Susan Bones [was: Ship predictions (scenarios)]

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 90801

Sawsan wrote:
> 
> UMM, yes Jim, we've established that. We were also saying how she has
> been mentioned in the book a few times and later, her Auntie Amelia
> Bones (who is part of the Wizengamot and was at Harry's hearing in
> OotP) told Susan that Harry could produce a corpreal Patronus, which
> excited her and she joined the DA. We were speculating that perhaps
> she will get a bigger role in later books, now that she has joined the
> DA and now that Voldie's return has been proven. Perhaps Auntie Amelia
> will start to spend more time around the Weasleys and will join the
> Order. Also, perhaps Susan will grow closer to Harry, partly because
> of her membership in the DA, and partly because she has a sad past
> similar to Harry's. (She has lost many family members the the Death
> Eaters).

I think that not only Susan but most of the non-Gryffindor DA members
will be more developed in the next two books in keeping with the unity
of the Houses theme. Harry has been very isolated until now, not even
knowing the names of Hufflepuffs he has Herbology with (Susan, for
example) or Slytherins he has not only Potions but Care of Magical
Creatures with (Theodore Nott, for example). He had slightly more
excuse for not knowing some of the Ravenclaws who showed up for the
first meeting at the Hog's Head--he doesn't seem to have any classes
with (why the heck not?), so if they're not on the Quidditch team, he
doesn't know who they are. I think all that is going to change in the
next two books. (I also think he'll get to know at least one
Slytherin. I'm betting on Theo Nott. Even though his father's a Death
Eater, he's only shown with Draco and his cronies once (when the
article revealing the Death Eaters' names appears in the Quibbler).
But I think he's also the Slytherin who saw the Thestral and that JKR
has some good reason for revealing his name in OoP.

Getting back to Susan Bones. Who are the other students (aside from
Neville, who has lost his grandfather as well as, to all intents and
purposes, his parents)) who have lost family members to the Death
Eaters? Is there a Prewett among the students? And I seem to remember
a Ravenclaw girl named Fawcett (first name unknown) mentioned several
times? Has she lost a family member?

We've seen Harry start to come out of his isolation, with Neville,
Ginny, and Luna participating in his most recent (and disastrous)
confrontation with Voldemort and the DEs. I think that next time, the
group will be still bigger. In Book 7 it will have to be a much larger
group--the DA at the least and maybe the whole school (minus a few
Slytherins fighting on the wrong side of the battle).

So, yes, I think we'll see more of Susan in Book 6, but she'll just be
one of many. (Maybe we'll even get to know and love Zacharias Smith!)

Carol