Three dollars and some change

Yay, an update!

Harry's just such a doofus sometimes... he can transfigure Tonk's robes in a heartbeat, but not his own shirts. Sigh.

People seem angry about Hermione's attitude toward necromancy. On the one hand, it makes sense to bring Anita in - fire with fire, and all that. But you know, Hermione has a point. It is seriously creepy and downright revolting to reanimate the dead, which one forgets sometimes with Anita's pragmatic and workaday attitude toward it. What would be more vile than a poorly resurrected zombie of a loved one? Still, Hermione is acting oddly, not to be able to see her way past her revulsion (and it seems to be just that - her argument with Harry that it's EEEEEvil has no force, she's just flailing around) to see the value in having a powerful necromancer with a good character reference on their side, and I wonder why.

"Killer" - Harry and Quirrell. It has always bugged me in the books that nobody ever mentions or cares that Harry killed Quirrell. Of course it was self-defense and he doesn't deserve punishment, but that's not the point. The point is that he killed a man, and IIRC he has nightmares all the time. But then, they're not big on mental health in the Potter-verse.

Harry is being surprisingly forthright with Neville. I'm glad he's grown past his first-year attitude. I don't buy his argument for why Neville shouldn't get a new wand, though.

Inferii: oh, my. Things are going to get interesting! It's no coincidence when Snape disrupts a lesson plan to quiz people on unfamiliar Dark creatures. He'll love Harry's anwser, I'm sure. "Dead people puppets" indeed. Oh, wait. Oh, no. Please don't tell me Hermione went to Snape with her concern. Just no.

More than that, he couldn't tell them that the thought of dying didn't frighten him anymore. Huh, why not? He's got more to live for than ever. Is this a "weight of the world" "death is my gift" thing?

Goodness, there are a lot of questions in this chapter, and I could go on. Maybe later. Thank you for the update!