A kind list - Accio Egg - V's rise - Lupin FAQ

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 23449

Luke, thank you for your words, and Ebony, thank you for posting 
bravely and honestly.

I've reached the point where I can't keep up with all posts either, 
and am in the same boat as brand-newbies who tire of hearing "check 
the archives."  It is not possible to know everything that's been said 
on this list in the past few months; I don't even find it possible to 
know everything that's been said the past few days.  Let us remember 
that and be gentle with each other.

In this particular case, referring Ebony back to the post that started 
the thread (23257) didn't answer the question (nor was it meant to, 
from the way I read msg. 23391).  Jonathan quoted the PoA passage 
because he thought it was a Flint; Ebony quoted it because she thought 
it was evidence that Hermione was born in 1980.  Either one of them 
could be right, since we don't have Hermione's birth certificate in 
front of us.  I hope neither Ebony nor Jonathan feels foolish, since 
both brought up valid points.

Elizabeth wrote:

>Also, in GoF - The First Task. Why didn't Harry just use the 
Summoning Charm to Summon the Golden Egg?

Wow.  I've read GoF 5 times and it never occurred to me, nor has it 
shown up as a question on this list in the 7 months I've been here, so 
I suppose it's realistic that it wouldn't occur to any of the 
champions either.

Or, assuming they're all thinking more clearly than we are (?):  Since 
none of the champions did this, maybe there's a reason very obvious to 
them, e.g. dragons are known to shield their eggs from Accio.  Why 
they don't shield them from being manually carried away, I dunno.

It would have been a good thing for Harry or Hermione to raise as a 
possibility and reject.  Maybe JKR didn't think of it either.

Parker wrote:

> From the clues in the book, his rise to power
 > began in the 70s.  

and Rita wrote:

> Apparently 1969. If it had been in USA, I would urge that JKR's bad
> arithmetic had popped in again & it was really 1968.

Why 1969 or 1968?  Maybe the explanation was in the rest of your 
post--I'm a bit math-challenged (I consider that I'm in good 
company--waves at Jo) so maybe I missed it.

I wonder what event everyone dates his rise to power to?  At what 
point was he regarded as a serious menace?  It's not like he was 
elected and you can date the reign of terror to Inauguration Day, 19__ 
(fill in the year your least favorite administration took over).

BTW, the Lupin FAQ is coming, Remus fans...I only got on board this 
here train about a week ago and it's going to take me a little while 
to finish it.  Watch Announcements for its arrival. 

Amy Z
feeling heavy pressure since Pippin's FAQfilk

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