Well, it's still all pretty bloody stupid, but I'm sure it will look impressive in the movie.
WHat happened to Albus merely leaving the sword to Harry in his will? Collecting his inheritance would be an act of need and valor, right?
(I'm being unfair, even with Scrimgeour's Ministry Albus could be pretty sure that Harry wouldn't be allowed to merely inherit the SoG. That line in the will was probably just a message to Harry that he was *supposed* to try to get it. For once one of Albus's stupid coded messages got through. I may faint from the shock.)
Phineas probably heard Hermione tell Harry where they were when she opened the bag to get out the tent. He's probably been doing this *the whole bloody time the stupid camping trip has been going on.* I think they just finally went someplace where there was enough cover for Snape to sneak up on them and plant it without immediately setting off their alarms.
Unless they have just suddenly finally managed to let Phineas overhear that they've *got* one of the buggering things (possible, given the Godric's Hollow debacle, I doubt Hermione was being careful tokeep the bag shut while she was working triage on Harry's snakebite) and now need a way to disarm it, I don't see much reason for the sudden planting of the sword in their vicinity. Unless Albus wanted to give Harry a Christmas present.
But if *any* of this is even remotely on the mark (and I do think it at least makes some kind of sense) Rowling ought to have *said* so.
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WHat happened to Albus merely leaving the sword to Harry in his will? Collecting his inheritance would be an act of need and valor, right?
(I'm being unfair, even with Scrimgeour's Ministry Albus could be pretty sure that Harry wouldn't be allowed to merely inherit the SoG. That line in the will was probably just a message to Harry that he was *supposed* to try to get it. For once one of Albus's stupid coded messages got through. I may faint from the shock.)
Phineas probably heard Hermione tell Harry where they were when she opened the bag to get out the tent. He's probably been doing this *the whole bloody time the stupid camping trip has been going on.* I think they just finally went someplace where there was enough cover for Snape to sneak up on them and plant it without immediately setting off their alarms.
Unless they have just suddenly finally managed to let Phineas overhear that they've *got* one of the buggering things (possible, given the Godric's Hollow debacle, I doubt Hermione was being careful tokeep the bag shut while she was working triage on Harry's snakebite) and now need a way to disarm it, I don't see much reason for the sudden planting of the sword in their vicinity. Unless Albus wanted to give Harry a Christmas present.
But if *any* of this is even remotely on the mark (and I do think it at least makes some kind of sense) Rowling ought to have *said* so.