Seeker!Ginny/werewolf cubs/SortingHermione/JKR list-students/DeadDD/Stebbins

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

No: HPFGUIDX 69697

Harry and Ginny are both good Seekers; Harry, in fact, is a 
'natural'; his *first* time on a broom, he's better than Charlie 
Weasley who could have played for England. Harry and Ginny both have 
been touched by Voldemort/Riddle. Canon says that says that 
Voldemort's failed attack on Harry transfered some of Voldemort's 
power to him, including giving him Parseltongue. Diary!Riddle made 
Ginny a Parseltongue long enough to release the Basilisk, and there 
has been speculation on list that she may have kept that ability even 
after Diary!Riddle was destroyed, and recently speculation that she 
may have gotten other powers from him as well.

I love to fantasize that popular Head Boy Tom Riddle was a star 
Seeker, and passed that ability to Harry and to Ginny along with 
Parseltongue. Harry loves playing Quidditch and sometimes thinks it's 
the only thing he's any good at, and it would be emotionally painful 
for him to learn that he got that ability from Lord Voldemort rather 
than from his father.

Darrell Harris wrote in 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/68637 :

<< In CoS it was stated Hagrid had already been in trouble for trying 
to raise werewolf cubs under his bed. Cubs suggest a female werewolf 
giving birth. >>

To which, Random very wisely replied in 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/69338 :

<< And, about Riddle's accusation of Hagrid keeping "werewolf cubs".. 
just consider the source.>> 

That's what JKR said when asked in an interview:
Q: In Chamber of Secrets, Hagrid is supposed to have raised werewolf 
cubs under his bed. Are
these the same kind of werewolves as Professor Lupin? 
JKR: No. Riddle was telling lies about Hagrid, just slandering him. 

The interview is at:
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/2000/1000-livec
hat-barnesnoble.html

I found it by using The Goat Pad:
http://www.angelfire.com/magic/aberforthsgoat/index.html

Wiley wrote in 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/68832 :

<< long go-around on Hermione and whether she was placed correctly 
with the sorting hat. While the usual point-counterpoint came up as 
to how she should belong in Ravenclaw, one of my kids actually said, 
"Well, what has she done that was actually brave or courageous 
(Gryffindor)?">>

People are always asking why Hermione wasn't Sorted into 
(in OoP, even the *characters* ask, but why don't they ask why she 
wasn't Sorted into Slytherin? I first noticed the Slytherin-ish-ness 
of her plans and methods when she bullied the boys into making 
Polyjuice Potion, but it's more obvious with the charm that she put 
on the DA club parchment, WITHOUT TELLING ANYONE (she told Harry but 
only after everyone had signed).

<<CareALotsClouds at a... wrote: <<< Isnt anyone else disturbed that 
Hermione sent herself, Harry and Umbridge into the forest knowing 
fully well that the centaurs would murder Umbridge...?>>>

The Sergeant Majorette says 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/69179 :

<< I'm not disturbed in the least. This is war, remember; Hermione 
runs roughshod over the feelings and opinions of others under the
best of circumstances. Now she finally has some scope for her inner 
slytherin, and those who've been waiting for Hermione to show some    
faults should feel gratified. Me myself, I love her this way!

As above, I don't think Leading Umbridge into the Forest was the 
*first* time Hermione uncaged her inner Slytherin.

Karen  Lyal wrote in 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/69203 :

<< If anyone else out there in HP world has seen this program or the 
class list stills on the net, could someone help me work out what 
JKR's short hand symbols indicate beside all the names? >>

The photos are in the group's Photo section: 
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/lst then click the 
folder "Harry Potter and Me". Transcriptions of the list of students 
in Harry's year and speculation on the meaning of the symbols beside 
the names is in a thread that began with
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/32313 by the 
helpful Muridae. I found it by using Yahoogroup's feeble Search 
function, entering Cornfoot and clicking Next about a hundred times, 
until I found what I was looking for.

bjliii wrote in 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/69309 :
<< Usually, the mentor dies. Does Dumbledore have to die? I hope not
 - I'm 100% pro Dumbledore, though I fear he is very ready to make 
the sacrifice if necessary. >>

All those references to Dumbledore looking "old" and "tired" make me 
think he would view it as a release rather than as a sacrifice.

Cindy xpectopatronum wrote in 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/69388 :

<< Also, I know that there is a HP character called 'Stebbins' in one 
of the books, but I can't remember which one. Does anyone else 
remember? >>

The Stebbins boy and the Fawcett girl were snogging the rose bush 
that Snape blew up. In the earlier printing of GoF, it was Fawcett 
of Hufflepuff and Stebbins of Ravenclaw, but I've heard that later 
printings corrected that the Fawcett of Ravenclaw (whom we had 
already first had tried to cross the age line) and Stebbins of 
Hufflepuff.