OOP ranting

[Sarah Price]

No: HPFGUIDX 62714

I'm not sure if people have made my points or asked my questions as 
there are just too many messages comming in too quickly.

First, I want to ask about pensives.  Didn't DD say that what he 
inserts into the pensive are his thoughts.  If the 'memories' that 
Harry witnessed in the fourth book were inserted sortly after the 
trials, then they would be pretty close to what actually happened.  
However, SS was putting in the 'memories' at every meeting he had 
with Harry.  I'm wondering if his memory has changed.(as many 
memories do)

Another thing is: maybe I'm just in denile, but I'm not quite sure 
that Sirius is dead.  Maybe there is some way that he can be saved, 
especially with Harry's new "equal" status, he can find a way to save 
his godfather.

Loony Lovegood:  Did anyone else see her as a sort of Mary Sue, or 
was that just me?

Except for the impossibility of Snape being re-accepted back into the 
fold, I thought this was an excellent book.  I'm all for a bit less 
emphasis of Quidditch, and a bit more of the anger and depression I 
thought Harry should have been feeling all along.  I also love how 
JKR left shippers open with Harry.  She didn't leave us thinking that 
Harry had his eyes clued to Cho (so we can be fond of other ships-
although I'm sure that wasn't her purpose).

Mind reading: several people have mentioned that a spell was used and 
Harry knew that his mind was being probed, but we know that that 
cannot always be the case.  Harry recieving VD's feelings before VD 
realized and Harry's probbing/cheating during History of Magic are 
great examples.

Wandless magic:  Seems to me that there are even more examples in 
this book of the abundance of wandless magic.  Apparation, mind 
reading.  Interested to see more of that.

Vampires:  Come on!  I've been waiting for them and they were 
mentioned only twise in passing?  I really thought we would get to 
meet one. :(

Decrees:  So, what happens to all these decrees that were passed by 
DU?  Does Harry get to fly again?  How could she have banned him for 
LIFE in the first place?  Can Harry go to Hogsmead?  And if so, can 
he still because the 'guardian' that gave permission is now dead?  
Will MM keep her promise to help Harry become an auror?  Is it at all 
possible that Harry got an O in potions?  If not, are we going to see 
much Snape in the next books?

And finally, does this mean that Fudge is not a Death Eater?

Maybe I'm just looking for conspiracies,

Sarah