Ravenclaws, Search Feature, Voldy in History, First Love,

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 2901

Hi --

I know we met Padma from Ravenclaw but she didn't turn up until GoF.  I was
thinking only of students from Hufflepuff that we met in CoS (thanks Amanda!).
And, even though several Ravenclaws were mentioned in the Sorting -- we don't
*know* them at all.  I still think the only ones we know really are Cho,
Penelope & Padma.

I agree with Paul that the egroups search feature is not all that it could be.
I do wish it would handle Boolean searches.  But, I suppose all in all, it's
better than *no* search feature.  Hopefully, they will improve it soon.

> Why isn't the rise of Voldemort tackled as an important historical topic in its
> own right?
>
I wonder if it might be because of the general fear of uttering his name & all
that.  Maybe covering him & his reign of terror in History of Magic would be too
"frightening" for the students (and the teacher).  I like the suggestion that
maybe it gets covered in later yrs of that subject.  And, I think the idea that
not many people have ever associated Tom Riddle with Voldemort has merit.  It
would seem that not many people know much about Voldemort (or want to).

> Simon wrote: Also the wrong person tag could be an indication that he was
> chasing after her and never got her. I could also argue that JKR said that
> they would end up with the wrong people in book 4. Harry ended up with Pavarti
> in book 4 and not Cho. So this could also indicate that Harry/Cho is still a
> possibility.

Okay.  As long as I'm free to use the same basic logic and say that Hermione is
the "wrong" person for Ron since Ron fell for her in Book 4 (even though he
didn't know or acknowledge it).  <g>

Neil wrote:

> Cho attended the Yule Ball with Cedric, and the implication seems to be
> that Cedric had asked Cho out of the blue and she accepted only because Harry
> hadn't got round to asking her.  An alternative view - not seen through
> Harry's eyes - is that Cho and Cedric had been sweet on each other for a
> while and that she had only seemed interested in young Harry because he was
> the famous Harry Potter. When you have a crush on someone, it's quite easy
> to miss the fact that they are more interested in someone else.
>
I definitely agree with the latter view more than the first one, but I still
don't necessarily agree that there was ever any indication of romantic interest
in Harry on Cho's part.  She was friendly to him on a few occasions, but their
interaction was very limited.  I think it's most likely that Cedric & Cho had
been eyeing each other for awhile -- Harry just probably hadn't noticed.  I
think Cho's reaction is merely sympathy -- she's sorry to turn Harry down
because she can see what an effort it took for him to ask her & how embarassed
he is.  I just never have had the impression that she was wishing she hadn't
said yes to Cedric.  If that were the case, something tells me it would have
been very hard for Cedric to win her over at the Yule Ball.

> Neil wrote: One or other or both of these could be true.  I'm swinging more towards
> Harry-Hermione-post-Hogwarts these days [thanks Lori],
>
Wow!  :--)

> but I still favour the idea that they'll all three remain just best friends and end up with
> other partners.
>
At Hogwarts?  If so -- that might be preferable (not likely given Ron's interest
in Hermione but preferable perhaps).  Post-Hogwarts -- well, everyone knows my
preference.

Penny


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