OOP: Mixed Bag of Questions/Comments

[zanelupin]

No: HPFGUIDX 69032

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Susan XG" <SusanXG at h...> wrote:
> Mixed Bag of Questions...Please comment/answer/question to the best 
of your 
> ability. :o)
> 
I don't really have too much to say.  I want to start by mentioning 
that I very much enjoy your questions but won't attempt an answer to 
most of them because, as is usual for me, I have no idea.  Okay then,

<Snip, snip>

> 4. What if Harry was sorted into Slytherin? What would be 
different? Would 
> anything be the same? ("I wish Harry Potter was never sorted into 
> Gryffindor"?)
Me:
 Oh, the number of fanfics there are about this very thing...It makes 
my head hurt just thinking of them all.

> 5. What if Charlie Weasley and Viktor Krum were friends? Isn't 
Bulgaria and 
> Romania pretty close? Charlie's recruiting international members 
for the 
> Order of the Phoenix and he's a former Quidditch great? Would Ron 
freak or 
> what?
Me:
Would he think it was cool that his brother hung out with Viktor Krum 
or would he be worried that there is another connection (The Order) 
between Krum and Hermione?  He'd probably freak on both counts.

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> 7. Is Malfoy really friends with Crabbe and Goyle?
Me:
You would have to define friend.  I call them lackeys.  

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> 9. We know Harry's protected (to some extent) @ Privet Drive and I 
assume 
> The Burrow has some type of security enchantments, but what about 
Hermione? 
> Isn't she vulnerable or does Dumbledore already have something set 
up for 
> her? What about her parents? They are vulnerable. Will Death Eaters 
try to 
> attack her at home? They know she is one of Harry's best friends.
Me:
Up through OOP, Hermione was safe because Voldemort wasn't at full 
strength through most of the books.  In OOP, his goal was  to get the 
weapon, the prophecy, to kill Harry.  He and his followers were 
concerned with keeping their return a secret from the Ministry, and 
killing off Hermione or her family would not have qualified as low 
profile.  Now though, since Voldemort failed to kill Harry again, 
maybe the DE's will start to go after those Harry cares about.  Then 
again, now that they're outed, what's to stop them from going after 
all the muggle borns?  So maybe the Grangers and the other muggle 
families of Hogwarts students will at least be alerted to the dangers 
and hopefully get some sort of protection.
 

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> 14. Draco hasn't hit the "point of no return" yet. Lucius keeps him 
out of 
> trouble for a reason and I don't think it's necessarily love. 
Lucius is 
> grooming him to be a Death Eater. He'll be 16 (if he isn't already) 
in Book 
> 6. I believe he'll have to pass a test of loyalty. I think this 
test of 
> loyalty is going to kill a Weasley. I think Draco may first go for 
Ginny, 
> but he'll fail. However, he'll be the one who kills Percy (possibly 
> redeemed?), who's already estranged from the Weasley family. 
Someone I know 
> remarked that Draco is not even an enemy for Harry anymore, he's 
more of 
> Ron's rival (who she described as a "living collage" of all his 
brothers). 
> And because Percy and Ron share similiar physical characteristics, 
I believe 
> that Draco will kill an extension of Ron and Hermione (who's also 
like 
> Percy) will take his place in the Weasley family. This would set up 
a final 
> Draco/Ron showdown, where Ron would ultimately succeed (mirroring 
the 
> Arthur/Lucius showdown).
Me:
Anything to make Draco useful again!  No, seriously, as many others 
have mentioned he has no real point anymore.  So I like your theory 
in that respect.  How would Draco kill Percy?  Where?  Would Percy be 
at Hogwarts?  Would it be some sort of public display on Diagon 
Alley, or at the Ministry.  Will this occur after Lucius takes over 
the Ministry?  Will Percy work for Malfoy?  Aah! Your questions just 
make me ask more questions :-)

 
> 15. How cool would it be if Fred and George tricked Voldie into 
taking a 
> fake wand or eating a canary cream? Imagine Voldie turning into a 
giant 
> canary during his final encounter with Harry. ;o)
Me:
That would be something!

See, not too much there.

Have an acion-packed, fun-filled day,
KathyK