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innerslytherinSomeone here is complaining about wandless magic in PS, as well as the timing of Voldemort's rise to power. First of all, wandless magic is well-established in the world of HP. Dumbledore does it all the time, and it stands to reason that Voldemort can, as well. That means that, by extension, possessed!Quirrell should also be able to perform wandless magic. Regarding the timeline of Voldemort's rise to power, it makes sense to me that he wouldn't be able to start the war immediately upon leaving school. I mean, no matter how sneaky and powerful he was, I can't see him having enough resources to take over the world at 18.
Now there is a legitimate question posed there, wondering why Quirrell seems to have been in the Defence position for several years. I always figured that the curse on the position could be interpreted to be consecutive years. For instance, Quirrell works a year, takes a year off to go to Transylvania and get possessed, then comes back for a year. Not to mention that if Voldemort cursed the position and wanted to use Quirrell, I assume Voldemort would be able to manipulate the curse however he wanted.
More troubling to me is the fact that Dumbledore let Quirrell run around the castle and have access to Harry for an entire year without seeming to realize it. I appreciate that Snape was suspicious of Quirrell--but did he realize it was the Dark Lord he was defying? I wonder if he got flashes of burning where his Dark Mark is, the way Harry got flashes of pain from his scar.
Now, a rant.
I hate WalMart for a lot of reasons, but one of the most annoying is that even though I can avoid shopping there (and do), I cannot avoid the idiots that DO shop there mucking up my life. Specifically, I am talking about the RIDICULOUS and UNNECESSARY addition of THREE traffic signals in Lafayette. These signals aren't needed. Moreover, they annoy the piss out of me when I am trying to get to work on time and I end up having to stop because some loser pulls up to the light and it changes immediately. I'm sorry, why should we STOP EVERYTHING for WalMart shoppers? Make them wait for at least 30 seconds, or better yet, 60! Grar.
I also was highly annoyed by the fact that I had to check out not one, but TWO, customers after closing time today. One of them even asked Stacie, "What time do you close?"--and after being told we close at nine, which was five minutes earlier, proceeded to finish her shopping. Bitch.
Watched The Departed yesterday. I really enjoyed it, though the ending was quite a surprise to me. It's sort of like the book I read recently, Being Americana. (Though I felt like the book's plot wandered all over, which was not the case with The Departed.) That book also had an ending that was quite a slap in the face to me. The difference is that with the movie, it made sense--for one thing, Irish stories never have happy endings. But anyway, I was annoyed by the book, where I wasn't annoyed by the movie.
Now there is a legitimate question posed there, wondering why Quirrell seems to have been in the Defence position for several years. I always figured that the curse on the position could be interpreted to be consecutive years. For instance, Quirrell works a year, takes a year off to go to Transylvania and get possessed, then comes back for a year. Not to mention that if Voldemort cursed the position and wanted to use Quirrell, I assume Voldemort would be able to manipulate the curse however he wanted.
More troubling to me is the fact that Dumbledore let Quirrell run around the castle and have access to Harry for an entire year without seeming to realize it. I appreciate that Snape was suspicious of Quirrell--but did he realize it was the Dark Lord he was defying? I wonder if he got flashes of burning where his Dark Mark is, the way Harry got flashes of pain from his scar.
Now, a rant.
I hate WalMart for a lot of reasons, but one of the most annoying is that even though I can avoid shopping there (and do), I cannot avoid the idiots that DO shop there mucking up my life. Specifically, I am talking about the RIDICULOUS and UNNECESSARY addition of THREE traffic signals in Lafayette. These signals aren't needed. Moreover, they annoy the piss out of me when I am trying to get to work on time and I end up having to stop because some loser pulls up to the light and it changes immediately. I'm sorry, why should we STOP EVERYTHING for WalMart shoppers? Make them wait for at least 30 seconds, or better yet, 60! Grar.
I also was highly annoyed by the fact that I had to check out not one, but TWO, customers after closing time today. One of them even asked Stacie, "What time do you close?"--and after being told we close at nine, which was five minutes earlier, proceeded to finish her shopping. Bitch.
Watched The Departed yesterday. I really enjoyed it, though the ending was quite a surprise to me. It's sort of like the book I read recently, Being Americana. (Though I felt like the book's plot wandered all over, which was not the case with The Departed.) That book also had an ending that was quite a slap in the face to me. The difference is that with the movie, it made sense--for one thing, Irish stories never have happy endings. But anyway, I was annoyed by the book, where I wasn't annoyed by the movie.
