Lupin's Briefcase/Sex In HP & Triwizard Cup/OOTP

[hulintay]

No: HPFGUIDX 31628

alright, first things first

>On the limited question of why the letters on his briefcase are 
>peeling even though he may have only recently learned he was a 
>professor, the answer might be a little different.  I imagine that 
>Lupin learns over the summer that he has the Hogwarts job.  He 
>either 
>owns or procures an old briefcase.  He uses a charm to put his name 
>on it.  But like the charm Ron uses to remove the lace from his 
>dress 
>robes, he not that good at the charm, and the results are less than 
>perfect.  Ron gets frayed sleeves with his handiwork, and Lupin gets 
>peeling letters with his attempt.

I don't think this makes much sense. Isn't Lupin supposed to be a 
great wizard, to have been chosen to be the DADA teacher? He *has* 
proved that, not only by being the classes' favourite DADA teacher, 
and how he cast that 'waddiwasi' spell on Peeves. I think he would at 
least be able to cast some charm to properly put his name on his 
briefcase

About sex in HP... well, there's one place all of you missed out - 
the invisibility section in the library. I found this out in my 
umpteenth re-reading of CoS. While Harry is spying on the Hufflepuffs 
talking about him, he is "hidden in the Invisibility section". Isn't 
this a *great* place for snogging and such - it's private, and people 
will rarely bump into them. The problem is, what's the use of an 
invisible invisibility section in a library???

The Triwizard Cup as a portkey: this has been bugging me every time I 
read GoF. I saw the question mentioned the the FAQ, but there was no 
answer. So now, i pose the question again: If the Triwizard Cup was a 
portkey, and portkey's are activated at a specific time, how did 
Harry and Cedric get transported to Voldemort upon touching the Cup? 
I was thinking maybe Crouch put some spell on it or something, but 
that doesn't sound right.

Lastly - the question about the Order Of The Phoenix. Exactly *what* 
is the Order Of The Phoenix? The Lexicon says its probably some group 
of wizards and witches, gathered together under this name, to fight 
Voldemort and the Death Eaters. Another source (some fan-fiction, I 
can't remember which exactly) said that the Order of the Phoenix is 
some sort of honorory medal, like the Order of Merlin, etc. That 
makes sense, but I have another theory: The Unspeakables. They were 
first mentioned in GoF, and I was thinking, perhaps they are like 
some kind of 'Emergency Police', put to use when a national emergency 
like the return of Voldemort occurs. I *know* it's a wacky idea :). 
What do you think?

hulintay (out of ideas)