Post Owls / Umbridge Quill / Dragon / The Twins / Royal Ron / Garden Reward?

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

No: HPFGUIDX 125618


I wrote in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/125328
:

<< any theory of why Tom and Harry look alike would have to explain
why Tom, Harry, and James look alike. >>

Is James's middle name Richard?

Steve bboyminn wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/125344 :

<< I've always speculated that Post Owls (snip) are naturally born
with magical ability (snip) Much like House-elves, Owls have their own
brand of natural magic that allows them to travel magically fast, over
vast distances, and they have a natural gift for finding the recipient
of the letters they are asked to deliver. It's also clear that they
have intelligence and wisdom far beyond ordinary owls. >>

The bright tropical birds from Sirius's warm hiding place between PoA
and GoF must have had the same magical abilities.

<< Another example, Grubbly-Plank points out that Bowtruckles (tree
guardians) are most often found in trees whose wood is suitable for
wand making. I believe these are trees that are natually enchanted
magical trees. That's why their wood is so effective in wand making.
>>

Do you remember when there was a theory that the trees whose wood is
best suited for wand making used to be wizards or witches who turned
into trees as result of doing too much wandless magic?

<< Hedwig has a very natural loyalty and allegiance to Harry, she
would not allow herself to be tracked. She would view it as a betrayal
of Harry. >>

But despite Hedwig's loyalty, GoF!Sirius warned Harry not to send mail
to him via Hedwig because it would be too easy for someone to notice
that (a) bright white snowy owl(s) not native to Britain kept landing
on the same hillside. Thus, my idea that the landing and take-off take
place in normal space.

Sandra wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/125347 :

<< what about the torturing scenes where Harry has to write lines that
are carved into the back of his hand? I hated that so much - it's such
a twisted idea in the first place (shame on JKR) >>

Kudos to JKR for creativity coming up with the idea, surely so
unnatural for her, that affects readers so strongly.

<< However, the 'lady' responsible was merely exercising her
authority. I refer to both writer and character, and feel rather 
angry about it. >> 

Umbridge was being EVIL. As I first read that scene, I exclaimed "That
pen must be a Dark Magic artifact!" JKR was doing her job as a writer,
which is to tell the truth. I don't mean that the wizarding world
really exists, but that she set out to write of a conflict between
good and evil, in which case the truth is that evil is EVIL, can be
seductive, etc. 

Jen wrote in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGr
ownups/message/125350 :

<< I wonder if Harry will use either the skills of battling dragons
and merpeople or use the dragons and merpeople themselves to save the
WW. >>

Many people expect Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback to return.

Betsey in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/125351 :

<< we know [Ron's] spider phobia was a lovely gift from the twins >>

I am sure that was accident. Was it when Ron was 3 and Fred was 5 that
Fred turned his teddy bear into a spider because Ron broke Fred's toy
broomstick? Five years old is more the age for unintended wand magic
to happen when the wizard child is angry or scared than the age to do
Transfiguration with a wand.

<< And I don't recall either parent doing anything to protect Percy
from them. Instead, Molly actively fueled the twins resentment of
their brother, using Percy as an instrument to bludgeon them with. >>

I think Molly thought she WAS trying to protect Percy from the twins
by trying to make them respect him by telling them how good he was. Of
course, it didn't work -- can you think of a method that would have
worked?

MumWeasley wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/125399 :

<< I couldn't figure out why Molly is always giving him things he
doesn't like..ie..color of clothing, food...etc. Then I stumbled on
the following information about Irish traditions.
(snip)
The poet tell us that Corned Beef is a delicacy given to a king,(snip)
The color Maroon is a color of Royalty. Ron also lives in the Top
portion of his house. Would someone like to put all this together? >>

And the song throughout OoP, "Weasley is Our King".

Sherry wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/125539 :

<< I have been rereading the OOP and came across a line I didn't
remember from first reading. Or maybe it just hit me differently.
But when Harry is dreaming he dreams of Ron and Ginny in Crowns. >>

Oh, I had also forgotten that. Now that you remind me, long ago I read
some theory about the Weasleys being the true lineage of the wizarding
royal family as foreshadowed by those crowns and that song and such
'royal' family names as Arthur and Ginevra. I think someone suggested
that the Half Blood Prince is the son of Ron and Hermione, but such a
son will not play a role in HBP unless he is a time traveller from the
future. (JKR volunteered in an interview long ago that Hermione will
not have a teenage pregnancy.)

Finwitch wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/125585 :

<< Tonks/Kingsley/Moody... Tricks! They all play
tricks (Garden reward during Draught? The Confundus.) >>

I don't understand the above.