St Brutus /St. Lucius? /Mundungus / Hagrid's House / Etc.

[judyserenity]

No: HPFGUIDX 34360

Eloise, who approves of my crushes on Lupin and Snape, said:
> That St Brutus thing bothers me. I mean, why would a family to whom 
> respectability is all want to tell people that their nephew *whom 
> they have brought up* is a criminal. <

Well, I'm sure JKR is just making the Dursleys as horrible as 
possible. (And it *was* amusing.) It is a bit out of character for the 
Dursleys, but they aren't telling this to the general public.  They 
just say this to Vernon's sister, and she seems to already think of 
Harry as a criminal.


Suki Jones said, in message 34341:
> I think that Lucius is good and Draco
> is bad.  Why? Well, firstly; Draco's name means "dragon" (or duck
> *grin*). Dragon is usually connected with Satan. That is definitely
> dark.  Lucius, on the other hand, means "light". <

Well, Lucius makes *me* think of "Lucifer" (which means "light 
bearer.")  And dragons don't seem particular evil in the Potterverse; 
it's serpents that are evil.  (I don't think Potterverse dragons are 
related to serpents, or Harry would have just told the Horntail in 
parseltongue, "Hey, hand me that golden egg, will you?") 

I think the whole Malfoy family is evil.  Suki, you are right that 
Narcissa has negative connotations; a "narcissist" is someone who is 
in love with him or herself, and treats others like dirt. 


Cindy said: 
> Mundungus ought to be the stereotypical lawyer. 
> Filing frivolous claims. Sneaky. Dishonest. <

I don't know -- didn't Percy say Mundungus slept at the QWC under a 
cloak propped up on sticks?  Sounds too poor to be a lawyer. 

And, I was hoping someone would notice that I was the one who brought 
up the attempt Mundungus made to hex Arthur.  I was so proud to find 
something that (apparently) hadn't been noticed before.  (sniff)

Finwitch asked, in message #34345:
> If Hagrid was expelled in his third year for setting the monster 
> in the Chamber of Secret's loose, does this mean Hagrid was a 
> Slytherin? <

JKR has said in an interview that Hagrid was in Gryffindor.  In CoS, 
Tom Riddle mentions he was surprised at how well his plan worked; no 
one (except maybe Dumbledore) realized that Hagrid couldn't possibly 
be the Heir of Slytherin. 


Elkins said:
> Personally, I'm hoping that we *won't* see another face-to-face
> Harry-Voldemort confrontation in Book Five. <

Me, too. If Harry keeps miraculously defeating Voldy, it's going to 
get old real fast.  I'm hoping Voldy doesn't take him on again until 
Book 7. 


Uncmark asked:
> I wonder how many students will be kept home from Hogwart's next  
> year. Would you send your kid to a school that would be on the front 
> line of a war against Valdemort? <

Well, Hogwarts was the safest place during "Vold War I".  And, Voldy 
is really only after Harry.  So, Hogwarts is probably pretty safe for 
most students. 

               
Also, Gwen sent me a nice email about our disagreement on religion.  
She also posted here:
> Okay, first of all, I once again apologize to Judy (in public, as > 
opposed to privately) for misinterpreting her comments and running > 
with it. <

Apology definitely accepted (and really not needed in the first 
place.)  Communicating via cyberspace can lead to a lot of 
misunderstandings. 

-- Judy