#12 Grimmauld Place - Speculate - OOTP

[doddiemoemoe]

No: HPFGUIDX 186032

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "wildirishrose" <wildirishrose at ...> wrote:
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> A few years later.  Would the OOTP still be in operation?  I can't imagine the Order continuing on.

Doddie here:  

  Given the Epilogue, yes I think the OOTP still was in operation for a while...especially with the DA contingency...most, if not all of whom seem to fight for the order....I'm sure there were more than those in the order that may have needed rounding up post Voldy-defeat..

Wild asked: 
 Any speculation that Harry set up housekeeping at #12 Grimmauld Place after the Battle of Hogwart's?  He did inherit it from Sirius.  Maybe it reminded Harry of too many bad things and he let the house be and it fell apart from lack of care.  Or maybe he sold it.  If the OOTP still existed, maybe it continued to be headquarters for the OOTP?

Doodie responds:

  I do think that Harry set up his home address at #12 despite his holidays spent at The Burrow...He would never abandon Kreacher, and would go back if only to give Kreacher a chance to state his preference.(I always like to think Harry actually did finish his education at Hogwarts.--It must have been great! Not only were folks whispering about him(Harry)...but also all those who fought in the battle as well--would have been great to see Harry experiencing life as a diminished spectacle with others experiencing a highligh upon their lives..(I imagine a time of folks from different houses eating different house tables in the Great Hall!)
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Wild asked:
> Would Ginny be willing to set up housekeeping there?  Raise their children there?  

Doddie responds:
  Ginny could set up housekeeping anywhere--she is the daughter of Molly by the by :). Even if none of the order could obliviate any of the "permanent sticking charms"...We're told by JKR that elf magic is different..hence the old portrait taken down and moved to Kreacher's new room, the Black family tree tapestry restored etc. because Harry wanted Kreacher to do so, or because Kreacher wanted to do it himself...Ginny would be a good mom, she could raise her children anywhere.  If I had to speculate both Harry and Ron initially purchased a duplex far from where both were raised and from Hogwarts(perhaps in Wales or perhaps London?)..  Although, I can picture both Ginny and Hermione doing all within their power to convince them to not immediatly purchase homes in Hogsmeade post Hoggy Grad..

DD