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** In a way, young Tom is like a dark deconstruction of the typical KidHero protagonist of fantasy stories who finds out they have magic powers. From a very young age, when he discovers he has magic powers, [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior he's almost immediately using them to hurt other people and get what he wants,]] and the Muggle children and adults at the orphanage are powerless to stop him. He only gets more dangerous when he goes to Hogwarts and actually learns how to use magic. He was born to a great legacy, which turns out to be continuing the line of an ancient family of Dark wizards, and he attains power no one has ever seen before. In other words, he's what Harry could have become if he wasn't a good person at heart and didn't have friends, teachers, and parental figures to set him on the right path.
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** In a way, young Tom is like a dark deconstruction of the typical KidHero protagonist of fantasy stories who finds out they have magic powers. From a very young age, when he discovers he has magic powers, [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior he's almost immediately using them to hurt other people and get what he wants,]] and the Muggle children and adults at the orphanage are powerless to stop him. He only gets more dangerous when he goes to Hogwarts and actually learns how to use magic. He was born to a great legacy, which turns out to be continuing the line of an ancient family of Dark wizards, and he attains power no one has ever seen before. In other words, he's Does this sound familiar? He's what Harry could have become if he wasn't a good person at heart and didn't have friends, teachers, and parental figures to set him on the right path.
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* On her way out of Hogwarts, Bellatrix takes the time to burn down Hagrid's hut with Hagrid distracted battling the Death Eaters outside. Hagrid furiously roars that poor Fang is in there, and soon the poor dog's cries of panic are heard. Luckily, Hagrid manages to save his beloved dog, but the poor animal is left with singed fur and burns. Hagrid also mentions that a bunch of Bowtruckles were burned to death in the carnage.
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* The reactions of everyone to Dumbledore's death at Snape's hands. His colleagues and mentors are shaken; Slughorn is completely shell-shocked never thinking Snape was capable of this, [=McGonagall=] laments this "terrible stain" on the schoo;
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* The reactions of everyone to Dumbledore's death at Snape's hands. His colleagues and mentors are shaken; Slughorn is completely shell-shocked never thinking Snape was capable of this, [=McGonagall=] laments this "terrible stain" on the schoo;school's history. The Order is in despair and shock, with Lupin and Tonks both in horror since they always trusted Dumbledore who trusted Snape.
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* [=McGonagall=] manages to get one due to being the same ReasonableAuthorityFigure as ever. She's always been willing to reprimand Harry for breaking rules or acting up, treating him like any other student despite knowing what he's been going through since he was a year old. But in this book, Harry crosses some serious lines and she responds appropriately. When Harry accuses Malfoy of cursing Katie, [=McGonagall=] is [[TranquilFury quietly disgusted]], coldly warning Harry that the former is a ''very'' serious accusation and chastising him for seemingly making it out of his long-standing grudge with his rival (the film perfectly portrays this, showing her reprimanding him in a quiet, furious tone). When Harry casts ''Sectumsempra'', the gloves come off and [=McGonagall=] is absolutely ''livid'', and viciously tears him a new one for his actions, telling him that he ''should'' be expelled. Seeing such a kind, if stern authority figure who has always loved Harry now viciously angry and disappointed with him is deeply unsettling.
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* When Harry learns that Snape was the one who overheard Trelawney's prophecy, he loses his temper and storms to Dumbledore's office ready to start a new rampage like he did after Sirius's death. When Dumbledore learns ''why'' he's so angry, he actually [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness pales for a moment]], realizing that this is the last thing Harry needed to know and it's going to be ''hard'' to get him back in line after this. He does his best to smooth things over since they're about to go looking for the locket, but he's just barely able to do it and seems to realize that Harry is ''never'' going to respect or care for Snape, at least without knowing the whole truth. Dumbledore for once shows genuine panic realizing that a secret he'd have preferred to not fall into Harry's hands is now exactly where he didn't want it.
** There's also a moment in this scene where Harry continues to express distrust of Snape and begins to imply that Dumbledore is leaving the school unprotected. Dumbledore actually becomes genuinely angry with Harry for the first time for daring to accuse him of not doing everything he can to protect the school, staff, and students. Harry quickly becomes cowed, realizing he's crossed a line, and Dumbledore quickly moves the conversation along due to having more important things, but Dumbledore actually becoming furious with Harry is a sight that Harry mercifully only has to see once in his life.
* When Snape finally confronts Dumbledore, from Harry's perspective, it's Snape announcing his betrayal full-on. And the Death Eaters are bickering until everybody hears something that cows every single one of them, from sadistic psychopath Bellatrix to bloodthirsty beast Greyback.
-->'''Dumbledore:''' Severus... Severus, ''please''.
** From everyone's perspective besides Snape, Dumbledore is pleading for his life, apparently only realizing too late whose side Snape is really on. To hear this paragon of good and power begging for his life turns everyone's blood to ice.
