Krum's age / Hermione & Power / Fat Rat / Marauder's Map

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

No: HPFGUIDX 29871

Lane Accio HP5 (good name!) wrote:

> First of all, if Krum had been 18 at the QWC like Ron suggests, 
> wouldn't he have already left Durmstrang? 

Yes, unless either Durmstrang has different rules than Hogwarts, or 
Krum had had to repeat a year like Marcus Flint, or (my theory) Krum 
had arranged to split his senior year and take the Durmstrang 
equivalent of NEWTs over two half-time years in order to have more 
time for 'playing' on the Bulgarian National Quidditch team.
  
Hella wrote:

> Her evidence is Hermione's crush on Lockhart as he was a 'powerful'
> professor, at least in the duration of CoS (I poo-poohed this but 
> she was adamant).

What nonsense! I'm sorry to be so rude, but I NEVER perceived 
Lockhart as powerful. He was handsome and a celebrity, but he had no 
power over the Ministry, and even tho' he had the power of the 
gradebook over his students, they were much more scared of Snape and 
even McGonagall.

> However the next things she said were a bit jarring - that Hermione 
> likes Harry because of his power and his fame and that's the same
> reason she likes Krum. 

More nonsense. Krum has fame, he might have wealth (from endorsement 
deals?), but he has no power except to forego or not forego catching 
the Snitch in a match. Oh, and to ask Karkaroff for extra food or 
blankets if he wanted to. 

Harry has fame, maybe Hermione knows that he has wealth, but what 
power does he have? Not enough to get points from Snape. Not enough 
to get his detentions cancelled. Not enough to get books out of the 
Restricted Section without either a teacher's signature or an 
Invisibility Cloak (well, maybe NOW he could Accio them).

Oh, I get it! To your friend, fame IS power!

So we can go off into a discussion of whether Hermione is attracted 
to fame and maybe wealth. I most certainly do not perceive any such 
thing in the books: she does not show any fondness for Bagman (a 
celebrity), Crouch (real power: department head), Fudge (as Minister, 
he has a combination of celebrity and patronage power), Lucius Malfoy 
(real power and real wealth! plus a modicum of fame by showing up in 
the Society Pages of Witch Weekly), or Draco Malfoy.

Oh, I am repeating other posts: Ebony on Hermione not liking the 
power of Voldemort, Malfoy, or Dark creatures like Dementors. Cindy 
Sphinx on fame vs power and Hermione not liking Fudge. 

Hazel-Rah7 wrote very intelligently on the above topic and Percy, 
and she signed off as:

> ~*Amanda Snape*~

That name caught my attention because already we have Mrs. Severus 
Snape (Dinah Bludger_witch) and we have Amanda from Texas, a MAJOR 
Snape fan (and heraldry expert). 

Jason Bailey wrote:

> I still like my theory that the reason Ron's spell in PS/SS didn't
> turn the "fat rat yellow" was that he wasn't indeed a rat.

Or that he already was "yellow" i.e. a coward.

> I also believe that the Marauder's Map only shows you people
> you've met.

That would not be useful for avoiding detection and detention. For 
example, if you checked the map for whether the coast is clear before 
sneaking into the Restricted Section after curfew, you don't want to 
run into ANY professor, staff member, or anyone with a right to be 
there, even one whom you've never met. 

You've given me an idea for a fanfic that I'm not going to write: 
Harry and who-ever sneak out after checking on the Marauder's Map 
that no one is there, and run smash into an adult stranger -- the 
spouse of one of the professors.