Red Flags, Red Herrings

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No: HPFGUIDX 18998

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Milz" <absinthe at m...> wrote:
> Rowling leaves a number of clues in her books that foreshadow 
events 

Great post, Milz.  A few comments:

> CENTAURS: RONAN, BANE, FIRENZE
> 'One book wonders' or shall we meet again?

These guys are so ridiculously prophetic we almost have to meet them 
again.

> 
> ARAGOG
> In a way, Aragog has an issue with Voldy. Voldy exposed Aragog and 
> framed Hagrid.

I wouldnt want him in my army, no matter how nasty my enemy was.

> BUCKBEAK
> Will he have a greater role than Sirius' mode of transportation?

Maybe we will get lucky and Buckbeak will bite Draco Malfoy again, 
this time even harder.

> VIKTOR KRUM
> Good-guy? Bad-guy? Somewhere in-between?

Comic relief?

> 
> THE MCKINNONS
> Wizard family mentioned by Hagrid in SS/PS and killed during the 
> Voldy years. 

Also the Bones and the Prewitts.

> 
> DURSLEYS: PHYSICAL FEATURES AND MAGICAL INCIDENTS
> SS/PS The Dursleys are given almost animal-like physical 
> descriptions. Dudley is pig-like. Petunia with her long neck, 
blonde 
> hair, and horse-like face, is giraffe-like. Vernon is description 
is 
> reminiscent of a bull, IMO. SS, PoA, and GoF, some magical incident 
> physically affected a Dursley. Aunt Marge inflated. Dudley has had 
a 
> piggy-tail and a ton-tongue. Are the animal-like physical 
> descriptions a clue to further Dursley related magical incidents? 

I hope so; it would be very satisfying if they all got turned into 
animals and had to go live on a farm somewhere.

> 
> BERTHA JORKIN
> Who did Bertha see kissing Florence behind the greenhouse?

And who the hell is Florence, anyway?

> 
> DAEDULUS DIGGLE
> Diggle was mentioned twice in SS (akin to Mungdungus Fletcher who 
was 
> mentioned in CoS and GoF). Red flag? Red herring?

Dont we actually meet Dedalus at some point, in the Leaky Cauldron 
having a drink?

> 
> OBJECTS:
> OPAL NECKLACE (CoS, GoF)
> In Borgin and Burke's shop, there was a cursed opal necklace. 
Madame 
> Maxime wears an opal necklace in GoF. Assuming that they are the 
same 
> necklace, is the opal necklace a red flag or red herring?

Why would she wear a cursed necklace?  Did someone give it to her?  
Not a very nice present.

> 
> WIZARD CANDY
> BERTIE BOTT'S EVERY FLAVOR BEANS
> Don't know exactly why, but for some reason I don't trust their 
> presence in the books. There's something mildly sinister about them.
> CHOCOLATE FROGS
> Ditto for the frogs.

This strikes me as overly paranoid.  Evil candy?

> 
> DIVINATION/FORTUNE-TELLING CREDIBILITY
> In SS/PS, Harry tells Hermione of the Centaur's prophecies. 
Hermione 
> replies the prophecies sounded like fortune-telling, which 
McGonagall 
> says is an inaccurate magical art. In PoA, we are introduced to 
> Professor Trelawney and exposed to more of McGonagall's opinion of 
> divination. Are we being set up to believe that divination is 
> inaccurate, when it really isn't? Or is Rowling being honest with 
us 
> about the inaccuracy of divination?

I think that JKR will stick to her current position that it is all a 
bunch of nonsense, except for the very, very, occasional true 
prediction.

> PLACES:
> GODRIC'S HOLLOW
> Site of the first Voldy-Harry battle. Could it be the final 
> battleground?

And what does it have to do with Godric Gryffindor?

> 
> FORBIDDEN FOREST
> Aragog's domicile, the Flying Ford Anglia's sylvan garage. The 
> Centaurs said it held many secrets. Have we learned all of them?

Hard to believe.  The Forbidden Forest is such a great place for JKR 
to store her creatures.  It is believable that just about anything 
lives in there.  I would like to see the wild car again, myself (as 
long as it isnt wearing a hairnet.)  It is such a cool character.  
Why did it rescue Ron and Harry, anyway?

> 
> HOGWARTS CASTLE
> Magical castle with plenty of magical rooms, including one that 
Harry 
> hasn't found yet. 

Which one?  The one with the bedpans?

> THE 12 USES OF DRAGONS BLOOD
> Will they come in handy?

Maybe someone will need to clean their oven?
> 
> POLYJUICE POTION
> PJP has been used twice in the series. Will it rear its ugly head 
> again?

nope. enough with the Polyjuice already.

--Joywitch