someone who doesn't even know magic exists?
  • In Facing Danger, Crouch says to Aletha: "You have no reason to like me. I'll admit that. But I'm a different man than the one who sent your husband to prison, Mrs. Freeman-Black. Please don't blame me for that man's mistakes. I've been through a lot since then, and I'd like to think it's changed me for the better. I'm not asking for friendship, not even for forgiveness, but since we find ourselves fighting in the same war, perhaps I can ask for a cessation of hostilities." Yes, Crouch is a different man than his father, because this is Crouch Jr.

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