[HPforGrownups] Hogwarts Teacher Neville(WAS: Re: Ron!Dumbledore)

[Taryn Kimel]

No: HPFGUIDX 53519

pisk:
>From The Connection Interview:
http://www.sugarquill.net/forum/index.php?
act=ST&f=6&t=2073&s=8742fd7ea668b82ffe761cd5725f1aa3

Teacher: Anyway, it's very exciting. We just love Harry Potter. We're 
curious ---- well first of all we can't wait for Books 4, 5, 6 and 7. 
But after that, we're curious as to whether Harry is going to have a 
life after Hogwarts, or if maybe, Harry might be a Hogwarts teacher. 

JKR: Well, because all your kids said `hello' so nicely in the 
background there, I am going to give you information I haven't given 
anyone else and I will tell you that one of the characters, one of 
Harry's classmates, though it's not Harry himself, does end up a 
teacher at Hogwarts. But, it is not, maybe the one you think, hint, 
hint, hint. Yeah, one of them does end up staying at Hogwarts, but ---
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Radio Guy: Do the kids want to guess at it, Kathleen?

Teacher: Do you guys have a guess as to who it is?

(Kids shouting in background) Ron

Teacher: They say Ron.

JKR: No, it's not Ron. I can't see Ron as a teacher. No way. 

Me:
Ooh, I'd never seen that before! Nice to have caught it (in a discussion I'm following with some interest, no less). I'm sure it's probably been discussed here before, ne? Well, I'm just going to take a guess at it for fun's sake and say Neville. In my mind, Hermione's also out of the running because she's "the one you think" in my mind. And Harry and Ron are out. And Neville's certainly not the kind you would think of (although you know the saying: those you cannot do, teach). But I'm a fan of Neville and also convinced that he's going to show a lot more promise in the future. After all, we have plenty examples of a good amount of power in him--he just lacks the control to properly use it.

--Taryn

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