[the_old_crowd] Finished! (Spoilers)

[susiequsie23]

Pippin:
> "It is
> a great
> comfort not
> to be
> mistaken on
> all points" -
> Gandalf The Grey

SSSusan:
A very gracious crow-eater you are, Pippin!  And I **really** want to now 
say something that I have long waited to say...

> I have to thank Jo for making Lupin a credible red herring. I
> wonder if it was Tonks and Lupin who got pulled from the epilogue
> and sent off to the NGA just to make it clear which side they were on?
> You know, there's very little of ESE!Lupin which is actually refuted by
> canon. If I hadn't sworn otherwise, I'd be tempted to theorize that
> he got away with it. <g>

SSSusan:
I never bought the ESE!Lupin theory, as you know, but man do you ever 
deserve props for it!  You built it up, ever so solidly, and convinced any 
NUMBER of people that it was truly possible, even likely.  I was always 
amazed by what you could do with arguments & counter-positions, the way you 
found canon-based responses for each naysayer and canon-based support for 
every advance in your hypothesis.  I wouldn't be surprised, if you were to 
run into Herself one day, if she wouldn't give you a clap on the back for 
this effort. >;-)


> Pippin
> who cheered out loud when the suits of armor clanked off to
> defend the castle

Siriusly Snapey Susan
who cheered out loud when McGonagall led her transfigured desks into battle 
with a "Charge!"