James an Auror? and Link to Interview on Clearing Hagrid's Name

[Phyllis]

No: HPFGUIDX 59371

Joanna (jojosrs24) wrote:

> I think it is a possibility that James was an Auror, since Sirius 
> seemed to know some things about them (Aurors given the okay to use 
> Unforgivables on Death Eaters, them killing Rosier and Wilkes).

Now me:

While it's definitely possible that James was an Auror, I don't think 
it's probable.  The job of an Auror is to fight against dark 
wizards.  Barty Crouch Sr. authorized the use of the Unforgivable 
Curses against suspects, and gave them powers to kill rather than 
capture.  But when Harry re-lives his parents' last moments when 
faced with a Dementor, we hear James saying to Lily that he'll hold 
off Voldemort.  There's no indication that James tried to kill or to 
use an Unforgivable Curse against Voldemort.  Now it could be that 
James did try such a curse and failed, and we're just not hearing 
about this in Harry's recollection (it is a very brief recollection, 
after all).  But I don't think so.

I think the reason Sirius knows about Aurors is because he was part 
of the "old crowd" fighting Voldemort's first reign of terror and 
probably worked with Aurors during that period.

Steve ("breeze_of_zephyr") wrote:

> JKR stated in an interview that Hagrid's name was fully restored and
> that he was allowed to do magic; however, she also said that since 
> he never finished his training he would never be as powerful or as
> polished as a "fully trained" wizard.

Now me:

Here's the interview segment:

Q: "Since Hagrid's name was cleared in Book 2, will he ever be 
allowed to do magic openly again?"

JKR: "He is allowed. He has been allowed to do magic openly ever 
since he became a teacher but because he was never fully trained his 
magic is never going to be what it should be. He is always going to 
be a bit inept."

and the link:

http://www.swns.com/vaults/rowling.htm

~Phyllis