I thought they were testing it both ways. Was the black one in the cages earlier on? I can't remember. Not that Malfoy sent the black one and they sent it back, but they started with the black one on their end to test the way the passage would actually work for the DE.
Why else would the bird be in there at all without Draco there? He sent things and then called them back right after. But in the end what needed to be done was the other cabinet sending something to that one and he opens it and lets it out.
Though, say he did send the black bird (or simply put it in there and Harry and Ginny entered before he could send it), that would mean Draco saw Harry and Ginny kiss. (OH, NO that is such a sad thought for me!)
But I agree that the black bird in the movie was to tell us that the cabinet works. It works from both sides, and the black bird was waiting to be released just like the DEs would be later. That's why I thought the DE at the shop sent that one over, because if he didn't then where was Draco?
ETA: I think that I can't see the apple as a failure, because who goes from failure to upping the experiment? If the apple failed, then you continue to use apples until they work. It doesn't make sense for them to be showing us all the failures. Though they are still using birds, I'd still see sending something from the shop instead of Draco sending it there and back as upping the experiment. We've moved from one stage to the next stage.
But I understand they didn't have a lot of time to devote to this. They couldn't show us both. Another reason it doesn't make sense as him failing is because we are on Harry's side and Draco is representing the forewarnings of what is coming. If he keeps failing, then there is no tension. (He is working on it, but failing would only be a forewarning if you are on Draco's side and want him to figure it out.) We don't have to worry about what Draco is up to if he is failing. He is only a forewarning of the evil to come if he is succeeding.
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Date: 2013-10-13 02:54 am (UTC)Why else would the bird be in there at all without Draco there? He sent things and then called them back right after. But in the end what needed to be done was the other cabinet sending something to that one and he opens it and lets it out.
Though, say he did send the black bird (or simply put it in there and Harry and Ginny entered before he could send it), that would mean Draco saw Harry and Ginny kiss. (OH, NO that is such a sad thought for me!)
But I agree that the black bird in the movie was to tell us that the cabinet works. It works from both sides, and the black bird was waiting to be released just like the DEs would be later. That's why I thought the DE at the shop sent that one over, because if he didn't then where was Draco?
ETA: I think that I can't see the apple as a failure, because who goes from failure to upping the experiment? If the apple failed, then you continue to use apples until they work. It doesn't make sense for them to be showing us all the failures. Though they are still using birds, I'd still see sending something from the shop instead of Draco sending it there and back as upping the experiment. We've moved from one stage to the next stage.
But I understand they didn't have a lot of time to devote to this. They couldn't show us both. Another reason it doesn't make sense as him failing is because we are on Harry's side and Draco is representing the forewarnings of what is coming. If he keeps failing, then there is no tension. (He is working on it, but failing would only be a forewarning if you are on Draco's side and want him to figure it out.) We don't have to worry about what Draco is up to if he is failing. He is only a forewarning of the evil to come if he is succeeding.