Towards 150 OotP predictions

Thu Jun 19 02:32:45 UTC 2003

No: HPFGUIDX 61013

I promised myself that I wouldn't plough through the last several weeks of 
(unread) messages on this list, but this topic intrigued me. I've tidied up 
the list a bit and included items added by people in a couple of 
cub-threads which have formed.

1. Ron will snarl
2. Hermione will moan.
3. Harry will recognize something instantly.
4. Hagrid will serve the trio something inedible.
5. Snape's eyes will glitter.
6. Dumbledore's eyes will twinkle.
7. Draco will sneer.
8. Molly Weasly will call Harry "dear."
9. Ginny will blush.
10. Percy will bluster.
11. Snape will snap.
12. And when he isn't snapping, Snape will snarl.
13. Vernon Dursley will turn red and resemble a vegetable.
14. Dobby will give Harry another pair of lurid socks, and Hagrid will 
become obsessed with another ferocious monster.
15. Harry will be injured in some way.
16. Snape will take away house points from Gryffindor
17. Neville will forget something.
18. Neville will fail to make the correct potion, in
Potions.
19. Draco will taunt Harry.
20. Harry will fly on his broom and love it.
21. Hedwig will bring something to Harry.
22. Hermione will quote a book.
23. Harry will use his invisibility cloak.
24. Ron will whine.
25. Fawkes will fly and do something cool.
26. Sirius will still be damn sexy.
27. Hermione will solve a mystery by going to the library.
28. Hermione will say "Honestly, Haven't you two *ever* read  'Hogwarts, A 
History'?", and then impart some vital piece of information which the 
narrative hadn't pointed out to us before.
29. It will not be clear why the villains had to wait till the end of term 
to implement their dastardly plan.
30. Harry will see something new and magical and will have to look twice to 
believe it.
31. Hagrid will do or say something he shouldn't - and will be instantly 
forgiven by the Trio.
32. On June 22nd, HP4GU will get its first "How can we ever survive until 
book 6" post.
33. Filch will give out detentions.
34. The Twins will play a trick on someone.
35. Hermione and Ron will disagree on something.
36. Hermione will keep a secret.
37. Harry will keep a secret.
38. Ron will be predict the future as he jokes.
39. Sybill Trelawney will predict Harry's death AGAIN.
40. Ron and Harry will fake their Divination homework.
41. Dean's West Ham poster is going to be mentioned.
42. Sirius is going to call Snape a slimy greasy-haired git.
43. Ron and Harry will serve detention.
44. McGonagall will look sternly at Harry over the rim of her glasses.
45. Colin is going to squeak: "Hiya, Harry!!" in an excited voice.
46. Hermione will say: "You CAN'T Apparate on Hogwarts grounds!"
47. Ron will talk with his mouth full
48. Harry will stay at Hogwarts for Christmas
49. Ron will annihilate Hermione at wizard's chess
50. Ron will get a new hand-knitted jumper from his mother.
51. Everone will go to The Three Broomsticks for butterbeer
52. McGonagall will be disgusted at someone's behaviour.
53. Snape will persurcute Neville.
54. Parvati will still adore Professor Trelawney.
55. Professor Trelawney will continue to be vague.
56. Binns will send someone to sleep.
57. Even the dumbest students (read Crabbe and Goyle) will somehow manage 
to pass their exams.
58. Dumbledore's answers will raise more questions.
59. In addition to point 45, no matter how many questions are answered in 
book 5, there will be at least as many new questions that won't be answered 
till book six.
60. We will have read at least one character all wrong (in the 
Scabbers/Sirius/Quirrell vein)
61. Krum will be grumpy
62. Fleur will still make the male students swoon
63. Harry will leave Privett Drive in some kind of debacle
64. Ron will tease Hermione about liking school too much and/or liking 
Lockhart in the past and/or her S.P.E.W. phase
65. Hagrid will break a dish while talking to the trio in his hut.
66. Harry will dream about Voldemort - which will reflect what Voldemort 
was really doing at that moment (unbeknownst to Harry).
67. Harry will be on the verge of telling Dumbledore possibly 
vital  information, but withhold it for his usual reasons (i.e. not being 
believed, distaste of being fussed over, uncertainty of what he saw/heard)
68. Ron and Hermione will stay at Hogwarts for the Christmas holidays.
69. Neville will once again attempt to surpass his personal best 
cauldron-melting record.
70. We will all read OoP WAY to fast, discuss in endlessly, reread it 20 
times, and be waiting anxiously for book 6 to arrive!!!
71. Something will be described as "moldy".
72. The passwords will be um... unusual. (And Neville will forget them.)
73. Harry's scar will hurt.
74. There will be a reference to bodily functions (ie. belch, bogeys, 
earwax, vomit)
75. The Hogwarts diet will be high in cholesterol.
76. McGonagall will say "Really Jordan. If you can't commentate in a 
non-biased way..."
77. Someone from Slytherin will cheat at Quidditch.
78. The whole of Harry's year, plus all other featured students, will pick 
up their books from Diagon Alley on the same day.
79. Harry will say "Er..." about a million times
80. Someone will be interrupted before divulging a very important storyline 
clue
81. There will be yet another vague reference about Peeves and the Bloody Baron
82. Mrs. Norris's eyes will glow, lamplike.
83. Filch will threaten to go to Dumbledore.
84. Crabbe and Goyle will laugh stupidly.
85. Pansy will run with her gang of Slytherin girls.
86. Parvati and Lavender will ooh and aah.
87. Fred and George will scheme.
88. Dudley will eat.
89. McGonagall will never be so ashamed by Gryffindor students.
90. Cho will be decent.
91. Alicia, Katie, and Angelina will score.
92. The giant squid will float lazily.
93. Flitwick will squeak.
94. Voldemort will say "You lie".
95. Wormtail will tremble.
96. Molly will explode at Gred and Forge, rightly, for some prank 
they've  done.
97. The Trio, or at least Harry, will end up in the "Forbidden" Forest yet 
again.
98. Something will smell like cabbage.
99. Professor Binns will drone.
100. There will be the usual twelve Christmas trees.
101. One of Harry's Christmas presents will be a surprise from 
a  mysterious stranger.
102. Dobby's socks will not match!
103. Peeves will throw something at someone
104. Peeves will make life misarable for Filtch
105. Harry will begin to say Vol- er, sorry, I mean You-Know Who's name, 
then apologize for doing so.
106. Draco will be obnoxious on the Hogwarts Express, with Crabbe 
and  Goyle sniggering in the background.

And a few from me, in no particular order:

107. Dean Thomas will make a display of his artistic prowess.
108. Magic will be used at Privet Drive (not necessarily by Harry).
109. Harry will make a sarcastic comment at Malfoy which will be lost  on 
the snobbish brat (O.T.: my favourite line from the third Artemis Fowl 
book: "the sarcasm made a whistling noise as it flew over Loafer's head").
110. Harry will make a selfless heroic act in circumstances which will 
be  construed by some as anything but selfless or heroic.
111. Someone Harry has never met before will cause him ebrassment by making
a fuss about his scar/his status as the Boy Who lived.
112. Ron will say "cool" or "bloody brilliant" at some stage.
113. The weather conditions of the journey to Hogwarts will be 
mentioned  (my bet's on a thunderstorm).
114. The passowrd to Dumbledore's office will be some confectionery.

I'm sure there are more, but it's past my bed-time.

--
GulPlum AKA Richard, who'd like to add that he's expecting Dean Thomas's 
heritage to be revealed at long last