These are interesting predictions

[gopotter2004]

No: HPFGUIDX 120451


> *******OK, didn't anybody notice that Luna did not take the OWLS
yet?
> That is a big 'ooops' if Jo is the real Jo.
> 
> Marcela

Actually, that post prickled me all over with its misleading
statements...
some of the other posts I thought could be legit, so I think she's
really just messing with us here! I'm going to alternate between her
comments, paraphrased, and mine(I'll make sure you can tell they're
mine!)

Ron will pass..."Divination with the highest mark!"
Now me: If I'm not mistaken, Ron looked into the crystal ball and
described a bald man... only to look up and see that he was describing
his proctor. Highest marks? Not likely... unless everyone else was
miserable at it.

"This year in a spirit of interhouse friendship students will be given
the opportunity to switch houses. Hermione will transfer to Ravenclaw
(Ron will view this as a betrayal). Cho will transfer to Slytherin
(Harry will take this well, not) Neville will transfer to Hufflepuff,
which will leave a space in Harry and Ron's dorm for..... A Slytherin
sleeper to transfer to Gryffindor! (Who will become Harry's best new
friend)."

ME:
Now wait JUST ONE MINUTE. I'm a firm believer that Hermione, of ALL of
them, would have read something in Hogwarts: A history that would make
her want to stay where the sorting hat put her. And Neville not a
gryffindor? It would be easier to convince me that Harry and Tom
Riddle are really twins separated at birth and then time-warped...
Really though: Neville has demonstrated very gryffindor tendencies
since the first book (a great deal of bravery to stand up to your
friends) and he progressed leaps and bounds during the 5th book.
However, the idea of a Slytherin sleeper... well, Theodore Nott as the
Half Blood Prince (but that's all I'll say on that-- I don't feel like
the inter-house mingling is going to go over very well for me, at
least, if she tries to pull it... though I'm sure she'd have very
solid reasons and I'd get used to it.)

"After defeating Voldemort he will change his mind and teach DADA at
Hogwarts. He will marry and twelve children all with red hair."

Me: I feel like we're being mocked-- though this should please the
Harry/Ginny shippers. Didn't Trelawney once say he was going to become
Minister of magic and have 12 kids? Somehow....doesn't seem very Harry
to me. On top of the fact that JKR has stated many times that none of
the trio will be teaching at Hogwarts in the future...

"Ron will, of course, never work for the ministry because he will die
an unforeseen death and become a ghost at Hogwarts."

Me: This leaves me disgruntled because of the conversation Nearly
Headless Nick had with Harry at the end of OotP. Ron, sans spiders,
has never seemed to be a coward to me-- a bit of a joke, sometimes,
but when it comes down to it, he has the courage to face things that
would make plenty of people crumble-- after all, he sacrificed himself
to the queen in the chess game. Basically, my ramble means I can't
believe that he wouldn't pass on when faced with the choice: He adores
Dumbledore, and he probably would remember that "death is but the next
great adventure."

"[Neville] will become a healer and heal his parents."
Me: Well, this would be nice-- and vaguely plausible, actually, with
his interest in Herbology-- but it does seem like QUITE the
simplification. Now I'm just being ornery.

"[Hermione] will not take Transfiguration on moral grounds concluding
it to be cruel."
Me: This one really bugs me. DD AND MMg have both been transfiguration
professors, which as far as I'm concerned takes away the possibility
of cruelty. After all, DD is one of the only wizards that seems to
take Hermione's house elf SPEWing to mean anything-- even if they've
never talked about it, he hired Dobby, definitely a step in the
non-cruel direction.


Of course, she wouldn't want to tell us EVERYTHING. But I did feel
like there was plenty of eye-rolling information in this post. :-)

A VERY pleased Becky who hopes she's a camp counselor so that she gets
to read Harry with dozens of kids!