Homorphus/AD+PP/Ginny-Neville-Luna /Thomas/Zonko's/age17/Fleur+Bill/Sir Nick

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

No: HPFGUIDX 136821

Merrylinks wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/135986 :

<< But, I wonder, why doesn't someone try the Homorphus Charm on Bill?
Or for that matter why don't they try it on Lupin? >>

I agree that the Homorphus Charm is real, because Lockhart stole his
exploits, not invented them. I don't agree that the Homorphus Charm
is a cure for lycanthropism, because if it were, someone would have
tried it on Lupin by now, either his parents, who 'tried everything'
or his clever friends who became Animagi for his sake.

At first I thought it might put an end to the werewolf transformations
permanently, but at the cost of tremendous brain damage to the person,
but then I realized it might be the same spell that Black and Lupin
used to make Pettigrew leave his rat form.

So now I think that it turns the transformed human back into
his/her human form for only a few moments. That's not a cure for
lycanthropism, but it is long enough for the villagers to recognize
one of their neighbors. Now that they know who the werewolf is, they
can deal with him while he is still a mere human. One would hope that
they would lock him in a secure cage before moonrise on the Full Moon
night and release him when he turned human again, but I expect they
probably just killed him in his sleep in his bed at New Moon.

Casmir wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/136030 :

<< I thought it odd that time was taken for Ginny to draw attention to
Mdme Pomfrey's reaction to DD's death. Then I recently read this quote
from the book: "It's lucky it's dark. I haven't blushed this much
since Madam Pomfrey told me she liked my new earmuffs." I remember
when I read that the first time, and how odd it was that something so
benign would cause him to blush. But when you put the two together....
I wonder......Maybe they had a secret brewing... >>

This is a forbidden "I agree" post. I've long thought that DD and
Pomfrey had something long-term going on that was more than a
flirtation and less than a big romance, that if he's having sex with
anyone (at his age), it's with Poppy.

Vivian wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/136052 :

<< we hear Ginny standing up for Neville (snip) 'I'm nobody,' said
Neville hurriedly. 'No you're not,' said Ginny sharply. 'Neville
Longbottom - Luna Lovegood. Luna's in my year, but in Ravenclaw.' >>

Unlike everyone else, I have never seen that exchange as Ginny
standing up for Neville. I have always seen Neville's "I'm nobody" NOT
as low self-image, but as an attempt to avoid giving Loony Luna his
name because she is SO uncools that even Neville can't stand the
prospect of her greeting him by name in front of other students some
day. And Ginny is not letting him get away with that level of rudeness
to Luna. I imagine Ginny doesn't allow anyone to be rude to Luna in
her presence. That's probably part of why Luna thinks Ginny is nice.

Susan McGee wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/136315 :

<< Mr. Thomas, biological father of Dean Thomas, who abandoned Dean as
an infant. >>

I think "Name unknown, biological father of Dean Thomas". I think he
might be using his stepfather's surname. It would have been his
mother's and stepfather's decision, as it seems he was too young to
even remember his first father, let alone choose his own surname.

Auria wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/136340 :

<< Why was Zonko's joke shop boarded up? >>

Maybe Weasley's Wizard Wheezes was so successful that all the other
competition was put out of business. Does anyone remember if Gambol
and Japes was still on Diagon Alley?

Laura Welsh wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/136348 :

<< Why is it that wizards and witches come of age at 17, rather
than at age 18, as muggles do? >>

I think that the wizarding folk just LOVE prime numbers. Like their
money is TWENTY-NINE Knuts to a Sickle and SEVENTEEN Sickles to a
Galleon, and SEVEN is all over the place.

Susan McGee wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/136376 :

<< At first, she doesn't like Fleur, but changes her mind when it
becomes clear how devoted Fleur is to Bill. >>

Fleur is determined to marry Bill and care for him even after he is
disfigured, thus showing that she didn't want him only for his looks.
That convinces Molly that Fleur sincerely loves Bill, but eventually
it occured to me that it is not real proof. If Fleur had chosen Bill
for his money (curse-breaking appears to be a well-paid job; I don't
think all those fashionable clothes came cheap), his disfigurement
wouldn't make a difference to her.

Sandy Ms*Bead*sley wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/136602 :

<< My Dad died pretty unexpectedly, two weeks short of the age of 70,
on June 1, 2005. >>

Ow! I'd like to say something to acknowledge your pain, but all that
comes to my mind is that the pain of bereavement is the price of
love. 

<< and still leave about nine chapters for JKR to explain all 
the REALLY important stuff like how Sir Nicholas became nearly
headless!" >>

JKR explained Nick's near headlessness on her website:
http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=11