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christyn wrote:
About Lupin not transforming under the moon. Sirius asked him if he had drunk his potion that night. we don’t really know exactly how the potion works. maybe he only has to drunk it once, a the beginning of they cycle, or perhaps he must drink it each day. in the latter case, perhaps he hadn’t transformed because he hadsome yesterday’s dose still in his system, and it had worn off by later in the night.
— April 26, 2006 @ 2:42 am
Rain74 wrote:
# Has Neville ever learned to ride a broomstick?
# What does Madam Hooch do with all her spare time when that one first-year flying lesson of the year is done?
There IS actually more than one flying lesson. Quotes from PS:
“Flying LESSONS would be starting on Thursday - and Gryffindor and
Slytherin would be learning together.”
“Harry, Ron, and the other Gryffindors
hurried down the front steps onto the grounds for their FIRST flying
lesson.”
So Neville probably learned to fly eventually (he actually even succeeded to fly in the first lesson, although with disastrous results, given his lack of experience).
Technically, I don’t think it’s even ever been sead that second or third years don’t have them (although it seems unlikely).
As for Madam Hooch’s spare time, she still has quite a lot, with no more than a few lessons per week. We can guess she doesn’t spend all of her time at Hogwarts, and may have a job elsewhere.
# What happened on November 1, Y1, to keep Harry and Hagrid busy until evening? Where were they? Where did Hagrid see McGonagall to tell her that Dumbledore would turn up on Privet Drive?
This is a much-debated question, but I doubt it has much plot relevance. I very much doubt that Hagrid and McGonagall ever physically met, since otherwise McGonagall would’ve heard about the news from Hagrid. Probably Hagrid sent her an owl telling her to watch over Privet Drive (she is an Order member and probably has to follow commands like this occassionally).
# In PS16, it says that Fluffy wakes up when the music stops, and falls asleep only when music is played. Did Fluffy stay up all of the five months that nobody went into third corridor? Was an ancient magic invoked so that Fluffy could stay awake for so long?
I think the music works by forcing him into sleep, making him unable to awake until it stops. He may sleep naturally, but any noise may awaken him in such case.
Of course, given their magical nature, it’s not that implausible that three-headed dogs normally don’t sleep at all. Or maybe only one head sleeps at a time.
— April 26, 2006 @ 8:34 am
Naneferkaptah wrote:
“How did the Chamber of Secrets’ entrance, constructed almost a thousand years ago, get hidden inside modern plumbing?”
Why has the plumbing to be modern? Very advanced plumbing was already known in the Roman period. Admittedly, a lot of Roman knowledge was lost/discontinued in the Medieval period in the Muggle world, but that does not preclude its continuation and even amelioration in the wizarding world, does it.
As for the Weasley’s fortune, the fact that at that particular moment it was down to one galleon and a few sickles does not mean that they do never have more. It could have been before Arthur’s salary for the next month arrived (we do not know at what time of the month wizards get their salaries paid, do we). So all this definitely shows, is that the Weasleys do have a tight budget, but nothing more.
— April 26, 2006 @ 12:33 pm
wulf wrote:
-Where did Snape go at the end of GF?
I think it is pretty clear now that Snape went to Voldemort and told him a story that he did not go when the summons came was because he still wanted to be a spy against Dumbledore and his explanation was accepted by Voldemort, though not by Bellatrix(and presumably, others!)
— April 26, 2006 @ 1:56 pm
Carol wrote:
Another question is what happened to Voldemort’s wand after Godric’s Hollow. Vapourmort was unable to hold a wand, yet clearly it was the same wand that he had in the graveyard at little Hangleton as it had to have been the same one for the priori incantatem effect. Some one else was there that night. Did S/he take it to him?
— April 26, 2006 @ 2:04 pm
Adam the Red wrote:
Another question is what happened to Voldemort’s wand after Godric’s Hollow? The answer to this one seems to be Peter Pettigrew. The clues all point to him. Pettigrew was the Potter’s secret keeper, he came them to Voldemort, and HE used Voldemort’s wand to kill Cedric. The clues point to Pettigrew as being the one that went to Godric’s Hollow to check on how things went. The other thought is that Lucius Malfoy was the keeper because he refused to sell something in the evil shop. If it is Malfoy then several more questions arise. The most important being how did Pettigrew get the wand from Malfoy without Malfoy discovering that Voldemort was back in some sort of bodily form? No, it wasn’t Malfoy. The clues say it was Pettigrew that had the wand the entire 13 years.
— April 26, 2006 @ 10:50 pm
..::Ivan::.. wrote:
About the gleam of triumph in Dumbledore. I agree with the comment they make, but i think there’s something that’ll save harry in case Voldemort trys to kill him….
— April 27, 2006 @ 4:05 pm
Zaf wrote:
As to the last question, I think something about the Horcruxes needs to be added. When Dumbledore was talking about Nagini being a probable Horcrux, he was referring directly back to the silver instrument with the coiling snake smoke - “in essence divided” because there were two separate pieces of Voldemort’s soul there - one as the Horcrux, and one (the “real” one, the one still in LV’s body) that was possessing the snake.
— April 27, 2006 @ 6:10 pm
Auror wrote:
Regarding Voldemort’s wand, it is likely that Wormtail found it at Godric’s Hollow and retained it, returning it to V in Albania (how he got it there as a rat is problematic, though not insurmountable). Wormtail would have helped himself to Bertha Jorkin’s wand after V murdered her.
There is a problem on this site with the days/dates on the Time Line for the 1990s. The days+dates are correct for August 1994 (Saturday, Aug. 20, for example), but the days don’t match the dates for any other month that I looked at.
Trivia.
— April 27, 2006 @ 8:50 pm
ntertanedangel wrote:
As for Slughorn not being evil, I’m not so sure about that, or at least there is enough evidence to not put his name on the “white hat” list. Dumbledore warns Harry about him, something he does with no other teacher. He also suggests that Slughorn knows how to conjure the Dark Mark and that he would be a prime Death Eater. Much of what he says and does may not be blatantly evil, but is certainly fishy and misguided.
That said, I don’t think it’s possible for ALL Slytherins to be evil. A better example might be Phineas Nigellus
— April 28, 2006 @ 10:50 pm
Phairre Braquenelle wrote:
About Voldemort’s “reluctance” in killing Lily:
Lily Potter was a master at potions who once protected Snape (see “Snape’s worst memory”)- perhaps the only student at Hogwarts who ever did anything nice to him. Furthermore, she was a master at Potions - one of Snape’s favorite subjects. Given these, I believe it is possible to see Snape as someone who not necessarily loved (although that is possible) but significantly admired Lily Potter. This, in my personal view, might have led him to request from Lord Voldemort to spare Lily and just kill James and baby Harry instead, and Voldemort’s subsequent offer to Lily to spare her life might have been his thank-you present to Snape for giving him the important information regarding the prophecy.
— April 29, 2006 @ 12:03 pm
Marco wrote:
#When did Artur and Molly Weasley attend Hogwarts?
We are told in HBP, that people eloped left, right and centre, including Artur and Molly Weasley, as LV came to power. LV came to power first arround 1970, so Molly and Artur Weasley did attend Hogwarts most likely in the 60s.
— April 29, 2006 @ 5:33 pm
Moony wrote:
Some questions and thoughts, I dropped them elsewhere too, but you can use them for the lexicon!
1: Who made (or owned) the mirror of erised?
2: Who owned the opal necklace? Who cursed this object?
Will the opal necklace and/or the mirror of erised be of some importance in the future?
3: What did the centaurs do with Umbridge after they took her into the forest? How did Dumbledore bring her back? What will happen
with Umbridge in the next book?
4: When and for which creatures (only humans) are werewolf bites dangerous? And what will be the effect on hmans/animals/animagi
when they are biten by a werewolf in his human/transformed form?
(cf. In Prisoner of Azkaban (also in the film), Lupin was transformed into a werewolf and Sirius had sent him back by fighting him
as padfood (his animalform); After that fight, the dog was covered with bites. But Sirius had never become a werewolf, although he
was biten by one. In myths and (folk)tales, an injured animagus (they don’t use this term, of course) who are injured retransforms
in humans or
could be recognised in human form, because
they still have the injuries. That’s one of the tricks to discover who is the animagus or werewolf, when they are humans.) So, I
have to conclude that becoming an animagus is a good protection against werewolf bites. Even when the animagus is retransformed
into his human shape, he seems to be protected against the bites he got during the period he/she was an animal. In “Fantastic beasts
and where to find them” it was stated that only the bite is dangerous for
humans (though there wasn’t any case mentioned for prooving this statement). In the same book it was also stated that, when the
werewolf is a human, he’s a normal wizard or muggle (not more dangerous as another). But as the case of Greyback (Halfblood Prince)
shows, this isn’t always correct. Or Greyback was mental (a savage person), before he became a werewolf.
For me, it’s a mystery how the illness of becoming a werewolf works. If it is caused by something like a virus, becoming an animagus
won’t work, because a bite will give you the
virus (or micro-organism) that makes you sick. That virus or micro-organism
will come in the blood of the animagus and will be still there at the time
he/she becomes a human. In Halfblood Prince Lupin thinks the bites Bill received from Greyback would possibly give him a kind of
contamination. By the way, would it be dangerous to kiss (or make love with) a werewolf in his human form? If the illness is caused
by a virus or micro-organism, the werewolf in human form has it in his blood and could give it to other people. Cf. the illness of
rabies by animals and hydrophobia
by human. I think the autor of “Fantastic beasts” wasn’t puzzling on this question, because he wasn’t in love with a werewolf. But I
think, Tonks is interesting in the answers on the question how precisely the illness of lycantropy is working.
I already did a little research about werewolves. And I don’t
remember I found an answer to my questions about animagi and becoming
a werewolf.
5: Where could the school “Beauxbatons” be located in France? Could there be any link with the things Hermione said in chapter 1
(prisoner of azkaban) about her holidays in France? In that chapter, she said: “There is some local history of witchcraft here.” And
later, in Goblet of fire, she mentioned she ate bouillabaisse during that holiday.
Could that passage in PA (about that holiday) be refering to the Albigenses?
6: Some thoughts concerning werewolves and characters in particular, perhaps, you’ll find some inspiration for another series of
questions concerning the phenomenon of werewolves?
