COS clues

[lennyb2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 83008

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mom31" <mom31 at r...> wrote:

> I personally never thought we'd see Lockhart again, but there he 
was in
> OotP.  He's in St. Mungo's and he's slowly recovering.  What if he 
remembers
> some important piece of information?

> What do you think?  Do you think Lockhart will prove useful after 
all?

Hi!

Lockhart's re-appearance is puzzling. JKR was once quite open that 
Lupin would return, just not in book 4. When asked on Lockhart, 
here's JKR in Oct. '99

"People on the internet want to know if Gilderoy Lockhart is going to 
come back.
jkr--Gilderoy Lockhart, bless him, is currently residing in St. 
Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries and his memory is 
still gone. So at the moment, he's in no fit state to go anywhere. 
Which I think serves him right. 
--You didn't quite answer the question as to whether he will be back 
or not.
Yeah, well, you know, you've got to sometimes dodge these things."

Then: 2001--

"Which character do you most enjoy writing for? 

JKR--Good question... 

Gilderoy Lockhart was loads of fun, but he was a bit of a one-joke 
character, and I think I did as much as I could with him..."


I thought the 2001 quote meant he wouldn't be returning and I didn't 
mind. In OOTP, he returns. The above quotes make me think he'll 
probably play some important role in the next 2 books...

And that's the problem. Who isn't possibly suited to play an 
important role in the next 2 books? You can't rule out dead 
characters either because there's the possibility that Tonks was 
actually Bertha Jorkins, or Cedric Diggory or Wormtail or whatever.


Trying to convince myself that the sequels won't be Lucas' Prequels,

lb