[HPforGrownups] New Question and Answer thing

[Jesta Hijinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 44191

>Okay, I've read a few posts asking for a new question and answer
>thing, so here we go =)
>
>  << 1.Do you think we'll ever go inside an Arithmacy class or perhaps
>any
>other classes we have yet to see?
>
Possibly, just on the fly - as when a professor calls someone out.

Much as I'd love to - i especially would love to go to Astronomy class with 
the gang :-) - something to keep in mind is what drives the plot.  So far, 
most of the action has been in Potions (Snape, who seems to be some sort of 
Harrician nemesis); DADA (all of the changing teachers, and two of the 
villains, have been there); Charms, Herbology and History of Magic (which 
seem to be where Harry, Hermione and Ron get many of their useful clues and 
skills); and Divination, where although Professor Trelawney is annoying, we 
do get the one useful prophecy - to date.

Personally, I think a glimpse into Muggle Studies would be most amusing, but 
so far we have not been vouchsafed one.

>
>  << 2. Do any of the pets in Harry Potter seem like they're not *really*
>
>pets.
>
Crookshanks and Mrs. Norris.
>
>  << 3. Name you favorite new organization with letters (Ie: N.I.N.E=
>Neville is not Evil) and try to come up with your own.
>
Don't have one.  I'm not into acronyms.  :-)
>
>  << 4. Will Draco ever stop being oh so evil?
>
I don't think so, not within the book.  What I think will happen will be 
that Lucius will be taken down with the DEs and Draco will find himself the 
orphan or at least fatherless, with all of his beliefs knocked out from 
under him.
>
>  << 5. Predictions on the final chapter of book 7?
>
I'd love an epilogue to show everyone living happily ever after and what 
becomes of them.

We know the last word is "scar", and *my* designer last sentence is "Ginny 
leaned over and kissed him gently on his scar."
>
>  << 6. Ron and Hermione--Will they hook up?
>
Yup.
>
>  << 7. What's the deal with Wizard money? Does it collect interest? Why
>is it so darn big and heavy? Why not paper money instead of coins?
>
I think it collects money.  I think coins rather than paper because goblins, 
who do the banking, are fiscal conservatives and have kept the wizarding 
world on a gold and silver standard.  :-)  The wizarding world seems 
preoccupied with keeping things at a primary production and service industry 
level, to put things in economic terms for one second; despite the 
interjected economic class distinction between the likes of the Malfoys and 
the Weasleys, I don't get the impression that 'getting rich' is a big driver 
in the wizarding world.  Which is one reason it appeals to me.
>
>  << 8. If you could play any Quidditch possition, what would it be? Why?
>
>Which team?
>
Ravenclaw chaser, then the local village league on Sundays.  :-)
>
>  << 9. Name a character who is going to have the most change in his/her
>characterization between books 5-7, and explain what changes might
>happen.
>
Ron.  Ron is going to go from being a somewhat annoying and less than 
distinctive adolescent to being lovestruck and confused and finally growing 
to be a wizard of respectable powers when he finally applies himself.
>
>  << 10. What new flavors of Bertie Bott's beans would you like to eat?
>
Chocolate eclair, chicken satay (I love savory stuff, and I wish there were 
more of them - as a hypoglycaemic, I do find my skin crawling whenever I 
read about the endlessly sweet snacks the kids eat, but then I did at that 
age too), Jack & Jill sundae (vanilla, chocolate, marshmallow, fudge), spice 
cake, beef Wellington, chicken cordon bleu... the list is endless, really.  
:-)

Felinia


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