Prewett Brothers

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 119898


Jen: 
> Just off the top of my head, here are some *possible* plot points 
> and people who won't return in any significant way:
> 
> 1) Luna's family, the Quibbler and all Luna's fantastic ideas. 

Meri: O I think these will be back. A little comic relief never hurt 
any story and with Fred and George out of the picture Luna and her 
crumple-horned snorckacks are just what the healer ordered. Also I 
think it is possible, like an earlier poster said, that the things 
Luna knows or believes to be true might just come in handy during a 
crisis situation. Maybe crumple-horned snorckaks have healing powers 
that can save one of the character's lives. Probably not, but who 
knows? 

> 2) Wormtail's silver hand (I hope this one has meaning for 
Wormtail paying off his life debt).

Meri: I have personally not given this one much thought at all since 
GoF. Other posters have speculated that this hand will be what kills 
Lupin. But has anyone else wondered if maybe LV still has some 
control over the hand? Could Pettigrew be in a possition to kill 
Harry, want to stay  his spell because of the life debt and then 
have LV force the hand to cast the spell? I wonder how/if that spell 
would bounce off Harry because of life debt protection? 

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> 4) Ron's seer (?) abilities.

Meri: I never bought that one myself. Ron's good for some things, 
he's brave and loyal and completely hilarious (well, in my opinion) 
but I don't think he's a seer. From what we've seen in the series so 
far prophecies and predictions come during trances when the seer 
seemingly looses control of their body. But that's not happened to 
Ron. 

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> 7) Birth order of the Weasleys. 

Meri: What's this one refering to? Is it the mixup with Bill and 
Charlie's ages? I am pretty sure that the Weasleys were born when 
they appear to be born, if only because I think that time travelling 
conception is something a little too out there, closer to Douglas 
Adams than what Rowling is used to doing. 

> 8) Quidditch!

Meri: I really hope Quidditch comes back big time. Harry needs 
something to keep him distracted and remind him that life isn't all 
insane wizards trying to kill him and dementors and death of loved 
ones. There's gotta be room in these stories for joy (and one of the 
things I love about OotP is that it has its share of laugh out loud 
moments, even in the depths of darkness) and Quidditch is what makes 
Harry the happiest. If DU hadn't taken it away from him fifth year 
then maybe Harry doesn't fly off the handle so often and is more 
willing to practice occlumency; he'd be more tired at night and 
perhaps less willing to have those nightmares. 

Meri - who would probably add Phineus Nigellus, the Creevey 
brothers, Professor Karkaroff, the Flying Ford Anglia, Aragog, the 
Riddle House and Ludo Bagman to this list - and also hopes that JKR 
does publish a complete set of her notes (as another poster 
suggested)