If I were Harry, I would ask Bill about how to break curses. After a period of recovery and rehabilitation, bill could possibly
help Harry with his huge task to find the remaining horcruxes. He was, and is, a talented wizard (got 12 O.W.L.S). As a curse
breaker for Gringotts Wizarding Bank in Egypt, he learnt how to detect and break protective and dangerous curses. I suppose,
Greyback’s attack didn’t destroy these knoledge and skills. And, is it coincidence that Bill worked in Egypt? I think not. In GF
we saw that Charlie’s work with dragons and his friendship with Hagrid was usefull to Harry. Could this be the case too for the fact
Bill worked in Egypt? Don’t forget, the ancient Egypt is famous for its death cults and its QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY. Bill knows much
about the magic involved with these death cults. And there we are by Anubis, the
jackal-headed (or in the form of a jackal) god of embalming. This god had an important role in these death cults. A jackal is a
member of the family Canidae, and belongs to the Genus Canis, as the wolf do (cf. article Canidae in: “wikipedia”. A jackal isn’t
a wolf, and Bill isn’t probably a real werewolf too.
Something Lupin and Bill have in common: they have (or had) a caring family and friends. It’s stated that Lupin’s parents did
everything to cure him and that they were afraid he couldn’t be admitted to Hogwarts. So, they didn’t let Lupin down. Bill’s parents
were there
after the attack, and Fleur was there too! She didn’t abbandone him.
Concerning Greyback: we don’t know if he was bitten as a child or as an adult. But he didn’t seem to have the same chances as Lupin
had (didn’t go to Hogwarts if he received the bite as a child). His bitterness suggests, he was abbandoned by his family and
friends.
The unnamed man who was in the same ward as Arthur Weasley in St Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and injuries, received the
bite as an adult. He already has got his education, and normally won’t lose the skills he had. But unfortunately, he seemed to be
abandoned by his family and friends (cf. on Christmas, he had no visitors). Arthur tried to make friends with him, but the man
didn’t want to. If lupin was more lucky and succeeded in helping him, this new werewolf could be helpfull to the order of the
phoenix. As Greyback is specialised in biting children, this man is probably not a victim
of him, but he could be, though.
7: Did Harry get his copy of “advanced potion-making” back?
8: In the first chapter of ps, Dumbledore said to McGonagall ”
I would trust Hagrid with my life,”. Is this of any significance, or is this common used?
”
9: Was Merope a witch or a squib (as her father called her, or was he just insulting her)?
10: Is it significant Harry named his snowy owl Hedwig?
11: How was Dumbledore’s portrait created? I mean: there was no painter mentioned and Dumbledore was a very busy man, so it would be difficult to portray him!
12: How is an imperius curse working? I mean: if e.g. Malfoy has casted the imperius curse on Mrs Rosmerta, would only he able to control her? If so, when did Draco do this? When did he leave the school?
13: Where did Voldemort find the information about horcruxes?
— April 30, 2006 @ 5:53 am
Sam Van Kooten wrote:
Here’s a questions I have: If the Ministry can detect the specific spells people cast (as shown in Harry’s letters in books 2 and 5 after he performs magic outside Hogwarts), why can’t they detect when someone performs an Unforgivable Curse and send Aurors swooping in to catch the criminal?
— April 30, 2006 @ 6:04 pm
Marco wrote:
@Sam
In OP, Ch.8 Amalia Bones said, that the Privet Drive had been closely monitored by the MoM, so they would have most likely learned at once, when magic was performed there. Little Hangleton p.e. was most likely not subject of such close monitoring, so the MoM wouldn´t have learned, that unforgiveable courses were castet there, until the culprit had been escaped.
— May 1, 2006 @ 5:43 am
Evreka wrote:
Speaking of the Triwizard Tournament, why was everyone so excited to go watch the second and third tasks? Why were there even stands set up?
I think we can compaire this to any in real life sport activity such as skiing over a distance or car rally through the woods or marathon. People wait for hours at a certain place to catch a glimpse og who happens to lead at that point. Likewise people wait for hours at the goal. Isn’t it just the same to wait for these two tasks to be finnished as waiting for the winner in any of the above mentioned sports? I think so.
Why did Voldemort seem reluctant to kill Lily?
In GOF (page 563 br ed paperback) Voldemort says (to Wormtail) … you helped me… and Lord Voldemort rewards his helpers… We know from a good number of places that Voldemort was able to come to the Potters’ house at Halloween 1981 only after Wormtail betrayed their whereabouts to him. We also learned in HBP that he only knows of the Prophecy due to Snape telling him in the first place. Jo has specifically stated that noone else has ever got an option like Lily’s - to stand aside unharmed. Additionally, in the Melissa/Emerson interview July 17th, 2005 Jo stated that James was not the only one to have had a romantical interest in Lily. So what if Wormtail (or Snape) asked him to spare Lily?
— May 10, 2006 @ 6:49 pm
Jimima wrote:
Dumbledore’s gleam of triumph…. We are told Harry is protected and I suspect by more than one means. Some of this protection is linked to blood i.e. through Petunia Dursley and Lilly Potter. This is apparent in the conversation when Dumbledore discusses why Harry must stay at the Dursleys as well as the many references to the ‘love’ protection his mother Lilly Potter gave him. Voldemort used Harry’s blood and it appeared to have worked in his favour but I don’t think it will pan out this way but rather aid Voldemorts down fall. The protection is specifically for Harry and I don’t believe it is a general protection to any “user” who ingests it.
— May 11, 2006 @ 1:17 am
Howling Wolf wrote:
It’s never mentioned, but do you think if Dumbledore has told anyone other than Harry and Sirius that Harry and Voldemort’s wands are brothers? V could probably figure it out based on the end of GOF. However, it is subtle enough that V could easily overlook. However, IF DD told Snape then V would know and it would be one more advantage that Harry would not have in the next encounter. Thoughts?
— May 30, 2006 @ 7:20 pm
Judy wrote:
Did anyone notice that Charley Weasley was not at Dumbledore’s funeral? Is Charlie still in Romania? JKR has been diligent in revealing characters full names with one exception “Borgin” of Borgin and Burkes. Without knowing his full name does anyone think that he could be “RAB”?
— June 5, 2006 @ 2:22 pm
Anneke wrote:
#Do the Hogwarts toilets really empty into the lake? Don’t the merpeople object?
Yes, they empty to the lake. NO the merpeople do not object… where do you think merpeople go to the bathroom but in the lake as well. They may merpeople ‘outhouses’ that put all their waste in one location, but it’s still just in the water. I would think that where the toliets empty out would be the equivallent of the Merpeople’s landfill.
— June 12, 2006 @ 4:19 pm
Ligress wrote:
How did Dumbledore know about Lily’s Sacrafice and its effects within such short time? After all, we don’t know anyone who saw what happened who could have told Dumbledore (yes, this would bring up the topic of possible unknown poeple present at Godrics Hollow that night), or he would not have known to prepare the the arrangements for Harry to live with the Dursleys.
— June 26, 2006 @ 4:58 pm
Seamus wrote:
When I was re-reading Order of the Phoenix,something struck me.If you need to think hard about something to get the room of requirement to become it,how did the members of the D.A. get in?Did they do it too?I dought it,becouse they just came in when the meetings started and there is no mention of Harry telling them what to do,he just told them the place.Any thoughts?
— June 27, 2006 @ 3:37 am
Sarah wrote:
*Why did Voldemort seem reluctant to kill Lily?
-I once read somewhere a *VERY* good explination for this question. As everyone knows, when Voldemort was still Tom Riddle, he murdered his parents and grandparents and then Obliviated his uncle to make him believe that he had killed the Riddles himself. (The same happened with the Smith thing.) The person pointed out one very small piece of evidence that made me believe why Lily was offered to live: Voldemort wanted to Obliviate her too and make her believe she had killed her family. It almost seems to perfect to believe if you as me. After all, he had done it twice before, hadn’t he?
— June 29, 2006 @ 7:49 pm
Reader2 wrote:
Since I see that the discussion on hocruxes is not over, I might as well repeat what I already posted on another thread:
JKR did not invent the concept of “hocrux”, she got it from legends like many other elements of the Potterverse.
She did, however, invent the term, also none of those legends refer to a “soul fragment”:
The one some of you probably know is the British fary tale “Heartless Giant” includes a giant who “hid his heart inside a goose egg”.
A Russian fary tale “Koshey the Immortal” speaks of an evil wizard name Koshey “whose death was hidden at the end of a needle”.
Eastern legends include wizard-giants called “devi” who can “keep their souls in a different place”, which can be an object, an animal or a person.
In some of those legends the “soul” can be moved from one object (or person) to another.
That explains why the hocrux-users are not worried that a living hocrux can grow old and die, they can simply move their “soul fragment” when they see fit.
It does make sence, since even a durable object (like a ring or cup) will rust away some day.
Sure it can take a million years, but a hocrux-user is set on living forever, so he should be concerned about what happens a million years from now.
This means that Nagini-hocrux and even Harry-hocrux theories are not as far-fetched as they sound.
Fortuantely, this also means that if Harry is a hocrux he does not need to commit a sueside, he simply needs to find a way to get the fragment out of himself and put it into something he does not mind destroying.
One more interesting detail, none of the legends I’ve mentioned ever use more than one hocrux per customer.
That is what makes Rowling’s idea truly original.
— July 19, 2006 @ 7:45 pm
Snidget wrote:
Reader2
Very interesting information you’ve brought up about horcruxes. And I’d like to add to your last point that not only would JKR be a first in the multiple horcrux idea field, but as stated in HBP so would Voldemort as he claims to be the only one who has gone so far.
Now your comments got me thinking… how exactly is a horcrux destroyed anyways? If as you said the creator never really had to care about the object being destroyed because they can be relocated, then desttuction of the object is not the same as destruction of the horcrux.
The only horcrux we have actually seen destroyed is the diary. Essentially, Harry used the basilisks fang to poision the soul within. But would simply ripping the book or burning the book have had the same effect on the soul inside? We know nothing about how Dumbledore destroyed the horcrux in the ring. All we do know is however he did it, it nearly destroyed his hand and we can assume it put a crack in the gem of the ring (assuming it wasn’t just dropped or something) But Dumbledore never went into specifics. If Harry has to go beyond destroying the objects themselves he’s going to need all the help he can get.
— July 20, 2006 @ 12:48 pm
Reader2 wrote:
Correction, Sniget.
I never said that hocrux user doesn’t need to care about a hocrux being destroyed.
I merely said that he does not need to care about the object not lasting forever, the fragment would need to be moved while the object is still in one peace, but if the object is destroyed while the fragment is still in it, the fragment goes with it.
In all the legends I’ve listed the hocruxes were destroyed the old fashioned way, but Voldemort is clearly more causious than the users from the legends, so when you try to smash his hocruxes they try to smash you back.
— July 20, 2006 @ 3:06 pm
Reader2 wrote:
I believe I have spotted a loophole in the Quirrel inconsistency.
