Over the weekend @ohscorbus came up with the idea of Scorpius looking for his parents in the crowd when he and Albus visit the first task, desperate to catch a glimpse of his mum in particular. He knows sheās there, alive and well and happy (and probably wearing a Potter Stinks badge), and I can imagine that just the idea of seeing her again even for a second, even a version of her he never knew, would be something heād be really excited about.Ā
And then, as I was considering that beautiful piece of angst, I watched the scene in Hermioneās office, where the boys and Delphi find the Time-Turner, and I couldnāt help but wonder at what point Scorpius realises exactly what the Time-Turner could mean for him. Does he know, the moment they open the book and see it there, that it could be the key to getting his mum back? Is he barely holding back hope the whole time theyāre travelling from St Oswaldās to the Ministry? We certainly know heās considered the idea that turning time might mean bringing his mum back.Ā
āThere was a moment when I was excited, when I realised time was different, a moment when I thought my mum hadnāt got sick. Maybe my mum wasnāt dead.ā (Act Two, Scene Sixteen)
Heās so unwilling to participate in anything to do with the Time-Turner to begin with, and itās Albus that drives him on, but at some point he apparently gets on board with the concept. Thereās a line in the slumber party scene, Act Three, Scene Fourteen, which Iāve never really understood.Ā
āAnd saving Cedric ā that wasnāt such a bad idea ā not in my head anyway...āĀ
Scorpius is so resistant to anything to do with Time-Turners. He says heās not a massive fan, he tells Albus whatever was holding his brain together has completely snapped when he suggests it, and we never really see that change. Except I think if you read between the lines you can work out when it happened.Ā
I canāt help but wonder whether Scorpius started to think of Cedric as a proof of concept. If you can save one person then you can save two people, surely. If they can get Cedric alive then maybe they can get Astoria too. Perhaps thatās why he goes along with Albusās strategy after the library scene. Despite the mess theyāve already made, maybe there will still be a moment when heās excited when he realises time is different...Ā
I know that personally Iāve always felt that Scorpius wasnāt giving up much in the Voldemort timeline. He says: āI am better off in this world. But this world is not better. And I donāt want that,ā (Act Three, Scene Nine) but thatās never been really satisfactory for me. Iāve never seen Scorpius as someone whoās interested in notoriety and popularity and praise. In terms of position and power heās better off certainly, but why would he care about those things? That world is horrific and he knows it, and of course Albus isnāt there, so heās not really better off at all.Ā
But if you look at it from the point of view that Scorpius is thinking of saving Cedric as a test run for saving Astoria, you realise that actually Scorpius is giving up an awful lot by accepting that that world is not better. Itās a terrible world, saving Cedric failed, so many people are dead, his dad is no longer his dad, he is no longer himself, and his best friend doesnāt exist. These are the consequences of saving people. And in accepting that, in giving up on the idea of saving Cedric, heās also giving up on the idea of saving his mum. Itās giving up on the idea that people can be saved and everything will turn out okay. That is the sacrifice heās making in that moment, and it really is, in Scorpiusās head at least, him giving up his mother for good.Ā
I think this also brings new significance to the line: āI can hear my mother. She wants me ā my ā help, but she knows I canāt ā help,ā (Act Three, Scene Nine) because heās realised by then that he really canāt help her. He thought he could, but he canāt, and of course as much as Astoria would have wanted to be saved if she could have been, she always knew she was never destined for old age.Ā
And just imagine then, the significance for Scorpius, of that talk with Albus in their dorm, where shows him why they canāt try again. Heās been thinking about it all day, coming up with the right words, because he needs Albus to be as convinced as he is. Imagine how important it must be for him to find the right spell to destroy the Time-Turner, the last hope of getting his mum back, his mum who taught him all about magic, probably including the fact that choosing the right spell is a much underestimated part of modern witchcraft.Ā
Imagine him in the maze, about to stop Albus from talking to Cedric because it might damage time, but realising what Albus is saying and just bowing his head and letting it be said. Because if he had another moment with his mum heād want to tell her he loved her, or heād like to have someone do it on his behalf at least. And imagine the moment when he finally sees the Time-Turner lying shattered on the ground, when theyāre trapped and alone, and Delphi has disappeared, and he knows heās failed, that despite his best efforts Voldemort is going to rise again, and Albus is going to disappear, and heāll be alone in hell once more.Ā
Also, if you will, imagine Scorpius sleeping with the Time-Turner under his pillow in both the timelines when he doesnāt have Albus, keeping it safe and close. We know he keeps it under there at night, because we see it in that slumber party scene.Ā
Here he is with the power to change things, but helpless to actually do anything because he doesnāt now how, and he doesnāt know what terrible things could happen. He wants to get Albus back, to get his mum back, and he knows he could in theory, but he also knows he canāt do either because of the damage it might do. Heās always been sort of alone, but heās never felt lonely like this, lying in the darkness, lost and powerless, unable to sleep, tears pouring down his face.Ā
I think that perhaps, when Draco says of the Time-Turner: āIāve been holding onto it, barely resisting using it even though I would sell my soul for another minute with Astoria...ā heās speaking for both himself and Scorpius. And isnāt it funny, that the thing which could have given her back ā their conduit, their light in the darkness, the thread that tied their family together ā actually turns out to be the thing which brings the two of them together and helps them understand each other. I think thatās quite beautifully poetic.Ā
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