[HPforGrownups] Survey

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 44199

Okay, I'll have a go... Here are my uneducated guesses...

Tuesday, September 17, 2002, 7:35:04 PM, Nicole L. wrote:

> 1.  What new magical place will we visit?

I think Fudge is going to send Dumbledore to Azkaban for the
Unauthorized Use of Veritaserum (that will be the excuse, anyway),
and Harry will have to rescue him.

> 2.  Are any of the Dursleys wizards?  Who?

Aunt Marge.  :)

> 3.  Identify the next DADA teacher.

The real Alastor Moody.

> 4.  Which "beloved" character(s) will die?  Any
> other deaths, and if so, who?

Dumbledore (but not until the last book -- he'll live to see V finally
defeated and die in peace), maybe Hagrid, Wormtail (sacrifice for
Harry), MacNair (by Buckbeak or Fluffy), one pivotal member of
"the old crowd" (Snape, Moody, Lupin, Figg, or Fletcher) and one
Weasley (Please Not Ron!!!).  That's for the whole rest of the
series -- I have no idea who will die in _OoP_.

> 5.  Of Lupin, Sirius, Krum, Fleur, Lockhart, Winky,
> Dobby, Moody, Bagman, Madam Maxime, which characters will have
> speaking lines in OoP.

Sirius, Lupin, Moody, MM, Dobby.  (I think Lockhart, Bagman, and Rita
Skeeter are probably "throw-away" characters who may have future cameos
but will not be important to the plot.)

> 6.  At the end of OoP, will Dumbledore be the
> headmaster?

Yes, but not for most of the book... It will be Lucius Malfoy!

> 7.  At the end of OoP, will Fudge be the Minister
> of Magic?

Fudge will sit comatose, still insisting V has not returned, while
V causes some tragedy.  Fudge will get kicked out of office for
his "creative inertia".

>  8.  At the end of OoP, will Neville be the same
> forgetful boy, or will he have changed in some way?

He will gradually overcome his handicaps.

> 9.  At the end of OoP, will Sirius have cleared his
> name?

Not till the end of Book 7.

> 10.  Will Harry and Voldemort have a
> confrontation?

No -- I think this will be another "ominous interlude" book,
like _PoA_.

> 11.  Of the following magical things, which will a
> character use > or confront:  pensieve, veritaserum,
> boggart, Marauder's Map,
> whomping willow, polyjuice potion, nifflers,
> portkeys, rememberall,  floo
> powder, time turner, sneakoscope, foe glass,
> secrecy sensor, knight bus.

The Marauder's Map and new stuff!

> 12.  Will there be Quiddich at Hogwarts?

I hope so.  I don't think harry can live without it. :)
(BTW, does anyone besides me think that H and V's final
 showdown will be fought on broomsticks?)

>  If so, who will be the Gryffindor Keeper?

Dean Thomas.  (Though he'll keep confusing it with Soccer/Football.)
:)

> Gryffindor Captain?

Angelina.

> 13.  Will anyone else turn out to be an animagus?
> Who?

Snape!  He's a bat.  But it won't be another "unregistered"
revelation... He's registered -- but under the name, "Perseus Evans"!

> 14.  Who is Mundungus Fletcher?

A radical champion of Muggle/Muggle-Born Rights who thinks Arthur is
too passive and compromising.  (Sort of a wizard Malcolm X)

> 15.  Will Wormtail use his silver hand in an
> important way?

Not yet.

-- 
Dave