OPEN: Ultimate and Last Bragging Rights by TigerPatronus

[vivamus42]

No: HPFGUIDX 171308

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "TK Kenyon" <tigerpatronus at ...>
wrote:
>

> Compulsory Questions (50 points total):
> 
> If you believe the answer to a question is a new character, 
> write "new character" *and* describe relationships to old characters 
> or characteristics of new character for full credit.
> 
> 
> 1. Will Harry die and stay dead at the end of HPDH? 
No.
> 
> 2. Will Voldemort die and stay dead at the end of HPDH? 
Yes.
> 
> 3. Excluding Harry and Voldemort, who will be the most prominent 
> character to die and stay dead? 
Percy Weasley
also
Professor Sprout
Remus Lupin
Lucius Malfoy
Peter Pettigrew

> 4. From HBP (p125, American Hardcover), in the shop while the trio 
> were listening with Extendable Ears, what did Draco show Borgin that 
> scared him? 
The Dark Mark, but it was *faked*

> 5. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will return as a 
> student, which means enrolled in classes whether or not they attend 
> the classes (answer yes or no for each): 
>      a. Harry? Yes.
>      b. Draco? No.
>      c. Hermione? Yes.
>      d. Luna? Yes.
>      e. Ron? Yes.
>      f. Neville? Yes.
>      g. Ginny? Yes.
> 
> 6. Which will be the most prominent couple to marry, if any, during 
> the time period covered in DH, excluding any epilogue? 
Harry and Ginny
> 
> 7. Who will be the unusual person who performs magic for the first 
> time "very late in life?" 
Petunia Dursley

> 8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the: 
>      a. Head Boy?  Ron
>      b. Head Girl?  Hermione
>      c. DADA Instructor?  (Harry, unofficially)
>      d. Potions Master or Mistress?  Remus
>      e. Headmaster or -mistress?  Minerva
Also, f. Herbology Instructor: Neville
> 
> 9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie? 
I think Snape is loyal to DD, hates Harry, likes Draco, loved Lily,
and will sell (or has sold) his soul to destroy Voldemort, because LV
did not keep his promise not to kill Lily when he went to kill James
and Harry.  Snape will never forgive Harry for having his mother's
eyes and his father's face; his worst memory was when the girl he
loved finally rejected him as "Snivelous" and went off for good with
his worst enemy.  Snape became a DE after Lily finally went off with
James, but was drawn back to DD's side by the fact that Lily was in
LV's path.  He became a double agent for DD to help protect Lily.

He did not betray James and Lily, but he did bargain with LV for
Lily's life -- a bargain LV did not keep, because she would not get
out of the way when LV wanted to kill Harry.  Had she allowed LV to
kill Harry, she would have been alive and James and Harry dead.  Not
only does Harry's face remind Snape that James married Lily, his very
existence means that the one person who meant the most to Severus is
dead, and it is his (Snape's) fault.

After his attempt to save her failed, he is still trapped by the
goodness of the girl who died, and so cannot help but save the life of
the boy who lived, no matter how much he hates him.

Snape despises himself more than anyone else can, so no one else's
opinions of him matter to him.  

> 10. Identify the seven Horcruxes. (If you think there are more or 
> less than seven, write "n/a" or add extra letters as necessary. 
> Horcruxes in previous books and previously inactivated Horcruxes 
> must be identified for full credit. If you think one of the soul 
> pieces is in Voldemort so there are six external Horcruxes plus the 
> bit still in him, then write "In Voldemort" for one of the answers.) 
>      a. Riddle's Diary, created by killing the Riddles, destroyed by
Harry in CoS with Basilisk fang
>      b. Slytherin's Ring, destroyed by DD
>      c. The locket from 12 GP
>      d. The cup owned by Helga Hufflepuff
>      e. Nagini
>      f. something from Ravenclaw -- my best guess would be the Tiara
>      g. Harry's Scar

One of the above was used to resurrect LV and is now *IN* LV.  It
wasn't a, b, c (because LV presumably does not know that one is
missing,) or g, so it might have been d, e, or f.  Best guess: it was
d, since that doesn't show up after the early memory, and doesn't seem
as sinister as the others.

> In case Hogwarts does not reopen, or in case we do not have 
> sufficient information to answer #5 and #8 above, these two 
> alternate questions will used in place of #5 and #8, above. If #5 
> and #8 are sufficiently answered in DH, the alternate questions will 
> be used as tiebreakers. 
> 
> Alternate 1. What are Snape's patronus and boggert? 
Patronus: a bat
Boggart: a mocking Lily Evans Potter

> Alternate 2. What is behind the locked door at the Department of 
> Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic? 
Pure, sacrificial love.
 
> Predictions (10 points each / 50 points total):
> 
> Make 5 predictions not covered in the Compulsory Question section.
> 
> Current Off-Limit Spoilers: 
> -- Predictions that describe any the covers are worth 0 points 
> unless they include specific information not obvious in the cover.
> -- SPOILER: Kreacher will be in DH. (David Yates, interview.) (Note: 
> because we are pretty sure that Kreacher will figure at least 
> somewhat prominently in DH, any predictions about his presence on a 
> cover will also be worth 0 points.) 
> -- The probable identity of "R.A.B." as stumbled around by JKR 
> during Leaky / Mugglenet interview will earn 0 points. 
> -- Predictions based on "Gabriel the Hacker" are allowed but we will 
> laugh at you when they're wrong. 
> -- Anything stupidly obvious (e.g., Harry will turn 17, Ron and 
> Hermione will date, Voldemort is evil, someone will perform magic,) 
> will be worth 0 points, at most. Negative points are possible. 
> -- "Negative" predictions, i.e., "The Centaurs will *not* come 
> skipping into Hogwarts offering free pony rides," will receive no 
> credit. 
> -- Only your first 5 predictions will be evaluated and included in 
> your score. Extra predictions may be marveled at but will not be 
> scored. 
> 

1. Ginny will either kill Nagini or will help Harry to do so.  Her
connection to the basilisk will come full circle and allow her to
assist Harry in eliminating that horcrux.  

2. See my discussion of Snape's motivations, above.  He will finally
repay his debt to James and do honor to Lily by saving Harry's life at
the cost of his own, but will continue to hate Harry to the very last
second.  Harry will not understand why this man who so obviously hated
him would save his life at the price of his own.  Remus will explain
it to him, and the burden of it will help Harry to grow up.

3. Hedwig will be killed near the beginning of the book, probably by
Vernon or Dudley, but maybe by chance.  Harry will grieve for Hedwig
through most of the book, even as people are dying.  Fawkes will
return to Harry at the end, and will assist in the final battle.

4. Peter will ACCIDENTALLY help Harry and die while saving Harry's or
Ginny's life.  As a character, he will remain a rat and will not show
any true remorse or change in character.

5. Harry will decide that he must sacrifice himself by blasting the
final horcrux, which is in his scar.  This is why only one of the two
can live.  Harry will do this believing it will kill him, to finally
put an end to LV and save the world.  He will do it after a
semi-victory over LV, when he has the opportunity for a normal life
and a season of respite, before LV returns.  He will choose to do this
for the sake of all the foolish, selfish, vain people, both within and
without the wizarding world.  It does, in fact, kill him.  It will be
this act of love on his part, however, that finally unlocks the room
of love in the department of mysteries, and restores him to life,
although not to all the powers he had.  In the end, Harry and Ginny
will settle down to make their garden grow.