[HPforGrownups] OOP: Bartender Ideas and Patils

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 64423

 
Skaistar said

Ooh, I love that idea. I was sitting here struggling through posts 
to see if anyone had mentioned that Harry said the bartender 
looked "vaguely familiar" (US version, page 313?). I like the idea 
that it's Aberforth. Ooh, brain running away with theories- 
Mundungus Fletcher is banned from that pub, and the bartender has a 
long memory. Perhaps the favor that Dumbledore did Dung to earn his 
loyalty had something to do with his brother? Ok, maybe not. But if 
the bartender is not Aberforth, who do you think it is? 
 

Me -

No that makes really good sense actually. If Mundungus caused some kind of
trouble in Aberforth's pub Albus could have persuaded him not to call uh
what ever they call the police in the WW. (Not Aurors, who are the elite,
but the others)

Skaistar again -

Also, something Darrin mentioned a long long time ago (post-wise) 
about races stuck with me... he mentioned the Patil girls alongside 
Cho Chang as being not Caucasian- what race are they supposed to be? 
Due to their blond hair, I had assumed that they were white. 
 
Me -

I don't recall JKR giving us any description of Cho other than saying she
was pretty, so I would assume she's meant to be of oriental extraction. And
as for the Patil twins I'm certain JKR sayd Parvati has dark hair worn in a
plait (just checked the Lexicon and it backs me up on that) so I would
assume that as their name suggests their family originally came from
somewhere on the Indian subcontinent.

Actually we've talked about the WW and racism before (colour seems
unimportant to them, too busy hating muggles and muggleborns) but did anyone
notice that yet another interracial couple was introduced with absolutely no
fuss at all (well Ron dropped his chess board but I don't think he was
objecting to Dean being black <g>). So far we've had Cedric/Cho, Harry/Cho,
Harry/Parvati, Ron/Padma and now Ginny/Dean.

K