Moody,Hagrid, Sinistra, Perkins, and whatnot

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Hi everyone!  I haven't posted here at all yet, but i've been collecting some 
recent thoughts i have on all of the HP banter going on around here...and I 
can see everyone's becoming ohh-so-excited and anxious for OoP...so bear with 
me...


----Pertaining to GoF...Someone posted very recently about keeping the real 
Moody alive, because the Polyjuice Potion would not have worked for Barty 
Crouch Jr....but this got me thinking and the question i have is
                     
                    Why couldn't the real Moody fight the Imperius Curse?

"I packed up Moody's clothes and Dark detectors, put them in the trunk with 
Moody, and   
    set off for Hogwarts.  I kept him alive, under the Imperius Curse." 
-Barty Crouch Jr. (U.S. edition, pg. 689)

In other instances where we hear about the Imperius curse, it seems that it 
is not that incredibly difficult to fight off for a powerful wizard.  Isn't 
Moody a powerful wizard?

Obviously, we know Harry as a youngin' learned to fight the curse after three 
or four tries, and Barty Crouch Jr. was able to fight off the curse.  It 
seems to me that Mad-eye Moody, being the incredible Auror that he is, should have 
been able to fight off one of the three Unforgivable Curses the DEs used so 
often.  I just think it's odd that he couldn't escape the very thing he wanted 
to fight, as well as not being able to get out of his own magical trunk.  I 
don't really know if it's significant or not, but possibly Alastor Moody is not 
really as powerful as we think he is.


----Pertaining to CoS...A question I've always had when reading the books is 
                    
                    Can anyone explain why Hagrid was in Knockturn Alley in 
Chapter Four?

Hagrid says he was there for flesh-eating slug repellant, but i still find 
such a dark and evil place like Knockturn Alleysuspicious.  Perhaps Dumbledore 
knew Harry would end up in Knockturn Aller, and sent Hagrid to rescue him or 
something...this would prove that Dumbledore truly is always watching Harry and 
basically knows of everything that goes on around the wizarding world.  Any 
other thoughts on this, because for some reason I don't trust Hagrid's excuse.


----Pertaining to GoF...In Chapter 33, Voldemort says to Harry, 
                    
                    "My father lived there.  My mother, a witch who lived 
here in this village, fell in love with him.  But he abandoned her when she told 
him what she was...He didn't like magic, my father...He left her and returned 
to his Muggle parents before I was ever born."

Well, according to this quote, Tom Riddle Sr. sounds an awful lot like Aunt 
Petunia.  But the question that truly bugs me and that I think will become 
significant is
                    
                    What happened in those years after Tom Riddle Sr. had 
left his wife and son? 

I don't know how it all connects, but I bet there is some way that 
Dumbledore, Petunia, Tom Riddle Sr., Tom Riddle Jr., James, Lilly, and of course Harry 
are all connected!?  We know Dumbledore and Lilly have the same type of auburn 
hair (I beleive the Weasley red hair is one of JKR's red herrings), Tom Riddle 
Jr had crazy black hair like Harry, which means their fathers looked alike 
(or were they the same person?????? Voldemort did seek revenge and killed James 
as well as his father!  AHHHH!  What? No, nevermind...Tom Sr. was a wizard 
-hater), we still no nothing about Harry's MIA family from the Mirror of Erised, 
and I think there's much to learn in particular about Harry's grandparents, 
Tom Sr. has the same feelings about wizards as Petunia Dursley, and there are 
still those all-important green eyes (Salazar Slytherin eyes??) along with "Is 
Harry related to Godric Gryffindor??"...how do all of these connections tie 
together?   It's mind-boggling! 