* The reactions of everyone to Dumbledore's death at Snape's hands. His colleagues and mentors are shaken; Slughorn is completely shell-shocked never thinking Snape was capable of this, [=McGonagall=] laments this "terrible stain" on the schoo;
** There's also a moment in this scene where Harry continues to express distrust of Snape and begins to imply that Dumbledore is leaving the school unprotected. Dumbledore actually becomes genuinely angry with Harry for the first time for daring to accuse him of not doing everything he can to protect the school, staff, and students. Harry quickly becomes cowed, realizing he's crossed a line, and Dumbledore quickly moves the conversation along due to having more important things, but Dumbledore actually becoming furious with Harry is a sight that Harry mercifully only has to see once in his life.
* When Snape finally confronts Dumbledore, from Harry's perspective, it's Snape announcing his betrayal full-on. And the Death Eaters are bickering until everybody hears something that cows every single one of them, from sadistic psychopath Bellatrix to bloodthirsty beast Greyback.
-->'''Dumbledore:''' Severus... Severus, ''please''.
** From everyone's perspective besides Snape, Dumbledore is pleading for his life, apparently only realizing too late whose side Snape is really on. To hear this paragon of good and power begging for his life turns everyone's blood to ice.
* The reactions of everyone to Dumbledore's death at Snape's hands. His colleagues and mentors are shaken; Slughorn is completely shell-shocked never thinking Snape was capable of this, [=McGonagall=] laments this "terrible stain" on the schoo;
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* Apparition, when you think about it. In the books, it's the extremely-uncomfortable sensation of being squeezed through a narrow tube, unable to breathe, which is terrifying to those with a fear of enclosed spaces. In the films, a person's body is shown twisting, stretching, swirling... it's all very disturbing, especially for any unlucky freeze-frames. Not to mention that if it's done incorrectly, people can be separated from their body parts or otherwise get gravely injured.
** Worth remembering here is that Apparition is pretty explicitly the Wizarding equivalent of driving an automobile.
** Except when you remember from the books, that Apparition still has a far risk of being [[BodyHorror Splinched]]... sure, in practice, you have plenty of experts who can re-do mistakes at will, but imagine being alone and having ''yourself'' go through that, particularly if you're not good at the particular kind of magic...
** Worth remembering here is that Apparition is pretty explicitly the Wizarding equivalent of driving an automobile.
** Except when you remember from the books, that Apparition still has a far risk of being [[BodyHorror Splinched]]... sure, in practice, you have plenty of experts who can re-do mistakes at will, but imagine being alone and having ''yourself'' go through that, particularly if you're not good at the particular kind of magic...
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* Apparition, when you think about it. In the books, it's the extremely-uncomfortable sensation of being squeezed through a narrow tube, unable to breathe, which is terrifying to those with a fear of enclosed spaces. In the films, a person's body is shown twisting, stretching, swirling... it's all very disturbing, especially for any unlucky freeze-frames. Not to mention that if freeze-frames.
** If it's done incorrectly, people can be separated from their body parts or otherwise get gravelyinjured.
** Worth remembering here is that Apparition is pretty explicitly the Wizarding equivalent of driving an automobile.
** Except when you remember from the books, that Apparition still has a far risk of being [[BodyHorror Splinched]]... sure,injured. Sure, in practice, you have plenty of experts who can re-do mistakes at will, but imagine being alone and having ''yourself'' go through that, particularly if you're not good at the particular kind of magic...
** If it's done incorrectly, people can be separated from their body parts or otherwise get gravely
** Worth remembering here is that Apparition is pretty explicitly the Wizarding equivalent of driving an automobile.
** Except when you remember from the books, that Apparition still has a far risk of being [[BodyHorror Splinched]]... sure,
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*** For that matter, where'd Merope learn how to brew a love potion? It's implied she wasn't that talented or intelligent. Going back to the fact that the Gaunt family was obviously inbred, was the use of Love Potion a family tradition in the past to get 'unwilling' family members to be more 'compliant'? ''Brrrr.''
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*** For that matter, where'd Merope learn how to brew a love potion? It's implied she wasn't that talented or intelligent. Going back to the fact that the Gaunt family was obviously inbred, was the use of Love Potion a family tradition in the past to get 'unwilling' family members to be more 'compliant'? ''Brrrr.'''compliant'?
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* Every description of a new brutal death or kidnapping in the early chapters heavily emphasizes the current daily misery and paranoia of the Wizarding World as the Death Eaters attack people in crowded urban areas and isolated wilderness refuges alike. A wide range of established characters from all stations in life (Mr. Ollivander, Amelia Bones, Igor Karakoff, ice cream man Florean Fortescue, and Order of the Phoenix member Emmeline Vance) fall victim to the Death Eaters over just one summer, and it is made clear that they represent a small fraction of Voldemort's recent victims.
* Throughout the school year, Voldemort's evil continues to affect people outside of the main cast, with there being brutal remainders of this like Hannah Abbott (one of the few students to appear in every book) being told that her mother has been found dead and a boy too young to even attend Hogwarts (although his sisters do) being fatally mauled by Greyback to punish his mother for siding against Voldemort.
* Throughout the school year, Voldemort's evil continues to affect people outside of the main cast, with there being brutal remainders of this like Hannah Abbott (one of the few students to appear in every book) being told that her mother has been found dead and a boy too young to even attend Hogwarts (although his sisters do) being fatally mauled by Greyback to punish his mother for siding against Voldemort.
