DH: Right and Wrong

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 172266

Here are the major things I got right and wrong (note that I am admitting stuff I got right and wrong WHILE reading the book, as well). 

A) My first post when I rejoined this list a few months back was my own expression of LOLLIPOPS. I count that as about 60% right, as I did not get how far back it went, or how much of a friend Lily was to Snape (and, therefore, how MUCH of a betrayal calling her a "Mudblood" was). 

B) Did anybody else, the second the doe Patronus appeared, say to themselves, "Snape!"? I did, and, for the life of me, I'm not entirely sure why it seemed so obvious to me. 

C) Snape's running away cinched it for me, though. Whatever else he is, Snape was no coward. 

D) My frequently repeated explanation of why Snape killed DD was dead on. But I'm still only giving myself a 95% for that, because I didn't figure out WHY DD kept his reason for trusting Snape a secret. But I was right in saying that he was DDM, but NOT a good guy. 

E) Deathly Hallows. Did ANYBODY get that right?

F) The resurrection stone. I figured (wrongly) that because Sirius went through the Veil body and all, he was the one person the stone could truly bring back to life. 

G) Harry being a Horcrux. Well, I got that wrong, but at least it was for the right reason; my contention was that it could not have been on purpose or an accident, and JKR cleverly made it neither. 

H) Kind of cheating, but I knew that only the Morty piece in Harry had died. Only cheating in that I've seen it done before. However, I had no clue as to the fact that the gleam in DD's eyes at the end of GOF was due to the fact that Morty's method of re-embodiment ensured that Harry would survive. Oh, and I've seen the requirement for selfless sacrifice being the only way to avoid that sacrifice done before, but I had missed it this time.

I) I listened too much to the ESE!Lupin stuff going on in this group, and suspected him of switching sides a couple of times. Also, Molly's hostility in the beginning was sufficiently strong that I suspected an impostor there, too. 

A few questions:

1) Re Ted: Does anybody else think that there was some premarital sex going on? And was he going to Hogwarts? Isn't he a little old? And who raised him?

2) Well, Harry is loaded (he was already wealthy with the Potter money, but now he has the Black fortune, not to mention his interest in George's joke company). But what's Ron doing for a living? My guess is that Hermione is the big earner in THAT family. 

3) Does anybody know who the person who didn't use magic before who used it late in life was?

Bart