Thoughts Regarding HBP

[vmonte]

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vmonte:

Just some thoughts regarding HBP:

The children are always taught magic or introduced to an object or 
animal that will help them fight against Voldemort and the DEs.

We know of two major things that are going to happen in book 6.

1. Hermione will be turning 17 a few weeks into the beginning of 
sixth year. She will be able to apparate early in the year, Ron a few 
months later, but Harry not until the summer.

What comes to mind my mind is that Hermione and Ron are going to have 
a strategic advantage over Harry and Neville (as well as Ginny and 
Luna).  

2. Human Transfiguration will be taught to HRH this year. 

What exactly is human transfiguration anyway? Can a wizard turn into 
objects and animals, as well as other people (as with polyjuice)?
I have a prediction that Ron and Hermione will excel in this class 
and that Harry will not. I have no proof, but it's about time Harry 
isn't best in something, IMO. (Besides, Harry's strength lies more in 
is combat skills/instincts.) 

Other thoughts:

It also seems reasonable to assume that Harry (and probably Neville) 
will be taking NEWT level Potions. (The adult book cover for Half-
Blood Prince seems to allude to this anyway.) I'm going to go out on 
a limb and say that Harry and or Neville will excel in this class, 
and that JKR will make Harry or Neville an even better "potions 
master" than Snape. (We know that JKR has based Snape after a 
chemistry professor she hated. My feeling is that she will enjoy 
writing scenes that show Harry and or Neville surpassing Snape's 
skill and knowledge.)


Alas, Mr. Weasley will not be the Minister of Magic. So, will he 
instead be killed along with his wife? With mom out of the picture no 
one will stop the Weasley kids from joining the Order. Besides, I 
think that Ron is going to show a lot of emotional/magical growth in 
the next book. Tragedy has a way of forcing you to grow up sometimes.


If book 6 is more like part one of a two-part book, will book 6 end 
in a cliffhanger?  Will we think that a major character has died? How 
will the Transfiguration classes come in to play in the final chapter 
of book 6?

We'll also learn more about Voldemort's birth. I wonder why this is 
so important? (I really don't need to know more about Voldemort, I 
rather read more about Snape, Godric Gryffindor, Flamel, and 
Dumbledore's younger days to be honest.) We already know that 
Voldemort's father was human, so we must be learning more about LV's 
mother.  Unless she was Grindelwald's daughter, I could really care 
less.

That's it for now,

Vivian 
  
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