[HPforGrownups] OoP clues?

[AnitaKH]

No: HPFGUIDX 157964



justcarol67 <justcarol67 at yahoo.com> posed:                                  It seems to me that we're in desperate need of a new topic again, so
 here's my attempt to start a new thread. JKR has indicated that we
 should look at OoP, which she concedes is a little too long, for clues:
 
 JKR: <snip> [and snip again] You need what's in there if I'm going to play fair for the reader in the resolution inbook seven. One of the reasons "Phoenix" is so long is that I had tomove Harry around a lot, physically. There were places he had to go hehad never been before, and that took time — to get him there, to get
 him away. That was the longest non-Hogwarts stretch in any of the
 books, and that's really what bumps up the length. I'm trying to think
 of specifics, it's hard.
[wholesale snippage]


akh ruminates (at work, so I may have forgotten some things):


I decided to think about the locations beyond Hogwarts, and for grins added a couple of Hogwarts places that aren't generally on the syllabus.  Here are my initial thoughts about their importance to the rest of the story:
  


Privet Drive – been there, done that, but we get an interesting tidbit about Petunia and we finally learn about Mrs. Figg, but perhaps not all.  I’m still suspicious about her house smelling like cabbages (polyjuice, anyone?) and the tent in GoF smelling like cats and reminding Harry of Mrs. Figg's house.

    

12 Grimmauld   Place – we’re pretty sure it’ll figure into the Horcrux hunt.  There may be additional clues there, too.

    

Ministry of Magic – Wizengamot, outer lobby, Department of Mysteries, elevator, prophecy room – guesses, anyone?  I think we all expect to see more of the Department of Mysteries, the Veil, the locked door, but is the rest of it going to figure in?

    

The Burrow – been there before; any significance to going again?  Were returned there in HBP.  I'm not coming up with any brilliant theories

    

Hogsmeade, including the Hog’s Head – we can presume a first glimpse of Aberforth is worth noting for the future

    
St. Mungo’s Hospital – this is fraught with all kinds of possibilities.   Are others heading back there for treatment?  Is it holding a "key to everything/"  Enquiring minds want to know! 


    In Hogwart’s: 
  Room of Requirement – that’s already figured into book 6, and we suspect it may have yet another role to play in book 7, with all the junk - er - valuable treasures stored there

   
  Forbidden Forest – we saw places and creatures we hadn’t met before; which are putting in another appearance in 7?  Grawp? (That'll thrill millions - or not)  Thestrals?  Herd of Centaurs?

   
   akh, who finds this much more fun than writing annual fund copy...







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