James' Invisibility Cloak (was Alastor, and James' money, and godmother/marr

[romuluslupin1]

No: HPFGUIDX 110982

Romulus Lupin: 
> > > 
> > > Ok, things might be different in the Potterverse, 
> > > but I thought you could only inherit from someone 
> > > who was dead, right? 
> > > [But James had the cloak while he was at school,
> > > at which time James's father was still alive.]
>  
> Potioncat:
> >
> > I think JKR used the word inherit as in "passed down."  
> > Sometimes parents pass down family heirlooms to their 
> > children while the children can use them, or after 
> > the parent doesn't really have a need for the heirloom.
> > 
> > Perhaps the Potters are a long line of rule breakers 
> > and it is family tradition to give the son the IC 
> > while at school.
> 
Matt:
> Or perhaps, as with the snitch in the Pensieve scene, James nicked 
the
> invisibility cloak to use while at school.  He could always have
> legitimately inherited it later on.


Romulus Lupin now. 

Thanks for your responses. I like Potioncat's explanation (English 
isn't my first language and sometimes I miss nuances), while I don't 
think Matt's theory is viable. I mean, you could nick a snitch for a 
few hours without being caught, but I don't think you can nick an IC 
for 7 years and get wayay with it. His parents would have noticed the 
cloak was missing, sooner or later. 

By the way, is it just me, or did JKR change her mind as to James' 
position on the team? I always thought that her answer "he was a 
chaser" was a spur-of-the-moment thing. Then she either thought of 
the Pensive scene and told Kloves (sp?) James was a seeker, or she 
liked Kloves' interpretation and dreamed up the pensive scene.

Romulus Lupin, trying to catch up with the million posts on this site