About Plots and forshadowings, Red Herrings and Whatnot

[rainy_lilac at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 14676

Here are some of my idle thoughts for the day, thinking like a writer:

1.)  The map must return to Harry's hands. Whatever event precipitates 
this will likely be interesting and maybe funny. I can't see someone 
just handing it to him. Not in character for a teacher to do, and 
not interesting enough.

2.)  Weasley Wizard Wheezes! Somehow I suspect that the Weasley 
brothers have a greater role to play that simply providing comic 
relief. Has anyone else noticed a certain emphasis on how their trick 
wands look just like real ones? I imagine a moment, a crucial moment, 
when some dark malevolent being snatches up a wand so as to perform 
the "Avada Kedavra".... Only to have it turn into a rubber chicken. 
Likewise those canary creams-- don't they, uhmmmm, have some potential 
as a weapon?

3.)  What is going to happen with these Centaurs? We already know that 
Firenze is a bit a renegade, willing to take a stand against dark 
forces while his fellow centaurs insist that it is not their place to 
change the course of events. I don't know about the rest of you, but 
that scene in the forest brings up great ethical material which I 
think is at the heart of this series. FB mad me think a lot about the 
centaurs-- so far they have seen themselves as separate from humans, 
insisting on being called beasts so that they can maintain their 
separateness. Is this going to come to an end? Will Fireze lead a 
revolution of sorts? Since he knows his way around the Forbidden 
Forest, he could be important.

4.)  Back to that forest-- there is a Ford Anglia in there somewhere, 
and it has a mind of its own. It MUST return!! It has too! And 
whatever happened to Sirius's flying motorcycle? It has to be 
somewhere, right?

5.)  Malfoy Manor-- I am sure we are going to find ourselves there 
because there is that secret chamber under their dining room (which 
unbeknowst to the Malfoy's, Arthur Weasley knows about!) Such a room 
cannot exist and NOT be used! 

6.)  Has anyone else here wondered why it is exactly that the Malfoys 
have it in for Hagrid? Okay, so they don't like him, but Malfoy Sr. 
seems to be going to inordinate lengths to hurt him, get him fired, 
have him thrown into Azkaban, etc. Where is Hagrid's pink umbrella and 
when are we going to learn more about what he did with the pieces of 
his wand? What will happen when he meets his mother again after all 
these years (he must!) Will we ever see Norbert again-- and will he, 
ala Androcles and the Lion, "remember Mommy"? Somehow I just can't 
believe that Norbert existed only to establish Hagrid's love for 
fierce pets.

7.)  Speaking of which, those dang spiders! And Rons fear of them 
(hmm, will he have to face that fear and defeat it?) They have got to 
be coming back..... Maybe they will make a snack out of Lucius Malfoy 
(wishful thinking....)

8.)  Does anyone else suspect that Percy Weasley is going to 
unwittingly aid the dark forces through his work with MoM? A man's 
fate is his character, and I think Percy may soon be learning that 
being "correct" is not necessarily the same as being "right". Who will 
he work for next in the ministry? Fudge perhaps?

More later.... Just thought I would take these out for a spin.


--Suzanne