Chat thoughts, Snape and more questions

[Blaise]

No: HPFGUIDX 3731

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "heidi tandy" 
<heidi.h.tandy.c92 at a...> wrote:
> Which house was Lily Potter in, and what is her maiden 
> name?
> <JK_Rowling> Her maiden name was Evans and she was in Gryffindor 
> (naturally) 
> <JK_Rowling> * 

I would suggest that the '(naturally)' here would indicate that MWPP 
were also in Gryffindor, as it seems that she's putting all 
the 'best' people there.  Still, if someone wants to ask in another 
chat what house they were in that would be good.   

> : Is the Mrs. Figg with all the cats in the Dursleys' 
> neighborhood the same Arabella Figg that Dumbledore mentioned at 
the end of book 4?
> <JK_Rowling> Well spotted!!! 

I think this means that they are the same person.    

> And I still think she didn't *get* the import of the question, 
> blaise: 
> ASKScholastic> guest-EZGuest682 says: Can you explain how Lupin 
turns 
> into a werewolf, since 
> he didn't turn in the Shrieking Shack in PoA, but instead he turned 
> only when the full moonlight hit him 
> outside the tunnel. If he only turned into a wolf in the moonlight 
> why didn't he just stay inside? Did it 
> have to do with the potion? Or was the moon not up yet?
> <JK_Rowling> The moon wasn't up when he entered the Shrieking Shack 

Nope - can someone try again with that question please?  Here's a new 
wording:  

"What triggers the transformation into a werewolf?  Is it the rising 
of the moon or the moonlight shining on the werewolf?"  

Do you think that'll get me a satisfactory answer?  This is driving 
me nuts... I'll keep coming up with wordings though.  

Martha wrote: <<Since Snape is going to play a somewhat large part in 
the next books I don't understand why more questions about him aren't 
asked.>>

<<You could ask if he loved Lily.  But you must ask if he loved her 
in a romantic kind of way.  There is more than one type of love.>>

I'll second this as a good question to ask in the chat.  

<<Doesn't anyone want to know what Snape's job was at the end of 
GoF?  I would LOVE to know that.>>

I would put my money on it being more work as a spy for Dumbledore.  
I think he's going to go and try to pretend to Voldemort that he 
really is on his side and try to find out as much as he can for 
Dumbledore.  

So - my questions: 
 
The Lupin one again 
the Maurader's houses 
did Snape love Lily

But she did give away lots of useful information, and thank you to 
the people who made the chat transcript for us, and those who asked 
questions.  Hopefully we'll keep getting answers!

-Blaise.