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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