Nitwit, Blubber, Oddment, Tweak...

jhlupin jhlupin at hotmail.com
Wed Jun 11 19:06:45 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 60021

Surely these <few words> AD chose to commemorate Harry's 
arrival at Hogwarts and his Sorting (SS/PS) have deeper 
meaning than an expression of his <madness>.  They must be a 
JKR clue...

Nitwit:  a slow-witted or foolish person.  As Hagrid makes a few 
errors in judgement and says a few things he should not, he is a 
good candidate.  Confunded Neville would appear to be a good 
candidate as well.

Blubber:   to weep noisily and without restraint, or to contort or 
disfigure with weeping.  Hagrid has been blubbering in each of 
the four first books.  Neville's life has a secret sadness to it, as 
do the personal histories of many of the characters.  This could 
be a general clue of a looming sadness...

Oddment:    an odd article, a bit or remnant, an article belonging 
to a broken or complete set.  Interestingly, also refers to an 
individual non-text portion of a book (ie: the binding...).  Hagrid is 
in a sense, a remnant of the near extinct race of giants, who have 
been killing themselves off.  He retains the remnants of his 
fractured wand in his pink umbrella.  Being half giant, he would 
be considered an odd article certainly.  Neville, by virtue of his 
memory -charmed and broken mind, could qualify as well.  The 
second meaning of this is that this clue relates to what must be 
a significant part (or plot development) of the septology.

Tweak:   to seize and pull with a jerk and twist, to pull or pinch the 
nose.  We all know to follow JKRs nose clues - there are lots of 
them.  Is she tweaking ours here?  Why are some broken noses 
irreperable (Ludo Bagman's and Mad Eye Moody's) while others 
are fixed easily (Victor Krum's)?  Nasal injury sustained by 
putting your nose where it does not belong may be irreversible.  
Neville obviously knows something about his parents capture 
and torture that he was made to forget, but think it is more likely 
that Hagrid is in for some trouble with his mission to the Giants.

Either Hagrid or Neville will die in OoP.  I doubt it will be Neville, 
because I feel there is too much of his story yet to be told, and I 
believe he will become a powerful ally to Harry.  Hagrid, on the 
other hand, has become <family> to Harry even more than the 
Weasley's have.  His death will be hardest of all on Harry, who 
may mistakenly think he can save Hagrid by travelling to the 
<Land of the Dead>, where he will meet Hagrid and his 
<parents>.

I love the theory of the Erised-like room that will transport Harry.  
AD mentioned all those bedpans for some reason.  I further 
believe that what he finds out in the Land of the Dead will lead to 
the conversation with AD where all is exposed, including the real 
fate of James Potter, of which we have very little factual 
information.  Remember, a shadow of the body of James 
emerged from LV wand.  If his mind had been switched to 
another body, James intellect would survive even if his body 
were to perish.  And as JKR has said, we would never <see> a 
living James (or Lily) Potter...

JHL





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