French - Lily's death - Neville - Teacher Hagrid - Portkey Cup - Missing Posts - Xmas -

[rosie]

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Nicole said:
"It's obvious to me that JKR speaks 
at least some French"

Yeh, she did a degree in it and is qualified to teach it too :)
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Richelle said:
"I'm also still confused why it was Lily's
sacrifice that protected Harry from Quirrell/Voldemort when James also died
to protect him"

Maybe it was because James would have died anyway but Lily only died because she was trying to exchange her life for Harry's. Which could explain why Voldemort would hesitate to kill her as you also pointed out - he *had* to intent not to kill her, or she wouldn't have died protecting Harry, and so Harry wouldn't have survived the AK, and *there would never have been a Harry Potter series* :)

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Leanne said:
"I'm convinced that Neville Longbottom is / will turn traitor.
Possibly he was resposible for his own parents' deaths."

Leanne, do you have any ideas on how he would be responsible for them? Do you mean he actually zapped them himself? Or something else?

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I was thinking about the whole Hagrid and teaching thing, and how even some Anti-Hagrids commented on how in GoF his teaching is improving. I wonder - is there any kind of teacher training in the WW? We know there aren't any universities. Staff seem to be appointed more on life experience eg *ahem* Lockhart, and Moody. Hagrid definitely has lots of experience with magical creatures, but maybe he only gets the opportunity to learn "on the job". Most of the other teachers we have seen have been teaching for years and years; they are obviously going to be better at it than Hagrid.

Just look at the other new recruits we've seen: Lupin, Moody and Lockhart. Lockhart was even less of a teacher than Hagrid. Moody carried out the "unforgivable" curses even though it's illegal. Lupin has been criticised on this list for the whole werewolf thing.

Maybe we should just cut Hagrid a bit of slack. Even those of you who are teachers and have expressed how your jobs make you even crosser about Hagrid... imagine that you had to start teaching in the same position as him. You'd need time to get good at it too, wouldn't you? And if that's the *only* way to learn - on the job - then Dumbledore can't really be criticised that much for letting Hagrid do so!

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Cindy:
"And if the Cup 
were originally enchanted to transport only Harry to the edge of the 
maze, that would mean the whole Tournament was *rigged*, which isn't 
very hospitable to the contestants from Beaubatons and Durmstrang."

It would also have made the great efforts Crouch!Moody went to to ensure that Harry absolutely was the first to touch the cup quite pointless. He could just have somehow zapped the contestants out the way and unconscious as they approached without having to risk them touching the cup before Harry.

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Cindy said:
"In fact, sometimes my posts 
get no response *at all* on the list -- like they don't even *exist* 
or something -- which always makes me wonder if maybe they just 
didn't make it to the e-mail and digest readers.  Or maybe I am the 
only webview member who can actually *see* my posts or something."

I get that, the no responses, but, uh, I just assume they were too boring!! (Which yours are not!Don't get me wrong!)

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Rei said:
"They have references to 
and practice such holidays as Christmas and Easter, yet it doesn't 
seem to make sense that they would be Christian, since in the Bible it 
was said that "You shall not allow a sorcerer/ess to live."

As far as I remember, the only way they celebrate these holidays is no school, presents, a feast etc. They don't have any kind of link between "Christmas" and "Birth of Christ" etc as far as I can see. I think it's just that, well, *everyone* gets Christmas holidays. And most people, even if they aren't religious, give presents and have Christmas dinner.
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Richelle said:
"Yes, he's after Harry.  But to me it suggests that Voldemort actually preferred 
that Lily live, rather than that  he didn't care.  His "Stand aside you silly 
girl, stand aside now" comment leads me to believe he rathered her to survive.  
We have affirmed that he didn't think about a countercurse if she died saving 
Harry (on his own admission in GoF), so what other reason?  I can even stretch 
it to say "silly girl" could be a term of endearment."

Ooh - I like that. Maybe she was a "silly girl" for running off with James Potter. Daddy!Voldemort couldn't have his daughter - who he wanted to train up as a lure to the Dark side? - smitten with this very *Good* man.. and their baby? Well, he had the Potter blood... so he had to go!

Further support for this theory: Voldemort could also be therefore related to Petunia and Dudley! (err!) :)

Rosie



 




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