Book six predicts . . Pink Panther & Harry Potter

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 92451

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Scott Santangelo
<owlery2003 at y...> wrote:
> 
> Please take the following with a healthy grain of salt. I jotted
this down in a frenzy of speculation!
> 
> Following the OOTP debacle, HRH develop open lines of communication,
keeping themselves in contact. Everyone now realizes (or soon will)
that Harry will ultimately face LV in a life/death struggle. The guard
on Harry will be increased, and HRH will in increasingly targeted.
Next term at Hogwarts will test their survival skills no matter what
transpires. ...edited... The DA will be an officially sanctioned boot
camp as the student body braces for it's role in the inevitable battle
royale. Of course, just as the final board is set, book 6 will draw to
a close, leaving us wondering (again!!) how things will turn out.
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> owlery2003

bboy_mn:

An odd thought popped into my head as I read your post. Do you
remember the Pink Panther, ie: Peter Sellers in the role of Chief
Insp. Jacques Clouseau? 

The Pink Panther was a detective, and he had an assistant. Insp.
Clouseau gave his assistant free and open permission to attack him at
any time and in any place. This was to keep him on his toes and keep
his reflexes sharp. 

It made for great comedy. Suddenly in the middle in talking to
someone, Clouseau's assistance would come running across the room
screaming, and try to attack. I won't go into detail beyond that, but
if you've seen the movies, you know it was done to hillarious comedic
effect.

So as I read your post, I had this vision where Dumbledore would
instruct Snape to tell Voldemort about the Occlumency lessons, and to
also tell him that Harry was a total failure at it. Consequently,
Voldmort would see this is a worthwhile avenue of pursuit. Then,
Dumbledore informs Harry about what he is going to do, and tells him
that now more than ever, Harry must learn to block his mind.

But how to motivate him, how to assure that Harry indeed practices
long and hard to prevent the invasion of his mind? 

Answer; take a cue for the Pink Panther, and teach Ron and Hermione
the Legilemency Charm, and invite them to attack Harry's mind anytime,
anywhere, anyway; and sooner or later he will either get so tired of
it that he will block his mind our of shear irritation, or it will
happen so often that he will learn by shear repetition.

In any event, the image of Ron and Hermione skulking around corners
and sneaking up on Harry attacking his mind at very comedic and
inopportune times struck me as funny.

I wonder if JKR is a Pink Panther fan?

Just a random thought.

bboy_mn