[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Link to short story that JKR wrote for charity is now on Leaky

[Lee Kaiwen]

bboyminn:
But /was/ the Golden Bird really a golden bird? ...
I'm wondering if, and my first impression was, that
the T-shirts had the Golden Snitch on it.

CJ:
Of course, the story really does leave us to assume, just as we're 
assuming James's and Sirius's pursuers were DEs. But Sirius didn't play 
quidditch, so why would he be wearing a quidditch shirt?

As an aside, t-shirts being muggle dress, why are they wearing them at all?

bboyminn:
I think if it were any type of common representation of the
mythical Phoenix, the police officers would have recognized
it as such. A Phoenix is not that uncommon a symbol.

CJ:
But is it really so easily distinguished from other birds, especially at 
a quick glance by a police officer preoccupied with more important 
matters (such as disentangling his behind from a sidewing mirror)? How 
distinguishable, for example, is this representation of a golden phoenix 
from, say, a hawk?

http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2857440290090792984CnOAAE

CJ:
the only things distinguishing [James] from teenage Snape were better 
social skills and a hot bath.

Zara:
The difference is that James went on to join the Order ... he was an 
arrogant jerk on the right side.

CJ (Now):
True. I was thinking of when they were both Hogwarts teenagers but, yes, 
obviously they turned out quite differently in the end.

CJ