What Little Niggling Details will be left?

[mz_annethrope]

No: HPFGUIDX 170855

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at ...> wrote:

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> So I got to wondering about this:  Just what do you all believe 
will 
> go UNANSWERED from among those things which are driving you nuts?  
> These could be Big Mysteries, of course, but I'm thinking 
especially 
> of those Little Niggling Details.  I mean, not SO little niggling 
> things, like "What color socks does Dumbles favor?" but perhaps 
> slightly more significant little niggles such as get debated here 
> amongst those of us who consider ourselves "major fans."
> 
> Here's an example of something I've just decided is likely to go 
> unanswered:  The question of just how much Snape heard of the 
> prophecy at the Hog's Head.  
> 
> We argue and debate whether DD's account of things is accurate 
(that 
> Snape heard only the first portion of the prophecy before being 
> tossed on his ear by Aberforth), whether Trelawney's version is 
> accurate (that Snape was still there when she *finished* the 
> prophecy), or perhaps even that there's a third option -- that DD 
> *thinks* Snape only heard the first part but perhaps Trelawney is 
> correct and he heard it all (and if that's the case, perhaps he 
> *chose* to tell Voldy only the first portion?).
> 
> As much as I'd like to know which of these is accurate, I 
seriously 
> doubt JKR is going to revisit this.
> 
> So what say ye?  What Little Niggling Details do you fear will be 
> left unanswered at the end?
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan
>

mz_annethrope:

Ok, two somewhat larger niggling things: What were the other 
thoughts Snape put into the pensieve in OotP? What was DD 
experiencing when he drank the poisoned potion in HBP? I doubt we'll 
get the answer to either, but I'd love to know.

Some smaller niggling things:

-How did Harry's grandparents die?
-How did Remus Lupin prevent himself from biting people when he 
transformed after his time at Hogwarts and before the invention of 
the wolfsbane potion?
-How do students get to wizarding schools outside of the U.K.?
-Are there female centaurs? Male hags? If not, how do they reproduce?
-Come to think of it, how do house elves reproduce given that there 
doesn't usually seem to be more than one per house? Well, maybe I 
don't want to know the answer to that. Sounds too grim.

mz_annethrope