Jump filk - Harry, the name - next DADA prof - lack of romance - Hermione

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 20105

Amber wrote:

>[Entire class boogies down as Moody conjures a guitar and starts jammin']

LOL (to the entire thing, not just this line), Amber!

Rita wrote:

>IIRC JKR said in an interview that Harry's name (what I call "birth 
>certificate name") is Harry, not Harold or Henry or Harrison.

IDRT (I Don't Recall This), but in my opinion Harry's name is just plain 
Harry for another reason.  When Dumbledore goes into formal mode, he calls 
Ron "Mr. Ronald Weasley," but Harry is still "Mr. Harry Potter."  Seems to 
me he'd call him Harrison, Harold or Henry then if one of these were his 
name.

Susan wrote:

>I'm hoping that Arabella Figg (Mrs. Figg) is NOT a squib since I hope
>she will be the next DADA professor (although I keep flashing on the 
>security chief in Star Trek TNG for some reason)

Tasha Yar.  Please, no.  I didn't like the character, thought Denise Crosby 
couldn't act her way out of a paper bag, and felt only relief when Yar got 
killed by a living oil slick.

Okay, I thought I listened to the entire Newsround interview, but Steve's 
caught something I hadn't:  the famed female DADA professor will be arriving 
with the next book!  So, let's get the possibilities rolling.  We've 
discussed Fleur, we've discussed Mrs. Figg--any other suggestions?  Mme. 
Maxime?  The Sphinx?  Molly Weasley (she did go to Hogwarts--I'm sure she 
can do a lot more with that wand than make white sauce and Summon contraband 
out of her sons' pockets)?  Someone we haven't met yet?  Will Dumbledore 
decide that Arithmancy can go on the back burner 'til Voldemort is defeated 
and press Vector into service as DADA professor?

Jami wrote:

>Poor Harry can hardly bear overhearing Hagrid's sweet nothings to Maxime 
>...

Do you think this is queasiness about romance per se?  I think he's just 
uncomfortable at overhearing something Hagrid wouldn't want overheard.

Re: Harry's lack of impure thoughts about Cho, I think Jo may just be 
(mercifully) sparing us the details.  You don't have to have had the "facts 
of life" talk to have sexual fantasies.

Vicky wrote:

>However, Hermione seems easily intimidated, which could work against her.

I think Hermione stands up to intimidation pretty well.  Holding Lucius's 
stare at the QWC, keeping on with SPEW when most of her classmates 
(including her best friends) think it's laughable, withstanding the ridicule 
that came along with the Daily Prophet/Witch Weekly articles, taking on Rita 
Skeeter . . . What do you see that makes you think she's easily intimidated?

Amy Z
who aspires to be as feisty as Hermione

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