[HPforGrownups] Large predictions for last 2 books.

[Ali]

No: HPFGUIDX 87264

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, vmonte at yahoo.com wrote:
> I'm new so please forgive me if I make posting errors.
>
> Ok, some of what I'm writing here is pieced from clues I've picked up
> from all the books and some of it comes from bits of info I've read
> on several postings--from fan sites. (Some of this may be obvious
> info.)
>

Ali here:
I think a couple of these points are a little too outrageous to happen,
though I agree with many of them.  I've snipped out a few bits in my reply
but have left most of the email in tact.


vmonte at yahoo.com again:
> Hermione with the help of a certain elf will enlist the other elves
> in the fight against evil. Her S.P.E.W. campaign begins to start
> working for her. The rest of the elves realize that it is in their
> interest to protect the good guys (job security).

Ali:
While that would be nice, I see SPEW going the ways of Voldie.  In other
words, I really think SPEW is going to end up being Hermione's first failure
at something.  There's far too much loyal tradition within the house elf
world for Hermione to succeed with SPEW, especially not within 2 years.

vmonte at yahoo.com again:
> Hermione figures something out that helps Harry beat Voldemort (duh,
> she always does).

Ali:
This may or may not happen.  I'm actually slightly leaning towards not.
Harry is slowly growing in the series, and truly coming into his own will
mean that he may have to take on the Voldie issue by himself.  However, I
definitely see Hermione being, at the very least, a big moral factor if not,
as you predict, a pivotal figure.

vmonte at yahoo.com again:
> Percy is evil and will have something to do with Ron's fall. I've
> tried to rationalize Percy too much in the past. I now do not think
> that he is under anyone's curse, nor that he is working under cover.
> Sometimes there is just one bad seed in the family.

Ali:
I have to disagree on this one.  Percy is somewhat of a bad seed, yes, but I
don't think he's really evil.  He may not agree with his family's views, but
to say that Percy will have something to do with the downfall of a member of
his own family is carrying the theory out too far.  I think that, though he
is quite ambitious, Percy is inherently a good guy doing what he feels is
morally correct.  Thus said, I can't support the idea that Percy is evil.

vmonte at yahoo.com again:
> George and Fred will also be part of Ron's army, supplying ammunition
> and weapons. These two are not to be underestimated.

Ali:
I'll agree on the George & Fred helping out (though possibly not as part of
Ron's army since I don't really think the idea of Ron's army works - just
too out there for me).  However, I don't think their role will be in terms
of ammunition & weapons supplier.  I think *that* underestimates them.  To
be sure, they've got a bundle of tricks up their sleeves and are quite
talented, but in saying that, it is the reason why I think they'll play a
more pivotal role than merely being suppliers.

vmonte at yahoo.com again:
> One of the children will be shown to be a direct heir of Slytherin
> but is not evil. This child may help to unite the houses. Luna
> Lovegood?

Ali:
I don't know...this idea just doesn't strike me as being very likely to
happen.  Would you care to explain how you came up with this?  I'm
interested.

vmonte at yahoo.com again:
> Someone will go back to OOTP headquarters and read a book there
> called:
> Nature's Nobility: A Wizarding Geneology . (Hermione?) This person
> will realize that the Weasley's are directly descended from Godric
> Gryffindor. (Is there any family braver or worthier than the Weasleys-
> -I think not!) Harry may also be related to Godric via one side of
> his family.

Ali:
Again, I really don't think that it is likely.  I don't particularly know
why, but the idea of making people direct heirs like that seems too much of
a cop-out for JKR, and she doesn't strike me as the "deus ex machina" type.

vmonte at yahoo.com again:
> Petunia may have been threatened by Voldemort. She probably knows him
> up close and personal, and not by listening in on her sister's
> conversations. Voldemort may have gotten to Petunia (when he was
> searching for the Potter's)before he reached word from wormtail. He
> may have threatened Petunia or her son with a dementor. In fact
> Dudley's worst memory may be that he previously had an encounter with
> a dementor as a baby! (I hardly doubt that Dudley's worst fear was
> getting a pigtail.)

Ali:
I like this idea, and it certainly would make sense that Voldemort went
after Petunia.  That may also explain Petunia's distinct hatred of the WW in
general and Lily in particular.  However, it does not explain why Petunia is
alive after Voldie went after her.  Plot hole...

vmonte at yahoo.com again:
> Dudley may realize the fear he caused to others while he was a bully
> and may give Harry important information from his vision. (Rowling
> has said that she feels sorry for Dudley because his parents actions
> towards him amounts to child abuse and that they have not prepared
> him for the real world.)

Ali:
Again, this seems a little like a deus ex machina to me.  Plus there's all
the stigma that Dudley & Harry have to overcome for this event to happen;
those two do hate each other, after all, and are not likely to take the
others word at face value.  While Dudley may have valuable information, I
doubt that it can be valuable enough to cause this momentous event in the
two's relationship.

vmonte at yahoo.com again:
> Rowling has stated that someone will gain magical powers late in life
> and that it is very rare in the wizard world. Petunia and her family
> may be put in another life and death situation and Petunia's magic
> may emerge. She may end up killing someone important to the death
> eaters because she takes them unawares.

Ali:
I don't know.  I've never even thought about Petunia.  My opinion has always
leaned toward Filch.

vmonte at yahoo.com again:
> Mark Evans a first year in book 6 will become important and may be
> related to Harry via his mother's side.

Ali:
He will become important, but I don't think the relation to Harry's mother
will come into play.

vmonte at yahoo.com again:
> Olivander is a death eater???? (In fact there will probabLY be a lot
> of unkown death eaters that are revealed.)

Ali:
I'm sorry; I don't think so.  Olivander said that no two wands (the twin
wands) can be used against each other so why would Olivander give Harry the
twin wand to Voldemort?

vmonte at yahoo.com again:
> Harry will also be the new Defense against the Dark arts teacher. Why
> Not! Who cares that he hasn't graduated yet (this is not the real
> world you know).
> He already started teaching the kids in OOTP! If Lockhart can be
> hired, Harry can.

Ali:
That sounds like much fun, but I highly doubt it.  Then there's also the
question of how he'll teach the 7th years.  Granted, he's good.  He is not,
however, that good.

vmonte at yahoo.com again:
> Finally, the cost of making these films will be enormous! LOL

^_^ Totally agree.  The costs will be astronomical.
~Ali