Slyth!Herm/Percival/Gryff!Percy/LV'sWand/Hag!Petunia/Aberforth/F+G/LV intntl

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

No: HPFGUIDX 111579

DuffyPoo wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/110909 :

<< I posted some time ago that I thought Hermione could be a candidate
for Slytherin. >>

Yes! I got that idea when she so competently arranged a magical Mickey
Finn for Crabbe and Goyle in CoS.

Spaced Cadet wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/110973 :

<< both Dumbledore and Percy Weasley have the name Percival, >>

Not exactly. They both state their full names for the record in the
Wizengamot scene: Albus Percival Wolfric Brian Dumbledore and Percy
Ignatius Weasley. Why is no one theorizing about the name Ignatius? 

Kim BetterBeGryffindor wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/111068 :

<< Percy IS a Gryffindor! >>

Some people admire Sirius's Gryffindor courage in breaking up with his
whole family just because he detested their beliefs, If Percy broke up
with his family because he sincerely joined the bad guys, that would
be a close parallel. Adding to two older close parallels: Pettigrew
betrayed his closest old friends and the people who trusted him to the
bad guys. Snape appears to have betrayed his closest old friends and
people who trusted him to the good guys. Dobby went against House Elf
tradition and the requirement of punishing himself to serve his
beliefs against his owner. Kreachur went against House Elf tradition
and the requirement of punishing himself to serve his beliefs against
his owner.

Jekatiska wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/111132 :

<< Yes, how DID that wand find its way back to Voldemort? >>

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/ has posted someone's comment from
the Edinburgh appearance : "I also asked when Harries [sic] parents
were killed by Voldermort, Wormtail turned into a rat and pretended to
be dead. How then did he give Voldermort his wand and robe back once
he found him and helped give him back his body ?, she told me (after
tapping her nose!) 'he hid them'. "

Gina wrote in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforG
rownups/message/111216 :

<<  I honestly think we are fixing to find out that dear old Aunt
Petunia is a hag! >>

I'm pretty sure (especially when reading FANTASTIC BEASTS) that hags
are a non-human species, so Petunia would have to be adopted to be a
hag. Anyway, if hags are a species, but 'hag' is such a female word,
are they parthenogenic, or are there both male and female hags, or are
trolls the males and hags the females of one species?

The Edinburgh interview at
http://www.jkrowling.co.uk/textonly/news_view.cfm?id=80 says:

Q: Is Aunt Petunia a Squib?

JKR: Good question. No, she is not, but -- [Laughter]. No, she is not
a Squib. She is a Muggle, but -- [Laughter]. You will have to read the
other books. You might have got the impression that there is a little
bit more to Aunt Petunia than meets the eye, and you will find out
what it is. She is not a squib, although that is a very good guess.
Oh, I am giving a lot away here. I am being shockingly indiscreet.

Sherri wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/111353 :

<< Where exactly in canon is it that we have "met" Aberforth? I have
read all the books multiple times but do not remember a passage where
it is stated that the barkeep is Aberforth. >>

The Edinburgh interview says:

Q: Why is the barman of the Hog's Head vaguely familiar to Harry?
Is he Dumbledore's brother?

JKR: Ooh -- you are getting good. Why do you think that it is
Aberforth? [Audience member: Various clues. He smells of goats and he
looks a bit like Dumbledore]. I was quite proud of that clue. That is
all that I am going to say. [Laughter]. Well yes, obviously. I like
the goat clue -- I sniggered to myself about that one.

Amy Z wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/111545 :

<< It just occurred to me that Fred & George's initials are the same
as those of Fabian and Gideon Prewett, who were, most likely, Molly's
brothers. Coincidence, or were they named (initialled) for their
recently-killed uncles? I lean toward the latter. >>

I thought maybe they had been named Fabian and Gideon after their
still-living uncles, then had their names changed (but inititals kept)
because saying those names after the deaths made Molly cry too much.

R. Heinuf wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/111555 :

<< Does LV wantto be a world-wide dictator with all Muggles as 
slaves? >>

JKR answered the first half of that question in a chat, by saying that
he wants to rule the whole world but is starting with Britain. As for
the second half, I think he wants to kill all Muggles (because of
hatred of his father) and have all wizards as slaves (because of
hatred of purebloods who looked down on him in his student days). I 

<< Obviously, his "movement" crossed geographic borders, since
Karkaroff was a Death Eater.>>

IMHO I don't think the Death Eater 'movement' crossed international
boundaries, altho' Death Eaters might have received some money or
informal assistance from their pureblood bigot relatives in other
countries. Even if it was international, Karkaroff is not evidence. 
He could have been living in Britain when recruited (there is a theory
that he was a teacher at Hogwarts when recruited). He could have been
living in Britain temporarily, for some short-term job or study, or he
could have been living in Britain for most of his life, maybe the
offspring of a Slavic professional Quidditch player who was employed
by a British pro team. 

Estil wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/111385 :

<< I would like to add that in Catalan (Spanish language/dialect) Vol
has two meanings:

Vol - he wants (from de verb voler = to want)
Vol - flight (noun)
de - "of" is a preoposition in Spanish and Catalan.
mort - is the Catalan word for "death"
Then my translations are "he wants of death" and "flight of death".
The first one doesn't fit very well... anyway I thought it could be
interesting. >>

I don't know if there is a difference between "want" and "will" in
Romance languages, but the English language seems to think that the
Latin root of "vol" means "will", as in "voluntarily" is a word
meaning "of one's own will". I have vague 30 year old memories of High
School French class, where surely the verb "vouler" was "to want", as
in the famous USA song lyric: "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?", which
must be related. And my constant question: "Que veux dire X?" for
"What does X mean?" when X is just about any word.

Anyway, the idea that LV has a want of death like I have a want of
chocolate goes along with his followers being Death Eaters... and with
the interpretation of Flight of Death meaning he's like a raptor bird,
flying down to kill his victim -- I forget who posted that in this
very thread. Also, while many listies pointed out that Theft from
Death could refer to stealing his life from Death via immortality
spells, Theft of Death could refer to him stealing the power of the
Angel of Death by killing people before their time.