The Picture (dramatic sound) - longish.

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 99098

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

>Lara's Thoughts:
> 
> 1)	When was the picture taken? A lot of order-members were 
> there, and it was before the demise of Voldemort. My thought would 
> be the Christmas, or Halloween (some Holiday) before James and 
Lilly 
> died. Voldemort had gone into hiding a couple of months or a year 
> before he became Vapor!mort, so that is why maybe their spirits 
were 
> not as low 
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Meri: Where does it say in cannon that LV was in hiding a year 
before the attack on the Potters? I have just finished rereading the 
first four books of the series and I don't recall that peice of 
information. 

> 7)	Now, why Molly and Arthur weren't in the Order the first 
> time `round has been discussed already, what I am wondering is
> why 
> McGonnagal was not in the order the first time `round. She is
> close 
> to Dumbledore, an able witch, who is willing to be in the order. 
So 
> why isn't she? And as a matter of fact, why wasn't Hagrid?
> Hagrid 
> was after all trusted with getting baby!Harry from the pile or 
> rubble on that faithful night.

Meri: Hagrid was in the picture, and the Order, as well. Page 174: 
Moody says, "Hagrid, of course, looks exactly the same as ever..."

Meri