Observations and Questions

[cynthiaanncoe at home.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25482

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Patrick Dawson <wcdawson at o...> wrote:
>> 
> SS/PS Ch.5
> Hagrid says "There's not a single witch or wizard who went bad who 
wasn't in
> Slytherin".
> Rephrased, that's "Every witch/wizard who became evil was in 
Slytherin."
> But we know that's simply not true. Whether you take it from 
Hagrid's
> perspective or from the truth, there's at least one evil wizard from
> Gryffindor (Sirius Black or Peter Pettigrew). So why did Hagrid say 
that?
> I'm guessing that JKR didn't have the plot of Book 3 planned out at 
this
> point.
>
Welcome!  

I would say that when Hagrid talks about wizards who "went bad", he 
means "became a death eater."  In PS/SS, Hagrid does not yet know 
that Black was the Potters' secret keeper and allegedly betrayed 
them.  Recall that in PoA, Hagrid learns this in a conversation with 
Fudge/Rosemerta/McGonnagal, etc.

 
> PoA Ch.10
> "Dementors are supposed to drain a wizard of his powers if he is 
left with
> them too long" -Lupin
> This implies that Voldemort's supporters, who have been in Azkaban 
for quite
> a while, may not be very useful when Voldemort frees them.

I think that V's supporters will get to eat a great deal of chocolate 
to regain their old powers.  I envy them.  :)


> GoF Ch.25
> This isn't the first time that someone has waited outside the 
Gryffindor
> common room to let Harry out at night. So if the portrait can't be 
opened
> from the inside, how the heck do they get out in the morning?

To get out in the morning, they just give the password from the 
inside.  But when Harry is using the invisibility cloak, he has to 
have someone else open the portal as he will give himself away if he 
says the password himself.

> 
Cindy