HP Files - Philosopher's Stone - Chapters 10 - 12

Chapter 10 - Hallowe'enPg 121 - "Indeed, by next (typo) morning Harry and Ron thought that meeting the three-headed dog had been an excellent adventure and they were quite keen to have another one" - Somebody should quote this to Harry during book 5 or whenever it is that he's complaining about stuff always happening to him.Pg 121/122 - I still believe it's an act of complete favouritism that Harry got given a first-class broom by a staff member/Dumbledore. No wonder he wasn't allowed to open it at the breakfast table.Pg 122 - "'A Nimbus Two Thousand, sir' said Harry, fighting not to laugh at the look of horror on Malfoy's face...And it's really thanks to Malfoy here that I've got it,' he added." So Harry really is a spiteful little shit.Pg 123-126 - I could ramble on about Quidditch from its name right down to erm, the snitch but instead I'll just say genius.Pg 127 - "Hermione didn't turn up for the next class and wasn't seen all afternoon." Now as much as I understand that she was upset, would Hermione *ever* miss class intentionally.Pg 128 - "'I've just thought - Hermione' 'What about her?' 'She doesn't know about the troll'" - There's the saving people complex again, however, I don't see Hermione complaining now.Pg 129 - "Oy, pea-brain!" It is obviously Ron's turn for the hard-core insults.Pg 130 - "'Wingardium Leviosa!' The club flew suddenly out of the troll's hand, rose high, high up into the air, turned slowly over - and dropped, with a sickeningly crack, on to its owner's head." Now where would they be had Hermione not have taught Ron the correct incantation?Pg 132 - "But from that moment on, Hermione Granger became their friend. There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them." And at this moment the famous angst-ridden triangle know as 'The Trio' was born. Little did Rowling know how much aggro this would cause between her fans and the divide in the fandom it would cause.Chapter 11 - QuidditchPg 133 - "Hermione had become a bit more relaxed about breaking rules since Harry and Ron had saved her from the mountain troll ad she was much nicer for it." What happened to loving people warts and all?Pg 134 - "Getting up, he told Ron and Hermione he was going to ask Snape if he could have it.’Rather you than me,' they said together." They're connected on a deeper level already ;)Pg 134 - "'Blasted thing' Snape was saying.’How are you supposed to keep your eyes on all three heads at once.'" OOC-ness creeping in again.Pg 135 - "'Just a bit of toast,' wheedled Hermione." Wheedled anyone?Pg 135 - "Seekers are always the ones who get nobbled by the other team." Again with the euphemisms - I think he actually meant 'screwed over'.Pg 137 - You never really understand how brutal Quidditch is until you see the movies, reading someone being hit in the back of the head with a bludger has much less impact.Pg 140 - "The Weasleys flew up to try and pull Harry safely on to one of their brooms, but it was no good...They dropped lower and circled beneath him, obviously hoping to catch him if he fell." See, they're good guys really. :)Chapter 12 - The Mirror of ErisedPg 143 - "Worst of all were Professor Snape's classes down in the dungeons, where their breath rose in a mist before them." So maybe Snape is a reptile after all.Pg 144 - "Festoons of holly and mistletoe hung all around the walls." The vocabulary in this book is getting stranger by the chapter.Pg 145 - "He wasn't in Great Wizards of the Twentieth Century or Notable Magical Names of Our Time...” I know that in the interests of drama, the Flamel thing had to be dragged out but surely, if Dumbledore is particularly famous for working with him then surely he'd have a more prominent position within magical history.Pg 146 - "Madam Pince the librarian brandished a feather duster at him." The woman's violent I'm telling you - should she be working with children?Pg 147 - "She's made you a Weasley jumper." So Harry has officially been initiated into the Weasley clan.Pg 149 - "I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name. But we're not stupid - we know we're called Gred and Forge." Just hee!Pg 150 - "Harry watched Hagrid getting redder and redder in the face as he called for more wine, finally kissing Professor McGonagall on the cheek, who, to Harry's amazement, giggled and blushed, her top hat lop-sided." Welcome to Hogwarts, inbreeding capital of the country.Pg 150 - Do people under invisibility cloaks have shadows? They're still solid so in theory they still block light causing shadows but surely that defeats the object of being invisible.Pg 152 - "It was a magnificent mirror...There was an inscription carved around the top..." I didn't get that the inscription actually meant something until my auntie told me - I was only 9 but still.Pg 154 - "Anyway, maybe it only shows dead people." How tactful Ron.Pg 155 - "I'm Head Boy...I'm holding the House Cup and the Quidditch Cup - I'm Quidditch captain too." Don't you just want to hug him?Pg 155 - "You're only holding the Quidditch Cup, what's interesting about that?" Okay, so Harry doesn't understand what the mirror is or what its contents mean but he really is an insensitive git.Pg 156 - "'Strange how short-sighted being invisible can make you,' said Dumbledore" This is going to come back and bite Harry on the ass one day.Pg 157 - "Ron Weasley, who has always been overshadowed by his brothers, sees himself standing alone, the best of them all." You see. Dumbledore understands.Pg 157 - "It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." That's extremely profound considering we're only halfway through the book.Coming soon - Chapter 13 - Nicholas Flamel