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I was reading the entry for OotP Ch 31 at http://hpcompanion.com just now, and I noticed this pull quote under an illustration:
No fewer than four Stunners had shot from the figures around the cabin toward Professor McGonagall. Halfway between cabin and castle the red beams collided with her. For a moment she looked luminous, illuminated by an eerie red glow, then was lifted right off her feet, landed hard on her back, and moved no more. (emphasis mine)
That phrase sound familiar? Yeah. So I decided to search out how many times this sort of language is used in the text. And except for this example and the other one in DH... it isn't. Only Minerva and Severus sustain an injury and then "move no more". McGonagall, of course, we know to have survived her incident with the Stunners.
Well, well.
(I don't think this parallel phrasing was an intentional hint, esp. since JKR claims not to reread her own work, but it's sure something to add to the pile of fiddly, meaning-stretched details if one wishes to cuddle a "Snape survived" theory. ;) )
No fewer than four Stunners had shot from the figures around the cabin toward Professor McGonagall. Halfway between cabin and castle the red beams collided with her. For a moment she looked luminous, illuminated by an eerie red glow, then was lifted right off her feet, landed hard on her back, and moved no more. (emphasis mine)
That phrase sound familiar? Yeah. So I decided to search out how many times this sort of language is used in the text. And except for this example and the other one in DH... it isn't. Only Minerva and Severus sustain an injury and then "move no more". McGonagall, of course, we know to have survived her incident with the Stunners.
Well, well.
(I don't think this parallel phrasing was an intentional hint, esp. since JKR claims not to reread her own work, but it's sure something to add to the pile of fiddly, meaning-stretched details if one wishes to cuddle a "Snape survived" theory. ;) )