Age Line / Ron (not SHIP) / 1492 / OWLs & NEWTs / Prosthetic Leg & robes/OT

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No: HPFGUIDX 34559

Cindy Sphynx wrote of Dumbledore's Age Line:

> I think the younger students were just blowing smoke and didn't 
> really want to compete in the Tournament. That would have required 
> immense talent beyond one's years, at the  risk of being burned 
> alive by a dragon or skrewt, drowned, etc. It makes some sense 
> that only Fred and George would have tried it, as they are Brave
> Gryffindors. 

Dumbledore told the twins that Madam Pomfrey was "already attending to 
Miss Fawcett, of Ravenclaw, and Mr Summers, of Hufflepuff, both of 
whom decided to age themselves up a little, too."

I previously wrote that I hypothesize that this Summers is that 
Fawcett's boyfriend and they did the Age Potion together, because 
attempting to cheat doesn't fit the Hufflepuff stereotype. 

Shahara LeFay wrote:

> I just don't see the Weaslys doing much for Ron...except inviting
> Harry to their house.

Ron was allowed to invite TWO friends to the Quidditch World Cup and 
none of the other Weasleys invited any guest. 

Grey Wolf wrote:

> I, being Spanish, feel that I must explain (at least partially) the
> events surrounding the Jewish expulsion.

Oh, dear, I know that talking about current events or the Holocaust 
can hurt people's feelings, but hadn't realised that talking about 
500 years ago would get people riled up. 

> Carlos I (V of Germany) and Felipe II (sorry if the monarchs' names
> are in Spanish, I don't know what English historians call them),

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Philip II.

J. R. Wilkins wrote:

> tell me if there are anything similar to these delightfully named 
> tests taken by Hogwarts students in the British system?  

O-levels (taken at the end of Fifth year) and A-levels (taken at the 
end of Seventh year). A-levels have been renamed GCSE since JKR's 
schooldays. You can search the archives for O-level, A-level, GCSE. 
The archives can be accessed at:

http://www.yahoogroups.com/messages/HPforGrownups (messages since 
8/24/2000)
http://www.yahoogroups.com/messages/HPforGrownups-Archives (messages 
before that)

Barb wrote:

> Moody needs a prosthetic leg and eye (magic won't just miraculously
> replace the former body parts). 

We do not KNOW that. Maybe Madam Pomfrey or some other healer could 
regrow Moody's leg, eye, and the missing part of his nose, but Moody 
is too paranoid to allow anyone to mess around with his body like 
that: suppose the new body part was booby-trapped to turn against him 
in a crisis?

> With this in mind, now one has to wonder why one can't put a fairly
> long-lasting transfiguration spell on any garment to give it any 
> appearance one might wish. 

I'm thinking that some of the doorways at Hogwarts are bespelled so 
that they Finite Incantatem any Charms or Transfigurations on people 
who go through them, which would explain why Hermione had to use a 
Potion on her hair instead of Charming it, and why Ron doesn't Charm 
his clothing to look different (as distinguished from making some 
permanenent changes like cutting off the lace and maybe sewing up 
holes), and why fake Moody had to use Polyjuice Potion instead of 
Transfiguring his appearance.

The MechaniMagus Moderator wrote:

> - If you feel that you ought to label your post "OT," that's a 
> signal that it shouldn't be here.

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