Sorry?...sacked...Theories to be checked in June

[gkjpo <kristen@sanderson-web.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50042

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arcum42 <Arcum_Dagsson at c...>" 
<Arcum_Dagsson at c...> wrote:
> Well, in my statistics, Snape has actually said the word "Sorry"
> twice, and Dumbledore once. Sirus Black, OTOH, has *never* said 
sorry
> in the series yet, and even has something he really ought to 
apologise
> for...
> 
> --Arcum

Snape may have said sorry twice, but I can't remember ever hearing a 
sincere apology from him.  However, with your statistics from the 
bottom of the stack, I think you have the most likely candidates 
listed.

Now, on to sacked. :)  There aren't many positions in the HP books 
that you can be sacked from.  It's either got to be a house elf (and 
since most of the elves are at Hogwarts that's very unlikely), or a 
teacher/headmaster.  I notice that many people have hoped that Ron's 
statement about Snape hopefully being sacked could be foreshadowing.  
That is certainly one possibility. I say the other likely candidates 
are:  Dumbledore (the previously stated theory of the ruse involving 
a plan with Snape), Hagrid (to do work with the Giants).  

Also, I keep wondering if Minerva M. will have more of a role in 
these books.  She seems to be strangely on the fringes of what's 
going on.  Is it because she's too straight shooting to take 
Dumbledore's antics?  Prof. Flitwick has also been out of the 
picture, but since Lily was so good at charms I have to guess that he 
will become more involved as we learn about Lily's past.

Is there a place on this list where we can store our theories on what 
will happen in book 5 so that when it comes out we can check them 
against what happens?  I think that someone should put together a 
list of the quotes/teasers and everyone that wants to can write up 
their guess on what each one means and we can have something to go 
back to in June when book 5 comes out.  I think it would be fun.  It 
would be fun.  Are posts enough for that?

Kristen