OOP: Where Harry might go in book five?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 57980

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mongo62aa" <mongo62aa at y...> wrote:
> Serena:
> 
> ...  the back cover of the special edition.
> 
> For those who haven't seen it, it shows what looks like the wing of 
> an owl flying by an old, boarded up house.
> 
> And I have two thoughts on what that house might be:
> 
> The Shrieking Shack or the Riddle house.
> 

> Me(Bill):
> 
> Well, the building had four floors, so I doubt that it is the 
> Shrieking Shack.  The term 'shack' implies something smaller.  I do 
> agree that the image fits the description of the Riddle house quite 
> nicely.
> 
> One thing that I noticed is that if you look at the spine of the 
> book, right at the top, on the fourth floor, (or attic) you see a 
> brightly lit window with the shadow of a man looking out.  You-Know-
> Who?
> 
> Bill


bboy_mn:
The House-
I agree that this house is too large for the Shrieking Shack. While
the Shrieking Shack is a two story building which would be relatively
large for a house in a small old village like Hogsmeade, I don't see
it as mansion size. Plus, I always envisioned the Shack as being made
out of wood even though all wood houses would probably be very unusual
in an old Scotish village like this.

Before I looked at the photo, my first thought went to Harry's
Godric's Hollow home/house. Wonder what happened to that house? Was it
completely destroyed? The book used some strong language when
referring to the house; ruins, rubble, destroyed, etc.... Despite this
strong language, I really don't have a good clear feel for the current
condition of the Godric's Hollow house.

Given what we know and assuming it is a place we already know about,
the only thing that seems to fit, is the Riddle House. There seems to
be a lot of specutation about who owns the Riddle House, but the
strongest feelings lean toward either Lucius Malfoy or Dumbledore. I
have often wondered if Harry will receive the Riddle house after the
defeat of Voldemort, either as 'spoils of war' or as a reward or as a
gift from the owner, whoever that mysterious owner might be.

The Owl-
Notice that the owl... well, the bird, we just assume it is an owl, is
not Hedwig. In the instances that we have seen an owl used on
Voldemorts behalf, I believe it was alway been an eagle owl. Odd that
both Malfoy and Voldemort use eagle owls.

The Man in the Window-
I have to admit that it really does look like the shadow or silhouette
of a man, it could just as easliy be the 'part' or seam in the window
curtains.

Just some thoughts.

bboy_mn