Inheritance

[B Arrowsmith]

No: HPFGUIDX 75642

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mtwelovett" <mbush at l...> wrote:
 > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, B Arrowsmith <arrowsmithbt at b...>
 > wrote:
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 > >
 > > But everyone seems to have forgotten about Godrics Hollow. Doesn't 
that
 > > belong to Harry now?
 > > As he's under age he will have to have a guardian to deal with the
 > > legal bits and pieces.
 > >
 > > Who is the guardian? By law it will be Petunia if no other 
arrangements
 > > (legal, not casual), have been made. Even if it was Sirius that now
 > > becomes null and void on his death and his heirs cannot inherit a
 > > guardianship for a non-family member.
 >> So just what did happen to it?
 > >
 > > Kneasy
 >
 >
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 > Very interesting thought... Let's think about this some:
 >
 > Lupin is the last of the remaining close friends of James that we know
 > about (other than Dumbledore) ......
 >
 > It would be scary to think of Wormtail as a guardian .......
 >
 > Lily and James were in the order so they must have been close to
 > Dumbledore on some level overall...
 > ... Let's look at some of the others too though.
 >
 > McGonagall is another possibility, ...........
 >
 > We don't know any of Lily's close friends and I think the speculation
 > of Alice Longbottom being a close friend of Lily is 
reasonable,.........
 > There are other  witches and wizards from the order that we know 
little of other than
 > names, and probably some that we don't even know names of, but that
 > doesn't seem to be something that JK would spring on us in the very
 > end without having heard of them at all ever.
 >
 > There is still the possibility of Mrs Figg being of some more
 > significant link,......... then Lily and James knew her, and she 
could be on
 > the guardian list too, and has also had a hand in overseeing him over 
the years.
 >
 > We don't know what has happened to James' Family. But from all
 > accounts Petunia is the last of Harry's relatives on his mother's
 > side. But that may mean immediate relatives, since I think there is
 > something to the Mark Evans boy too, or else why name him? Especially
 > Evans.
 >
 > Have I left out anyone significant? I think the Weasleys aren't part
 > of this time frame. I can't think if Arthur was in the order the first
 > time, but we know Molly was not. AND that seems to be some of that
 > cryptic time with the big gap in the Weasley children's ages.
 >
 > Whew! I didn't mean for this to get this long, and I don't think
 > anything got resolved, but it brought up some interesting ideas
 > anyway.  Anyone have anything to add?
 >
 > Mtwelovett

Hmm, a nicely comprehensive overview. Sorry to snip so hard, but it is 
getting to be an enormous posting.

A couple of points;

At the end of PS, Hagrid says that he sent messages round to friends of 
James and Lily asking for photographs. So far we've met just*one* who 
was in a position to reply - Lupin. Sirius was in Azkaban, Pettigrew 
was rodentially occupied and the Longbottoms (presuming they were 
friends, which is reasonable), were in St Mungos. Who were the  others 
and are they going to sneak up on us?

Theoretically, any parent of children around Harry's age could qualify; 
the Diggorys, the Lovegoods etc. There are also two other characters 
that could re-appear who fit the age bracket:-
1. Lockhart. I've a feeling we're not finished with him - selfish, 
manipulative, currently mentally incompetent but recovering.
2. Bagman. Another dubious type, linked to James through Quidditch.
Could make some lovely plot lines with these,  but it's a bit late in 
the series. They'll be back, I don't doubt, but not in this role.

Now, Mark Evans. I'm suspicious. Evans isn't an uncommon name and JKR 
admitted in the Paxman interview that there were red herrings in OoP. 
I'd put him at the top of the fishy list. Remember Hagrid in the Hut on 
the Rock? He implied that the automatic protective magic that Harry had 
as a child is not unusual; that it showed he was a wizard. Neville 
showed it too. If Mark Evans was a wizard, I don't think Dudders  
*could* beat him up.

For guardianship, the absolutely *key* question - who gave Hagrid the 
key to Harrys' vault? DD is the likeliest suspect. But it's odd that 
he's never suggested Harry visit Godrics Hollow, or even mentioned it 
by name, so far as I can recall.

There's always the possibility that Godrics Hollow was not the Potters 
home, but a safe house, a hide-out, a bit like Grimmauld Place. I'm 
babbling here, but bear with me. The Potters and others knew that Voldy 
was coming after them, probably from Spy!Snape. DD takes the 
invisibility cloak, the vault key and maybe more, into safekeeping. 
They go into hiding - not in their own home. Why else have a Secret 
Keeper? Many must have known where they lived in normal circumstances. 
OK, places can be made unplottable, but that doesn't mean you can't 
find them if you already know where they are.

I can only find Godrics Hollow referred to as 'house' not a 'home', 
wording that could be significant knowing JKRs emphasis on the magical 
powers of "home'

So, is it home? If not, where is? And who has the keys?

Kneasy