[HPforGrownups] OPEN: Ultimate and Last Bragging Rights by TigerPatronus

[Kimberly]

No: HPFGUIDX 171346


Rules:

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of a dispute, the entry posted to the group will be your back-up.

Deadline: Thursday, July 19, 2007, at 11:59 pm (midnight) EDT. (No
Friday entries will be accepted.)



1. Will Harry die and stay dead at the end of HPDH?
No.   Harry will at last be able to enjoy a "normal life".

2. Will Voldemort die and stay dead at the end of HPDH?
Yes.  I believe he will be defeated in death.   As VaporMort he was already
as close to death as he could be, he needs to be "deader" than he was
before.   Harry needs to make him unequivocably dead in that there is no
chance he can ever perform a curse, spell, or otherwise and become alive
again.  Harry, the Wizarding World, AND his death-eaters will at last be
freeeeeeeee.

3. Excluding Harry and Voldemort, who will be the most prominent
character to die and stay dead?      I think Draco will die but I think he
will be dying and have a revelation, a change of heart and will issue a
heart felt apology upon which Harry will forgive him before he dies.   I
also think that after LV is killed, Bellatrix will become completely
unhinged, sacrificing herself while trying to avenge LV's death.   She will
be killed in the process.

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

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, he'll have to in order to pass his NEWT's so he can go on
to be an auror.   JKR said that there would be 7 books, one to coincide with
each year he's at school and I'm going with that even though I am in the
HUGE minority !    LOL
b. Draco?    No, he'll be somewhere reduced to fear and under the anger
and ruling of LV for having not killed DD.
c. Hermione?   Yes, although she'll go off with Harry at times and it will
coincide with her schoolwork of course    :-)
d. Luna?  Yes
e. Ron?  Yes, and again he'll go off with Harry at times not caring if it
coincides with his schoolwork, of course...  ;-)
f. Neville?  Yes and he'll be the classmate that becomes a teacher (of
Herbology)
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?      I believe that
both Bill and Fleur as well as Lupin and Tonks will marry.   The most
prominent in my opinion is Lupin and Tonks simply because Lupin has had more
of a character role in the books.    I also think Ron and Hermione will
become much closer but I don't think they'll marry.   Perhaps the epilogue
will have them as being married.

7. Who will be the unusual person who performs magic for the first
time "very late in life?"    Going to go out on a limb and say Petuna
Dursley and it will happen in defense of Harry.

8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the:
a. Head Boy?    Either Ron, if not Ron then Neville though I'm not sure if 
you have to have been a Prefect in order to become Head  Boy or Girl
b. Head Girl?    Hermione
c. DADA Instructor?  Kingsley Shackelbolt
d. Potions Master or Mistress?     Slughorn
e. Headmaster or -mistress?       McGonagall

9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie?
Although I believe him to be cold, unfeeling, and inherantly mean.... I do
believe him to be on the side of
the Order.   Being on the Order's side however does not mean that he has it
in him to be nice to any of it's
members or even treat Harry in any way that would make Harry or Voldemort
think he's backing Harry.


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.  Diary
b. Ring
c. Locket
d. Cup (Hufflepuff's)
e. Something of Ravenclaw's
f. Something of Gryffindor's ( I do not think it's the sword although I
think the sword will return in book 7 and help Harry & Co.
g. Last piece is the bit in LV himself

Another note on Horcruxes, I do not believe Nagini to be a Horcrux.

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?      His Patronus is a
bat (kind of weak) and his boggart would be some form
of James Potter humiliating him.

Alternate 2. What is behind the locked door at the Department of
Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic?    Love, plain and simple but also
exponentially abound in depth as well as complexity

Predictions (10 points each / 50 points total):

Make 5 predictions not covered in the Compulsory Question section.

1.  Lupin and Tonks will be together !   With so much death, destruction,
and sadness....love and happiness
will be welcomed.   It will be a quiet affair held at the Burrow.
2.   House-elves, Dobby in particular, will have a big role in DH.
Kreacher will die and Dobby will aid Harry enormously.
3.  I think there is more to the "locket" than what we've seen.
4.  I think that Neville will complete schooling and move on to become an
Herbology teacher in the epilogue.
5. When Bellatrix is killed in the process of fighting after LV is killed, 
Neville will be the one to kill her.