Also, is there some way that Harry can be a descendent of both Salazar 
Slytherin AND Godric Gryffindor (I still beleive that both Lilly and James have 
prominant wizarding blood in both of their ancestries)?  Is the boy wizard the 
all-powerful culmination of two of the most powerful wizards ever?  This would 
explain why Voldemort needs Harry dead...because he is not only the direct 
descendent of Gryffindor, but he is also to succeed Slytherin.  He power would not 
only rival Voldemorts, it would completely destroy Voldemort and dethrone him 
as the reigning heir.  If this is true, Harry would have sooo many incredible 
powers inherited form both Slytherin and Gryffindor.  And the sorting hat 
second guessing Harry's house would be explained, along with other things.  
Perhaps Harry will have to choose between Salazar's Evil tendencies and Gryffindor's 
Goodness...this would be the ultimate and final battle of good versus evil.  
Voldemort would be destroyed and good would prevail.  What if, deep inside of 
his powers, Harry has the ability to choose Good and wipe out all evil in the 
wizarding world???  Wow...that is spine-tingling.  Any other  thoughts (sorry 
to have brought up Harry's ancestry AGAIN)???

Also, Sorry to break it to you, but James and Lilly are dead.  Get over it.  
They're not coming back.  Everyone knows they're dead.  No, Lilly is not 
Petunia or Mrs. Figg.  No, James is not Snape or Lupin or Sirius or whomever.  They 
are both dead and gone.  They came out of Voldemort's wand like Cedric and 
Frank Bryce.  The end.  They are dead.
                        

----Pertaining to OoP and beyond...Right now I'm starting to place every 
character into the "good" or "evil" categories, who will be beneficial to the dark 
side and who will fight alongside Dumbledore.  I Think that Snape will remain 
faithful to Dumbledore, because who really wants to be on Dumbledore's bad 
side anyways?  I agree with so many people that Percy will be forced to go 
against his family, and support the MoM, whether it be Fudge or L.Malfoy or 
whomever.  Fudge will definately turn out to be an evil wizard, for SOO MANY obvious 
reasons (wait, no, He Is probably NOT a DE, but maybe he'll just end up 
helping the dark side in the end, or just stand as a barrier for Dumbledore's 
side...).  The Dark Force Defense League, as well as a recupperated Gilderoy 
Lockhart will stand firm right beside a hifalutin politiky Fudge in not trusting 
Harry and Dumbledore.  Karkaroff will be back in book 5, and possibly take up his 
rank as DE once again.  Oliver Wood will be back, and still a true Gryffindor, 
although he plays for a possibly bad news quidditch team. Draco may not be 
necessarily evil...he seems like a woosey anyways.  The giants will go with 
Hagrid and Madam Malkin, and the Dementors will help the Dark arts.   Krum will 
probably, in his best interest, stick with Hermione and denounce Karkaroff. If 
Hermione releases Rita Skeeter like she said she would, that could end horribly 
because Rita will want revenge on those at Hogwarts like Hermione, Harry, 
Dumbledore...and we all know about the power of the press.  And of 
course,St.Mungo's is bad news.  Anyone important I missed?  OK, well that was fun...those 
are just all of my predictions for the forthcoming war.  Anyone care to disagree 
or agree?


-----Pertaining to OoP and beyond... What's the deal with Professor 
Sinistra????  We don't know too much about her, but her name does sound an awful lot 
like "SINISTER".  As Professor of astronomy, it seems that she probably has seen 
exactly the same things the centaurs are reading in the stars.  Although 
McGonnagall doesn't beleive in "fortune telling" (could not trusting the wisdom of 
others be McGonnagall's dire weakness?), Sinistra could be a valuable key for 
either Dumbledore or Voldemort in predicting the future, and figuring out 
what to watch for.  She would have somewhat inside information for the 
forthcoming wizard war based on the stars.  Just like the centaurs know an awful lot but 
decide to not mess with fate and keep to themselves, Sinistra could be just 
as informed about the future but choose to share her knowledge.  

