COS musings/questions (long)

[aggiepaddy]

No: HPFGUIDX 105340

Leb:
I know and will readily admit right off the bat that this is 
> farfetched, but how widespread is the 'help will be given' part of 
> this advice.  When I read this part I immediately thought of the 
> scene in OOtP where Harry is desperately trying to remember 
something 
> in one of his OWLs, silently asks for help, and ends up reading 
> either Lavender or Parvati's mind to get his answer.  Could this be 
> some sort of charm over the school (kind of like what makes the 
room 
> of requirement work!) where if you sincerely ask for help it comes 
to you.

Me, Aggie:
I took this event to mean that the occlumency lessons had enabled him 
to tap into his legilimency skills.  I think that when Voldy cursed 
Harry and inadvertently passed on his parselmouth abilities, he also 
passed on these valuable/invaluable 'talents'!  As these, like 
parseltongue, are considered a rarity in WW.

Leb:
 In a later book the sword of Gryffindor is displayed in a glass case 
> in DD's office.  Was the sword always on display there or did Harry 
> summon it out of thin air when he literally pulled it out of the 
hat in CoS and now DD has it encased as an heirloom keepsake. Since 
the hat and the sword both belonged to Godric then it could be 
plausible that it materialized from nowhere instead of being summoned 
from DD's office.

Me, Aggie:
I agree, I think that the sword has only been in DD's office SINCE 
CoS.  I believe that it did not 'exist' before Harry pulled it out of 
the hat.  

Just my tuppence worth.  ;o)