Narcissa/Gobstones/

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 142319

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...>
wrote:
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> > Carol wrote in
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/142057 :
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> > << On a side note, I think that Narcissa's parents named their last
> > child after a flower, breaking with the family tradition of using
> > stars or constellations, because with her blue eyes and golden hair,
> > she didn't look like a Black. >>
> >Catlady: 
> > Good idea, maybe better than mine that maybe the wizarding folk 
> > have named some star 'Narcissa', so that she *is* named after a star
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> Potioncat:
> The real reason, IIRC, is that JKR had set on the name and decided to 
> keep it, even though it broke it the pattern. I think there is a star 
> named for the male Narcissus, but I couldn't prove it.> 

but there are plants called Narcissus, which are also known as *stars*:
Texas Star" jonquil (Narcissus x intermedius),Long-Cupped
Narcissus(Large-Cupped Daffodil 'Gigantic Star').  But Cissy's name, I
believe, describes her nicely.  I do believe her to be self-absorbed.
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> > Potioncat wrote in
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/142089 :
> > 
> > << I think Eileen gets "No respect" for being President of the
> > Gobstones Club. (snip) we see her in a leadership role on a
> > recreational team that is competitive enough to play against other
> > schools. >>
> > 
> > What I've wondered since first reading that Daily Prophet caption is
> > WHAT other schools does the Hogwarts Gobstones Club play against?
> > Beauxbatons and Durmstrang?
> 
> Potioncat:
> That would be my guess. But I wonder, why did she look so sullen? Was 
> the Hogwarts team losing? Was the young Beauxbatons wizard kissing 
> the young Drumstrang witch?
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This is why I feel very bad for Eileen, because I can relate to that
whole *sullen* face look.  When I am not smiling or talking(ie my face
is at rest <g>), my face goes to its natural state - which other
people see as mad or sullen.  I am not, that is just the way my face
settles.  I don't go around with a stupid grin on my face 24x7, so I
would like to believe Eileen has the same problem.  She isn't angry or
sullen about anything, that is just the way her face settles  - also,
she could be like me in another respect - I hate having my picture
taken.  That could also explain her *look*.

Also, speaking of Eileen, we know that she probably went to Hogwarts
around the same time as Riddle.  Instead of being a follower or
someone who agreed with Riddle(we know she didn't, because she did
marry a Muggle), perhaps the reason why Snape knew so many dark hexes
& curses and was into the dark arts was because of self-preservation?
 From LV - Eileen would have known what Riddle was like, first-hand,
and taught her son magics that would provide him with some sort of
defense against LV.  I guess it would be like fighting fire with fire,
using dark arts to counter dark arts.  Also, Snape would know what to
expect from LV.  However, this does not explain Snape joining LV for a
brief period of time - unless there was something more to that.

but that was just a thought I had on why Snape might know so much
about Dark Arts - why would Eileen teach him all those things?  If in
fact, she did.  Snape could have just been a very smart little boy who
found out about these curses by himself.

colebiancardi
(who has always thought Eileen was misunderstood)
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