C.R.A.B. - SB Strange Behavior - PoA ad - PP house - Fudge under control

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 25809

Katzefan asked:

>OK, now I know what L.O.O.N is; please what is C.R.A.B.?

Cut Ron a Break, founded by Lisa I. in msg. #25575, too recently to be 
included in the VFAQs.  We can see if it catches on.  Come on, folks, 
only 2 Sickles to join!

Mary proposed:

> I think I have grounds for believing that Sirius was in Gryffindor 
> aswell.  Didn't he know where the Gryff. common room was when he was 
> after Pettigrew? The first time when he attacked the Fat Lady and 
> again when he got past Sir Cadogan.   

I just want to add to the Crookshanks possibility that there are other 
things Sirius would need to know that he probably doesn't know on his 
own:  Ron's house and his year.  They are not in the Daily Prophet.  
It's possible that Sirius knew Molly and Arthur, remembered that their 
baby Ron was born shortly before Harry, and is making an educated 
guess that he's a Gryffindor like his parents.  But more likely, he 
has to get some of this info after his escape from Azkaban, either by 
eavesdropping or by talking to Crookshanks.

Brad wrote:

> I saw an odd thing at my local 7-Eleven. It was ad advertisement on
> the door. It had a copyright of 2001, and the picture from the
> Prisoner of Azkaban on it. And just below the picture, it said "Look
> for the new Harry Potter book on September 11."

Heidi's answer has to be right (yes, you Brits got the PoA paperback 
long before we did) and I just have to say that that is a really 
scummy advertising practice.

Seren wrote:

> However,  while James, Sirius, and Remus fit well in the Gryffindor 
profile,
> Peter, the double-crossing rat, didn't. I strongly believe that he
> was in Slytherin instead,

Welcome, Seren!  The trouble I always have with the idea that Peter 
was in Slytherin is that I'd think it would make him the natural 
suspect when they knew there was a spy.  It doesn't seem to have 
crossed either Remus's or Sirius's minds, nor James's nor Lily's, 
obviously.  An interHouse friendship I can accept, but would they have 
placed such unquestioning trust in a Slytherin?  

Susanna wrote:

> I think that Fudge is already controlled by Malfoy,
> not by Imperius, but in another way, but this is part
> of my fanfic and so I can't say it- damn!!!

I don't know your fanfic (sorry!), but he seems to me to be controlled 
by Malfoy in a way Muggles understand very well: $$$$$ (sorry, no 
pound sign on my keyboard <g>)

Amy Z

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