So which side will she take?  I predict she may be evil.  Although she works 
at Hogwarts, she is rarely seen in company with the rest of the staff.  
According to her name, maybe she has Sinister intentions.  Also, in GoF when 
McGonagall and Snape and others think Crouch/Moody is a bit wacko, Sinistra is the 
witch to befriend him and dance with him at the Yule Ball.  Could Sinistra have 
known that Mad-eye was really Barty Crouch Jr. in disguise?  And could she 
have been helping him?  AND, Perhaps Professor Sinistra is the very person 
Voldemort has planted at Hogwarts to do his dirty work.  Uhh-ohh.  The evidence is 
there.  Interpret it however you wish.  I'm certain that Sinistra will become a 
much more important character in the books to come.  Anyone know anything 
else about this mysterious teacher??


-----Pertaining to Neville...He owns Trevor, an amphibian, his uncle's name 
is Uncle Algie- like Algae, and Crouch/Moody gives him a book on water plants.  
Coincidences?  I think not.

----Pertaining to animagi...We all know that Dumbledore is most likely an 
animagi.  Also, Snape is constantly described as batlike and living in a dungeon 
and whatnot.  Could Snape be a bat animagus or even a vampire?  (Also, could 
someone explain to me what MAGIC DISHWASHER means...people keep saying it 
around here...I think it has something to do with Snape, but otherwise, I am 
clueless)  I highly doubt that Mrs.Figg is Crookshanks because she is not with 
Hermione in the summer, instead, she acts as a Muggle and watches over Harr (also, 
i really dont think there is cross-gender transfiguration).  BUT, I think 
Crookshanks is indeed an animagus.  Isn't it possible that Perkins,. the guy that 
works in the department of Muggle Artifacts or whatever-its-called with Arthur 
Weasley is Crookshanks?  First, both Crookshanks and Perkins are described as 
old and kind of gruff.  Also, as we know, there really arent a such thing as 
coincidences is these books, but it is ironic that the tent that Perkins lends 
Mr.Weasley for the QWC does in fact smell and look like Mrs.Figg's house.  
What if Mrs. Figg and Perkins live together, as in, he is one of her cats during 
the summer to watch Harry.  Work in Perkin's and Arthur's department at the 
ministry has never been that exciting or urgent or busy at all, so what if 
Perkins decided to keep watch on Mr.Weasley's own son Ron, Hermione, and Harry at 
Hogwarts because the Weasleys and Arabella Figg were worried about Sirius 
Black's escape (but then the cat would have learned Sirius is good, Pettigrew is 
bad, and continued to help Dumbledore and Harry and everyone).  If Crookshanks 
is in fact Perkins, Arthur and Mollly Weasley know that he is just extra 
protection for Harry.  Also, I could bet loads of galleons that Perkins is part of 
"the old crowd" Dumbledore refers to in GoF along with Perkins' obvious friend 
Arabella Figg, Mundungus fletcher, and Lupin.  I think we'll be learning more 
about this group of people very shortly.  

If Crookshanks is not Perkins, who else could be this cat- possibly a new 
charcter we havent met yet?  Is Crookshanks really an animagus (YES...I know he 
is part kneazle!)?  

********************If a wizard is an animagus, do they have to transform 
into a muggle animal...or could this particular wizard's animagus be indeed A 
KNEAZLE?  yet another aspect of the animagus...wizards may be able to turn into 
magical animals (as in anything from FBAWTFT)!!!!!!!!!!!  
Crazy!************************************


OK, I'm done.....sorry to take up sooo much space (i've just had a lot of 
ideas).  I hope I havent been too repetetive or annoying or completely 
unrealistic.  Finally, I'd really like to know what you think about these 
predictions/questions/random thoughts.

Ohh, and if you want a good quick review of the four HP books and everything 
to watch in Book 5 before June 21, go get The Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the 
Mysteries of Harry Potter.  It should be at the book store....and it 
discusses in detail all/most of the stuff discussed on this board plus more....it's 
great...I read it in a day! 


And, ALDREA...are you out there?  You'll be at a Swim Meet on June 21!  I'm a 
hardcore swimmer too!  Have fun and good luck...so sorry to hear you'll be 
missing the first day of OoP!

JUST TEN MORE DAYS!!!

Love,
 PoPo from Ravenclaw


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