The Chance for NEW CANON- cont.

[joywitch_m_curmudgeon]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Erin" <erinellii at y...> wrote:
> Here are the ones I've collected so far, I've organized them into 
> categories:
> 
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Some of these questions are great, and if we could get answers to 
them from JKR I think we'd all be ecstatic.  Some of them are sort of 
weak, or have obvious answers, and I think it would be a real 
disappointment if one of us actually got to ask JKR a question and 
wasted it:  Some comments on the questions:


> In PoA, Lupin had a bag with Professor R. J. Lupin stamped on it in 
> peeling letters.  Where was he a professor before Hogwarts and what 
> does his middle initial stand for? 
 
This seems obvious to me -- I think that JKR would say that there's 
no reason to think he was a Professor before Hogwarts. He's a wizard, 
remember?  As soon as he got the Hogwarts job, all he had to do is 
point his wand at his bag and say something like "Engravio" and the 
word "Professor" appears in front of his name.

OTOH, I'd love to know what his middle name is.


> Ron got his leg broken in PoA.  Which leg was it, and does he have 
a 
> scar there now?

This would be a wasted question, IMO.  Broken limbs don't usually 
leave scars.  Do you really care whether it was Ron's left or right 
leg?

 
> Is Godric's Hollow in Wales?

Why not just ask "Where is Godric's Hollow," and also "Does 'Godric's 
Hollow' have anything to do with Godric Gryffindor?"
 
 
> Do "evanesco" and "scourgify" make things cease to exist or just go 
> somewhere else?

Great question.  I'd have the same question about some of the charms 
which make things appear.

 
> Are the Pensieve's memories totally objective like a video camera?

How could they be objective - they are the memories of a specific 
person.

> How do children from Wizarding families learn reading and writing 
and 
> math before they get to Hogwarts?
 
Great question.  I've been dying to know this for years.

> Why do some people make a loud "crack" when they disapparate, and 
> other people make only small "pop"s?

I think JKR would just say that different people have different skill 
levels.

> Could Arabella Figg, as a squib, actually see the dementors as she 
> said at Harry's hearing, or not?

You're not implying that she was *lying*, are you!  I would never 
suggest that to JKR!  ;-D


> We've seen in OoP that portkeys do work inside Hogwarts.  So how 
come 
> Crouch Jr. had to get Harry into the Triwizard Tournament and wait 
> for the third task before sending Harry to Voldemort?  Couldn't he 
> just have turned anything in the castle into a  Portkey at any time?

I think that this is one of the many weak plot devices in GOF, and 
I'd be embarassed to ask JKR about it.

> Will Mark Evans (the ten-year-old Dudley beat up at the beginning 
of 
> OoP) show up in the next books at all?

And is he related to Harry, since Lily's maiden name was Evans.

> Will Harry ever meet Professor Dumbledore's brother, Aberforth?

And -- Is the barkeeper in the Hogs Head Aberforth Dumbledore, as 
several HPfGUers believe?

> When Hagrid was expelled and became the gamekeeper at Hogwarts, was 
> he the gamekeeper immediately at age 13?  Or was he apprenticed to 
> the former gamekeeper for a while?  And if so, how long?

Was that former gamekeeper the one named Ogg that Molly Weasley 
remembers?

> Did Tom Riddle ever date, or was he too busy learning the Dark Arts?

I can answer this!  I think it's obvious that he dated Dolores 
Umbridge.

> Fans have found ways to anagram many of the names currently in 
Harry 
> Potter.  Are there any more names in the series that are 
intentional 
> anagrams of anything?

What do you mean, any *more* names that are intentional anagrams?  As 
far as we know, none of them are *intentional* anagrams.

> **Snape**
> 
> Will Harry, Ron, and Hermione ever meet (or have they already met) 
a 
> vampire?

Why not just ask "Is Snape a vampire?"  Oh, and the answer is, 
obviously, YES!

--Joywitch