As it been repeatedly pointed out, book 1 sound way too much like Quirrel taught for two years in a row:
1990 - 1991 and 1991 - 1992
We can not even find any evidence that he changed subjects in 1991.
At the same time, in book 6 Dumbledore says that no one has taught that cursed DADA class for more than a year ever since Voldemort was refused the job.
The loophole I am talking baout is the fact that some time during the summer of 1991, Quirrel became posessed by Voldemort.
It is still a bit unclear what kind of effect that possession can have on the host, but it does sound like it can have very strong effect on him, considering that Quirrel died once Voldemort left him.
Why not assume that it affected him so much that he became a completely different person?
So, perhaps, Dumbledore was simply refering to the original Quirrel and the posessed Quirrel as two different people.
In that case we would have the following time line for Quirrel:
Taught and was doing fine: 1988 - 1989
Took a year off: 1989 - 1990
Taught again, shaken up: 1990 - 1991
Taught posessed: 1991 - 1992
— July 27, 2006 @ 8:27 pm
Antoon wrote:
Quirrell’s career at Hogwarts doesn’t affect the main plot line, so I think we shouldn’t worry too much about it. There’s something else I wonder about much more. Professor Trelawney makes her first Prophecy before Harry was born, right? Then, when Harry is one year old, Voldemort strikes. This must be short after the Fidelius Charm is cast. What took Dumbledore and the Potters so long? What did they do in the mean time?
— July 29, 2006 @ 6:45 am
Tonima wrote:
After reading Half Blood Prince I felt really bad for Malfoy and I think he and wormtail would do something to assist Harry in the last book. Dumbledore told Malfoy that the reason he could not kill him was becaue he was not really a murderer and he seems really pathetic at this point - neither able to carry out Voldemort’s order nor able to back away from it. Is it conscience that is bothering him or is it fear? Is he going to try to bolt out of Voldemort’s circle? Of course that has more chances of getting the boy killed…I mean throughtout the series he made it quite clear that he is proud of intimidating and bullying people - but in the end he gets so desperate that he goes to Moaning Myrtle’s toilet to cry. FOr a child of that age isn’t it too heavy a blow that he would get killed without mercy if he is unsuccessful in carrying out his duty to Voldemort? Do you think there is a chance that he would try to back out of Voldemort’s circle and return to the “good side”?
— August 1, 2006 @ 7:23 am
Reader2 wrote:
I see we are back on the most popular subject: Snape.
One possible answer to why Dumbledore asked for Snape is that Snape was the only one who could come up with an antidote, like Adam said.
The other answer, however, is that he wanted Snape to finish him off. Remeber, he was asking Harry to kill him a minute earlier.
— August 1, 2006 @ 3:09 pm
Tonima wrote:
Reader2 - I think DUmbledore wanted Harry to kill him because the potion had some affect on him - like it makes you remember the most torturous moments of your life or something that would be the most dangerous punishment for you. For Dumbledore, it was probably seeing a lot of innocent people getting tortured and whicle taking the potion, he wanted the torturer to kill him instead of so many innocent people. That is why he was requesting Harry to kill him.
And when Malfoy was attempting to kill Dumbledore he was not encouraging him greatly which means Dumbledore was not so keen to die - but maybe as pointed out in another thread - he begged to Severus to leave Harry even if he takes DD’s life.
He was seeking for Severus at the beginning of the chapter because he still trusted Snape and thought he could conjure up an antidote.
— August 2, 2006 @ 1:13 am
Adam the Red wrote:
I don’t know. I’m of a split opinion on DD’s request for Snape. They were arguing about something that Snape didn’t want to do earlier in the book, but that DD insisted he do. Reader has a valid point. DD may have been telling Snape to kill him at the top of the tower. On the other hand, maybe not, because Snape did knock-out Professor Flitwick. There is evidence to support both theories.
— August 2, 2006 @ 8:36 am
ginny wrote:
comments on the locket:
Regulas Black is probably RAB..If you read back in O of P you will see that one of the objects they cleaned from the cabinet in the room was a locket no one could open. It was tossed in the bag with other things to be thrown away, but Kreacher may have retrieved it among the other things he kept behind the boiler. I believe it is still in Sirius’s house and will be found.
(new to this forum and I admit you all have interesting questions and comments)
— August 2, 2006 @ 10:40 am
Tonima wrote:
About Wormtail…exactly how do you think is wormtail going to pay the debt of life bak to harry? Is he going to get a till now misplaced conscience and sacrifice his life to Harry or is it some kind of magical bond that he would have to unwillingly do something for Harry…like the unbreakable vow or the kind of protection Harry was given by his mother? Wh yis the dark Lord keeping him alive at all now that everyone in the good side knows he is bad and he is not any use to him at all? Except maybe serve him tea or feed Nagini milk? - that’s probably why Voldemort has kept him alive - to milk Nagini.
Do you think that the Giants are going to come over to the Wizarding World and cause havoc or will Hagrid and Maxime (and of course Grawp) be able to do something to tame them? - The chances are not big but after Voldemort’s death if Giants are still shooed off by the wizards like they have been forever what would happen to Dumbledore’s values and ideals that all creatures - including Goblin’s and House-elves should be treated with due respect and Half Breeds such as werewolves should be treated with sympathy? Will the wizarding world continue to discriminate so heavily even after VOldemort’s death?
— August 2, 2006 @ 3:19 pm
Pteris Vittata wrote:
Concerning Lupin and the Boggart Moon: He didn’t turn into a werewolf b/c the Boggart Moon wasn’t the Moon, it was a Boggart that just looked like the moon.
Concerning Lycanthropy being like AIDS: I think it’s alot more like PinkEye - The moment you mention you have it to people, they run!
— August 5, 2006 @ 2:57 am
Antoon wrote:
Why is Voldemort keeping Wormtail alive? You can’t deny that Voldemort has a certain style, a kind of feeling for honour. He always kills for a reason, not just because some of his Death Eaters is a bit clumsy. He can’t start executing wizards who have just helped him with his resurrection, it wouldn’t look good on his curriculum vitae. Moreover, I guess he would get problems recruiting new Death Eaters if he kills his helpers off instead of rewarding them.
— August 6, 2006 @ 2:14 pm
tom's riddle wrote:
Where in HOgwarts do the house-elves live and/or sleep?
“The Pensieve is intended to be a lively, intelligent supplement to the content of the page on which it appears.” (from our Terms of Service)
We’ve had some fantastic comments and ideas on this page but have gotten off-topic. We have a great place for horcrux theories and all other theories in our forums. Let’s keep these limited to the topic at hand.
Thanks!
— August 15, 2006 @ 3:56 pm
U-No-Poo wrote:
John - Just curious, how exactly are horcrux theories not on topic for the Why, How, But if it’s true section? Not to criticize or be rude, but I really enjoyed the Horcrux discussions here because I find forums more difficult to navigate.
— August 16, 2006 @ 9:56 am
Antoon wrote:
I am willing to believe that there are dragons, phoenixes and hippogriffs. A castle in Scotland where young wizards and witches are taught how to ride on broomsticks: sure, why not. But what I find difficult to believe is that after a thousand years, Salazar Slytherin has exactly one descendant. Think about this. Say that every couple gets two children. Then on the average, every person has two children, four grandchildren, eight grand-grandchildren, and so on. Then after, say, 40 generations the genes of this person have spread throughout the entire population. Now, of course, there are fluctuations. Some people don’t get any children; others, such as Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, more than two. But this leaves really only two possibilities. Either the blood line becomes extinct within a couple of generations, or the number of descendants becomes so large that the spreading can’t be stopped. It is just too unlikely that the number of descendants remains limited for such a long time.
— August 20, 2006 @ 3:26 am
tounguetied wrote:
I am not so bothered about fluffy sleeping at the sound of the music - he probably did sleep normally but music made him fall asleep magically. I am more bothered about what happened to him AFTER he had finished gaurding the trapdoor. Also, what happened to the other hippogriffs and how did the ministry know that Buckbeak was missing from the herd and what has happened to them since? There was no statement that Buckbeak rejoined the herd, nor is there mention of the rest of the hippogriffs after that fatefull lesson. So what happens to them?
— August 22, 2006 @ 6:24 am
pygmy puff wrote:
I think that the gleam of triumph in Dumbledore’s eyes is explained in Book 6 by Dumbledore himself. This explanation occurs when Dumbledore and Harry are talking about horcruxes in Book 6. Dumbledore had theorized about Voldemort using horcruxes earlier but had no way to confirm it. Then, at the end of Book 4, Harry tells Dumbledore that Voldemort said he had gone further than anyone else to achieve immortality. This is was caused the gleam in Dumbledore’s eyes because Voldemort’s statement was confirmation to Dumbledore that Voldemort created multiple horcruxes, since as far as anyone knows, the most horcruxes a wizard or witch has ever created is one (as is said in Book 6).
— August 23, 2006 @ 7:09 am
Angie wrote:
If Snape is a death eater , why didnt he murder Flitwick? When he went out of his room, why didnt he murder Hermione and Luna? I really dont understand that why Snape stupified Flitwick, if he is a death eater? If he is Voldemort’s favorite why did he stupify rather than killing? If he is not a death eather, what happened in that room anyway?
— August 28, 2006 @ 8:57 am
Hermione Granger wrote:
For Hagrid to have seen the Thestrals, He would have had to see someone die.Who was it? Maybe it was his father?I don’t have any idea.
Signing off,
Hermione GRanger
— September 16, 2006 @ 7:42 am
Doug wrote:
I do like the theory of blaming Lily by wiping her memories as someobody said, but if Harry (or neville) was the threat, why kill James? Why not just stun him, kill james, then wipe the memories to say it was them that killed the boy.
— September 17, 2006 @ 8:43 pm
Amanda wrote:
How did they revive Nearly-Headless Nick after he was petrified? Did they just pour the potion through him?
— September 20, 2006 @ 11:35 pm
Antoon wrote:
Amanda, I have been wondering about this too. I think it is a nice question, perhaps not important for the plot, but quite intriguing. I’m sure that JKR is aware of this little problem. But I think this is a question that cannot be answered by reading the books carefully. Either JKR tells us the answer, or we will never know.
— September 22, 2006 @ 2:54 pm
Neha wrote:
1)Nobody’s seen a boggart in it’s ‘real’ form. Now here’s a question: if Mad-Eye Moody can see through things, then while cleaning the Noble House of Black, he tells Molly Weasley about a hidden boggart by looking through from the floor below. What did he see? What he feared most or what a boggart looks like alone, since the boggart can’t sense his sight….or can it?
