OOTP: Still Catching Up..

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No: HPFGUIDX 67655

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mirely_r" <hermoine527 at e...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Katy Cartee" <rainbow at r...> 
> wrote:
> > Boy ya'll are a talkative group ;) I've been saving all of the 
> digests since
> > the release of OOTP and i'm still only on posts from Monday, 
June 
> 23rd! But
> > 2) JKR went to the trouble of explaining Disillusionment Charms 
to 
> us, but
> > then couldn't let Sirius use that as a means of "stretching his 
> legs" and
> > getting out of that horrible house every once in awhile? C'mon!

Well, I think it's probably because he is the main target of the 
Auror's at this time. They would be expected to have ways of 
detecting Sirius beyond his appearance don't you think??
> > 
> > 3) Looking back at POA, when Lupin introduced the DADA class to 
> Bogarts -
> > does anyone else find it odd that the thing that Nevil feared 
most 
> was
> > Snape? After all he's been through, it wasn't Bellatrix or his 
> Gran...it was
> > Snape.

No, if I had Neville's self esteem issues I think Snape might be the 
thing I feared most too. Another possibility is that Neville has, to 
a certain extent, sublimated his reaction to his parents tragedy. 
This might explain his reticence in the first four books, and 
his "coming out" on OoP when he through learning DADA begins to come 
to grips with the threat and presence of evil. 
> > 4) Why wasn't the Minister of Magic aware of Harry's presence at 
> the MOM
> > sooner? He was using underage magic outside of Hogwarts all over 
> the place!
> > There should have been owls shooting around like fireworks!

Well, it could be kind of like not having a smoke detector at the 
fire station. You would never think that kind of thing could happen 
here, (which sounds typically Fudge-like) so there was no alarm 
system set up)
> > 
> > 5) Will book #7 be the end of Slytherin house? I mean really, 
take 
> your
> > thoughts to the end of this series...the way it must end...no 
> matter what
> > else happens> > 
> > ~Katy~

I think we see a foreshadowing of this in the Sorting Hat's plea for 
unity. Will the house system be done away with altogether /Will 
SLytherin be absorbed into the others? Will there be a new house? 
Seems like we need at least four for Quidditch Cup play.

Dorothy