Survey results

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Earlier this year we sent out a survey with questions for Book Six.  
It turns out most of these questions were not answered, but here are 
the results anyway!

1)  Who is the Half-born Prince?
The most popular response was Someone New, followed by Godric 
Gryffindor.  Only 9% of you picked Snape.  Congratulations!

2)  Is Snape a vampire?
Only a couple of vampire lovers subscribed to this theory and it 
rather looks like it's not an option.

3)  Are Sirius and Snape brothers?
A vast majority thought this was impossible and it looks very 
unlikely due to the limited mention of Sirius at all in HBP.

4)  Was Snape at Godric's Hollow?
This question still hasn't been answered and the majority said Yes.  
I have a feeling that number will increase after HBP.  Still a very 
good question for the next book.

5)  Who will inherit the Black estate?
This question had a massive number of responses ranging from Kreacher 
to the Ministry of Magic.  The majority, however, said Harry and they 
turned out to be correct.

6)  Where is Sirius's bike?
Still unanswered, though most suggest it's in the forest.  Who knows 
if we'll ever find out?

7)  Who will be the new Minister of Magic?
The majority chose Amelia Bones, followed by Someone New and JKR put 
the Amelia Bones idea to rest at the beginning of HBP, most likely 
because it would have been to strange to have the Ministry actually 
helping Harry for a change, instead of spinning their wheels 
ineffectively like they were through the rest of the series.

8)  Is Harry the heir of Gryffindor?
Still unanswered, though the large majority says No.

9)  Is Lupin good or evil?
Still not completely answered, though the vast majority says Good and 
I don't think many opinions have changed since HBP.

10)  Will Percy reunite with his family?
A whopping 70% said Yes, but this question still hasn't been 
answered.  Right now Percy is still running with the Ministry pack 
and nothing much has changed since the last book.

11)  Who will die in HBP?
This question had the most varied answers, with one of the Weasley 
clan winning 29% of the votes (Bill nearly made that one valid) 
followed by 12% voting for Hagrid and only 11% claiming Dumbledore as 
the victim.  Way to go, you budding Trelawneys!

12)  Will Petunia perform magic?
Still unanswered and 63% said Yes, but looking at her poor 
performance in HBP I wonder if that number has dropped.

13)  Is Snape good or evil?
Clearly the most controversial question and even more fiery now with 
people swapping sides madly!  A whopping 63% said Good, 31% said 
Both, and only a measly 7% said Evil.  I'll bet this one has changed 
a bit!

I must say, I was quite firmly in the ESE!Snape camp and I've 
completely reversed my opinion since HBP.  Mostly because of sheer 
pigheaded refusal to accept the obvious.

Anyone else notice that it's taking ten times longer to read the 
posts than it did to read the book?  At least that will keep us 
occupied for the next... sob... two years...

Nicky Joe