2)Everytime Harry did something great in Potions class, Slughorn would say he was JUST like Lily. Harry got all those ideas from Snape’s book. So was it possible that either Snape helped Lily or Lily helped Snape be good at the subject. I think the latter more likely and interestingly, Snape wanted to be good at/vied for a job in DADA-something James P was good at. Maybe Snape always wanted to return the favour but never got through to Lily coz he wasn’t good enough.
— October 3, 2006 @ 11:29 am
Neha wrote:
(spoiler -book 6)
Pygmy puff wrote: …..since as far as anyone knows, the most horcruxes a wizard or witch has ever created is one (as is said in Book 6). This just struck me.. if it’s not mentioned who the wizard\witch was, is it possible that Dumbledore is the one? Maybe he’s created a horcrux and is not really dead? Maybe Fawkes is the horcrux?
— October 3, 2006 @ 11:36 am
Neha wrote:
An update to my earlier question:
if Dumbledore’s got a horcrux,would the death of one ‘form’ of his cause his potrait to come up in his office at Hogwarts?
Is that why he’s shown sleeping in the potrait?
— October 3, 2006 @ 11:55 am
Neha wrote:
If any wizard became an owl(Animagus), would he know any place to go just by being assigned a letter to that place?
— October 3, 2006 @ 11:59 am
Neha wrote:
I should have written all in one post, I know, but it’s all coming to me vay slow…………..
Why are centaurs called half-breeds? Are they the offsprings of horse and human (mating)?
— October 3, 2006 @ 12:04 pm
Ariande wrote:
1) In Book 6 Dumbledore tells Harry that no Defense teacher has stayed more than one year. If this is the case, then Dumbledore is more than aware that this one won’t be staying either, why would he put Snape in the position? He had to have known that something bad would happen to Snape.
2) Why did Dumbledore make such a big deal of Harry going back to the Dursley’s the following year? If the blood magic will fail when Harry turns 17, it would have only put him there for about a month (except for the extenuating circumstances sending them back early) and really, what difference does 1 month make?
— October 10, 2006 @ 5:53 pm
Akili wrote:
to Neha– If Dumbledore has a Horcrux, who did he kill?
as to the boggart-moon, maybe it was too small to have any werewolf effect, since none of us knows what it is about the moon that causes the transformation, it could be something about its pull. And the size of the moon matters when it comes to its pulling power. Or if that has nothing to do with it, then I’d have to say that maybe there wasn’t enough time to transform. Lupin knew that it would take the form of the moon, and so used the charm before anything could happen. I mean, the kids couldn’t even tell what it was, they didn’t see it for very long.
Another thnig about Horcruxes…if they can move from object to object or person to person, then is it possible that Voldemort in book one, moving from host to host, WAS a Horcrux? Because from the diary we see that the soul fragment obviously has a mind of its own, so that fragment moved from host to host to stay ‘alive’… And so the ‘original’ Voldemort actually did die when he tried to kill Harry? “Not enough human left in him to die” was just Hagrid’s speculation.
— October 17, 2006 @ 1:06 pm
Joanna wrote:
To Sirius and the firebolt (the vaults): He, himself, said, that Crookshanks took the order to the Owl Office for him. He used Harry’s name, but told them to take the gold from his own vault.
I think Mrs Weasley has done this with help from Bill who’s working for Gringotts and who brought Harry gold from his vault in book 6, too.
— October 18, 2006 @ 6:58 am
laplinp wrote:
Has no one thought about Dumbeldore’s death? I believe this scene is very crucial in learning about Snape’s character.
“For the first time Dumbeldore was pleading”
Pleading? Why was he pleading. I have heard people say oh he was pleading ’cause he didn’t want to die. I cannot see Dumbledore as a man who fears death. I see him as one to embrace it. So why was he pleading?
“Snape gazed at Dumbledore… revulsion and hatred etched in the harsh lines of his face”
Why would Snape hate Dumbledore if he was the one who saved him from Azkaban? Allowed him to work with him all these years. Also hasn’t JKR alwasy emphasised the fact that Snape is GOOD.
“Severus… please…”
Again Dumbledore is pleading.
So what does this passage tell us? I believe that Dumbledore knew about the unbreakable vow, Snape would have told him. He also knew if, when, Malfoy couldnt complete his task that Snape would die if he didn’t carry it out. Now Snape is obviously an important character, being a spy right in the midst of Voldemort. They must have a huge plan for him to do with the final battle.
So Dumbledore was pleading with Snape to kill him. He was asking Snape, begging him to. Snape’s hatred was with the fact he was being ordered to kill the one who had believed in him.
— October 26, 2006 @ 10:38 am
Neha wrote:
To Akili:
Maybe Dumbledore killed Grindelwald? Wherever I come across Dumbledore and Grindelwald, it says Dumbledore was famous for his ‘defeat’ of Grindelwald….wonder if that means he killed him or just pinned him for the three count. He could have killed anybody else who would have been an ally to the dark forces.
— October 31, 2006 @ 5:57 am
Jimmima wrote:
Dumbledore is too good to make a horcrux, we are told this is the darkest magic and I very much doubt Dumbledore is the type of wizard to do something so evil, he does not fear death. Splitting your soul also has dire consequences, look what it did to Voldemort, he is repulsive.
— November 1, 2006 @ 3:51 am
Darian Goodman wrote:
I wonder: if dudley is the stupidest of his gang, then who’s the least stupid?
— November 20, 2006 @ 4:45 pm
Anna wrote:
I read something on here about the heir of Slytherin… I never thought there was only one. I could be wrong but wasn’t there something about the TRUE heir of slytherin, meaning maybe only the one (or more) that wanted all of the non-pure bloods out of the school could control the basilisk…Maybe Harry is also a decendent of Slytherin and that’s why he could open the Chamber. Or another possibility is that someone (such as Voldemort or a Death Eater) is making sure that there is only one heir alive so that no one would try to interfere, but that’s sort of unlikely because that would be a lot of people to track down and kill. Just a couple solutions.
— December 3, 2006 @ 1:22 pm
Anna wrote:
I was just wondering… why couldn’t Harry see the thestrals before yr.5? I always thought he saw Voldemort kill his mother…
Anna, no Harry never saw Lily die. He only finds out how Lily died in his third year because of Dementors approaching him.
Harry could open the Chamber of Secrets because a soul fragment (Horcrux) of the TRUE heir of Slytherin (Voldemort) is “enwombed” within him.
— December 12, 2006 @ 4:40 am
virginiaelizabeth wrote:
Acutally Lisa, it’s not canon that Harry has a bit of soul fragment inside of him. He was able to open the Chamber of Secrets because he can speak Parseltongue, though I must say that’s quite an intresting idea.
JKR said that Harry had never actually seen someone die, until threshals. There has been debate about this on the forum, because technically Harry took the carriages to Hogsmeade Station when he left school at the end of his 4th year. Jo claims that this is because his mind still hadn’t had time to process what had happened, so he wouldn’t have been able to see them yet. We’ll just have to trust her won’t we?
— December 23, 2006 @ 6:01 pm
Riddle wrote:
Someone said that the piece of Voldemort in Quirrel could be a Horcrux. If every Horcrux has a mind of its own, it would be way too difficult to find them, since they would mostly just flow restlessly around.
Let’s pretend that the piece of Voldemort in Quirrel was a Horcrux. Then all Horcruxes would shorten the life of the living host, like he did. That would make it impossible for Harry and Nagini to be Horcruxes, wouldn’t it?
So no, the piece of Voldemort that posessed Quirrel wasn’t a Horcrux. That was the fragment left of the living Voldemort that wasn’t able to die.
— December 29, 2006 @ 11:00 am
Acidpopswitch wrote:
In the Order of the Phinix why doesn’t harry use the chamber of secrects to practice? After all the balisk was killed and it would be a secure place as only a parseltoung can open it. Any Ideias?
— December 29, 2006 @ 1:34 pm
Riddle wrote:
Because the entrance collapsed. D’you remember that they had to fly out, holding Fawkes’ tailfeathers? It’d be too much trouble to try and get down there again. In the Room of Aquirements they’ve got everything they need, and the room itself is suitable - something the Chamber of Secrets definitely isn’t.
— December 29, 2006 @ 2:29 pm
Acidpopswitch wrote:
Oops I forgot about that
— December 29, 2006 @ 3:41 pm
Riddle wrote:
I think I have an answer to the question; Speaking of the Triwizard Tournament, why was everyone so excited to go watch the second and third tasks? Why were there even stands set up? They couldn’t see what was going on under that Lake!
It’s the same as going to a concert with your favourite band. You pay incredibly much just to get a squarefoot in the back corner to stand on, and you can’t even see the artist. But you pay the prize and go there nonetheless. You do this to be a part of something, to have fun, to support the one you like.
They might not have been able to see anything, but the fact that they spent time together with other students (as Dumbledore said in the beginning of the year), and were there to cheer on the winner when they came up. I guess that’s why.
Besides, it’s the first Triwizard Tournament held in 50 years, if I remember correctly. It’s a really big deal. Everyone is talking about it.
Another thought. The students from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons travelled a long way, both to get selected and to cheer on their representant. It would seem very rude if the students hosting the Tournament didn’t even come out to see and cheer and participate.
Dumbledore might have done it on purpose. To tie bonds between the three schools while he had the chance.
The Quidditch was of course given up on that year because it would take out too many lessons along with the Tournament, and because the teachers had used utterly long time to plan it all out.
— December 31, 2006 @ 8:54 am
MaggieMuggle wrote:
I would like to know if the unicorn blood Voldemort/Quirrel drank in the first book will make a difference in killng him, or since it was technically Quirrel’s body it won’t make any difference at all.
— April 15, 2007 @ 5:38 pm
Akili wrote:
to MaggieMuggle: I don’t think the unicorn blood will make a difference…
I’m still wondering exactly how many horcruxes Harry has to go after. If he was supposed to be the death to make the seventh horcrux, then that would mean there are only six of them in all, right?
I know horcruxes can’t move around freely. Someone had said that if a horcrux was put in a living being, maybe that would cause the living being to have a shorter life, and so therefore would need to change hosts. (Horcruxes in inanimate objects wouldn’t need to change hosts because the objects don’t die.) I was wondering that if this was true, then the soul fragment in Quirrel could have been one of them. Right?
I’m just wondering how Voldemort survived the rebounded curse on Harry? It doesn’t make sense to me. But then again, I don’t even pretend to know everything about magic. Anyway, I like to think that he didn’t survive the rebound at all. It would mean there are less horcruxes to go after. lol
does the person making the horcrux have to make it immediately after hem commits murder? or he/she can store it somewhere and make it later on just wanna know ur thoghts on it!
christyn wrote:
About Lupin not transforming under the moon. Sirius asked him if he had drunk his potion that night. we don’t really know exactly how the potion works. maybe he only has to drunk it once, a the beginning of they cycle, or perhaps he must drink it each day. in the latter case, perhaps he hadn’t transformed because he hadsome yesterday’s dose still in his system, and it had worn off by later in the night.
