What would it take to really surprise you?

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., cynthiaanncoe at h... wrote:
> The only sure thing about OoP is that there will be surprises, and 
> I'll bet this group has figured out a few of them.  But what would 
it really take to really blindside a L.O.O.N.?
> 
> There are two plot developments that JKR could use that would 
really throw me for a loop.  The first involves Snape.  We've all 
speculated about whether he is a vampire, and most people do not 
think so, even though JKR has left clues to push us in that 
direction.  
> 
> But what if Snape if part dementor?  He likes dark places, 
> he "glides" (like dementors do), he's not very nice.  Now, I'll 
admit that I can't wrap my mind around one of Snape's wizard 
ancestors having relations with a Dementor, but then again, Fleur is 
part Veela and Hagrid is part giant.  The idea is definitely wild.
> 
> The other wild plot twist involves Karkarov.  We have been led to 
> believe that he fled and that Voldemort will look for him and kill 
> him in short order.  But what if Dumbledore decides to give 
Karkarov a second chance (and forgives that unfortunate spitting 
incident) and hires him as the next DADA teacher?  The students 
certainly need someone well versed in the dark arts to train them up 
for the coming battle, and Karkarov has seen Voldemort's camp from 
the inside, whereas Moody has never been on the inside.
> 
> Anyone else have a wild and highly improbable theory they'd like to 
> share?
> 
> Cindy

While I'd never presume to L.O.O.N. status, I'd like to throw out 
some improbable theories:

-  That a DADA (or other new/undiscovered teacher) is able to "cure" 
Neville's parents.  Or cure Lupin?

-  That James and Lily didn't really die.  *Highly* improbable, based 
on Priori Incantatem and Harry's patronus(but we're going for the 
blindside, aren't we?)  

-  That Dumbledore will hire a creature to teach DADA - perhaps a 
mixed creature born prior to the 1965 Ban on Experimental Breeding? 
(co-opting your former-evil-as-new-DADA-teacher idea a bit)

-  That a Weasley will go over to Voldemort.  I don't think I could 
wrap my mind around that one.  Not even Percy.

-  That Voldemort is somehow related to Dumbledore.

That's about as far-fetched as I can go this early in the morning.

- Denise