Prediction about book 6 (old SPOILER from JKR website)

[Brian]

No: HPFGUIDX 132386

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "philippajrice" 
<philippajrice at y...> wrote:
> This excerpt of book 6 was released on J K Rowling's website on 
August 
> 16th. 
> 
> "(He) looked rather like an old lion. There were streaks of grey 
in 
> his mane of tawny hair and his bushy eyebrows; he had keen 
yellowish 
> eyes behind a pair of wire-rimmed spectacles and a certain rangy, 
> loping grace even though he walked with a slight limp."
> 
> It must be a description of a new character. Its highly likely 
that 
> this new character is the new defence against the dark arts 
teacher, 
> or it could be the half blood prince. (or maybe even both?) I 
think 
> this character is going to be a decendant of Godric Griffindor. 
(to be honest, my only reason for thinking this is because he looks 
like a lion) (snip)
> philippajrice

I personally doubt that this description is that of a "corporeal" 
character, DADA teacher, HBP, or otherwise. Based on the JKR-
approved cover art for HBP, (and in no small part to remain 
consistant with my predictions submitted in the contest), I think 
that the individual described in the passage is an image taken from 
a pensieve, more specifically (and improbably) Slytherin's pensieve. 
Which could, if true, mean that the image is probably that of, hold 
on to your broomsticks, Godric Gryffindor himself! Naysayers will 
ultimately point out that "wire-rimmed spectacles" hadn't been 
invented at the time of the formation of Hogwart's, but I would 
counter with the fact that stone castles in Britain hadn't been 
invented, either.

I look forward to the flogging that this will probably receive.

Brian