Monstrous odds

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 96415

Kneasy wrote:
> Past books:
> 
> PS/SS - Fluffy, Troll
> CoS - Basilisk, Acromantula
> PoA - Dementors
> GoF - Dragon, Blast-ended Screwt, Acromantula
> OoP - Centaurs, Dementors
> 
> Time to place  your bets for which mythical beast(s) will 
> threaten young Potter in book 6.
> 
> 3:1 on (3 gets you 1) - Dementors.
> Evens - Nagini.
> 13:2 -  Dragon.

Siriusly Snapey Susan:
Oh, what fun!!

I'm betting on the Dementors making a return appearance, yes, but a 
major threat coming from Nagini.  As you said, too little has been 
made of this creature which should be fascinating us all (or so I 
think).  Just what kind of snake IS Nagini?  Why was Nagini's milk 
able to sustain Voldy?  What kinds of damage can she inflict?  Where 
is she now?  Did Voldy feed Wormtail to her?  Etc., etc.

Dragons seem a real likelihood...though for some reason I'm thinking 
more of the grand finale in book 7.

Like Ginger, I think the Runespoor is a possibility, and like Star 
Opal, I think the Lethifold is likely to make an appearance...though 
not directly to *Harry*.  

Others kind of interesting to consider include:
Augurey - I'm not sure why this "Irish Phoenix" intrigues me so, but 
it does.  Perhaps it's the greenish-black color [rather Slytherin-
sounding] and the fact that its cry used to be considered a 
fortelling of death.  So I don't think it'll *harm* Harry, but I 
think it might appear.

Dugbog - *IF* one thinks there is a strong likelihood of another 
basilisk appearing, then I think a wise counterpart for Voldy would 
be the dugbog, since its favorite food is mandrake.  Might increase 
the odds of real mayhem if there isn't a suitable mandrake crop 
about when the basilisk appears.

Nundu - It's not that I think this one is likely, but it's the 
prospect of what it *could* do which is scary:  "...arguably the 
most dangerous [beast] in the world...whose breath causes disease 
virulent enough to eliminate entire villages, it has never yet been 
subdued by fewer than a hundred skilled wizards working together" 
[FB, p. 31].  Again, this wouldn't necessarily be a book 6 
appearance, nor an attack just on our hero, but I think it might 
make an appearance.

Hey, Kneasy, I'd love to see the odds you'd place on Flobberworms. :-
)

Siriusly Snapey Susan...who'd like to issue a friendly reminder 
that "cannon" refers to a rather large gun which shoots big metal 
balls at one's enemies, while "canon" refers to a body of work, such 
as JK Rowling's Harry Potter books.