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<DIV>Kathy W:</DIV>
<DIV>Neither number 2: clocksnor number 6: portraits add anything
new. I would not code them.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
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href="mailto:quigonginger@yahoo.com">quigonginger</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:01
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [HPFGU-Catalogue] orphan
post</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Hi all,<BR>I found this post. It was uncoded, so I
thought I'd take a look at <BR>it. Usually if I find one, I just do it
and go on with things, but <BR>this one is a multi-post and quite long.
<BR><BR>I know the stuff about pics and portraits is redundant for that
<BR>category, having just finished with it, but I didn't want to go
<BR>throwing it into a bunch of other categories without checking first,
<BR>nor did I want to just toss it out on its ear.<BR><BR>Probably the easiest
way to do this would be for each of us to look <BR>and see if it would add
anything new to the categories we have <BR>already done, and if so, add that
category. If not, do nothing (my <BR>speciality). I'll keep the
number handy, and if, in a week or so, <BR>there has been no one jumping to
it, then I'll just reject it. Of <BR>course, anyone can go to it after that
and unreject it, but it will <BR>at least be out of the way. <BR><BR>I found
the first bit highly amusing and the bit about DD's lack of <BR>reaction to
Hagrid having Sirius' bike interesting.<BR>Ginger, wondering if there is life
after book 7.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Number: 47512 <BR>From: Laura
<metslvr19@y> <BR>Date: Sun Dec 01, 2002 04:48:00 AM UTC <BR>Subject:
Re: Some Questions = Theories Wanted <BR><BR>Let's see...I'll try to not
mention the excellent points everyone <BR>else has already made....but this
was a great post, very intriguing <BR>questions.<BR><BR><BR>"evenflow200214"
<daniel.brent@c...> wrote:<BR><BR>> 1) How would Ron have explained
to the rest of the Weasley's about <BR>the disappearence of Scabbers and
aquiring Pig? We can see that they <BR>do not know that Sirius is innocent in
GoF and Ron supposedly has no <BR>money... How would he explain Pig? >
<BR><BR>Well, I can't avoid it here, someone else already explained it away
<BR>for me. My opinion would be that everyone already thought he had <BR>been
eaten by Crookshanks...so unless Ron decided to say "oh, by the <BR>way Mum,
that night I was dragged into Hogsmeade by a dog who turned <BR>out to be a
convincted criminal and followed by a werewolf, I found <BR>out that my pet
rat wasn't actually wasn't dead, would you believe he <BR>was a DE who was
responsible for the deaths of my best friend's <BR>parents?" there really
wouldn't be too much to explain. =)<BR><BR>And Pig could very well be a
present form Harry or Hermione.<BR><BR>> 2)The Weasley's have a clock that
tells each of them where each <BR>member of the family is, home, work etc...
Why then, during <BR><snip..stuff about the Weasleys being in mortal
peril> Why doesn't <BR>the clock tell the Weasely's that they are in
"mortal <BR>danger"? ><BR><BR>My best guess would simply be that they
weren't paying attention. I <BR>also particularly like the idea that the
Fred/George duo either broke <BR>the "mortal peril" function of the clock or
set it off so many times <BR>that no one cares anymore. =)<BR><BR>> 3)
Where is the proof that Crouch attacked the Longbottoms? Sorry <BR>to
reiterate it but it has not been proven that he is guilty...><BR><BR>Sorry,
can't help out here...my memory fails me, I don't remember the <BR>exact
details of the plot development.<BR><BR>Of course, it's *entirely* possible
that his innocence/guilt has <BR>nothing to do with the plot. <BR><BR>But
that's no fun. =)<BR><BR>>4) How was Sirius allowed a flying motorbike and
why did Dumbledore <BR>not react at Privet Drive? As far as he knows, Sirius
is responsible <BR>yet he lets what Hagrid says about Sirius giving him the
motorbike go <BR>over his head and doesn't even stop Hagrid when he says he
wants to <BR>take the bike back to Sirius? Is this Dumbledore being lacklustre
or <BR>something else?><BR><BR>Now this interesting. Perhaps certain laws
regarding Muggle objects <BR>were not in effect then? Or maybe, like Arthur
Weasley, Sirius <BR>enchanted the motorcycle "without the intention of flying
it" and <BR>used it in this instance, seeing it as an emergancy. This seems
<BR>highly unlikely, however. Why would Sirius have a Muggle objet like <BR>a
motorcycle and the intent to enchant it to fly? (theory, <BR>anyone? ::wink::)
My best guess would be that there were no laws <BR>against it at the time. Of
course, that is pure speculation.<BR><BR>As for Dumbledore...firstly, I'm
relatively certain that the Muggle <BR>murders had not been committed yet.
