[HPforGrownups] Re: Forever Wicked?

[Wendy St John]

No: HPFGUIDX 74548


>"Wendy St John" wrote:
> Okay, here's my theory: <snip, snip>
> I think it's Blaise Zabini, who got sorted into Slytherin in 
Harry's first
> year. I also think
> he's going to turn out to be the "good Slytherin," <snip, snip>

To which Debbie replied:
"I like your theory a lot Wendy, but doesn't Harry know Blaise? So he 
can't be the Thestral guy. Otherwise than that, I like your theory."

Now me (Wendy) again:

I don't think Harry does know Blaise. The only time I remember Blaise being
mentioned was at the sorting, and we really only hear the name very
incidentally. In fact, it's very likely that it didn't even register in
Harry's brain:

PS, "The Sorting Hat," pg 91, UK hardcover:

"Well done, Ron, excellent," said Percy Weasley pompously across Harry as
"Zabini, Blaise ,"was made a Slytherin."

>From the way this is written, it's not even clear whether or not Harry
heard the name or was paying attention at all to what was happening. Sounds
more like background "noise" to me. I can't remember another specific
mention of Blaise in the books, but I'm afraid that there might be a
mention of the name and I just can't remember where. Does anyone else know
for certain? If anyone else has Blaise Zabini canon to add, that could make
a big difference. Because I agree with you, Debbie, that if Harry knows
Blaise, my theory is pretty much blown. But I still don't think Harry does
know him, which means my theory's still good. (Well, maybe "good" isn't
quite the right word. Not wholly ridiculous might be a better way to
describe it <G>). 

An aside: whether or not thestral guy is Blaise, I find it very odd that
Harry has been in at least one class with this person for the past five
years and doesn't know his name. Very odd. I knew the name of every student
I shared a class with by name when I was Harry's age. I won't go into this
here, as I posted a longer message on this a while back. If you're
interested, here it is:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/73224

To wrap up, unless someone has some canon that shows Harry to definitely
know Blaise Zabini by name, I say he's thestral guy, and a potentially good
Slytherin, as well. 

:-)
Wendy