[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry's Godmother?

[Lucy Austin]

No: HPFGUIDX 28884

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  --- In HPforGrownups at y..., doseylel at a... wrote:
  >> I don't know about British traditions, but in the States, there is 
  >> usually a Godfather AND a Godmother.  It's more of an honorary 
  title 
  >> than a guardian choice, so they don't have to be married or 
  anything 
  >> like that.  So anyways, here's what I'm getting at.  We don't know 
  >> anything about Lily's friends at school.  I know JKR said we'll 
  learn 
  >> more about Lily in later books (book5?).  I assume she had a best 
  >> friend?   Do you think it's likely that James and Lily appointed 
  >> Lily's best friend Harry's Godmother?  If so, where has she been 
  this 
  >> whole time?  What's her story?  Am I way off base here, or does 
  >> anyone else think it's a possibility?
  >> 
  >> Leslie

  >Totally agree! But...if there was a godmother then wouldn't she have 
  done something to save Harry from the disgusting Dursley's???


  If I recall rightly, the tradition is 2 godfathers and 1 godmother for a boy, and the reverse for a girl. So perhaps there are a couple of other godparents out there? Of course, with Voldemort out there killing off all the good wizards, they might already be dead. Hmm, as I write this I come up with an idea - the other 2 godparents were the Longbottoms, which explains (a) why they didn't come to rescue Harry, and (b) why Dumbledore seems to think (in GoF) that Neville might have confided in Harry, if he'd found out that his parents and Harry's were such good friends. What do you all think?

  Lucy, having to give up the computer to her boyfriend again!


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