Susan Bones (Was: Re: what surprised you the most?)
pbnesbit at msn.com
pbnesbit at msn.com
Wed Aug 8 00:37:26 UTC 2001
No: HPFGUIDX 23829
--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Steve Vander Ark" <vderark at b...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., pbnesbit at m... wrote:
>
> >
> > The Bones who were killed were Susan Bones' grandparents. Can't
> find
> > which page it's on, but it's in GoF.
>
> That fact was only mentioned in an interview with JKR with Barnes &
> Noble.com.
>
> Susan's grandparents were mentioned in a group of "some of the best
> witches and wizards of the age" by Hagrid in SS when he's telling
> Harry about Voldemort, although we aren't told then their
> relationship to Susan. Later, we meet Susan briefly when she is
> sorted into Hufflepuff, but still aren't told that there is a
> connection to the folks killed by Voldemort. Those are the only
times
> we hear anything of Susan or her family.
>
> JKR was asked in that interview if there was a connection between
> Susan and the Bones that Hagrid mentioned and JKR said that the
Bones
> who were killed were Susan's grandparents.
>
> Steve Vander Ark
> The Harry Potter Lexicon
> http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon
Oops! I goofed! This is what happens when you've got all this
*stuff* running around in your head & can't remember where you read
it or heard it. Thanks, Steve, for setting me straight.
Peace & Plenty,
Parker
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