Flint / Nagini / Voldemort's 3 Missing / Dumbledore Waning / House Elf

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No: HPFGUIDX 31797

Isabelle wrote:

> In PS Marcus Flint is introduced as a 6th year student, yet he is 
> still the Quidditch captain in book 3 (chapter ref: the Quidditch 
> final).

People have already posted that JKR, when asked about this in an 
interview, said Flint had been held back a year. Or else she had 
made a mistake, take your pick. 

But it seems that no one has mentioned yet that Marcus Flint has 
been immortalised in the jargon of this list. "I found a Flint!" 
means "I found a mistake by JKR in canon!"

NAGINI 

Some people have been referring to Nagini with the pronoun "he". The 
word "nagini" is explicitly the feminine of 'naga'.

Luke Caliburncy wrote:

> So the entire point of that graveyard speech ("one too cowardly to 
> return [etc.]") is to carry out this misdirection. (snip) Most 
> likely they will guess Karkaroff, Snape, and Bagman upon first 
> reading, (snip) So you'll notice that the coward vs. the "left us 
> forever" does not change upon second reading.

On first reading, I thought probably Bagman was the coward and I was 
twisting my brain whether it was Snape or Karkaroff who was loyally 
serving Voldemort. It could even have been Bagman, but I was almost 
praying that it wasn't Snape, secure in Dumbledore's trust as he is.

I suppose it could STILL be Bagman who was the coward, and Karkaroff 
(or Snape, if one prefers) wasn't one of the three stationed in that 
part of the circle.

Richasi wrote:

> What has been provided to us that Dumbledore has or is losing his 
> powers?

There are several mentions in GoF that Harry noticed Dumbledore 
looking old and/or tired. I can think of several possible 
explanations: 1) Harry is getting more observant of adults as he gets 
older/taller. 2) Dumbledore is suffering from the stress of knowing 
(from Harry's 'dream' and from having read in Muggle newspapers of 
the death of Frank Bryce) that Voldemort has returned. 3) he was 
keeping vigourous with small doses of his friend Flamel's Elixir of 
Life, and the effect has worn off after a couple of years without it. 
4) He really has reached the point of speedier decline.

David flyersfan wrote:

> several main "good" characters have expressed interest in their 
> liberation/welfare (Hermione and SPEW, Mr. Weasley at the World 
> Cup.)

Sometimes I wonder if Mr Weasley was just humoring Hermione. If so, 
his method of getting her to shut up fixed better than Ron's.