Red Flags, Red Herrings

[Amber]

No: HPFGUIDX 19004


Milz, that was a really awesome post. As someone relatively new to HP, 
I'm consistently amazed at all the little things that keep popping 
up...

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

<huge grin> I hope so! Another author, Tanya Huff, has centaurs in one 
of her books and its hysterical. Centaurs are so stoical and 
humorless, that they're hilarious!

> LETHIFOLD
> Mentioned in "Fantastic Beasts". It kills wizards and witches. The 
> only thing that can stop it is the Patronus. Will one be sent to Ron 
> or Hermione (since they haven't mastered the Patronus yet?) Will one 
> be sent to Harry?

Mph, methinks I need to read FB and QTTA. I'm such a lazy HP fan...

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

Hm, I never thought about this. Quite frankly, I don't see him as 
having a particular affiliation. I have a *real* hard time seeing him 
as a bad-guy. I just figure anyone who likes Hermione can't be all 
bad!

> HOGWARTS STUDENTS: MUGGLE-BORNS, HALF-MUGGLES, PURE-BLOODS
> The Muggle-borns seem to get most of the Slytherin-minded attention. 
> But, Ginny Weasley's possession by Tom Riddle's Diary showed that 
> the pure-bloods aren't really "safe" (Cedric seemed to come from a 
> wizarding family too). When all is said and done, are the 
> Pure-bloods more high-risk than the Muggle-borns or half-Muggles?

I don't think any one "group" is more at risk than any other. It's all 
dependant in situations and the will of the person involved. 

> THE SNEAKOSCOPE
> When last we heard of it, it was in Harry's trunk (GoF)

I wish Harry would pay more attention to it instead of keeping it in 
a stinky sock (Ew!) in his trunk! I mean, he got it as a present from 
Ron, you'd think that he would at least bring it out once in awhile 
for politeness sake.

> THE PHOTO ALBUM
> Hagrid sent owls to James and Lily's school friends for photos. 
> Harry notices Sirius in the wedding photos. Any other friends/foes
> lurking about in them? Will Harry met these school friends?

I've always wondered about this. You'd think that friends of Lily and 
James would *want* to see their child! And you'd think Harry would be 
infinitely curious about these school friends! I know I would be! 
(Whoa, look at all my exclamation marks!)

> DIVINATION/FORTUNE-TELLING CREDIBILITY
> 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?

Personally, I think she's being honest. I don't know much about 
divination but I do know that it's tricky. I mean, it's difficult to 
look at the signs from the future and interpret them correctly. 
Valuable information to make them understandable is often no there 
yet.
 
> TRELAWNEY'S PREDICTIONS
> Is the Christmas Dinner prediction a red flag or 
> a red herring? Will Ron and Harry be the only survivors of those 
> seated at the table? Will Ron and Harry cause a death?

<sighs heavily> I pray that Ron, Hermione, and Harry survive. I hope 
Harry survives because...well...he's the main hero of the book. I hope 
that Ron and Hermione survive because I love them both dearly for some 
reason. (Strange that I actively like Ron and Hermione better 
than Harry) Although, it's extremely likely that one will have to lay 
down their life; I mean, big battle against Dark wizard usually means 
scads and scads of people dying.

> POLYJUICE POTION
> PJP has been used twice in the series. Will it rear its ugly head 
> again?

Let me chime in with countless others and say that if I see PJP again, 
I'll probably groan. I'm sick of the stuff.

Again, thank you Milz for the thought-provoking post!

~Amber