3rd Evans sis/Powers that V gave H/Most Charming Smile/Founders' Stuff in SH
Catlady (Rita Prince Winston) <catlady@wicca.net>
catlady at wicca.net
Sun Mar 2 12:10:27 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 53019
Elisabeth, a rude mechanical, wrote:
<< could Narcissa Malfoy be the sister of Lily and Petunia? As far as
I know, JK Rowling has never made clear Lily's parentage, whether
muggle or wizarding. Remember, Petunia and Narcissa have very similar
physical features. >>
I personally have a theory that I feel sure JKR won't use: that
Petunia was Narcissa's sister, in some proud and evil pure-blood
family, but they somehow discovered that she was a Squib when she
was just a toddler. Too proud to keep a Squib in the family, they
dumped her on some Muggles with whom they were acquainted, the
Evanses. Petunia was left hating magic because of a very vague memory
that magic is the reason her first family rejected her. The Evanses
were thrilled about having a witch in the family (their biological
daughter) because they already knew about the wizarding world ... I
can make up plenty of stories about how the Evanses could have come
to meet the wizarding world: perhaps Mrs. Evans's brother married a
woman whom he didn't know was a witch until after the wedding.
Lil House Elf wrote:
<< What other powers could Voldemort have given to Harry? >>
Harry is a "natural" at flying his broomstick and catching a small
flying object when his first flying lesson had only just begun. I
always wonder if flying, Quidditch, and Seeking are skills (or
powers) which Voldemort gave to Harry along with that scar. In light
of the way that Harry goes on about not being any good at anything
except Quidditch, I think he would agonize over the discovery that
his talent was not innately his, but had been implanted in him by
his enemy.
In addition, I agree with Cheryl the Lynx that the reason that the
name Tom Riddle rang a distant bell for Harry is that Voldemort gave
him some vague memories as well as some powers.
Maria wrote:
<< who's waiting to find out who wins the Witch Weekly Most Charming
Smile Award now that poor Gilderoy is sick at St. Mungo's. >>
Sirius, once his name is cleared so he can come out of hiding.
Andrea wrote:
<< I think Rowena's would be some sort of enchanted scroll, but I'm
having a hard time coming up with objects for the other two. >>
I quote my own post
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/51894 from 8 Feb
03:
"Shehrzad wrote:
<< So maybe DD did tell Fawkes to bring the hat, but it wouldn't be
just because the hat could give him the sword. Although he probably
thought it would be, it could have also been a bow and arrow (wisdom)
a shield (loyalty) or a short sword (ambition) >>
I was wondering about this all week, while I was off-line: what would
Harry have pulled from the Hat if he had been the protégé of one of
the other Founders? I thought maybe:
The wand of Slytherin, symbol/tool of magic, as Salazar was so
concerned about distinguishing magic from non-magic people.
The pen of Ravenclaw, because she was into scholarship. The pen has
the advantage of being a quill, thus punning on her feathery name
(raven) and symbol (eagle), but a parchment with a useful spell
written on it might be equally appropriate and rather more helpful.
The broom of Hufflepuff, which Helga herself used for sweeping the
floor (by waving her wand and telling it to sweep) but Harry could
perhaps have put a Levitation spell on and used it to fly with. "
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