[HPforGrownups] The Sneakoscope/ Fleur in Book 5/ A Theory about Harry

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 49462

Laurasia writes:

> According to my copy of GoF, Moody's Sneakoscope *doesn't* go off at 
> all when Harry is in his office. In fact, it's deactivated. 

I think Barb was thinking of the Secrecy Sensor.  It's mentioned immediately after the Sneakscope.  And it's humming slightly.  Harry asks what it is, Moody!Crouch tells him and says it vibrates when it detects concealment and lies.  Concealment and lies, huh?  Then he said it was because of students sneaking around telling lies whatever. Hah! It was a clue to Moody not being Moody at all, as Crouch of course was concealed as Moody.

Suze writes:

> Forgive my potential foolery in this, my first post, as I'm not 
> certain as to what the consensus is on the issue, but what is thought 
> to be the role, if any, of Fleur Delacour in the 5th book?  And if 
> she does indeed turn out to be the 5th DADA teacher, what do people 
> think of the possibility of her being the second Triwizard champion 
> to die in as many books?

First of all, with Voldemort gaining power I think the number one qualification for the new DADA is loyalty.  Second qualification would be ability to teach students to defend against the dark arts, as the position is for just that.  Does Fleur qualify in either of these categories?  First, we know little about her, how loyal she could be.  Second, what does Fleur know about defending against the dark arts?  She's hardly qualified.   Besides that (call me cruel) I wouldn't be the least bit upset at her parting, she's always been one of my least favorite characters.

AD writes:

> time in history -- and in that context, the decision to 'experiment' with
> Harry becomes a question of, "Are we going to give our child a fighting
> chance to survive, and perhaps save us all?" rather than one as callous as,
> "Oh, let's mess around with this embryo for the heck of it and see what
> happens."

I must concede, every parent does want their child to be the best they can be.  Why bring a child into an evil world?  If you can give him something to defend against the evil, do it.  Could be.

Richelle


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