Some More Questions and Comments on OOTP.

[Ann Crutchley]

No: HPFGUIDX 127104


Hi! New here. Your post is the first one I read. I don't have all 
the answers but maybe I can help with a few.

(1) The magical potraits are former headmasters/headmistress of
Hogwarts and where ever else their painting is hung or placed they 
can travel there hence spying on other people, rasing the alarm and 
such.

(2) Hagrid trained them to take Dumbledore on long trips and to The
Ministry of Magic. Owls are in sync with their owners is my best 
guess.

(3) Good Question. I think the death eaters took care of the guard. 
So there was nothing to stop Harry from getting the prophecy. They 
did not know Voldemort was coming, it wasn't in the plan, the death 
eaters were to get the prophecy from Harry and return it to him. But 
when they failed Voldemort came himself. And with the guard out of 
the way there was no one to raise the alarm. And Fudge not believing 
that Voldemort had returned, why should he take precautions? And 
Dumbledore knowing Fudge wouldn't listen to him what could he do but go himself. Eventually of course Fudge arrived and saw for himself.

(4) I do not know why Harry, Ginny, and Neville were entranced by 
the veil and not the others. I think that Harry and Luna could hear the voices maybe for the same reason they could see the thestrals 
and the others couldn't?
 
(5) I think Lucius wanted to kill Harry and take pride in that. So 
he had to let Harry refuse so he could fight him and kill him; 
didn't work out so well.

(6) Yes they are, but (in my opinion) they have transfered powers to
each other and they are one with two souls. 

(7) If you read some of the essays on The Harry Potter Lexicon they
have ideas that there are two time lines going on and that Harry 
might have to fix that. http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/
The Lexicon:  http://www.hp-lexicon.org/ 

(8) I think they are all significant in their own ways. Harry is
stronger with the help of Hermione and Ron. They all have had
something that binds all six of them, Voldemort and what he's done 
to their families. 
 
(9) I'm sure it will be in some way. 

(10) It's never really been addressed except one time when she says
her parents are muggles and don't read the daily prophet in GOF. So 
I would assume that they don't know or maybe know just enough. But
Professor McGonagall does write to parents so I'm sure they know 
some, because Hermione has been to the hospital wing several times. 

(11) I hope it does because Sirius isn't dead, he's just missing!
There probably isn't any significance of the scene.
 
(12) Oh no it isn't, the end is near and I can't wait for number 
Six to come out, yet I can because I don't want it to be over just 
yet. But Harry will bounce back, I just hate he decided to go alone with the news instead of telling Ron and Hermione. I know he will
eventually tell them, but what a burden to carry going back to the
Dursleys' for the summer.

Hope it helped, Ann Crutchley