[HPforGrownups] Re: call to action

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 3953

Ellimist15 at aol.com wrote:

> 15. Why could Dobby disapparate within Hogwarts?

How about---Is what house-elves do when they appear and disappear the same as
wizards Apparating? The answer to this might clear up the other, and it's shorter
to answer.

> 18. Why did James come out of the wand first during the duel in "Goblet of
> Fire" if Voldemort killed him first?

I think even if this was a giant Whoops, she won't answer this one, and'll get
all mysterious on us. Wouldn't waste the chance on this one.

> Why wasn't there any mention of the curse that failed to kill Harry?

By mention, do you mean manifestation during the Priori Incantatem? I thought it
didn't show up because it failed, so there was no ghostly anything to form. No
echoes.

> Is Professor Vector male or female?

Female, I think, because I dimly remember thinking that was odd... probably
because Vector sounds so much like Victor (I know, it's a last name, but the
association got made). I can't find the offhand reference, though---anyone?

> 20. Who is the head of Ravenclaw house? Why do we know so few Ravenclaws?

No reason to yet? We only know the head of Hufflepuff as an aside.

> 21. If Snape was once a Death Eater, why didn't he know Pettigrew was really
> the spy?

A good one to ask, since all we've done is speculate on Voldemort's organization
and such.

> 23. What's up with the whole "Snuffles" thing?

I thought it was just a funny "standard" dog name like Rover or Spike. Sounds
British to me, like "Tiddles" for a cat. And so silly sounding for the person to
whom it refers! There *is* quite a bit of simple whimsy, just because, in the
books.

> 25. Why did Snape hate James so much *before* James saved his life?

Do we know for sure it *was* hatred before then? Dislike I'm pretty sure of.

> 27. What happens after someone has suffered a Dementor's kiss? Could Barty
> Jr. return to Voldemort?

How about---Does a person who has suffered the Dementor's Kiss become a dementor
themselves? That's more open-ended and specific. If you ask what happens, she'll
refer you to what Lupin told Harry.

> 28. Why didn't Fred and George notice the name "Peter Pettigrew" on the
> marauder's map? Why didn't Harry?

Great question.

> 30. What was Dumbledore asking Snape to do at the end of "Goblet of Fire"?

Why ask any "what's gonna happen?" questions? She won't answer, and if she does
we'll wish she hadn't because we won't have the fun of discovering it as we read
the later books.

> 31. A student named Susan Bones is sorted into Hufflepuff in Harry's first
> year. Is she related to the Bones family killed by Voldemort?

Interesting question, but I put this with the Mrs. Norris/cloak thing. A very
minor and possibly totally irrelevant thing to waste rare author question time
on.

> 32. Sirius said that Crookshanks is the most intelligent of his kind that
> he'd come across, but he didn't specify "his kind". Is there a possibility
> that Crookshanks is not a true cat?

Someone (Steve?) found the quote and he does call him a cat. Possibly a certain
magical subtype of cat, a cat in the same sense that all things "Felis" are cats,
and not a housecat. But a cat.

> 33. Was there another Weasley between Bill/Charlie and Percy? There seems to be
> quite a large gap between their ages.

Another question that I think will be answered later if it's relevant.

--Amanda