— April 26, 2006 @ 2:42 am
Rain74 wrote:
# Has Neville ever learned to ride a broomstick?
# What does Madam Hooch do with all her spare time when that one first-year flying lesson of the year is done?
There IS actually more than one flying lesson. Quotes from PS:
“Flying LESSONS would be starting on Thursday - and Gryffindor and
Slytherin would be learning together.”
“Harry, Ron, and the other Gryffindors
hurried down the front steps onto the grounds for their FIRST flying
lesson.”
So Neville probably learned to fly eventually (he actually even succeeded to fly in the first lesson, although with disastrous results, given his lack of experience).
Technically, I don’t think it’s even ever been sead that second or third years don’t have them (although it seems unlikely).
As for Madam Hooch’s spare time, she still has quite a lot, with no more than a few lessons per week. We can guess she doesn’t spend all of her time at Hogwarts, and may have a job elsewhere.
# What happened on November 1, Y1, to keep Harry and Hagrid busy until evening? Where were they? Where did Hagrid see McGonagall to tell her that Dumbledore would turn up on Privet Drive?
This is a much-debated question, but I doubt it has much plot relevance. I very much doubt that Hagrid and McGonagall ever physically met, since otherwise McGonagall would’ve heard about the news from Hagrid. Probably Hagrid sent her an owl telling her to watch over Privet Drive (she is an Order member and probably has to follow commands like this occassionally).
# In PS16, it says that Fluffy wakes up when the music stops, and falls asleep only when music is played. Did Fluffy stay up all of the five months that nobody went into third corridor? Was an ancient magic invoked so that Fluffy could stay awake for so long?
I think the music works by forcing him into sleep, making him unable to awake until it stops. He may sleep naturally, but any noise may awaken him in such case.
Of course, given their magical nature, it’s not that implausible that three-headed dogs normally don’t sleep at all. Or maybe only one head sleeps at a time.
— April 26, 2006 @ 8:34 am
Naneferkaptah wrote:
“How did the Chamber of Secrets’ entrance, constructed almost a thousand years ago, get hidden inside modern plumbing?”
Why has the plumbing to be modern? Very advanced plumbing was already known in the Roman period. Admittedly, a lot of Roman knowledge was lost/discontinued in the Medieval period in the Muggle world, but that does not preclude its continuation and even amelioration in the wizarding world, does it.
As for the Weasley’s fortune, the fact that at that particular moment it was down to one galleon and a few sickles does not mean that they do never have more. It could have been before Arthur’s salary for the next month arrived (we do not know at what time of the month wizards get their salaries paid, do we). So all this definitely shows, is that the Weasleys do have a tight budget, but nothing more.
— April 26, 2006 @ 12:33 pm
wulf wrote:
-Where did Snape go at the end of GF?
I think it is pretty clear now that Snape went to Voldemort and told him a story that he did not go when the summons came was because he still wanted to be a spy against Dumbledore and his explanation was accepted by Voldemort, though not by Bellatrix(and presumably, others!)
— April 26, 2006 @ 1:56 pm
Carol wrote:
Another question is what happened to Voldemort’s wand after Godric’s Hollow. Vapourmort was unable to hold a wand, yet clearly it was the same wand that he had in the graveyard at little Hangleton as it had to have been the same one for the priori incantatem effect. Some one else was there that night. Did S/he take it to him?
— April 26, 2006 @ 2:04 pm
Adam the Red wrote:
Another question is what happened to Voldemort’s wand after Godric’s Hollow? The answer to this one seems to be Peter Pettigrew. The clues all point to him. Pettigrew was the Potter’s secret keeper, he came them to Voldemort, and HE used Voldemort’s wand to kill Cedric. The clues point to Pettigrew as being the one that went to Godric’s Hollow to check on how things went. The other thought is that Lucius Malfoy was the keeper because he refused to sell something in the evil shop. If it is Malfoy then several more questions arise. The most important being how did Pettigrew get the wand from Malfoy without Malfoy discovering that Voldemort was back in some sort of bodily form? No, it wasn’t Malfoy. The clues say it was Pettigrew that had the wand the entire 13 years.
— April 26, 2006 @ 10:50 pm
..::Ivan::.. wrote:
About the gleam of triumph in Dumbledore. I agree with the comment they make, but i think there’s something that’ll save harry in case Voldemort trys to kill him….
— April 27, 2006 @ 4:05 pm
Zaf wrote:
As to the last question, I think something about the Horcruxes needs to be added. When Dumbledore was talking about Nagini being a probable Horcrux, he was referring directly back to the silver instrument with the coiling snake smoke - “in essence divided” because there were two separate pieces of Voldemort’s soul there - one as the Horcrux, and one (the “real” one, the one still in LV’s body) that was possessing the snake.
— April 27, 2006 @ 6:10 pm
Auror wrote:
Regarding Voldemort’s wand, it is likely that Wormtail found it at Godric’s Hollow and retained it, returning it to V in Albania (how he got it there as a rat is problematic, though not insurmountable). Wormtail would have helped himself to Bertha Jorkin’s wand after V murdered her.
There is a problem on this site with the days/dates on the Time Line for the 1990s. The days+dates are correct for August 1994 (Saturday, Aug. 20, for example), but the days don’t match the dates for any other month that I looked at.
Trivia.
— April 27, 2006 @ 8:50 pm
ntertanedangel wrote:
As for Slughorn not being evil, I’m not so sure about that, or at least there is enough evidence to not put his name on the “white hat” list. Dumbledore warns Harry about him, something he does with no other teacher. He also suggests that Slughorn knows how to conjure the Dark Mark and that he would be a prime Death Eater. Much of what he says and does may not be blatantly evil, but is certainly fishy and misguided.
That said, I don’t think it’s possible for ALL Slytherins to be evil. A better example might be Phineas Nigellus
— April 28, 2006 @ 10:50 pm
Phairre Braquenelle wrote:
About Voldemort’s “reluctance” in killing Lily:
Lily Potter was a master at potions who once protected Snape (see “Snape’s worst memory”)- perhaps the only student at Hogwarts who ever did anything nice to him. Furthermore, she was a master at Potions - one of Snape’s favorite subjects. Given these, I believe it is possible to see Snape as someone who not necessarily loved (although that is possible) but significantly admired Lily Potter. This, in my personal view, might have led him to request from Lord Voldemort to spare Lily and just kill James and baby Harry instead, and Voldemort’s subsequent offer to Lily to spare her life might have been his thank-you present to Snape for giving him the important information regarding the prophecy.
— April 29, 2006 @ 12:03 pm
Marco wrote:
#When did Artur and Molly Weasley attend Hogwarts?
We are told in HBP, that people eloped left, right and centre, including Artur and Molly Weasley, as LV came to power. LV came to power first arround 1970, so Molly and Artur Weasley did attend Hogwarts most likely in the 60s.
— April 29, 2006 @ 5:33 pm
Moony wrote:
Some questions and thoughts, I dropped them elsewhere too, but you can use them for the lexicon!
1: Who made (or owned) the mirror of erised?
2: Who owned the opal necklace? Who cursed this object?
Will the opal necklace and/or the mirror of erised be of some importance in the future?
3: What did the centaurs do with Umbridge after they took her into the forest? How did Dumbledore bring her back? What will happen
with Umbridge in the next book?
4: When and for which creatures (only humans) are werewolf bites dangerous? And what will be the effect on hmans/animals/animagi
when they are biten by a werewolf in his human/transformed form?
(cf. In Prisoner of Azkaban (also in the film), Lupin was transformed into a werewolf and Sirius had sent him back by fighting him
as padfood (his animalform); After that fight, the dog was covered with bites. But Sirius had never become a werewolf, although he
was biten by one. In myths and (folk)tales, an injured animagus (they don’t use this term, of course) who are injured retransforms
in humans or
could be recognised in human form, because
they still have the injuries. That’s one of the tricks to discover who is the animagus or werewolf, when they are humans.) So, I
have to conclude that becoming an animagus is a good protection against werewolf bites. Even when the animagus is retransformed
into his human shape, he seems to be protected against the bites he got during the period he/she was an animal. In “Fantastic beasts
and where to find them” it was stated that only the bite is dangerous for
humans (though there wasn’t any case mentioned for prooving this statement). In the same book it was also stated that, when the
werewolf is a human, he’s a normal wizard or muggle (not more dangerous as another). But as the case of Greyback (Halfblood Prince)
shows, this isn’t always correct. Or Greyback was mental (a savage person), before he became a werewolf.
For me, it’s a mystery how the illness of becoming a werewolf works. If it is caused by something like a virus, becoming an animagus
won’t work, because a bite will give you the
virus (or micro-organism) that makes you sick. That virus or micro-organism
will come in the blood of the animagus and will be still there at the time
he/she becomes a human. In Halfblood Prince Lupin thinks the bites Bill received from Greyback would possibly give him a kind of
contamination. By the way, would it be dangerous to kiss (or make love with) a werewolf in his human form? If the illness is caused
by a virus or micro-organism, the werewolf in human form has it in his blood and could give it to other people. Cf. the illness of
rabies by animals and hydrophobia
by human. I think the autor of “Fantastic beasts” wasn’t puzzling on this question, because he wasn’t in love with a werewolf. But I
think, Tonks is interesting in the answers on the question how precisely the illness of lycantropy is working.
I already did a little research about werewolves. And I don’t
remember I found an answer to my questions about animagi and becoming
a werewolf.
5: Where could the school “Beauxbatons” be located in France? Could there be any link with the things Hermione said in chapter 1
(prisoner of azkaban) about her holidays in France? In that chapter, she said: “There is some local history of witchcraft here.” And
later, in Goblet of fire, she mentioned she ate bouillabaisse during that holiday.
Could that passage in PA (about that holiday) be refering to the Albigenses?
6: Some thoughts concerning werewolves and characters in particular, perhaps, you’ll find some inspiration for another series of
questions concerning the phenomenon of werewolves?
