[HPforGrownups] Re: Cho's behavior - Wormtail - Etc.

[Vicky Ra]

No: HPFGUIDX 20399

which brings up a question I have:  Cho saw the faux dementors before Harry.
She screamed and pointed down. Was that really a spontaneous reaction of
fear? Or did she deliberately point down, hoping Harry would fall again and
give her a clear shot at the Snitch?

Jami

The mere fact she could scream seems odd, considering that if it were a real
dementor, she probably wouldn't have been able to. I doubt anyone could
still fly if they were real. However, I don't think Cho is that evil, to
hope that Harry would plummet to the ground and get injured.

Melissa: My take on this is that Wormtail will sacrafice his own life to
save Harry's in a later book, probably book 7.  The only way to truly "make
up" for his part in the murder of Lily and James is to die saving their son.

Yes. I thought of this as well. Seems the obvious conclusion, given
Dumbledore's statement about Harry being glad about saving him someday.
Either that, or he'll kill Voldy, but I doubt he could do it. He'd probably
die trying.

Wanda: 4.For that trick alone they should have been expelled! They put
another schoolmate at high risk of being injured or killed. That part really
made me upset that they got off with only points taken away!

Now now. Sirius nearly got Snape killed, but he wasn't expelled either. It's
the same deal. Heck, maybe Gryffindor got off with only points taken away,
too, which makes me question wizarding justice.

Catherine: but what always surprised me was that Colin Creevey was actually
looking through the lens of his camera when he saw the Basilisk.  Why?  Did
he hear it slithering along and thought that he could hear something worth
photographing?  Did he see the basilisk from behind before it turned on him?
I want to know!

Both these hypotheses are plausible. And who wouldn't want to photograph a
basilisk? It's a rare creature. I feel sorry for Creevey.

Dave: IMHO, what we really need to worry about is what sides the various
magical creatures will take -- the centaurs, the giant spiders, etc.  And th
en there's the snakes -- I've said in the past that if D sent Hagrid as an
envoy to the giants, he should send Harry as an envoy to the snakes...

Interesting thought. Snakes fascinate me, and they do seem to figure
prominently with dark wizards. They might be useful on the side of light,
perhaps as messengers or spies, as Voldy uses Nagini. I wonder if there's a
need for antivenom in the wizarding world.

Trina: Firstly, a clarification regarding the Grim ? is needed.  *Of course*
Harry sees Sirius, not a Grim.  You know that; I know that; everyone who has
read PoA in its entirety knows that.  However, at *that* point in the story,
before we know that Sirius Black is a big black dog who is hanging out in
search of Peter/Scabbers, did you/Harry think that it was, indeed, the Grim?

Oh, in that case, yeah, I did think it was the Grim. However, I doubted
Harry would die, as the Grim is somewhat like a superstition.

Catherine: he would not do anything to attain his own selfish ends.

I would consider raising dragons and huge killer spiders to be
self-serving...I can't blame him, though. I like Hagrid, and I love animals
as much as he does. Still, his spiders almost killed Harry and Ron.

Catherine: Hagrid is not a pureblood wizard - he is half and half, and also
he is only half human.  The Slytherins pride themselves on being pureblood,
therefore I can't see that a half giant would be acceptable to them, or
sorted into their house.

And the obvious argument about Voldy being a half-blood. But I suppose
half-blood Slyths are rare. I can see how Hagrid could be placed in
Slytherin.

Vicky