Harry is obviously going to live to become a world champion Quidditch player and an Auror.
Good lord. What kind of a freaky TV show could they make out of that?
I Spy meets Sabrina, The Teenaged Witch.
He probably stole it from somewhere. In the first book it’s mentioned how Harry would make a decent Beater. Maybe his father would have been a decent seeker. But then again, the movie said his father was a seeker, and JK supposedly had final decision on everything that went into the movie, so the fact she let this in does bring up some questions.
Maybe he really does have her eyes. Like they transferred over into him when she saved his life. Okay, so it’s a bit on the macabre side…
“You have your mother’s eyes.”
“I know; damn her and her cataracts!”
He could be referring to the guy who was headmaster at the Eastern European school (forget his name). He disappeared after the fourth book, since he knows Voldemort will be hunting for him.
karomon above mentioned the ‘World Book Day Chat’ - it answers another question as well. Second question on the page:
“Sirius Riddle: What houses were Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, James Potter and Remus Lupin in? Everyone tells me they were all Gryffindor, but I won’t believe it unless I hear it from Ms. Rowling herself!
JK Rowling says: This is JK herself saying that they were indeed in Gryffindor!”
Yeah because eyes are those type of things you can’t live without. :rolleyes: 
But I guess that it might be true, say if Voldemort’s curse had blinded him or if in fact he had changed Harry’s real eyes to his own, to see what he was doing etc. Maybe Lily’s eyes prevent Voldemort seeing Harry like Harry sees what Voldemort is doing.
Karkaroff. Yeah it could be him. In fact, which of the other descriptions fits him.
He could also be the one Voldemort referred to as a coward. I don’t have the book in front of me, but didn’t Snape say something to Karkaroff at the Yule Ball to the effect of “leave if you want to, but I’m staying here”?
It’s the Blue Balls Curse:
COITUS INTERRUPTIS!!!
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Chronos, that was some good deductive work when you said Sirius Black was in Slytherin. I never thought of that. The quote from J. K. Rowling, provided by Arien (thanks Arien) shows that your deduction was incorrect, but still, nice thinking.
I think that a consistent “vision” that J. K. Rowling has of her world would trump any of the minor inconsistencies we would find in her books, a good example being the quote “everyone who went bad was in Slytherin” and yet Sirius Black was in Gryffindor. Thought that statement might end up being true after all since Sirius Black was innocent.
Concerning the return of the Death Eaters in “Goblet of Fire”, here’s what Voldemort says, and I think it’s pretty obvious:
“here we have six missing Death Eaters… three dead in my service.” - maybe that can be inferred from the books, but I don’t know the names.
“One, too cowardly to return… he will pay.” Karkaroff
“One, who I believe has left me forever … he will be killed, of course.” - Snape.
“and one, who remains my most faithful servant, and who has already reentered my service.” - Barty Crouch impersonating Moody at Hogwarts.
Why did Snape leave the Death Eaters?
My theory (already mentioned in various ways in this thread) - He was in love with Lily Potter, which would explain his hatred of James Potter. When he found out that Voldemort wanted to kill Harry Potter (and Harry’s parents), Snape gave that news to Dumbledore, because of his love for Lily, and left Voldemort forever.
Why would Lucius Malfoy want Draco to be friends with Snape?
Because Lucius Malfoy plays both sides of the fence and can’t afford to burn bridges with the rest of the wizarding world; because Snape is the head of Slytherin and it would be useful for his son to have the House Head favour him.
Why does Snape favour Draco?
He’s faking it to keep close to the Malfoys to gain information and/or Draco is a smart student and reminds Snape of his younger self.
Why does Snape dislike Harry Potter so much? Because Harry Potter is like his father James and Snape didn’t like James - good at sports and a confirmed rule-breaker who gets away with it; because Harry is a reminder that Lily loved James Potter and not him.
Who will die in the future books?
I think Dumbledore will have to die to make the Harry Potter / Voldemort confrontation dramatic, otherwise the reader will be expecting Dumbledore to pop up as a deus ex machina.
J. K. Rowling has said that the shape of Snape’s patronus charm will be very important. I think that Snape’s patronus will be shaped like Lily Potter.
A few other things I forgot to say:
J. K. Rowling has said that the colour of Harry Potter’s eyes being the same as his mother’s eyes is important, but I don’t have a guess as to how she will make that important.
I think that Harry Potter and Luna Lovegood would be the expected pairing, if any. He and she have a special moment at the end of “Order of the Phoenix”.
By the way, I think it must be significant that Luna Lovegood “loses” all her school items during the school year, and yet they always show up again in time. There’s more there than meets the eye, I bet.
I recently read (I think on mugglenet) that J. K. Rowling has said that a “small detail” in book two will prove to be very significant in book six. I’m going to reread “Chamber of Secrets” now, but does anyone have any guesses on that?