If I were Harry, I would ask Bill about how to break curses. After a period of recovery and rehabilitation, bill could possibly
help Harry with his huge task to find the remaining horcruxes. He was, and is, a talented wizard (got 12 O.W.L.S). As a curse
breaker for Gringotts Wizarding Bank in Egypt, he learnt how to detect and break protective and dangerous curses. I suppose,
Greyback’s attack didn’t destroy these knoledge and skills. And, is it coincidence that Bill worked in Egypt? I think not. In GF
we saw that Charlie’s work with dragons and his friendship with Hagrid was usefull to Harry. Could this be the case too for the fact
Bill worked in Egypt? Don’t forget, the ancient Egypt is famous for its death cults and its QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY. Bill knows much
about the magic involved with these death cults. And there we are by Anubis, the
jackal-headed (or in the form of a jackal) god of embalming. This god had an important role in these death cults. A jackal is a
member of the family Canidae, and belongs to the Genus Canis, as the wolf do (cf. article Canidae in: “wikipedia”. A jackal isn’t
a wolf, and Bill isn’t probably a real werewolf too.
Something Lupin and Bill have in common: they have (or had) a caring family and friends. It’s stated that Lupin’s parents did
everything to cure him and that they were afraid he couldn’t be admitted to Hogwarts. So, they didn’t let Lupin down. Bill’s parents
were there
after the attack, and Fleur was there too! She didn’t abbandone him.
Concerning Greyback: we don’t know if he was bitten as a child or as an adult. But he didn’t seem to have the same chances as Lupin
had (didn’t go to Hogwarts if he received the bite as a child). His bitterness suggests, he was abbandoned by his family and
friends.
The unnamed man who was in the same ward as Arthur Weasley in St Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and injuries, received the
bite as an adult. He already has got his education, and normally won’t lose the skills he had. But unfortunately, he seemed to be
abandoned by his family and friends (cf. on Christmas, he had no visitors). Arthur tried to make friends with him, but the man
didn’t want to. If lupin was more lucky and succeeded in helping him, this new werewolf could be helpfull to the order of the
phoenix. As Greyback is specialised in biting children, this man is probably not a victim
of him, but he could be, though.
7: Did Harry get his copy of “advanced potion-making” back?
8: In the first chapter of ps, Dumbledore said to McGonagall ”
I would trust Hagrid with my life,”. Is this of any significance, or is this common used?
”
9: Was Merope a witch or a squib (as her father called her, or was he just insulting her)?
10: Is it significant Harry named his snowy owl Hedwig?
11: How was Dumbledore’s portrait created? I mean: there was no painter mentioned and Dumbledore was a very busy man, so it would be difficult to portray him!
12: How is an imperius curse working? I mean: if e.g. Malfoy has casted the imperius curse on Mrs Rosmerta, would only he able to control her? If so, when did Draco do this? When did he leave the school?
13: Where did Voldemort find the information about horcruxes?
— April 30, 2006 @ 5:53 am
Sam Van Kooten wrote:
Here’s a questions I have: If the Ministry can detect the specific spells people cast (as shown in Harry’s letters in books 2 and 5 after he performs magic outside Hogwarts), why can’t they detect when someone performs an Unforgivable Curse and send Aurors swooping in to catch the criminal?
— April 30, 2006 @ 6:04 pm
Marco wrote:
@Sam
In OP, Ch.8 Amalia Bones said, that the Privet Drive had been closely monitored by the MoM, so they would have most likely learned at once, when magic was performed there. Little Hangleton p.e. was most likely not subject of such close monitoring, so the MoM wouldn´t have learned, that unforgiveable courses were castet there, until the culprit had been escaped.
— May 1, 2006 @ 5:43 am
Evreka wrote:
Speaking of the Triwizard Tournament, why was everyone so excited to go watch the second and third tasks? Why were there even stands set up?
I think we can compaire this to any in real life sport activity such as skiing over a distance or car rally through the woods or marathon. People wait for hours at a certain place to catch a glimpse og who happens to lead at that point. Likewise people wait for hours at the goal. Isn’t it just the same to wait for these two tasks to be finnished as waiting for the winner in any of the above mentioned sports? I think so.
Why did Voldemort seem reluctant to kill Lily?
In GOF (page 563 br ed paperback) Voldemort says (to Wormtail) … you helped me… and Lord Voldemort rewards his helpers… We know from a good number of places that Voldemort was able to come to the Potters’ house at Halloween 1981 only after Wormtail betrayed their whereabouts to him. We also learned in HBP that he only knows of the Prophecy due to Snape telling him in the first place. Jo has specifically stated that noone else has ever got an option like Lily’s - to stand aside unharmed. Additionally, in the Melissa/Emerson interview July 17th, 2005 Jo stated that James was not the only one to have had a romantical interest in Lily. So what if Wormtail (or Snape) asked him to spare Lily?
— May 10, 2006 @ 6:49 pm
Jimima wrote:
Dumbledore’s gleam of triumph…. We are told Harry is protected and I suspect by more than one means. Some of this protection is linked to blood i.e. through Petunia Dursley and Lilly Potter. This is apparent in the conversation when Dumbledore discusses why Harry must stay at the Dursleys as well as the many references to the ‘love’ protection his mother Lilly Potter gave him. Voldemort used Harry’s blood and it appeared to have worked in his favour but I don’t think it will pan out this way but rather aid Voldemorts down fall. The protection is specifically for Harry and I don’t believe it is a general protection to any “user” who ingests it.
— May 11, 2006 @ 1:17 am
Howling Wolf wrote:
It’s never mentioned, but do you think if Dumbledore has told anyone other than Harry and Sirius that Harry and Voldemort’s wands are brothers? V could probably figure it out based on the end of GOF. However, it is subtle enough that V could easily overlook. However, IF DD told Snape then V would know and it would be one more advantage that Harry would not have in the next encounter. Thoughts?
— May 30, 2006 @ 7:20 pm
Judy wrote:
Did anyone notice that Charley Weasley was not at Dumbledore’s funeral? Is Charlie still in Romania? JKR has been diligent in revealing characters full names with one exception “Borgin” of Borgin and Burkes. Without knowing his full name does anyone think that he could be “RAB”?
— June 5, 2006 @ 2:22 pm
Anneke wrote:
#Do the Hogwarts toilets really empty into the lake? Don’t the merpeople object?
Yes, they empty to the lake. NO the merpeople do not object… where do you think merpeople go to the bathroom but in the lake as well. They may merpeople ‘outhouses’ that put all their waste in one location, but it’s still just in the water. I would think that where the toliets empty out would be the equivallent of the Merpeople’s landfill.
— June 12, 2006 @ 4:19 pm
Ligress wrote:
How did Dumbledore know about Lily’s Sacrafice and its effects within such short time? After all, we don’t know anyone who saw what happened who could have told Dumbledore (yes, this would bring up the topic of possible unknown poeple present at Godrics Hollow that night), or he would not have known to prepare the the arrangements for Harry to live with the Dursleys.
— June 26, 2006 @ 4:58 pm
Seamus wrote:
When I was re-reading Order of the Phoenix,something struck me.If you need to think hard about something to get the room of requirement to become it,how did the members of the D.A. get in?Did they do it too?I dought it,becouse they just came in when the meetings started and there is no mention of Harry telling them what to do,he just told them the place.Any thoughts?
— June 27, 2006 @ 3:37 am
Sarah wrote:
*Why did Voldemort seem reluctant to kill Lily?
-I once read somewhere a *VERY* good explination for this question. As everyone knows, when Voldemort was still Tom Riddle, he murdered his parents and grandparents and then Obliviated his uncle to make him believe that he had killed the Riddles himself. (The same happened with the Smith thing.) The person pointed out one very small piece of evidence that made me believe why Lily was offered to live: Voldemort wanted to Obliviate her too and make her believe she had killed her family. It almost seems to perfect to believe if you as me. After all, he had done it twice before, hadn’t he?
— June 29, 2006 @ 7:49 pm
Reader2 wrote:
Since I see that the discussion on hocruxes is not over, I might as well repeat what I already posted on another thread:
JKR did not invent the concept of “hocrux”, she got it from legends like many other elements of the Potterverse.
She did, however, invent the term, also none of those legends refer to a “soul fragment”:
The one some of you probably know is the British fary tale “Heartless Giant” includes a giant who “hid his heart inside a goose egg”.
A Russian fary tale “Koshey the Immortal” speaks of an evil wizard name Koshey “whose death was hidden at the end of a needle”.
Eastern legends include wizard-giants called “devi” who can “keep their souls in a different place”, which can be an object, an animal or a person.
In some of those legends the “soul” can be moved from one object (or person) to another.
That explains why the hocrux-users are not worried that a living hocrux can grow old and die, they can simply move their “soul fragment” when they see fit.
It does make sence, since even a durable object (like a ring or cup) will rust away some day.
Sure it can take a million years, but a hocrux-user is set on living forever, so he should be concerned about what happens a million years from now.
This means that Nagini-hocrux and even Harry-hocrux theories are not as far-fetched as they sound.
Fortuantely, this also means that if Harry is a hocrux he does not need to commit a sueside, he simply needs to find a way to get the fragment out of himself and put it into something he does not mind destroying.
One more interesting detail, none of the legends I’ve mentioned ever use more than one hocrux per customer.
That is what makes Rowling’s idea truly original.
— July 19, 2006 @ 7:45 pm
Snidget wrote:
Reader2
Very interesting information you’ve brought up about horcruxes. And I’d like to add to your last point that not only would JKR be a first in the multiple horcrux idea field, but as stated in HBP so would Voldemort as he claims to be the only one who has gone so far.
Now your comments got me thinking… how exactly is a horcrux destroyed anyways? If as you said the creator never really had to care about the object being destroyed because they can be relocated, then desttuction of the object is not the same as destruction of the horcrux.
The only horcrux we have actually seen destroyed is the diary. Essentially, Harry used the basilisks fang to poision the soul within. But would simply ripping the book or burning the book have had the same effect on the soul inside? We know nothing about how Dumbledore destroyed the horcrux in the ring. All we do know is however he did it, it nearly destroyed his hand and we can assume it put a crack in the gem of the ring (assuming it wasn’t just dropped or something) But Dumbledore never went into specifics. If Harry has to go beyond destroying the objects themselves he’s going to need all the help he can get.
— July 20, 2006 @ 12:48 pm
Reader2 wrote:
Correction, Sniget.
I never said that hocrux user doesn’t need to care about a hocrux being destroyed.
I merely said that he does not need to care about the object not lasting forever, the fragment would need to be moved while the object is still in one peace, but if the object is destroyed while the fragment is still in it, the fragment goes with it.
In all the legends I’ve listed the hocruxes were destroyed the old fashioned way, but Voldemort is clearly more causious than the users from the legends, so when you try to smash his hocruxes they try to smash you back.
— July 20, 2006 @ 3:06 pm
Reader2 wrote:
I believe I have spotted a loophole in the Quirrel inconsistency.
As it been repeatedly pointed out, book 1 sound way too much like Quirrel taught for two years in a row:
1990 - 1991 and 1991 - 1992
We can not even find any evidence that he changed subjects in 1991.
