Lestrange's child?/ Weasley Children/

[GulPlum]

No: HPFGUIDX 45611

At 14:21 20/10/02 -0500, Richelle Votaw wrote:

>First of all, it was theorized that the LeStranges could in fact have a
>child.  But who?

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OK, I'm going to be boring here. How about Dean Thomas?

The speculation is that the Lestranges are approximately the same age as 
Harry's parents, so it fits. Dean's parental background and magical 
ancestry are mysteries (Bloomsbury edition readers don't even know he's 
black; the colour of the Lestranges' skin has not been mentioned IIRC), so 
as I keep saying, something bangy about his past is a definite possibility. 
For him to have incarcerated parents from the "bad" side fits in with JKR's 
love of parallelism, as a mirror to the Longbottoms' incapacity at St. 
Mungo's. And it *absolutely* fits in with the choice -v- heritage theme if 
he does something heroic on behalf of the good guys.

Oh, and should either one or both Lestranges turn out to be black, it adds 
another dimension to the "ethicity is unimportant; magical heritage is" 
argument.

Have I missed anything? :-)

>In TMTCNBN the robes all look alike.  But do you think they're supposed to be
>different for boys/girls?

Boys' and girls' uniforms are different in TMTSNBN. The girls wear skirts. 
Even when in mufti, Hermione's costumes were always dresses or skirts. Are 
trousers for girls outlawed at Hogwarts, in accordance with the other 
old-fashioned attitudes of the WW? ;-)

--
GulPlum AKA Richard who's had a very busy weekend with family celebrations 
(mum's birthday) and hasn't had a chance to post anything, but has tried 
keeping up with reading HPFGU, and is already planning a mega-post in the 
Class at Hogwarts thread, which will probably take a couple of days to 
write. :-)