I think that a good ending for Harry Potter would be to become Hogwarts Headmaster, but J. K. Rowling hasn’t even promised that Harry Potter will survive book seven, and in the interview linked to by Arien she says that he’s too active to become something like that. I can’t believe she would kill him though, for two reasons:
a) She has so much emotional involvement in the character, and he’s been through so much already.
b) From a strictly commercial point of view, that would exclude any post-Hogwarts books in the series.
Future Defense against the Dark Arts Teachers: I think J. K. Rowling would stick to her theme of introducing a brand-new character for each year to teach that class. If it’s characters that we have already seen in the books or else heard mention of, I would guess maybe:
- Dumbledore taking on that class himself - he doesn’t teach any class, does he?
- Harry Potter being made a teacher for just that one class in his seventh year, while still being a student
- Dumbledore’s brother (can’t think of his name off the top of my head, he’s in the photograph of the original Order of the Phoenix that Moody shows Harry Potter in book five)
She’s bluffing.
One last thing - how is Snape helping the Order of the Phoenix? Has he got some/all of the Death Eaters fooled into thinking he’s still on their side? Or could it even be that he’s pretending to be on the good side but still secretly loyal to Voldemort?
Still secretly loyal to Voldemort - that would mean he’s fooled Dumbledore, and I can’t believe J. K. Rowling would allow that. Dumbledore is the most powerful wizard living (at least in England). And at the end of “Goblet of Fire” Snape does his best to convince Cornelius Fudge that Voldemort has returned, by showing the change in Death Eater mark on his (Snape’s) arm.
Do the Death Eaters think Snape is still with them?
I can’t believe that Voldemort would leave his close circle in doubt as to Snape’s true allegiance, it would be too dangerous for him.
So how is Snape helping the order?
Maybe not all the followers of Lord Voldemort were trusted enough to be full Death Eaters and have the mark, so Snape could be getting some secret information from some of the smaller fry. Or else Snape gets information out of Lucius Malfoy because Lucius Malfoy is still hedging his bets. Or he has some secret / dangerous ways to spy on Death Eaters that will be revealed in a future book.
Personally, Snape is one of my favourite characters. He saves Harry’s life in the first book, thwarts Quirrell/Voldemort during the troll attack (also in the first book), is in danger of his life since Voldemort’s return, and still does the right thing by fighting eveil even though all he gets for it is dislike / hatred, at least from most of the main characters. Plus the “long greasy hair / hooknose” description seems to be unnecessarily nasty. More power to the hippy look, say I!
I like Snape too…as a character, at least. Not sure if I’d want to hang out with him! I think the negative descriptions of Snape are because we’re seeing him from Harry’s perspective. Harry has never liked Snape, and while this is understandable it’s become clear that Harry isn’t giving Snape the credit he deserves. As Harry matures, I think he’ll come around a bit.
I’ve seen some critics accuse Rowling of being simplistic, but I think her protrayl of Snape is quite sophisticated, especially for a children’s/YA writer. He’s set up as the obvious villain in the first book, but events prove him to be on the side of good and actively working to protect Harry. However, he isn’t shown to be Mr. Sweetness and Light.
Snape is “good” without actually being “nice”. Throughout the series he continues to do his best to serve the side of good (although he sometimes makes mistakes, as in the third book), but he also continues to bully Harry and friends and show favoritism to members of his own House. But Snape has reasons for this other than prejudice or sheer spite. He believes, not without good reason, that Harry and his frequent rule-breaking are being indulged by Dumbledore and the rest of the staff and that Harry is in danger of turning into a spoiled prince. Snape’s an angry, unhappy man and from what we’ve seen of his past he’s got a lot of negative baggage, but he genuinely seems to want to do the right thing even when it’s difficult for him.
I suspect we’ll learn more in the future about Snape’s tendency to hand out points to Slytherin students freely but dock Gryffindor whenever he gets the chance. It may be part of his plan to make parents like Lucius Malfoy trust him so he can pump them for information about Voldy’s plans. Or it may be that he feels Slytherins are treated like redheaded stepchildren by the rest of the staff because of their reputation for turning bad, while Gryffindors are seen as heroes no matter what they do. He may be hoping to encourage members of his house not to feel that they’re expected to turn bad or that it’s the only way to get attention.
Wow, I have never seen an admin give such a contribution to a thread. I must savour the moment…ok that’s over now.
You mean Aberforth, just looked it up. Could be but didn’t he do something “peculiar” with a variety of animal? :dubious: :eek:
I could be wrong but I don’t think it has anything to do with the two of them getting together. I’m surprised by the fact that we have never heard of her until now. It’s kinda like the whole Dawn joining Buffy, if you know what I’m talking about. Her stuff going missing is just the thing needed for Harry to realise he is not the only one with problems. It’s like a morality play and Luna represents his salvation or return to grace.
