Order of the Phoenix

[Amy Winters]

No: HPFGUIDX 7771

TYK - of course, I'm sure JKR will come up with something 
extraordinary that none of us would have thought of though.

It does make a lot of sense for the Potters to be involved in 
some "secret" ministry branch - why else would Voldermort 
be "gunning" for them - he must have felt as though they were a real 
threat to him.

Speaking of Voldermort...I can't help but to think that speaking his 
name will have something to do with his downfall.  (I believe there 
are some legends surrounding some "magical creatures" that speaking 
their name is the only way to banish them - right now, of course, I 
can't think of what they are<g>)  Everyone, with the exception of 
Dumbledore and Harry are petrified of speaking or hearing his 
name...why?  It's just a name?  (and it's not even his real name)  I 
wonder who started the whole "you know who" bit.  


Merry Christmas!

Amy

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Stephanie Becvar" 
<StephBecvar at h...> wrote:
> <
> I'd be curious to hear speculation too.  The only thing I can think
> of is that the Order of the Phoenix is the "old crowd" - the ones
> that fought against Voldermort before.  At first I thought that the
> old crowd we're just the *old crowd* - Dumbledore's peers.  We know
> that Mrs. Figg is apparently older, at least in Harry's eyes.  But
> then when I read GoF again, I realized that Lupin was included in
> the "old crowd".
> I'd also be curious to hear the speculation on what exactly James,
> Lily, and Sirius did to make money.  It seems like the amount of
> money Harry has in his vault was quite a bit - obviously they didn't
> work for the ministry.  I think I remember reading somewhere that 
JKR
> said that how James and Lily made their money would figure in 
heavily
> in the later books????
> Amy
> >
> 
> Wow Amy, I totally lov and agree with your theory.  Mainly because 
> Dumbledore was always big on loyalty.  His loyal followers at the 
school, 
> and the fierce Loyalty that brought Fawkes(the phoenix) to Harry in 
CoS.  So 
> having the old crowd be the order of the phoenix, Dumbledore's most 
loyal 
> supporters who would do anything to rid the world of Voldemort 
makes a lot 
> of sense.  Congratulations on an insight i never would have dreamed 
of.
> 
> As for the money think....wasn't there a theory that the Potters 
worked for 
> the mysterious branch of the ministry that no one knows about.  It 
would 
> make sense that that dept. would be paid more bc of the danger in 
their 
> tasks....But that makes me raise another question.  we know Lily is 
muggle 
> born, but what about James?  What about his parents or family or 
cousins or 
> aunnts and uncles?  I also again remember a theory about James 
being a 
> descendant of Godric gryffindor and prof trelawney's 
Prdiction....maybe the 
> money was left over from some large inheritance.
> 
> Stephanie
> Who is going crazy do to the fact that the time article said no 
book 5 till 
> 2002 and i thought we only had to wait till november of '01!
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