Parting of the Ways, SHIPPING Fleur & Bill

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., pigwidgeon37 at y... wrote:
> Dumbledore: I agree with everybody that he won't be able to be 
> headmaster of Howarts any longer, at least not in the way he has 
> been so far. 

Everybody!  Who's everybody? (Man, I've been too busy writing fanfic 
to pay attention to every post; gotta make more time...) Dumbledore 
will go on as Headmaster, IMO, although he may again here or there be 
temporarily removed as loyalties on the board of governors shift with 
how powerful Voldemort is and what Fudge's position is.  But although 
I think he may perish at the end (and only VERY close to the end) I 
think he will always nominally be the Headmaster.

> If Dumbledore retired because he himself decided it would be better 
> for the school, who is going to take his place? Snape? (Remember 
> Draco telling him in CoS that he would certainly get his father's 
> vote- which means the rest of the school governors' too?)  

Snape's going to be targeted by Voldemort.  Remember the Pensieve?  
Dumbledore vouching for Snape...It is public knowledge that he turned 
against Voldemort, and it's possible that the reason why Dumbledore 
hired him in the first place was to give him refuge at Hogwarts, 
where he would be safe.  If an interim head teacher is needed from 
time to time (since Dumbledore may also engage in some covert work, 
along with Snape) that head teacher will probably be McGonagall.
> 
> Anyway, how's the situtation at Hogwarts going to develop? There 
> are parents that clearly stand on V.'s side (Crabbe, Goyle, malfoy 
> and perhaps others), others who are as clearly on Dumbly's side 
> (Weasleys and a lot of others), but what about the Muggle- borns 
> and the undecided? I somehow feel that life at Hogwarts is not 
> going to be very pleasant, as the gap between pro and contra V. 
> will divide not only Slytherin from the other houses, but also run 
> through the single houses.  

I definitely see divisions coming between purebloods, half-bloods, 
Muggle-borns, and purebloods and half-bloods who are 
considered "traitors" to their "races."  This will probably even 
occur in good old Gryffindor house.  Perhaps even instructors will 
begin to behave differently toward their students because of their 
background (I have a vision of little Flitwick getting very snippy to 
anyone who's not pureblood).  No one will know who to trust...
 
--Barb 

(catching up...)