Hello Everyone!

[Matthew Dawdy]

No: HPFGUIDX 19476

Hi there -- this is my first post -- I was going to go through all the
archives and make sure that my questions comments have not been posted
before, but you guys are ACTIVE!!!  I joined the list last night, and this
morning there were over 30 messages in my inbox, and before I could even
read them all, 12 more arrived, so I guess I'll just have to jump in.

I was doing some thinking the other day about some cryptic references in the
novels:

1)    Harry was saved because his mother performed some old magic on him.
"His mother left upon him the traces of her sacrifice....  This is old
magic, I should have remembered it, I was foolish to overlook it... but no
matter.  I can touch him now."  So, I think that her sacrifice was just a
PART of what saved Harry -- perhaps SHE was the one that gave him the scar?

2)    Professor Trelawney -- Dumbledor says that she has made 2 correct and
real predictions -- the second being the rise of voldemort again.  The
first -- we don't know.  However, LV was looking for the Potters 13 years
ago for SOME reason -- perhaps her first prediction was that HP would be his
downfall.  However, why would anyone believe her if she had no earlier track
record?  Hmmm.

3)    I am convinced that Snape was in love with Lilly, and that's where
much of the hatred comes from -- I am just SO thankful that JK has said over
and over again how Harry resembles his father -- no Star Wars like unclear
parentage here!

However, I have read in some earlier posts about how Snape and Sirius might
have been in love with the same girl, Bertha Jorkins saw Snape with here,
Sirius got jealous, hence the prank where JP saved Snape's life....  I am so
confused now!   :)

4)    If Harry was given some protection, and LV now has some of that
protection, too, this is strange.  LV tried the same curse that almost
killed him 13 years ago, so have to assume (?) that he can now cast it and
not fear it rebounding.  So, does that mean that Harrry can kill LV with the
same curse?  Can anyone else in the world NOT kill either of them with that
curse?  I have a feeling its a bit more complicated than that, but who
knows.

5)    Rita Skeeter -- she was present at a VERY momentous meeting -- at the
end of GoF, where she heard all about Sirius, Snape, LV, Hagrid, the whole
bit.  That's where Hermione caught her.  Can we really trust her to NOT
write these articles?  Even with the thought of retribution of being an
unregistered animagus, these would sell a LOT of papers -- no to mention a
deal for her freedom for the whereabouts of Sirius.  Then again, Hermione
stated that their deal was for RS to keep her quill quiet for a year.  So
maybe she won't be in the next book at all -- I like that idea.  But what
about after?  I am afraid for Sirius!  :)

Anyway, I just wanted to throw some of those thoughts out there, and
introduce myself.  Oh yeah, introduce myself.  My name is Matt, I'm 28, a
computer consultant.  I live in Kansas City, and I am a Harry Potter freak.
I am literally going insane waiting for the 5th book.

Matt


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