[HPforGrownups] Tiger's Bragging Rights Contest Rules Revision-- READ PLEASE and RULES REPOST

[Lenore]

No: HPFGUIDX 171915


>For people who have NOT YET ENTERED:

I hereby certify that I have not read the scanned "Epilogue"
pages or any summary of them."  LMKOS

(I also haven't read very many of the Bragging Contest
entries-- there have been so many.)

>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?  HAGRID
>
>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 on his arm
>
>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?  NO
>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?  Bill & Fleur
>
>7. Who will be the unusual person who performs magic for the first
>time "very late in life?"  Arabella Figg
>
>8. Assuming Hogwarts reopens as a school, who will be the:
>a. Head Boy?  Ernie
>b. Head Girl?  Hermione
>c. DADA Instructor?  Tonks
>d. Potions Master or Mistress?  Prof. Slughorn
>e. Headmaster or -mistress?  Prof. McGonagall
>
>9. Where do Snape's ultimate loyalties lie?
>Dumbledore/Harry/the Order
>
>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.  in Voldemort
>b.  Nagini
>c.  the Ring of Gaunt
>d.  Slytherin Locket
>e.  Hufflepuff Cup
>f.  something found at Godric's Hollow
>g. Diary of Tom Riddle
>
>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: Raven   Boggart: himself shamed, humiliated, embarrassed

>Alternate 2. What is behind the locked door at the Department of
>Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic?  The Room of Love
>
>Predictions (10 points each / 50 points total):
>Make 5 predictions not covered in the Compulsory Question section.
>-- 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.  Hermione's Runes-reading skills will play an important part at 
some critical juncture.  It will occur either during one of the 
horcrux searches or to obtain entry to a locked door (more likely).

2.  Lucius will be killed by LV, and this will be a major factor in 
Draco's decision to fight for the good side.

3.  Neville will accomplish some deed which will be critical to the 
successful outcome, and he will be a hero in his own right.  Neville 
and Luna will marry and have some very strange but talented children.

4.  The Room of Love will work in a similar way to the Room of 
Requirement, i.e., when Harry is ready, when he is prepared, he will 
be able to enter.  It will require a pure focus or something like a 
Knock spell ("Knock, and the door shall be opened" kind of 
thing).  But the spell will work only for one whose will is aligned 
with higher order Love.

5.  Mundungus will be revealed to be in possession of the Slytherin 
locket which had been at Grimmauld Place.  (He either took it while 
filching other items or he was told by DD to get it.  After all, that 
is one of his great skills.)


Additional Predictions for fun (or anguish if they are direct hits):
6.  We will find out that LV was planning to make another horcrux 
from the Ravenclaw Wand.  Anticipating that likelihood, DD has placed 
Ollivander and the wand in hiding to protect both. One less horcrux 
for Harry to have to deal with!

7.  We will learn specific information which will clarify the wizard 
lines of Godric Gryffindor and  R. Ravenclaw.  Dumbledore and Harry 
are both heirs of Gryffindor.

8.  Goblins, giants, house elves, and some dragons which Charlie has 
successfully trained will be active in the "great war".  Most of the 
giants will be fighting on the DE side, but Grawp will fight at 
Hagrid's side.

9.  We will see a resolution to Snape's tangled life and he will not 
die, because (1) he has too much to offer for the future of the WW; 
and (2) he is a character perfectly set up for redemption (along with 
Draco).  I see Snape as representing the unhealed, unloved, rejected 
shadow self which lies in every human psyche.
Whether or not JKR decides to have him die, the relationship between 
him and Harry MUST be healed in order for Harry to accomplish his 
life mission.  (OK, sorry, not very brief.)

10.  Hagrid will lose his life while saving someone else's life... 
Grawp, or Ron.  We will see Ron in St. Mungo's undergoing a desperate 
effort by others to heal him.

11.  Draco and Harry will develop a new understanding and respect 
between them, but will never become real friends despite their 
searing war experiences.

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