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themostepotente) wrote2004-08-11 07:49 pm
themostepotente) wrote2004-08-11 07:49 pm
Fandom Discussion -- Unanswerable Questions of the Potterverse!
Okay folks -- so this is where you go if you have a question that's been bugging the shite out of you.
Your fellow Potteraholics can respond or add a question of their own.
Let's begin by asking;
If you look at Sirius Black's wanted posters in the movie (a good close up if you're a dork like me and own the actual poster), you'll notice Sirius is holding a sign with the numbers (presumably) 390 and a bunch of symbols.
First and foremost, are we to assume that 390 is Sirius' prison number? Does this mean he's the 390th prisoner of Azkaban? Azkaban has been around for how long and with such a small number? If this is the case, I am truly impressed by the wizarding penal system.
Secondly, what the FUCK are those symbols supposed to denote? Is it some sort of weird sign language? Might the aliens have constructed Azkaban after baffling the Muggles with Stonehenge? (That was a joke, btw :P)
Have an unanswerable question? Post it here!
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Your fellow Potteraholics can respond or add a question of their own.
Let's begin by asking;
If you look at Sirius Black's wanted posters in the movie (a good close up if you're a dork like me and own the actual poster), you'll notice Sirius is holding a sign with the numbers (presumably) 390 and a bunch of symbols.
First and foremost, are we to assume that 390 is Sirius' prison number? Does this mean he's the 390th prisoner of Azkaban? Azkaban has been around for how long and with such a small number? If this is the case, I am truly impressed by the wizarding penal system.
Secondly, what the FUCK are those symbols supposed to denote? Is it some sort of weird sign language? Might the aliens have constructed Azkaban after baffling the Muggles with Stonehenge? (That was a joke, btw :P)
Have an unanswerable question? Post it here!
--P
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Hmmm... no, I don't think so. Because then how would Peter have gotten it back? He'd have had to come out to Lucius as still being alive and told Lucius that Voldemort was trying to return, and my impression as always been that Lucius was taken completely by surprise in the graveyard scene at the end of GoF.
Why didn't they use Veritaserum on Sirius before sending him to Azkaban?
This is a really good question. They don't seem to use Veritaserum at all in the wizarding justice system, which is really odd. I don't recall anywhere in the books where it was used during trials. For example, they could have easily used it in Barty Crouch Jr.'s trial, too, but they obviously didn't.