[HPforGrownups] Where did the Nimbus 2000 come from?

[Jedi Knight Jo]

No: HPFGUIDX 36924

>>This small detail has been nagging at me for a few years now.  Where 
did the Nimbus 2000 come from?  We know that McGonagall "sent" it to 
Harry, but who paid for it?  Would she have paid for it herself?   
Would she have made arrangements for the money to be taken out of 
Harry's vault at the bank?  Can she do that?
Gretchen<<

Good question.  I've thought about this before too.  It seems to be inferred in the books that she paid for it, but why would she show that much preferential treatement to one student?  Or even would she have enough money to splash out on something that would obviously be expensive (being the top of the range broom it is), she is only a teacher after all - most teachers don't make that much money, although with the nature of her job, it's probably more dangerous than Muggle teaching with all those spells flying around.  I dont' think she could be THAT desperate to see Gryffindor win the Quidditch cup. ;)  I also don't see how she could have made arrangements for the money to be taken out of Harry's vault - it's his vault and his money, and banks don't tend to let people take money out of someone else's account.  Of course there's nothing stopping her telling Harry she'd make arrangements to get him a broom if he paid - it could have been an 'off stage' conversation not considered important.  He may have bought one on his trip to Diagon Alley if he hadn't been reminded by Hagrid and the Letter that first years weren't supposed to have brooms

>>I think that either James and Lily are ghosts (although JKR 
has stated in one of the interviews on the Scholastic website that 
only unhappy people become ghosts) or something similar or are not 
truly dead?<<

I remember someone saying that before about only unhappy people becoming ghosts, but then what about the Fat Friar? He's been described as being cheerful.  If he was that cheerful in life, maybe something happened surrounding his death that made him stay?  Or maybe he just wanted to keep people company.

>>I still think that D'dore will turn out to be a relation of Harry's-
perhaps his grandfather and thus would have some connection to James 
and Lily.
Gretchen<<

>>I refuse to entertain this theory, just as I refuse to entertain the one
that says James and Lily are really alive, because they then would been
willingly abandoning Harry to the Dursleys' ideas of childrearing. 
 No. I think it is no more than the truth,that Harry has no other living 
relatives than the Dursleys. Why you people want Dumbledore to be 
such a bastard is beyond me;
Amanda <<

I agree here.  I don't think Dumbledore would be horrible enough to leave Harry with the Dursleys for ten years.  Okay so when he originally left him there, he didn't know how they would treat Harry, but to people watching, it must have been obvious that they were treating him badly after a few months or a year.  Dumbledore is a man who seems to be able to see the possible good in any situation (all those secret smiles at things most people wouldn't smile at?), but I don't see him leaving Harry there if he had any other alternative.  I do, however, agree that he can be ruthless and not quite so kind and loveable on occasion.  He'd have to be, to have beaten Grindlewald wouldn't he?

--Jo






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