[HPforGrownups] Re: Wizarding justice/Fidelius/Lily/qualifications/underwear

[Edblanning at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 33822

In a message dated 20/01/02 18:43:52 GMT Standard Time, 
christi0469 at hotmail.com writes:


> Sorry, but I have to correect you on that point. "Oh, I know Crouch 
> all right" [Sirius] said quietly. "He was the one who gave the order 
> fir me to be sent to Azkaban-without a trail." 

Thank you, Christi. I had a vague memory that he had no trial, but was 
confused by Dumbledore saying that the had testified to the MoM about Sirius 
being the secret keeper.

Mjollner writes,

>One more element to consider when pondering the whole Fidelius Charm 
>morass: according to the Shrieking Shack scene toward the end of PoA, 
>Sirius thought Remus was spying for Voldemort (and vice versa), which 
>was why Sirius wanted to change the Secret-Keeper in the first 
>place. 

Good point. I had thought they only suspected each other *after* James and 
Lily were killed. On the other hand why did Sirius suspect Remus and yet have 
confidence in Pettigrew?

I've just been reading Susanna's latest piece on Lily. I was just wondering, 
do we know that James and Lily actually had a relationship whilst still at 
school ( I did look up the Lexicon) or could the romance have started later?

Terrilyn is concerned, as some of the rest of us are, at the lack of certain 
subjects (English/Maths) on the curriculum. Could I combine this with the 
recent speculation on wizards having jobs in the muggle world? The lack of 
certain skills which are necessary in the muggle world would make things very 
difficult. I wonder how they are to get muggle jobs at all as for all but the 
most menial of jobs,  employers are likely to want evidence of educational 
qualifications. I don't see OWLs and NEWTs counting for much. ('No, sorry, I 
don't have any GCSEs, but I got top grades in Transfiguration and Charms.')

I'm also very glad I haven't been the only person to speculate on what goes 
on under those robes. In PoA, Harry seems to put on a T-shirt  between taking 
off his school robes and putting on  his Quidditch robes and in the Final the 
Wood orders the Gryffindor team into their changing rooms (plural), so they 
definitely don't seem to be simply replacing one top layer with another. 
Snape's garb in the film was IMO dictated by the repeated descriptions of his 
robes billowing:  a gown type robe won't do that, nor could he stride around 
in such a manner as to cause it.

Eloise 


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