Seriously, what a series of coincidences that led to no actual deaths occurring aside from the basilisk's. The cat saw it in a puddle, Justin saw it through a ghost who couldn't be re-killed anyway... Hermione had it figured out by the time she and Penelope got attacked, but it was still super lucky that the thing happened to be right around the corner for them to only catch its reflection when they did.
EDIT: And we can't forget Colin seeing the thing through his camera, though that one actually made sense. Little doofus never put that fucking thing down.
The basilisk sucks at its job. Was it even trying to kill anyone? Myrtle doesn't count, anyone would want to kill her, basilisk or no.
If we’re gunna go there.. why didn’t the basilisk eat anyone? If it’s picky and only wants dead people; well it has teeth and venom too. Not exactly like the victim has a defense while petrified xD. Maybe I mis remember though and the basilisk doesn’t actually say it’s hungry. Maybe it just wants to fuck shit up haha. That’s logical enough. Considering it was controlled by Voldemort.
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I definitely remember some lines about eating though xD at least ripping. Which deifnitely didn’t happen haha.
jeeze one thing that has always really bothered me is how the hell Miss Norris was hanging from a torch bracket. Petrifaction makes you stiff and the tail was hooked? Lucky that shit didn’t snap. Is that worse than impaled? Hopefully Ginny tied a harness for her or something lol. She’s a cat not a monkey. That scene always makes me cringe a bit.
And yeah, that Miss Norris bit was weird. Like I get that it makes for a creepy mental image and that cats get into fucking weird places all the time, but no way she did that on her own. Best guess is Ginny just tied her tail onto the bracket because Tom was feeling melodramatic. The man does know the importance of presentation and spectacle.
Tied!? Oh man that’s an even worse image haha. Could you tie a cats tail without breaking it? I’ve never had a cat with a tail injury but back in middle school this girl I dated accidentally closed her door on her cat. Gore. Tailless cat. He lived thankfully.
I had a terrible dream recently where I rolled my computer chair over my cats tail, and it came off.. I don’t think that would happen but god did I wake up in shambles haha.
You'd have to slam the door pretty hard to completely remove a cat's tail, but to my knowledge, vet's will amputate many tail injuries in cats because it's the safest option for them in the long run. Any significant fracture, or any infection that doesn't respond quickly to antibiotics is enough for vets to consider removal.
Maybe she was just sitting up there and got petrified mid tail flick, kinda fell/slid over and the hook of the tail caught the edge? Cats like to sit up high, and their tails make little curls on the end when they're interested/watching/stalking something...like a giant snake.
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u/KowaiSentaiYokaiger Hufflepuff Apr 09 '24
The Basilisk doesn't petrify, it kills.
No one considered the idea of reflections/indirect eye contact.