Talk:Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Deathly Hallows/Chapter 8

Gregorovitch and the wands
Just as a reminder: We have to be very careful talking about why Voldy is looking for Gregorovitch. Although the reader doesn't yet know this, what Voldy wants specifically is the Elder Wand, which he is chasing back through the last person known to have had it: Gregorovitch. Harry doesn't find this out until March. Until we learn that the Hallows exist, we don't know that the Elder Wand exists either; and so we are working on the assumption that Voldy wants Gregorovitch to make him a wand. But we don't want to explicitly say this; as with Slughorn in the previous book, we should let the reader form their own, erroneous conclusion.

Note that I, at least, on hearing of the Hallows, thought that what Voldy was after was the Stone. Chazz (talk) 17:11, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Luna and Barny Weasley
Why must people always found big hidden links and incredibly powerful secrets. There is not a clue in the all seven books that Luna Lovegood have any unexpected magical abilities. Is Ron secretly a cat animagus because he once won a Chess match against McGonagal enchanted pieces? Is Dudley the heir of Helga Huffulpuff because he let a CUP of tea beneath Harry's door in the second chapter? Harry have drink Polyjuice Potion and look has an hypothetical cousin Barny but he talks like Harry Potter (though with a different voice), he moves like Harry Potter... Luna clearly tell she recognises him from the way he act. The Death Eaters identify Harry between 7 decoys just because he act "Potter Style". Yes Luna is a little weird but if she succeed in Harry's indentification it's because, unlike other people, she's curious, open-minded and that she cares about people.

Melmoth (talk) 17:11, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
 * An interesting point. I think that it is a case of people seeing what they expect to see, perhaps. It's certainly true that Draco didn't identify Harry and Ron pretending to be Crabbe and Goyle; or, for that matter, Barty impersonating Moody. In those two cases, certainly it is possible that people saw who they expected to see, and in this case, "Barney Weasley" being a total unknown, they wouldn't have any expectations and would see what was actually there. Luna likely would recognize Harry because she is much more in this world than many others. If you don't mind, I will write that up. Chazz (talk) 21:20, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Symbol of the Hallows
Should it be mentioned what the Hallows symbol is in the GP section? This would be a good place to talk about the Swastika allegory that is referenced loosely in the Questions section, too.