At the same time, in book 6 Dumbledore says that no one has taught that cursed DADA class for more than a year ever since Voldemort was refused the job.
The loophole I am talking baout is the fact that some time during the summer of 1991, Quirrel became posessed by Voldemort.
It is still a bit unclear what kind of effect that possession can have on the host, but it does sound like it can have very strong effect on him, considering that Quirrel died once Voldemort left him.
Why not assume that it affected him so much that he became a completely different person?
So, perhaps, Dumbledore was simply refering to the original Quirrel and the posessed Quirrel as two different people.
In that case we would have the following time line for Quirrel:
Taught and was doing fine: 1988 - 1989
Took a year off: 1989 - 1990
Taught again, shaken up: 1990 - 1991
Taught posessed: 1991 - 1992
— July 27, 2006 @ 8:27 pm
Antoon wrote:
Quirrell’s career at Hogwarts doesn’t affect the main plot line, so I think we shouldn’t worry too much about it. There’s something else I wonder about much more. Professor Trelawney makes her first Prophecy before Harry was born, right? Then, when Harry is one year old, Voldemort strikes. This must be short after the Fidelius Charm is cast. What took Dumbledore and the Potters so long? What did they do in the mean time?
— July 29, 2006 @ 6:45 am
Tonima wrote:
After reading Half Blood Prince I felt really bad for Malfoy and I think he and wormtail would do something to assist Harry in the last book. Dumbledore told Malfoy that the reason he could not kill him was becaue he was not really a murderer and he seems really pathetic at this point - neither able to carry out Voldemort’s order nor able to back away from it. Is it conscience that is bothering him or is it fear? Is he going to try to bolt out of Voldemort’s circle? Of course that has more chances of getting the boy killed…I mean throughtout the series he made it quite clear that he is proud of intimidating and bullying people - but in the end he gets so desperate that he goes to Moaning Myrtle’s toilet to cry. FOr a child of that age isn’t it too heavy a blow that he would get killed without mercy if he is unsuccessful in carrying out his duty to Voldemort? Do you think there is a chance that he would try to back out of Voldemort’s circle and return to the “good side”?
— August 1, 2006 @ 7:23 am
Reader2 wrote:
I see we are back on the most popular subject: Snape.
One possible answer to why Dumbledore asked for Snape is that Snape was the only one who could come up with an antidote, like Adam said.
The other answer, however, is that he wanted Snape to finish him off. Remeber, he was asking Harry to kill him a minute earlier.
— August 1, 2006 @ 3:09 pm
Tonima wrote:
Reader2 - I think DUmbledore wanted Harry to kill him because the potion had some affect on him - like it makes you remember the most torturous moments of your life or something that would be the most dangerous punishment for you. For Dumbledore, it was probably seeing a lot of innocent people getting tortured and whicle taking the potion, he wanted the torturer to kill him instead of so many innocent people. That is why he was requesting Harry to kill him.
And when Malfoy was attempting to kill Dumbledore he was not encouraging him greatly which means Dumbledore was not so keen to die - but maybe as pointed out in another thread - he begged to Severus to leave Harry even if he takes DD’s life.
He was seeking for Severus at the beginning of the chapter because he still trusted Snape and thought he could conjure up an antidote.
— August 2, 2006 @ 1:13 am
Adam the Red wrote:
I don’t know. I’m of a split opinion on DD’s request for Snape. They were arguing about something that Snape didn’t want to do earlier in the book, but that DD insisted he do. Reader has a valid point. DD may have been telling Snape to kill him at the top of the tower. On the other hand, maybe not, because Snape did knock-out Professor Flitwick. There is evidence to support both theories.
— August 2, 2006 @ 8:36 am
ginny wrote:
comments on the locket:
Regulas Black is probably RAB..If you read back in O of P you will see that one of the objects they cleaned from the cabinet in the room was a locket no one could open. It was tossed in the bag with other things to be thrown away, but Kreacher may have retrieved it among the other things he kept behind the boiler. I believe it is still in Sirius’s house and will be found.
(new to this forum and I admit you all have interesting questions and comments)
— August 2, 2006 @ 10:40 am
Tonima wrote:
About Wormtail…exactly how do you think is wormtail going to pay the debt of life bak to harry? Is he going to get a till now misplaced conscience and sacrifice his life to Harry or is it some kind of magical bond that he would have to unwillingly do something for Harry…like the unbreakable vow or the kind of protection Harry was given by his mother? Wh yis the dark Lord keeping him alive at all now that everyone in the good side knows he is bad and he is not any use to him at all? Except maybe serve him tea or feed Nagini milk? - that’s probably why Voldemort has kept him alive - to milk Nagini.
Do you think that the Giants are going to come over to the Wizarding World and cause havoc or will Hagrid and Maxime (and of course Grawp) be able to do something to tame them? - The chances are not big but after Voldemort’s death if Giants are still shooed off by the wizards like they have been forever what would happen to Dumbledore’s values and ideals that all creatures - including Goblin’s and House-elves should be treated with due respect and Half Breeds such as werewolves should be treated with sympathy? Will the wizarding world continue to discriminate so heavily even after VOldemort’s death?
— August 2, 2006 @ 3:19 pm
Pteris Vittata wrote:
Concerning Lupin and the Boggart Moon: He didn’t turn into a werewolf b/c the Boggart Moon wasn’t the Moon, it was a Boggart that just looked like the moon.
Concerning Lycanthropy being like AIDS: I think it’s alot more like PinkEye - The moment you mention you have it to people, they run!
— August 5, 2006 @ 2:57 am
Antoon wrote:
Why is Voldemort keeping Wormtail alive? You can’t deny that Voldemort has a certain style, a kind of feeling for honour. He always kills for a reason, not just because some of his Death Eaters is a bit clumsy. He can’t start executing wizards who have just helped him with his resurrection, it wouldn’t look good on his curriculum vitae. Moreover, I guess he would get problems recruiting new Death Eaters if he kills his helpers off instead of rewarding them.
— August 6, 2006 @ 2:14 pm
tom's riddle wrote:
Where in HOgwarts do the house-elves live and/or sleep?
— August 8, 2006 @ 9:53 pm
John wrote:
Hey Folks-
“The Pensieve is intended to be a lively, intelligent supplement to the content of the page on which it appears.” (from our Terms of Service)
We’ve had some fantastic comments and ideas on this page but have gotten off-topic. We have a great place for horcrux theories and all other theories in our forums. Let’s keep these limited to the topic at hand.
Thanks!
— August 15, 2006 @ 3:56 pm
U-No-Poo wrote:
John - Just curious, how exactly are horcrux theories not on topic for the Why, How, But if it’s true section? Not to criticize or be rude, but I really enjoyed the Horcrux discussions here because I find forums more difficult to navigate.
— August 16, 2006 @ 9:56 am
Antoon wrote:
I am willing to believe that there are dragons, phoenixes and hippogriffs. A castle in Scotland where young wizards and witches are taught how to ride on broomsticks: sure, why not. But what I find difficult to believe is that after a thousand years, Salazar Slytherin has exactly one descendant. Think about this. Say that every couple gets two children. Then on the average, every person has two children, four grandchildren, eight grand-grandchildren, and so on. Then after, say, 40 generations the genes of this person have spread throughout the entire population. Now, of course, there are fluctuations. Some people don’t get any children; others, such as Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, more than two. But this leaves really only two possibilities. Either the blood line becomes extinct within a couple of generations, or the number of descendants becomes so large that the spreading can’t be stopped. It is just too unlikely that the number of descendants remains limited for such a long time.
— August 20, 2006 @ 3:26 am
tounguetied wrote:
I am not so bothered about fluffy sleeping at the sound of the music - he probably did sleep normally but music made him fall asleep magically. I am more bothered about what happened to him AFTER he had finished gaurding the trapdoor. Also, what happened to the other hippogriffs and how did the ministry know that Buckbeak was missing from the herd and what has happened to them since? There was no statement that Buckbeak rejoined the herd, nor is there mention of the rest of the hippogriffs after that fatefull lesson. So what happens to them?
— August 22, 2006 @ 6:24 am
pygmy puff wrote:
I think that the gleam of triumph in Dumbledore’s eyes is explained in Book 6 by Dumbledore himself. This explanation occurs when Dumbledore and Harry are talking about horcruxes in Book 6. Dumbledore had theorized about Voldemort using horcruxes earlier but had no way to confirm it. Then, at the end of Book 4, Harry tells Dumbledore that Voldemort said he had gone further than anyone else to achieve immortality. This is was caused the gleam in Dumbledore’s eyes because Voldemort’s statement was confirmation to Dumbledore that Voldemort created multiple horcruxes, since as far as anyone knows, the most horcruxes a wizard or witch has ever created is one (as is said in Book 6).
— August 23, 2006 @ 7:09 am
Angie wrote:
If Snape is a death eater , why didnt he murder Flitwick? When he went out of his room, why didnt he murder Hermione and Luna? I really dont understand that why Snape stupified Flitwick, if he is a death eater? If he is Voldemort’s favorite why did he stupify rather than killing? If he is not a death eather, what happened in that room anyway?
— August 28, 2006 @ 8:57 am
Hermione Granger wrote:
For Hagrid to have seen the Thestrals, He would have had to see someone die.Who was it? Maybe it was his father?I don’t have any idea.
Signing off,
Hermione GRanger
— September 16, 2006 @ 7:42 am
Doug wrote:
I do like the theory of blaming Lily by wiping her memories as someobody said, but if Harry (or neville) was the threat, why kill James? Why not just stun him, kill james, then wipe the memories to say it was them that killed the boy.
— September 17, 2006 @ 8:43 pm
Amanda wrote:
How did they revive Nearly-Headless Nick after he was petrified? Did they just pour the potion through him?
— September 20, 2006 @ 11:35 pm
Antoon wrote:
Amanda, I have been wondering about this too. I think it is a nice question, perhaps not important for the plot, but quite intriguing. I’m sure that JKR is aware of this little problem. But I think this is a question that cannot be answered by reading the books carefully. Either JKR tells us the answer, or we will never know.
— September 22, 2006 @ 2:54 pm
Neha wrote:
1)Nobody’s seen a boggart in it’s ‘real’ form. Now here’s a question: if Mad-Eye Moody can see through things, then while cleaning the Noble House of Black, he tells Molly Weasley about a hidden boggart by looking through from the floor below. What did he see? What he feared most or what a boggart looks like alone, since the boggart can’t sense his sight….or can it?
2)Everytime Harry did something great in Potions class, Slughorn would say he was JUST like Lily. Harry got all those ideas from Snape’s book. So was it possible that either Snape helped Lily or Lily helped Snape be good at the subject. I think the latter more likely and interestingly, Snape wanted to be good at/vied for a job in DADA-something James P was good at. Maybe Snape always wanted to return the favour but never got through to Lily coz he wasn’t good enough.
