My fav Q and A from todays chat w/ JKR

[maneelyfh]

No: HPFGUIDX 92073

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "antoshachekhonte" 
<antoshachekhonte at y...> wrote:
> > "maneelyfh" <maneelyfh at y...> wrote:
> > miggs: Is there going to be a new minister of magic in the next 
books?
> > JK Rowling replies -> Yes. Ha! Finally, a concrete bit of 
> > information, I hear you cry!
> > 
> > hope this means Arthur is getting his due.  Also, hope it 
indicates 
> > that Fudge is in fact a DE as I have theorized!
> > ----------------
> > ARYA NOW:  Don't you think someone like Amelia Bones is much more 
> > likely to make the jump to MoM?  I mean Arthur is only the head 
of 
> > very small (two-man) department...
> 
> 
> Antosha: 
> Perhaps. But Arthur is one of Dumbledore's strongest allies in the 
MoM, and with DD back 
> in a position to wield power--political, not just magical--he might 
be able to make this 
> happen. There is (as has been pointed out) that lovely 
unintentional prophesy by Ronald 
> Bilius (hee!) Weasley about Griffyndor's Quidditch team being as 
likely to win the cup as his 
> dad has of becoming Minister of Magic (that's in OotP, but I can't 
remember which 
> chapter...).  Bet it doesn't happen in book six though!
> 
> I wonder, could Ron turn out, after all of the silliness in 
Trelawney's class, to be a true 
> Seer????
> 
> > -------------
> > "maneelyfh" <maneelyfh at y...> wrote:
> > Jami: Is Harry related to Godric Gryffindor?
> > JK Rowling replies -> People are always wondering who Harry might 
be 
> > related to. Maybe he is ;)
> >  
> > My theory here is that Harry and LV are related. Also Harry is 
> > related to Slyterin and Grffindor. Griffindor via james, and 
(nice 
> > little twist) Slytherin via Lily.  Green eyes, Slytherin house 
colors 
> > green and silver. Also may be the reason why Lv did not want to 
kill 
> > Lily as they are related and she is related to Slytherin!! In 
COS, 
> > Harry flet that Tom Riddle was vaguely familiar......
> > --------------
> > ARY NOW:  
> > Ah, this is also a FAVORITE question as I ASKED IT!!  : )  I 
haven't 
> > stopped grinning since!!  YAY!  Okay, settling down now...I think 
it 
> > means he does trace his blood back to Godric and that, as many 
have 
> > said, Voldemort traces his roots of the 'Dark Lord' back to 
SLytherin 
> > as well as his blood, that Harry's connection to Godric is linked 
to 
> > part of his Power as The One.  It's all about Gryffindor versus 
> > Slytherin to me...
> 
> Antosha:
> I disagree. Not only does that become a really simplistic morality 
play, when the tendency 
> of the books has been in precisely the opposite direction, but it 
contradicts the spirit of 
> the Sorting Hat's song in OotP. If this whole thing has just been 
about G=good and S=evil, 
> then :-p I'll reread the series the way I do the Narnia books, and 
just ignore the last 
> volume! There have been too many clues about Harry's own links to 
Slytherin to make the 
> resolution of the Harry/LV conflict that simple....

Fran:
But that would explain why the sorting had difficulty placing Harry. 
Sometimes simple is the easiest thing to overlook. The LV/Harry 
conflict is about an evil wizard and the boy who was born that will 
defeat him. If Harrry was not the one or chose to live a life that 
had his own best interest at heart ala Lucious Malfoy, then LV would 
not bother him; there would be no conflict.  Also whether or not it 
was intended, there is a good vs evil message in the books.