Prediction List for SHIPPING. Short and sweet for future reference.

[uncmark]

No: HPFGUIDX 35352

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "lucky_kari" <lucky_kari at y...> wrote:
> 1. Ron and Hermione relationship emerges.
> 2. Harry and Ginny relationship emerges.
> 3. Harry and Cho relationship emerges.
> 5. Ginny and Neville relationship emerges.

Most of these I think are dead on and reflect some of my own ideas 
from post 34255 on Jan 28. I that post I suggested possible romantic 
triangles for Harrry and the bunch in coming books.
Central to most of mine ideas was the character Neville and the 
theory that his absent-mindedness is due to a memory charm cast to 
help him deal with the trauma of seeing his parents tortured by the 
Cruciatus curse.

> "Neville during the summer under Dumbledore's care had his memory 
> charm removed and faced the loss of his parents. Facing this, 
> Neville has matured and stands up for himself. He may be 
> researching plants (his specialty) and working with Hermione 
> researching a cure for his parents."

Concerning Harry and Cho I wrote:
> "Harry obviously has a crush on Cho, but as heroic as Harry 
> is, he is still a kid to Cho and if (as I suspect) Cho was in love 
> with Cedric she probably blames Harry for Cedric's death.

Concerning Harry and Ginny I wrote:
> "Harry spent very little time around Ginny with the Triwizard 
> competition and Fleur's and Cho's going through his young mind. I 
> would like to see Harry come visit the Weasley's in summer and 
> suddenly notice a cute redhead before he realizes it's young Ginny 
> Ginny meanwhile might be paying attention to Neville who took her 
> to the Yule Ball and charmed her a bit while Harry was saving the 
> world. 

> "So Ginny may like Neville and be jealous of him spending so much 
> time with Hermione. Ron who likes Hermione, is jealous of Neville 
> for the time Hermione spends with him. Harry realizes he like Ginny 
> and is jealous of Neville and Neville, driven to find a cure for 
> his parents (which he does) is too single-minded to notice the 
> romantic feelings around him."

"lucky_kari" <lucky_kari at y...> wrote:
> 4. Hermione and Viktor Krum relationship emerges.
> 12. Fleur catches someone's heart.

I would like to see Viktor and Fleur return to Hogwart's. Fleur 
expressed interest in working at Hogwart's to improve her English and 
showed interest in Bill Weasley (who Harry described as 'cool'). 
Viktor was invited back to Hogwart's (as were all visitors). Hpwever 
both Viktor and Fleur were in their final years so would only return 
as instructors? 

Personal Note. I'm sure Viktor's a nice guy. It sounded like he he 
wanted to break from Karkaroff and the Durmstrang Dark arts group. 
Still he's an 18 year old Quidditch Star from his national team; 
Hermione, brilliant as she is,is only 14 according to most websites. 
Even if she was 15, would you trust a 18-yr-old sports star with a 14-
yr-old girlfriend?

"lucky_kari" <lucky_kari at y...> wrote:
> 10. Harry and/or Ron develops crush on female DADA teacher.

I think this is assuming the new DADA teacher would be Fleur, which 
realistically she isn't that qualified for. She couldn't even handle 
Grindylows! I suggested her as a possible DADA Teacher in post 34664 
and replies have the the job going to Arabella Figg, one of 
Dumbledore's 'old crowd' and the same Mrs. Figg that babysat Harry.  
Couldn't picture Harry or Ron having a crush on the 'old lady with a 
houseful of cats'.

I could see Fleur as a possible teacher's assistant for Hagrid in 
Magical Creatures. He may be away a bit as a liason to the giants.

Note on Hagrid... he could use some input on lesson plans. His last 
two years stressed flobberworms and Skrewts too heavily. His lessons 
on Unicorns was well-received. How about centaurs or maybe the ferel 
Ford Anglia?

Uncmark