But is/was Barty Crouch a Death Eater?? I don’t think that he was, even though he has become Voldemort’s faithful servant. From the chapter involving the trial it seems that he really was innocent, that Azkaban drove him to madness and Voldemort was quickly able to take advantage of this. Therefore couldn’t Snape be the most faithful servant, already working as double agent throughout all of the books. This would explain what the heck he is doing for the Order when he is supposedly marked for death by Voldemort. Therefore there is still one Death Eater unaccounted for which could turn into a storyline for book 6.
I thought that it had to be an animal of some sort, and that a person had no control over what it appeared as. But that would be quite cool and provoking.
Also I think those that want to should read this:
He already is. Harry begins to realize that although Snape wasn’t exactly the nicest of people in his youth, and probably brought a lot of ridicule on himself, what his father (and to a lesser extent, Black and Lupin) did to Snape when they were at Hogwarts together (as revealed in the penseive) was inexcusable. He begins to realize that Snape has reasons for disliking him, even if they aren’t completely valid.
Personally, I think that Harry and Snape will probably come to have great respect for each other by the end of the books. I don’t see them ever having the type of relationship that Harry has with Dumbledore, Hagrid, or even for that matter McGonagall, but most of the animosity will disappear and be replaced with respect, though a somewhat grudging one.
How about Philosopher’s stone in 1-minute (both versions):
MHO: Luna has “popped up out of nowhere” because J.K. Rowling thought of a fun new character. She’s in the same year as Ginny, which means the year after Harry, and J. K. Rowling is sketchy on details of other students, even those in the same year as Harry, so it’s not surprising she was never mentioned before (though it seems that a family named Lovegood is neighbours with the Weasleys, the name is mentioned when the Weasleys and Diggorys are using the Portkey to go to the Quidditch world cup.)
I think more than one thing in “Order of the Phoenix” is making Harry realise that other people have suffered too. e.g. Ginny Weasley at Grimmauld Place “if you want to know what being possessed by Voldemort feels like, why don’t you ask someone who’s been through that already?”, and seeing Neville’s mother at St. Mungo’s.
Luna is the only one Harry talks to about Sirius dying. That means something, and what I think it means is that J. K. Rowling is laying the foundation for a Harry / Luna pairing. Her school things disappearing / coming back might not have any further significance, but my guess is, J. K. Rowling will explain this “mystery” later.
The chapter involving his trial was to make us think that he’d been innnocent all along and that his father was a right old bastard. But then J. K. Rowling pulls out one of her patented switcheroos on us. We learn, once again, that everything is not as it seems at first glance.
Goblet of fire also makes it more explicit that good people can have bad sides to them too. Sirius explains to Harry that some of the anti-Voldemort crowd were quite happy to have imprisonments without trial etc… and that’s a dangerous approach - look at Sirius’ case. Dumbledore agrees that you should not, in your struggle against evil, become the person you fight, hence his opposition to dementors.
It’s described sometimes as a silver cloud, and for some people it takes the shape of an animal (Harry’s stag, Hermione’s otter) but it’s never said that they can only be animal-shaped.
About those Patronus Charms… A person has no control either over the shape of their Patronus, nor what animal they turn into should they become an Animagus, and Rowling has hinted that these are always the same animal. Are there any other “totemic” spells like this? One presumes, for instance, that Voldemort’s totem is a snake, even though he’s not (so far as we know) an Animagus, and he’s probably incapable of summoning a Patronus. And while we’re on the topic, does the Patronus do anything else? It would seem odd to have a dedicated high-level spell just for warding off one particular kind of nasty, and we’ve seen that the Patronus can be summoned without Dementors being present. And the name also suggests a greater versatility: it acts as a patron for the summoner.
Out of curiosity, why wouldn’t Voldemort be able to summon a Patronus? If he’s the second most powerful wizard in the world, he wouldn’t lack power or ability (at least, once his body was fully healed). One shudders to think what he’d consider to be a happy memory, but presumably he has one.
Half-expecting Snape’s boggart to take the shape of James Potter, and for his Patronus to have some connection with Lily.
Maybe becuase you have to have a good memory, not just some memory you take pleasure from but something wholesome and pure. Mind you would it be great to see Harry’s stag take on an anti-Patronus from Voldemort.
I think Snape’s boggart will be his father, for some reason. We understand that Snape had a rotten childhood and maybe it is something from his childhood that is his greatest fear. James, to Snape, was a pain for sure but he didn’t go as far as trying to kill him like Sirius did.
For Arnold:
I can understand that a bond could grow between them, but I just don’t get Miss Lovegood. I can’t understand how Harry has known Ginny from the beginning and the two haven’t met until now, but now that they have met she seems to be everywhere, quite “convenient” IMO. Of course it could just be Rowling’s attempt to integrate the character as smoothly as possible for the next instalments, but I don’t know why I keep seeing Luna as something “unhuman”, but in a good way. Of course with most characters in the story the name is probably very important (Just how did no-one realise Remus Lupin was a damn werewolf) and so she may well live up to being a Lovegood.