How Many DEs Left? Was:Dark SHIPS ( was Re: Possession)

[lizvega2]

No: HPFGUIDX 90901

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sawsan_issa" 
<sawsan_issa at e...>
> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Now Sawsan:
> > I think that there are more DE's at large, but since the 
Dementors are
> > working for Lord Thingy, I don't expect the captured ones to be 
in the
> >  wizard "slammer" for that long. Even Draco says that he expects 
his
> > dad to be out soon at the end of OotP and Harry, I think, replies
> > something along the lines of being able to slip past him (Lucius)
> again. 
> > 
> > Sawsan
> 
> bboy_mn:
> 
> In 'Goblet of Fire', Chapter 34 - 'Prior Incantatem'; Am Ed HB pg 
660,
> Harry "...was surrounded by Death Eaters, outnumbered by at least
> THIRTY to one".
> 
> I think at best we could probably name a dozen DE's, so there are
> substantially more than we have been formally introduced to. 
> 
> I will ammend this by saying that the number 30 in the above quote
> should probably not be taken as 30.0000, I think Harry is making a
> summary assessment of his situation, rather than pausing to make an
> exact count. So, '...at least thirty...' probably means anywhere 
from
> 25 to 40 DE's.
> 
> That actual number isn't as critical to this discussion as it is an
> indicator that there are a significant number for formal branded 
DE's
> that we haven't been introduced to. I think of the dozen or so we 
know
> of, a substantial portion were only introduce as DE's in OoP, of
> those, a few like McNair had been introduced as characters, but 
not as
> confirmed DE's.
> 
> As to the senior Mr. Lucius Malfoy, I think he will stay in Jail 
for a
> while. I suspect he won't get out until near the end of book 6 or 
the
> beginning of book 7; pure intuitive speculation, of course. 
> 
> I think part of the conflict in the next book will more strongly
> feature Draco and Harry; brought on in part by the absents of dear 
old
> dad. In book 6, Draco will probably play the role of the central
> antagonist much the way Umbridge played it in book 5. He seems 
about
> due for some character development. This fits in with my theory 
that
> the theme of House Unity will be played out in DA Club in the next 
book.
> 
> Side note: does anyone think there is even a remote chance of the 
next
> book coming out in 2004?
> 
> Just a few thoughts.
> 
> bboy_mn

LizVega here:

I don't think there's a chance in he*ll of the book coming out in 
2004. We're usually given the release date six months beforehand- I 
believe. But, actually, I don't want the next book to come out too 
soon- I mean, of course I want it to come out as soon as possible- 
but I want Jo to make this one even longer than OOP- and based on 
her comments about previous books- she claimed that OOP wouldn't be 
as long as GOF and it was nearly a third longer- I think it will. I 
think she's going to have a hard time letting go and she'll just 
keep writing- at least i hope so, anyway! But, really if the book 
came out this year that would mean that she only spent a year 
working on it- which she said herself is a really short amount of 
time to produce these books. I'm hoping for more background info. in 
the next one.