New JKR FAQ Poll: Which is significant?
lifeavantgarde
musicofsilence at hotmail.com
Mon Jul 19 18:10:50 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 106911
Stefanie ponders:
Looking at JKR's new FAQ poll on her website, and looking as what
canon has to offer us, which option do you think would help us the
most? I haven't given it too much thought, yet, but as of right now,
I'm absolutely stumped as to which I'm going to vote for...
//1) Is Percy working undercover for any secret organization/boss?//
I can't see this garnering any other response but "no". We get from
the World Book Day chat:
|Q: Was Percy acting entirely of his own
|accord in Order of the Phoenix?
|A: I'm afraid so."
which would seem to imply that his overall "yes-man" attitude is his
primary motive...but...getting convoluted, what if this answer were
to mean that his actions were of his own accord, but as a ruse for
undercover actions? I think it's highly unlikely, though. Of the
characterization that we've gotten of Percy since he's been a 5th
year, unless he's been in cahoots with some underground organization
since then, I can't see his attitude and actions being the result of
his secret alliance with the Dark Force Defence League or
something ::smirk::
Meh, and if he *were*, that would seem to be an important plotline
in the next books...not one that JKR would divulge easily and
straigh-forwardly.
//2) Where has Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail) been since the end
of 'Goblet of Fire'?//
This is interesting since we get nothing of Peter in OotP save the
picture of the old Order and 'Snape's Worst Memory.' There's the
wizard's life-debt to take in account with this (maybe he's staying
away from the action as to prevent himself from having to save
Harry's life if it came down to it?) Is he learning the finer points
of caring for silver? What would this clarify?
//3) What did Dumbledore's Howler to Aunt Petunia mean? ('Remember
my last'?)//
I'm tempted to vote for this the most, and at the same time...gah!
The wording of the Howler is so strange. We do know we're going to
learn more about Lily in the upcoming books, and I *know* this point
has been debated endlessly...but I have a feeling that even if she
doesn't answer this straightforwardly, she'd let some clues drop.
So...any ideas on what would help us out the most here?
Befuddled,
Stefanie
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