Ottery St-Catchpole and Wizard War II

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No: HPFGUIDX 94622

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> Bonny wrote:

> > So far as I can tell, there must be two Fawcett girls (at least) one 
> > in Ravenclaw (who tried to cross Dumbledores age line and came out 
> > with a beard) and one in Hufflepuff (who was blasted out of a rose 
> > bush by Snape). I believe I have heard them mentioned before as
> well, but I don't have time to re-read the series right now and make sure.
> ><snip>
>  maybe it is with one of these girls that Harry will have a 
> > little romance; we already know that Ms. Fawcett of Hufflepuff isn't 
> > opposed to a little kissing <snip>

> Carol:
> I like your reasoning and agree that we'll be seeing Miss Fawcett in
> Book 6, but I think there's only one of her. The girl in the
> rosebushes in GoF is a Ravenclaw (adventurously kissing a Hufflepuff boy):
> 
> "Ten points from Ravenclaw, Fawcett!" Snape snarled as a girl ran past
> him. "And ten points from Hufflepuff, too, Stebbins!" (GoF 426).


Bonny writes now: 

Which edition of the book are you reading, Carol? Because I am 
referencing from the canadian printing, raincoast publishing, and in 
my book the above quote is written as such:

  "Ten points from Hufflepuff, Fawcett!' Snape snarled, as a girl ran 
past him. 'And ten points from Ravenclaw, too, Stebbins!' as a boy 
went rushing after her."

That is on page 371. I am assuming there must be an error in one or 
the other of our copies.

Carol:
 
> This is almost certainly the same girl who tried to overstep the age
> line and earned a beard for doing so. I'm guessing she's the same girl
> who got a nosebleed in the duel scene in CoS (mentioned by another
> poster to this thread), though her house isn't mentioned there so we
> don't know for sure. 
> 
> This girl could be the same age as Harry (Gryffindor and Ravenclaw
> don't have any classes together in Harry's year, which would explain
> why we haven't seen much of her), but since she's not in the Sorting
> Hat scene in SS/PS, I'm guessing she's in a different year. (True, the
> Sorting Hat scene jumps from Bulstrode to Finch-Fletchley, but I don't
> think she'd have been omitted if she were going to play a role later.)
> She appears first in CoS, so she has to be at least Ginny's age, and
> she was too young to cross the age line, so she can't be more than a
> few months older than Fred and George. If she's going to be appear in
> Book 6, she's probably a year younger than the twins, which would make
> her a seventh year in Book 6 (a year ahead of Harry). 
> 
> I don't think Miss Fawcett will be a love interest for Harry (though
> she'd be a lot more fun than Cho), but she sounds like just the person
> to switch houses in Book 6 (Ravenclaw to Gryffindor). I, for one, am
> curious about her. Too bad Harry isn't!


Bonny now: 

I agree, too bad Harry isn't! I am very curious about her (or them, 
depending on which copy is correct). I think you are right about her 
not being in Harry's year as well, based on her not being mentioned 
at the sorting. 

One thing I find interesting is that Miss Fawcett the Ravenclaw will 
certainly know Luna Lovegood, and vice versa, being in the same 
house. Perhaps that is how she will be introduced to book 6, perhaps 
over the summer... Maybe Luna will bring her to the Burrow? She 
(Luna) has obviously struck up a friendship with 
Ginny/Ron/Hermione/Harry/Neville after the events at the ministry of 
magic, and, being so near, I would be suprised they were not somehow 
united during the summer holidays, either in this book or the next. 

As for Miss Fawcett being the one to change houses, I suppose it is 
possible, but I almost think it would more likley be Luna. Sure, she 
is the obvious candidate, but really, all of her friends that we know 
of are in Gryffindor. She has also proven herself to be very brave, 
not so particularly Ravenclaw-esqe, and ostracized by her peers 
because of her "oddities" which are more likley to be overlooked in 
Gryffindor. ALso, Miss Fawcett, if we are indeed correct on guessing 
her year, is unlikely to wait until 7th year to switch houses. And 
then of course there is the possibility that it might be someone we 
havn't thought of that switches.

Oh, and just one more thought on the Ottery thing - the Otter is 
Hermione's patronus, the thing that protects her; what if she, being 
a muggle-born and also top of the school, enemy to Draco, and close 
to Harry, is singled out for attack? If she is at the Burrow all 
summer, perhaps that is what will draw the attack upon the wizarding 
families of the village - the wizarding families of the Otter valley 
will protect her, just like her patronus. Too far-fetched????

Bonny