[HPforGrownups] my *one* rock solid OoP prediction

[artsylynda at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 60116

Merlin:
> Lupin burst into the room in a flash of red sparks, the color of a true 
> Gryffindor(AKA heir of Godric).
> 
whoa, hold on here -- in GoF, the Champions were told to send up red sparks 
if they got in trouble in the maze and needed to be rescued, and only one of 
the Champions was a Gryffindor, so red sparks can't be confined to Gryffindors, 
or the Heir of Griffindor, only.  Also, in PS/SS, Hagrid told the kids (who 
were in the Forbidden Forest on detention) to send up green sparks if they found 
the unicorn, red sparks if they were in trouble (I think I got those in the 
right order), and this group of students included a Slytherin (Malfoy) so a 
"flash of red sparks" doesn't signify someone being the Heir of Gryffindor, or 
even from Gryffindor house, IMO.

As for the switching spell, where James took over Remus's body -- if this 
really happened, where's Remus?  Did he die at the Potters' house in James' 
place?  Why would James leave his family?  And since Voldie can see through 
deception (apparently, many examples of which were given in a recent post), wouldn't 
he see that the "James" he killed was not the real James Potter?  He believes 
he killed James Potter -- he told Harry so in GoF (he told Harry to "stand up 
and die like a man, like your father" -- something like that, I don't have the 
book handy) I don't think this "body switch" happened at all -- it doesn't 
seem logical -- or logistically possible -- to me.  JMO.

Lynda 
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"Don't let  the Muggles get you down." Ron Weasley PoA


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