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

[Cindy C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 29674

David wrote:

> 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.
> 

I also wonder about whether our predictions will be accurate.  I will 
be stunned if JKR is able to fool all of the people all of the time.  
After all, I'd guess I'm personally responsible for about 100 wacky 
theories, and some of them even contradict themselves.  At least one 
will have to be right.  :-)

It would be interesting, though, to know which theories people are 
really serious about.  Sometimes, one of us posts a theory, and I 
wonder whether the person is *really* serious or just having some 
fun.  Wouldn't it be interesting if, as OoP gets closer, listies had 
to go on record and post their three most specific (and not obvious) 
predictions about OoP?  

Cindy (still working on a wacky theory about how Real Moody must have 
spared Fredwolfa's life based on the fact that (1) lots of giants 
were killed by Aurors; (2) Real Moody was a very good Auror who never 
killed if he could help it; (3) only Hagrid joined Dumbledore in 
applauding Moody when Moody first entered the Great Hall; and (4) 
Hagrid and Moody went for drinks together in Hogsmeade)