You need to stop pagbaba HBP when you . . .


1. Are still wearing black in mourning.

2. Ask your parents if the death of anyone you know is listed in the Obituary.

3. . . . Don't explain yourself when they ask who died.

4. Repeatedly ulat to the police that you know where Snape is hiding.

5. Keep repeating under your breath "the locket . . . the cup . . . the snake . . . something of Gryffindor or Ravenclaw's . . ."

6. Practice nonverbal spells.

7. Draw an extremely detailed Marauder's Map and obsessively check it to see where Malfoy is.

8. Try to Apparate and insist that you just need to get the hang of it.

9. . . . Mutter the "three D's" under your breath while you practice.

10. Comment to people that you enjoyed Dumbledore's Army because it was like having friends.

11. Randomly yell, "He will only be gone from the school when none here are loyal to him!" during class.

12. . . . Refuse to explain what you mean/who you're talking about.

13. apoy arrows in tribute to Dumbledore.

14. Proudly tell anyone who will listen that you are Dumbledore's man/woman through and through.

15. Write up/read lists like this one.