Still on death, the triad and the marauders

[Simon Branford]

No: HPFGUIDX 1526

"As for the death that will half-crucify JKR (allegedly in Book 5)"

Is this that the death will half-crucify JKR to write? Or is it that her
fans will crucify her when they find out who it is? Or is it both of these?

"I agree with Simon btw.  It squares nicely with my balance arguments ---
that is, the talents/skills of Harry and Hermione are far more balanced than
the talents/skills of Ron and Hermione (or Harry and Ron for that matter)."

Doh! I gave support to the Harry/Hermione camp. I must watch I write in
future.

"The fact that James was Head Boy & Quidditch star might indicate that he
was top in his year, but then again, neither of those honors necessarily
signal natural magical abilities."

I have always supposed that prefects and then head boy and girl are mainly
given due to academic performance.  This can be seen as Charlie was great at
Quidditch but was not head boy. This must make James the perfect person!
Great at sport and brilliant grades.

I would guess that natural magical skill may be easier to see before they go
to Hogwarts. It would be interesting to see which spells they could work out
how to do.

Simon