JK's writings/photos: Was: Snape/Karkaroff / How Many Students? / Weasley Clock

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" 
<catlady at w...> wrote:
> << Rowling cannot possibly list EVERY student in the school >>
> 
> She DID list every student in Harry's year and showed it to the TV 
> camera and you can see screen-captures if you go to HPfGU's photo 
> section http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/lst and 
> click on the album titled Harry Potter and Me. 

Well we can see a page or two, but not everyone.  But I was actually 
going to ask you something else.  I have heard it mentioned that JK 
refuses to say what the symbols mean.  However, just from a few minor 
glances, the squares vs. the circles.  It appears all the circles are 
girls and the squares are boys.  And the right hand column is HGSR.  
The houses.  So I guess that leaves that mysterious middle 
column . . . any thoughts?

and a picture captioned "weasleys" shows Percy in what a 
> Hogwarts uniform looked like before the movie changed it, and the 
> other kids out of uniform. 


Very interesting.  I note that picture has a cat . . . is it supposed 
to be Crookshanks?  (I have a bone to pick with Crookshanks . . . if 
he's supposed to be fashioned after Persians and Himilayans . . . 
they don't normally stick their bottlebrush tails straight into the 
air, as it's too heavy with the fur and abnormal for them . . . (can 
you tell I raise Himmies?))


> Canon only lists 8 of the presumably 12 situations. What are the 
> others? I nominate Shopping, Partying, Friend's Home, and Library 
for 
> the others. Partying rather than Pub so that it could include going 
> to sports events, concerts, restaurants.


I suppose that could very well be.  But I'm still all in favor of the 
hands representing specific people, which would mean the planets 
would have to be those situations you're talking about.  Otherwise 
the planets would have to be the people wouldn't it?

Just my opinions ;o)

Julie