Playing the game (was Some shipping questions... )

[David]

No: HPFGUIDX 29615

I joked (without a SHIP tag):
> 
> David, who loves these shipping discussions, provided, of course, 
> everybody turns out to have been wrong in the end (*Did* anyone 
> predict Cedric would die?)

but there is a serious point here.

I would be really disappointed if, on reading OOP, or book 7, I would 
finish the book and think "Well, it's exactly as Cindy predicted in 
message 43556, as qualified by Penny's message 3 in the old 
archive."  Worse still would be finding my *own* predictions verified.

So, I love the debates we have, but when it comes to solving the 
mysteries JKR has posed, it's a game that I really hope we lose.

Any thoughts?

David