Book 6 and 7 Predictions

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 95678

Here are some of my predictions...I've mentioned some of these months 
ago.

The Quidditch positions the students play are symbolic for the roles 
they will play in the war. 

If Ron becomes team captain, he will lead an army of children during 
the war (he will be their strategist). Every one of the characters in 
the book has a strength particular to themselves. For a long time I 
saw Ron as just being the sidekick to Hermione and Harry. Then I 
realized that Rowling lets us know right away (in book 1) what Ron's 
strengths are. He is a great strategist!!! THE CHESS GAME!!! (In 
fact, Dumbledore is so impressed with Ron's game at the end of the 
1st book that he awards points to Gryffindor house!). I believe that 
the game is symbolic for the war that is to come (like other fans 
have mentioned).

Also, Ron's position is Keeper, so he will act as a goalie to block 
shots (or the shot that is heading for Harry). Ron may sacrifice 
himself and take a fatal hit for Harry. (Or he may appear to die --
while sacrificing himself in another way.) 

Harry's the "Seeker" so he will be busy chasing only one thing--
Voldemort or the "golden snitch"--perhaps symbolic for an OOTP 
traitor. It's interesting that the "golden snitch" has wings (with 
all the vampire/bat references in the series).

George and Fred will be the Beaters. They will protect and accompany 
the "Chasers" on the battle field. Instead of launching "Bludgers" to 
attack their opponents they will launch their own very large arsenal 
of homemade weapons.

Ginny Weasley will be one of the Chasers (although she was also a
Seeker while Harry was banned--so she may serve two roles during the
war). The "golden snitch"---bat bogey hexes....HMMMM.

I could see Hermione leading the elves in the war perhaps; although 
she is going to need all the help she can get. I don't think she is 
going about SPEW the right way at all. (I do see the elves wearing 
Hermione's hats during the final battle!)

Dobby mentions in chapter 10 of COS: "But mostly, sir, life has
improved for my kind since you triumphed over He-Who-Must-Not-Be-
Named. Harry Potter survived, and the Dark Lord's power was broken,
and it was a new dawn, sir, and Harry Potter shone like a beacon of
hope for those of us who thought the Dark days would never end,
sir..."

I think the kids will be able to rally the elves onto their side if 
they go about it from an "elfs point-of-view." If Hogwarts is 
destroyed along with the OOTP (as well as many other wizard 
families), the elves will be out of a job. I don't think they will 
want to lose their jobs and go back to work for the nasty DE wizards.

I'm not sure about how Luna is going to help yet. She seems to be 
very insightful about things (and seems to understand animals). She 
may be a Seer or have skill in reading Runes (a class Hermione is now 
taking in school). Hermione and Luna may at some point work as a 
team. They are Polar opposites and it may be useful to combine their 
talents. 

What about the strange watch that Dumbledore wears? With all the 
different hands, planets, etc? It is mentioned in almost every book. 
Perhaps this is DD's time turner! Someone at this site mentioned DD's 
watch as perhaps being the method that DD time travels!!! 
I completely forgot about DD's watch. The watch is different, with 
multiple hands! I wonder if this is how he keeps track of all the 
different times he has gone back in time. Perhaps he has been 
skipping around. Doing a few years here and a few years there. I need 
to find out all the different times his watch was mentioned in the 
books. What was going on at the time the watch was mentioned? Did DD 
recently have to go back in time?

One thing I don't believe is that the time-line is 
fixed /unchangeable. It is very obvious that DD (at different times) 
manipulates the characters in the books (yes, like chess pieces). 
I can reconcile DD's manipulation of the time-line, if his 
transportation back into time was/is accidental, or if he had a noble 
cause. (I cannot blame someone for trying to change history if they 
are trying to save lives, blah blah etc.) 

I do think that if time-travel is involved at all it will ultimately 
show that people must take responsibility for their actions. Time-
travel is an easy fix! 
(I completely understand why fans of the books would feel cheated if 
in the end no one really had free choice/free will.) 

I believe DD will come to realize that time-line meddling never 
really changes history, not because it is the law of the time-line 
continuum, but because people have free will, and no matter how much 
you try to protect loved ones they are the ones who should be in 
charge of their own destiny, blah blah etc. 

Meddling may only delay what will eventually happen anyway. 

Minerva will keep her word (fight with Umbridge scene) that she will 
make sure that Harry gets his career choice. She will work with him 
in book 6. I agree that Harry ignores instructions and often relies 
on instinct intstead of logic in times of trouble. He gets out of 
tight spots because he has natural talent, thinks quickly on his 
feet, and has loyal friends who have extra abilities in what he 
lacks. Hermione and Ron complete "the dream team." But Harry really 
needs to wake up and start thinking critically on his own. 

We will learn more about the penseive and how it "really" works.
1. I wonder why Snape removed his thoughts in front of Harry? 
2. If the pensieve belonged to Dumbledore were some of his memories 
also in the pensieve?
3. Have other people at the school placed their memories in this 
pensieve?
4. How do we know that these memories are Snapes? Is it just because 
Harry repeated several times that they were. (Remember Harry always 
takes things at face value.)
5. Can pensieve memories be altered in order to deceive?
6. Is there something else in the memory, besides the obvious, that 
Snape would fear that Harry might have seen? 
7. If Snape borrowed the pensieve from Dumbledore did Dumbledore warn 
Snape that Harry might take a peek, or was Snape (or Dumbledore) 
counting on Harry peeking?
8. Would there be a reason that Snape would want to end occulmency 
lessons (aside from just being angry)? 

Tonks will die while impersonating one of the children. She will lure 
Voldemort or the DE's away from the real children. Harry's joking 
prediction that he will die of decapitation may come true, but it 
will be Tonks who dies while morphed as Harry.    

There is a wizard geneology book back at the OOTP headquarters that 
someone will probably read in book 6 or 7. Sirius uses the book to 
smash a spiderlike thing that grabs onto Harry (during the house 
decontamination section). The book will be mentioned again! It's the 
only reason why the title of the book would be stated in the first 
place. Maybe someone will trace back their origins and make a 
startling discovery. 


This can go on and on...