Another Flint? (Was: When?)

[kjirstem]

No: HPFGUIDX 119042


<Discussion of Colin & Dennis Creevey's parentage snipped>

> Carol:
<interesting points about house elves mercilessly snipped>
> The fact that Colin was one of the basilisk's victims also seems to
> confirm that he really is Muggle-born.

kjirstem:

I thought the basilisk in COS was being directed by Possessed!Ginny,
not selecting its targets independently. (COS, Ch 17, in Tom Riddle's
gloating to Harry.) In FBAWTFT the entry for Basilisk indicates that
they are dangerous to anyone except a Parselmouth, so it isn't that
they somehow sense Muggle-borns.  Colin was attacked because he was
thought to be Muggle-born; the attack isn't proof that he actually is
Muggle-born.