Trolley Witch/wizard education/Homorphus/Harry Animagus/JKR Interview Quotes

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 41489

Cat lady:

> << All you need to know about bullying is this: Once Neville 
attacked 
> Draco, Crabbe and Goyle, they never picked on him again. >>
> 
> Dearest Darrin, please get real. There was a time or two in 
> elementary school when I got angry enough at my torturers that 
> I hit them. They just laughed at me and stepped up the torture, 
> and I felt more helpless/useless than before: I hit them hard 
> enough that my hand got hurt and they DIDN'T EVEN FEEL IT!!!
> 

Fine, it didn't work for you, and I'm sorry about that, but it worked 
for Neville, didn't it?  They aren't putting leg-locker curses on him 
in broad daylight any longer, are they? Yeah, they hide behind 
Snape's robes as he chooses to act like an oversized eight-year-old, 
but they aren't doing it themselves.

The tried-and-true way of dealing with a bully is to slap the bully 
back. Perhaps it's not 100 percent effective, but the majority of the 
time, it works.



> http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/author/transcript2.htm
> Q: What position did James play on the Gryffindor Quidditch team? 
Was 
> it seeker like Harry, or something different?
> JKR: James was Chaser.
> 

Richelle, in a later post, took this to mean not confirmed nor denied 
that James was in Gryffindor.

To me, this is like asking, "What position did Michael Jordan play 
for the Bulls?" and then when the responder answers: "shooting 
guard", questioning whether Jordan played for the Bulls.

The question specifically mentions Gryffindor. Of course, we could 
argue that JKR wasn't really paying attention, and only 
heard "Quidditch" but for now, James is in Gryffindor.

I think until further evidence presents itself that JKR could have 
been playing a verbal shell game, we have to take this to mean James 
was in Gryffindor. As I said before, this strongly suggests to me 
that the other Marauders -- at least Lupin and Black -- were as well.

Darrin
-- Still real