Lily and James not Aurors (Was - Could Harry really be an Auror?)

[corinthum]

No: HPFGUIDX 83384

Arya wrote:

> Thwo thoughts on this:
> 1--One thing I think that the whole "born to those who have thrice
defied him" 
> may not necessarily mean Lily and James but "of those" in a sense of
other 
> ancestors.  Just an example, say, James Pottter's grandparent(s)
defied Volde 
> once, then his parent(s) did it for the second time and then finally
James/and/
> or/Lily did for the third time.  There are several ways to permutate
this if you 
> buy it, and I am merely just giveing a theorhetical *example*--not a
theory.  
> Anyway, so, by this, it may be possible that James and Lily did not
necessarily 
> have to have time to defy Volde three times all by themselves.  

Very interesting theory.  Still another loophole in the prophecy. 
Since you mention it, "those" may not even specifically refer to
family, but rather some other group to which prophecy-baby's parents
belonged.  Possibly the Order of the Phoenix, although that would
probably still limit the candidates to Harry and Neville, since as far
as we know no one else Harry's age had parents in the Order.
 
 
> My guess is that an Auror is a job that does pay well.  (I tend to
think of it as 
> less of a cop and more of a specialist/gov agent thing.)  

I agree that the auror position is more akin to an FBI/Secret Service
agent than to a police officer, but those aren't jobs you take for the
money.  Not that I think James was an auror, but I don't think the
money comment would contradict the idea.

-Corinth