Many questions

[aggiepaddy]

No: HPFGUIDX 105044

As we aren't supposed to answer with one-lines, this is a compilation 
of various answers to many, many questions.  I have tried to name the 
original questionee correctly, I do apologise if this is not the case.

James Lawlor wondered how Sirius bought Harry the Firebolt. This is 
easily explained in canon and I'm suprised that no-one else has 
mentioned it!  In Sirus's letter to H at the end of PoA, he 
writes, "...It was I who sent you the Firebolt - " "Ha!" said 
Hermione. . . <snip> "Crookshanks took the order to the Owl Office 
for me...".   So those who said that it was done via mail order were 
correct, I was just 'canonising(?)' it.

Kneasy said that he was not one for fluffy endings and didn't want LV 
to become 'good'.  I think from JKR's response to the chat room she 
visited (her web site,news,15/03/04) "...The practise of calling Lord 
Voldemort 'Voldie' must stop, as must the insistance that with a bit 
of therapy 'Voldie' would be a real sweetheart..."  we MAY be able to 
say that this will not be the case.  He's bad to the bone and will 
stay that way!  (Although you never can tell...!)

Gina noted that we do not know who the driver of Hogwart's Express 
is. . . I say that the WW is not real and JKR cannot name every 
wizard that appears in the books.  I don't think that it is an 
important piece of info.  I just love the way that she can get us all 
to imagine that the tiniest scrap of information is relevant!!! It's 
paranoia at its most fun!!!

Adan wonders what Snape's deal is with Neville.  I wonder if snape 
knew N's parents and believes that N could do better.  I feel that he 
is trying to push N for his own good ( but I believe he's not doing a 
very good job of it!)

Kate finds the idea that a bunch of 2nd years could find the CoS but 
not the teachers.  I agree with those that say it's because H is a 
parselmouth but I also feel that the teachers didn't really believe 
that the chamber exsisted so didn't have the motivation to find it.  
HRH had the motivation AND the time.  I'm sure it was not a prioity 
to those teachers who tried before.

On the subject of the CoS someone mentioned (V v v sorry but I can't 
find it now to acknowledge them) that the tunnel on the MM may be 
linked to the chamber.  I agree. In PoA when F/G give H the map they 
say that it was usable until the previous winter which puts it in the 
yr of CoS.  I think they didn't come across the basilisk because the 
chamber is multifacited. . .it is the chamber of secretS.  To access 
the chamber that contained the basilisk you needed to speak 
parseltongue, but there may be other chambers that don't have that 
requirement.  I believe that one of these chambers is linked to HBP, 
I'd go along with the idea that it's GG but feel it could be Seamus 
too.

P.s a big THANK YOU to potioncat for the welcome.


Aggie