Kingsley was named "interim" MoM.
I missed that. Of course, I almost missed tonks and remus's death,too. Momentarily I thought they were just "Over in the corner, looking like they were sleeping.".
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Kingsley was named "interim" MoM.
I missed that. Of course, I almost missed tonks and remus's death,too. Momentarily I thought they were just "Over in the corner, looking like they were sleeping.".
And Lucius Malfoy was voted "AssMonkey of the Century".
AssClown; Not monkey.
I think that the reason Hermione is in Gryffindor rather than Ravenclaw is because of her attitude towards learning- which is highly competitive and she must always be the best. If Luna is a good example of Raven claw - learning/knowledge is more important.gryffindor plays to win, but how they win matters (No blood doping). I would want to be in Ravenclaw.
which is highly competitive and she must always be the best.
That sounds more like Slytherin than Gryffindor.
how they win matters (No blood doping)
And that's Hufflepuff.
that's sorta the point - the combo of traits pulls her into gryffindor
IIRC, Tonks says in OotP that she was in Hufflepuff, sometime before they go to Hogwarts, I believe.
Did we find out what Neville's Patronus is? I'm thinking it was a bear, but maybe I'm getting that confused with Ernie's boar.
Ok - I just came across something in my re-read. Check me on this:
Harry's cloak came to him from his father via Dumbledore. The cloak is thought to have come down through the Perevell line, and Harry deduces that he is a descendant of Ignatos Perevell, one of the three brothers. Male line dies out, eventually becomes the Potter line.
Marvolo Gaunt tells the Ministry guy in HPB that *he* is a descendant of the Perevell's - one of the oldest wizarding families. Perevells die out, become the Gaunt line, hence Marvolo has the ring with the sign of the Deathly Hallows on it.
Wouldn't that make Harry and Voldemort cousins? Maybe that's why it was so easy for Harry to become a horcrux? That part of Voldemort's soul recognized something "like" in Harry's soul? And also explain the Slytherin pre-sort?
It's possible I think WAAAAAAAAYYYY too much about this stuff.
Aimee, as soon as Harry realized he was a descendant of Peverell, I kept waiting for him to realize that he must be related to Voldemort, but he never did, and not even Dumbledore bothered to mention it. But, yes, they'd have to be cousins of some sort.