However, IIRC, only Lily, James, <BR>Sirius, and Peter knew that Sirius was
NOT the Potter's Secret-<BR>Keeper. So when the Potters were attacked,
Dumbledore would have <BR>thought that Sirius had betrayed them. Or did
Dumbledore know about <BR>the switch?<BR><BR>> 5) How did Sirius know where
to find Peter after the Potter's <BR>deaths? He seems to track him down a
little too easily... Did Peter <BR>plan that Sirius find him in that
particular street? And was it part <BR>of his and Voldemort's original plan,
to pretend to blow himself up, <BR>thus framing Sirius for three
murders?><BR><BR>My best guess would be that they found each other because
they had <BR>been such close friends. I don't know if Peter planned to meet
<BR>Sirius in a specific spot, but I do believe he had his escape <BR>planned.
We know from canon that Peter was not very bright, so I <BR>find it doubtful
that he would come up with the clever
"cutting-off-<BR>the-finger-and-transforming" scheme on the spot. I doubt this
was <BR>part of Voldemort's plan, why would he care about Sirius? Besides,
<BR>the DEs control people through fear, they'd *want* to take credit for
<BR>12 murders in broad daylight. This seems to me just a case of a
<BR>good-for-nothing-only-looking-out-for-himself *rat* saving his own
<BR>*tail*.<BR><BR>>6) How do the Paintings exist? Were they people who
chose to become <BR>paintings? Are the in the control of the artist that drew
them?><BR><BR>Perhaps the paints used in them work in a similar manner of
the <BR>potion that magical photographs are developed in. I have a hunch
<BR>(based *kinda* on canon) that magical photographs, if not paintings,
<BR>capture a person's mood at the time the picture was taken. For
<BR>example, the photo album of Harry's parents show them smiling and
<BR>waving, and Sirius is shown laughing and having fun. However, we do
<BR>know that Sirius has something of a short temper and a rough, <BR>somewhat
ill-natured side (i.e. luring Snape into the path of <BR>Lupin). My best
evidence for this theory is in CoS, when Colin takes <BR>the photograph of
Lockhart and Harry - Harry notices that his "photo <BR>self" was trying very
hard by to resist being pulled into the picture <BR>by Lockhart. Surely this
shows his mood at the time (embarrassment, <BR>annoyance at Lockhart's
interference) and not his normal, friendly <BR>nature.<BR><BR>>7) Will
Harry and Cho get together, in your opinions?><BR><BR>Nope. Not anytime
soon, anyway. Someone else mentioned that he was <BR>Harry's first crush.
First crushes don't mean much. Besides, the <BR>poor girl's boyfriend was just
killed by the darkest wizard of all <BR>time. Talk about rebound, I don't
think she's looking for someone <BR>new just yet, or will be for awhile. I do
have a hunch that she'll <BR>become more central to the plot, perhaps because
of the Cedric <BR>connection.<BR><BR>>8) Why did Snape leave Voldemort and
join him in the first place, in <BR>your opinions?><BR><BR>Snape is a very
Slytherin-like character. He's nasty and vicious and <BR>determined, I think
he was lured into the DE circle because of these <BR>characteristics. As for
why he left...I'd say it would have to be <BR>something BIG. Not just "oh, he
suddenly realized that the DE's were <BR>evil." I'm leaning towards a personal
conflict with Voldemort. And <BR>don't forget, there has to be something that
happens that gains him <BR>Dumbledore's trust, and I doubt "I realized that
they're not nice" is <BR>going to cut it with Dumbledore.<BR><BR>>9)Why did
Tom become Voldemort? Was there a trigger do you think?><BR><BR>I think it
actually began as something very normal and innocent. He <BR>found out that
his father left his mother because she was a witch. <BR>Obviously his father
would also be ashamed/embarrassed of him <BR>(Voldemort) because he also had
magical abilites. So he naturally <BR>had a strong dislike for his father. The
fact that his father was a <BR>Muggle simply allowed him to use all Muggles as
a scapegoat. Then he <BR>finds out about Salazaar Slytherin and his "kill all
mudbloods" <BR>theme, and it's all Dark Arts and downhill from
there.<BR><BR>> 10) Is Fudge merely corrupt, a good man at heart, or evil?
And to <BR>what degree?><BR><BR>Fudge is an idiot. Evil, I'm not sure.
Possibly. But my opinion is <BR>that he's just a complete moron who lets
himself be controlled and <BR>maniplulated in order to gain respect. I expect
he may be a good man <BR>at heart, because he seems rather friendly; but my
opinion is that <BR>he's a complete ditz with the total inability to handle
his poisition <BR>as MoM.<BR><BR>/end of Laura's random
babbling/<BR><BR>-Laura <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></TT></DIV></BODY></HTML>