[HPforGrownups] Scholastic chat/ what did we learn from this?

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 3727

Hi --

Kelley wrote:

> Well, Denise, I think someone posted that JKR gave the info at
> some 'live' event that Mrs. Figg is a squib.  Is she perhaps the
> person who will discover his/her magical abilities later in life?
> (That could also be Filch, or Petunia--my hope, or Dudley).  I would
> guess that Figg ~is~ Arabella Figg, but you're right, JKR didn't
> confirm it.

Hmm . . . I interpreted her response of "well-spotted" as being a
confirmation that they are the same person.

> Lily was in Gryff., can we figure the  Marauders were in Gryff. as
> well?

Since she included "(naturally)" after her response, I took it to mean
that it's more likely than not that the other Marauders are also
Gryffindors.

> JKR laughed about Lily being related to Vold, saying it was very
> 'Stars Wars-ish', so do we take this as a "no"?

I took it as a "no."

> Did she confirm that Vold _is_ the last descendent of Slyth, or just
> confirm that it was supposed to be descendent, and not ancestor?

See my post earlier.  I'm not sure but what she didn't just muddy the
issue a fair bit.  Seemed to me she was saying "Yeah, it was
deliberately supposed to be ancestor."  But, then, I'm not at all sure I
understand her response.

> The 1000 students is closer to the number (800 or so) that I always
> imagined, but she didn't give info on how many kids per year, or how
> many teachers there are.

The 1000 students seemed off-the-cuff & not well-thought out to me.  How
do you explain that Harry has such a small class if there are really
1000 students there?  That would be 150 students per year, which works
out to be roughly 35 per House per year.  Why would there only be 8
Gryffindors that year if there should be closer to 35?  Makes *no* sense
to me.

> James was a chaser, could there be anything here?

I couldn't decide if she was also confirming that James was in
Gryffindor since the Question asked about what position he played for
the Gryffindor Quidditch team.  She confirmed the position but not the
House.

Penny


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