Trelawney's prediction and flies OOP ref. at end

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 58344

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "innermurk" <innermurk at c...> 
wrote:

> That all happened in the fourth book. The insect buzzing (the fly 
as Harry guesses) happens in the third book right before Trelawny 
gives her "real" prediction. I'm speculating she's been buzzing 
around longer than we know of.
> 
> Hope that clears it up for you.>

What was really cleared up was my own stupidity at having posted 
something so thoroughly confusing and not at all proof read.  I'll 
also throw in the fact that my own poor reading skills lead me to 
think you all were discussing GoF when you weren't. Sometimes I amaze 
even myself.

Here's what I *really* wanted to communicated about Skeeter possibly 
buzzing around in PoA.  If I am not mistaken (and I'm being really 
careful here, as I don't have the books at school and want to spare 
myself further embarrassment), in GoF, Skeeter in her animagus form 
is referred to once as a beetle (during the Yule Ball) and later as 
simply an insect.  Never a fly.  I think in GoF JKR was careful about 
dropping those hints.

I also recall reading about JKR replacing a nosy Weasley cousin with 
the Rita Skeeter character, and that Skeeter was originally written 
into the scene in SS where Harry first meets witches and wizards in 
Diagon Alley.  If she was written out of that scene and first 
appeared later in GoF, I'll say I don't think JKR had her spying on 
Harry earlier, else Rita would have published something about Harry's 
PoA experiences in GoF.  JKR also gave us quite an introduction to 
Rita in GoF.  

The only other insect animagus I could imagine hanging around is 
Dumbledore, and it has been speculated that he is possibly a 
bumblebee, as that is what Dumbledore means.  I'd like to think 
Dumbledore is no fly.  :-)

--jenny from ravenclaw, who couldn't sleep a wink last night after 
watching the Buffy series finale, satisfying as it was 
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