— October 3, 2006 @ 11:29 am
Neha wrote:
(spoiler -book 6)
Pygmy puff wrote: …..since as far as anyone knows, the most horcruxes a wizard or witch has ever created is one (as is said in Book 6). This just struck me.. if it’s not mentioned who the wizard\witch was, is it possible that Dumbledore is the one? Maybe he’s created a horcrux and is not really dead? Maybe Fawkes is the horcrux?
— October 3, 2006 @ 11:36 am
Neha wrote:
An update to my earlier question:
if Dumbledore’s got a horcrux,would the death of one ‘form’ of his cause his potrait to come up in his office at Hogwarts?
Is that why he’s shown sleeping in the potrait?
— October 3, 2006 @ 11:55 am
Neha wrote:
If any wizard became an owl(Animagus), would he know any place to go just by being assigned a letter to that place?
— October 3, 2006 @ 11:59 am
Neha wrote:
I should have written all in one post, I know, but it’s all coming to me vay slow…………..
Why are centaurs called half-breeds? Are they the offsprings of horse and human (mating)?
— October 3, 2006 @ 12:04 pm
Ariande wrote:
1) In Book 6 Dumbledore tells Harry that no Defense teacher has stayed more than one year. If this is the case, then Dumbledore is more than aware that this one won’t be staying either, why would he put Snape in the position? He had to have known that something bad would happen to Snape.
2) Why did Dumbledore make such a big deal of Harry going back to the Dursley’s the following year? If the blood magic will fail when Harry turns 17, it would have only put him there for about a month (except for the extenuating circumstances sending them back early) and really, what difference does 1 month make?
— October 10, 2006 @ 5:53 pm
Akili wrote:
to Neha– If Dumbledore has a Horcrux, who did he kill?
as to the boggart-moon, maybe it was too small to have any werewolf effect, since none of us knows what it is about the moon that causes the transformation, it could be something about its pull. And the size of the moon matters when it comes to its pulling power. Or if that has nothing to do with it, then I’d have to say that maybe there wasn’t enough time to transform. Lupin knew that it would take the form of the moon, and so used the charm before anything could happen. I mean, the kids couldn’t even tell what it was, they didn’t see it for very long.
Another thnig about Horcruxes…if they can move from object to object or person to person, then is it possible that Voldemort in book one, moving from host to host, WAS a Horcrux? Because from the diary we see that the soul fragment obviously has a mind of its own, so that fragment moved from host to host to stay ‘alive’… And so the ‘original’ Voldemort actually did die when he tried to kill Harry? “Not enough human left in him to die” was just Hagrid’s speculation.
— October 17, 2006 @ 1:06 pm
Joanna wrote:
To Sirius and the firebolt (the vaults): He, himself, said, that Crookshanks took the order to the Owl Office for him. He used Harry’s name, but told them to take the gold from his own vault.
I think Mrs Weasley has done this with help from Bill who’s working for Gringotts and who brought Harry gold from his vault in book 6, too.
— October 18, 2006 @ 6:58 am
laplinp wrote:
Has no one thought about Dumbeldore’s death? I believe this scene is very crucial in learning about Snape’s character.
“For the first time Dumbeldore was pleading”
Pleading? Why was he pleading. I have heard people say oh he was pleading ’cause he didn’t want to die. I cannot see Dumbledore as a man who fears death. I see him as one to embrace it. So why was he pleading?
“Snape gazed at Dumbledore… revulsion and hatred etched in the harsh lines of his face”
Why would Snape hate Dumbledore if he was the one who saved him from Azkaban? Allowed him to work with him all these years. Also hasn’t JKR alwasy emphasised the fact that Snape is GOOD.
“Severus… please…”
Again Dumbledore is pleading.
So what does this passage tell us? I believe that Dumbledore knew about the unbreakable vow, Snape would have told him. He also knew if, when, Malfoy couldnt complete his task that Snape would die if he didn’t carry it out. Now Snape is obviously an important character, being a spy right in the midst of Voldemort. They must have a huge plan for him to do with the final battle.
So Dumbledore was pleading with Snape to kill him. He was asking Snape, begging him to. Snape’s hatred was with the fact he was being ordered to kill the one who had believed in him.
— October 26, 2006 @ 10:38 am
Neha wrote:
To Akili:
Maybe Dumbledore killed Grindelwald? Wherever I come across Dumbledore and Grindelwald, it says Dumbledore was famous for his ‘defeat’ of Grindelwald….wonder if that means he killed him or just pinned him for the three count. He could have killed anybody else who would have been an ally to the dark forces.
— October 31, 2006 @ 5:57 am
Jimmima wrote:
Dumbledore is too good to make a horcrux, we are told this is the darkest magic and I very much doubt Dumbledore is the type of wizard to do something so evil, he does not fear death. Splitting your soul also has dire consequences, look what it did to Voldemort, he is repulsive.
— November 1, 2006 @ 3:51 am
Darian Goodman wrote:
I wonder: if dudley is the stupidest of his gang, then who’s the least stupid?
— November 20, 2006 @ 4:45 pm
Anna wrote:
I read something on here about the heir of Slytherin… I never thought there was only one. I could be wrong but wasn’t there something about the TRUE heir of slytherin, meaning maybe only the one (or more) that wanted all of the non-pure bloods out of the school could control the basilisk…Maybe Harry is also a decendent of Slytherin and that’s why he could open the Chamber. Or another possibility is that someone (such as Voldemort or a Death Eater) is making sure that there is only one heir alive so that no one would try to interfere, but that’s sort of unlikely because that would be a lot of people to track down and kill. Just a couple solutions.
— December 3, 2006 @ 1:22 pm
Anna wrote:
I was just wondering… why couldn’t Harry see the thestrals before yr.5? I always thought he saw Voldemort kill his mother…
— December 3, 2006 @ 1:52 pm
Lisa Marie wrote:
Anna, no Harry never saw Lily die. He only finds out how Lily died in his third year because of Dementors approaching him.
Harry could open the Chamber of Secrets because a soul fragment (Horcrux) of the TRUE heir of Slytherin (Voldemort) is “enwombed” within him.
— December 12, 2006 @ 4:40 am
virginiaelizabeth wrote:
Acutally Lisa, it’s not canon that Harry has a bit of soul fragment inside of him. He was able to open the Chamber of Secrets because he can speak Parseltongue, though I must say that’s quite an intresting idea.
JKR said that Harry had never actually seen someone die, until threshals. There has been debate about this on the forum, because technically Harry took the carriages to Hogsmeade Station when he left school at the end of his 4th year. Jo claims that this is because his mind still hadn’t had time to process what had happened, so he wouldn’t have been able to see them yet. We’ll just have to trust her won’t we?
— December 23, 2006 @ 6:01 pm
Riddle wrote:
Someone said that the piece of Voldemort in Quirrel could be a Horcrux. If every Horcrux has a mind of its own, it would be way too difficult to find them, since they would mostly just flow restlessly around.
Let’s pretend that the piece of Voldemort in Quirrel was a Horcrux. Then all Horcruxes would shorten the life of the living host, like he did. That would make it impossible for Harry and Nagini to be Horcruxes, wouldn’t it?
So no, the piece of Voldemort that posessed Quirrel wasn’t a Horcrux. That was the fragment left of the living Voldemort that wasn’t able to die.
— December 29, 2006 @ 11:00 am
Acidpopswitch wrote:
In the Order of the Phinix why doesn’t harry use the chamber of secrects to practice? After all the balisk was killed and it would be a secure place as only a parseltoung can open it. Any Ideias?
— December 29, 2006 @ 1:34 pm
Riddle wrote:
Because the entrance collapsed. D’you remember that they had to fly out, holding Fawkes’ tailfeathers? It’d be too much trouble to try and get down there again. In the Room of Aquirements they’ve got everything they need, and the room itself is suitable - something the Chamber of Secrets definitely isn’t.
— December 29, 2006 @ 2:29 pm
Acidpopswitch wrote:
Oops I forgot about that
— December 29, 2006 @ 3:41 pm
Riddle wrote:
I think I have an answer to the question; Speaking of the Triwizard Tournament, why was everyone so excited to go watch the second and third tasks? Why were there even stands set up? They couldn’t see what was going on under that Lake!
It’s the same as going to a concert with your favourite band. You pay incredibly much just to get a squarefoot in the back corner to stand on, and you can’t even see the artist. But you pay the prize and go there nonetheless. You do this to be a part of something, to have fun, to support the one you like.
They might not have been able to see anything, but the fact that they spent time together with other students (as Dumbledore said in the beginning of the year), and were there to cheer on the winner when they came up. I guess that’s why.
Besides, it’s the first Triwizard Tournament held in 50 years, if I remember correctly. It’s a really big deal. Everyone is talking about it.
Another thought. The students from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons travelled a long way, both to get selected and to cheer on their representant. It would seem very rude if the students hosting the Tournament didn’t even come out to see and cheer and participate.
Dumbledore might have done it on purpose. To tie bonds between the three schools while he had the chance.
The Quidditch was of course given up on that year because it would take out too many lessons along with the Tournament, and because the teachers had used utterly long time to plan it all out.
— December 31, 2006 @ 8:54 am
MaggieMuggle wrote:
I would like to know if the unicorn blood Voldemort/Quirrel drank in the first book will make a difference in killng him, or since it was technically Quirrel’s body it won’t make any difference at all.
— April 15, 2007 @ 5:38 pm
Akili wrote:
to MaggieMuggle: I don’t think the unicorn blood will make a difference…
I’m still wondering exactly how many horcruxes Harry has to go after. If he was supposed to be the death to make the seventh horcrux, then that would mean there are only six of them in all, right?
I know horcruxes can’t move around freely. Someone had said that if a horcrux was put in a living being, maybe that would cause the living being to have a shorter life, and so therefore would need to change hosts. (Horcruxes in inanimate objects wouldn’t need to change hosts because the objects don’t die.) I was wondering that if this was true, then the soul fragment in Quirrel could have been one of them. Right?
I’m just wondering how Voldemort survived the rebounded curse on Harry? It doesn’t make sense to me. But then again, I don’t even pretend to know everything about magic. Anyway, I like to think that he didn’t survive the rebound at all. It would mean there are less horcruxes to go after. lol
— June 5, 2007 @ 1:32 am
puremuggle wrote:
does the person making the horcrux have to make it immediately after hem commits murder? or he/she can store it somewhere and make it later on just wanna know ur thoghts on it!
— July 10, 2007 @ 4:44 pm