Quick-Quotes Quill

[Allyse at my-deja.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 23624

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., maidne at y... wrote:
> Hi all,  I'm a new member and this is my first post.

Welcome, Susan!

> it just 
> occurred to me that several of the comments made about the MM and 
the 
> magic involved also apply to the QQQ.  The quill wrote completely 
on 
> it's own, most of what it wrote was only marginally related to what 
> Harry was actually saying, but it knew quite a bit about Harry -- 
> scar, dead parents, green eyes.

I've always imagined that the QQQ is a blank template that is 
impressed by the personality of its user. Rita sucks its point "with 
relish," IIRC. Since she does this both in the scene with Harry and 
the scene with the Pensieve, it seems clear that it's a necessary 
step in activating the Quill. If this theory is true, that means that 
the QQQ's "knowledge" of Harry is actually Rita's.

Do Hogwarts professors have some way of testing essay to ensure that 
they weren't written with a QQQ?

[Harry dabs a liberal amount of marmalade on the point of a QQQ and 
sucks at it before setting it down on a piece of parchment.

Harry: "Percy thinks that thin-bottomed cauldrons will be the end of 
the wizarding world as we know it."

QQQ: "Percy Weasley, a respected employee at the Ministry of Magic, 
has done painstaking research on the troubling frequency of ruined 
potions due to the inferior quality of..."

Four feet of parchment in ten minutes flat. :)]

What about the color? "Acid green" does suit Rita, doesn't it? Does 
the QQQ take on that color because it reflects her personality? 
Considering recent speculations on the importance of color in the 
Potterverse, I will leave it to others to theorize the colors that a 
QQQ might adapt if used by Ron, Harry, or Hermione. :)

On another subject, I was awed and amazed by the sheer amount of work 
and dedication that went into making those incredibly detailed FAQs. 
I would like to add one detail to the one on the Map:

The FAQ addresses the question of why Gred and Forge never noticed 
Pettigrew. It touches on the theory that MWPP spelled the Map to 
prevent others from seeing their own names, but shoots it down 
because Snape was able to see Lupin in PoA. However, the theory was 
further advanced to suggest that MWPP are only visible on the Map if 
one of the four *activates* it. Since Lupin turned the Map "on," so 
to speak, and then left it still activated on the desk, Snape was 
able to see him disappearing under the WW.

Allyse, who has already typed this all out before and hopes it 
actually gets posted this time