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1. Love Pairings. Pick all that you think apply:
The obvious ones. Hermione/Ron, Harry/Ginny. JKR is not in the habit of being subtle about these things.

2. Who will die. Pick all that you think apply:
Pettigrew, saving Harry somehow.

3. Should Dumbledore trust Snape?
Dumbledore has this nasty habit of being right. The only times when he makes mistakes is when he fails to heed his own better self (case in point, failing to tell Harry about the prophecy in spite of his own urgent misgivings). We are not told he has any misgivings about Snape, he seems quite clear about him, ergo he is in the right. This does not mean that Snape is trustworthy, but if he ever betrays the Order, it may be that Dumbledore has already foreseen his betrayal and is going to make use of it. Remember, the hippogriff episode in PoA suggests that Dumbledore can see into the future to some extent.

4. Will Percy redeem himself?
No. He is there to show that there is no such thing as a perfect family, and that a Weasley is as corruptible as the next guy. In fact, the downfall or at least humiliation of Fudge is going to embitter him and harden his animus. Molly is just going to have to live with her broken heart, like many mothers of unworthy children.

5. Will Draco redeem himself?
Don't be ridiculous. This is JKR, not Cassandra Clare and all her fanon followers.

6. How will Sirius re-appear: Ghost? Mirror? Painting? Other?
I wonder. I am reminded of Marvel's character Adam Warlock, who came back from the dead to destroy his murderer. If any of you are comics fans, you might like a look at that brilliant story.

7. Who will be Head Boy? Harry, Ron, Neville, Draco?
Someone we never heard of.

8. Who will be the next Minister? Arthur Weasley, Umbridge, Dumbledore, Other?
Wouldn't put it past them to vote in Umbridge.

9. Could Neville have been the chosen one or was Harry pre-destined?
Predestination becomes manifest in events; or, in other words, the future and the present seize the past and re-shape it. The fact that Harry was predestined is shown by the fact that he became the hero.

10. Is Harry an animagus?
Why should he be?

11. Will we see Umbridge again?
Yes. Her defeat will have made her even angrier and more poisonous. I would not rule out her becoming Minister, as I said, or joining forces with Voldemort out of anger.

12. Is Umbridge a Death Eater?
No. But she may become one.

13. Who (if anyone) will betray Harry? Ron, Hermione, Neville, Luna, Ginny, None of the above?
None of the inner circle. Remember Marietta Edgecombe. JKR has a habit of sneaking villains and traitors up on you from wherever it is that you were not looking. How many of us thought that the traitor in that instance was Zachariah? If I felt nasty, however, I might suggest Cho Chang. Humiliating break-ups can do strange things to people.

14. Who (if anyone) will betray the Order? Dumbledore, McGonagall, Lupin, Snape, Tonks, Kingsley, Real Moody?
If anyone does, Snape is the likeliest. Moody is also a possibility.

15. Is Petunia a squib?
She certainly is something more than she seems, according to JKR.

16. Will there be a third prophecy?
Yes. Prophecies go in threes.

17. Will Voldemort die?
The obvious point to kill him off is in the last book, but it might be a superb surprise to kill him off in book six and have some completely different situation assert itself in book seven.

18. Will Pettigrew betray Voldemort?
Of course. He was born to betray people. And let's face it, Voldemort does not exactly treat him in such a way as to encourage loyalty, does he? The question is rather, will he manage to fool him? Considering that Voldemort regards him as a traitor by nature, he really ought to be preternaturally stupid not to keep a weather eye on him.

Comments

[jennilee.livejournal.com]

Don't have time to read as am just skimming during my lunch break, but just to let you know: your lj username links are not working. To fix them, insert one space between lj and user. The ""s are not necessary, though they do not affect whether or not the usernames will work (they are only necessary when linking communities).

[falco-conlon.livejournal.com]

I think I agree with every single one of your answers. Especially the draco one. It's sweet and naive to think he'll redeem himself but I don't see it ever happening. He really does hate harry, it's not just jealousy.

[gunderpants.livejournal.com]

5. Will Draco redeem himself?
Don't be ridiculous. This is JKR, not Cassandra Clare and all her fanon followers.


Fuckin' ay, man. Fuckin' ay.

Actually, I agree with all your answers. Word.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

So far, two people who told me they agree with me on every point. Come on, guys! I cannot be right on everything! Should I ask Aerynalexander to intervene?

[gunderpants.livejournal.com]

No! You have a sentence with the words 'the' and 'of', that could be interpreted as anti-gay rhetoric!

Actually, I can't believe I've found someone else who agrees with me that Umbridge will take a potshot for even more power. I thought I'd be in the minority there. At least that idea would make for some great drama.

[neigedens.livejournal.com]

I agree, mostly, except I'm a little skeptical on the Umbridge ones. I could see it happening in fanfic and I'd probably believe it, but I don't know if JKR will do it.It's just something about her exit in OotP that makes me think Umbridge won't be showing up for the third act, but you never know. I think it'd be cool, anyway. It's nice having a villain you can really imagine meeting in real life, rather than one that looks like a snake or sounds like Darth Vader or whatever. (Not that there's anything *wrong* with that type, but Umbridge-type ones are easier to hate.)

[fpb.livejournal.com]

I completely agree with you. I think, and I have said several times, that Voldemort is JKR's one artistic failure, a supervillain from central casting - snake eyes? check; long skinny fingers? check - and not even very impressive of his kind. Marvel Comics have twenty regular supervillains that are more interesting. Umbridge, on the other hand, is an absolute triumph, a person whom we would recognize and hate anywhere; she must represent issues in personality and social role that JKR feels very intensely. The fact alone that she is a Ministry inspector, and that JKR has been a schoolteacher: just ask any British schoolteacher about their views of the Ministry, then stand back and wait for the hurricane.

As for the frightful humiliation she suffered at the hands of the Centaurs, yes, that may scare her off for a while. But does she strike you as the kind of person who learns from adversity, or who is even scared off her own vengeance by danger? In my book, it means that the Centaurs are now marked down for vengeance. And their own vicious arrogance makes it likelier that they will get some severe sort of punishment from the humans they murderously despise.

[agatha-s.livejournal.com]

Umbridge, on the other hand, is an absolute triumph, a person whom we would recognize and hate anywhere;

Absolutely. I had a Marxism teacher in high school who could have been Umbridge's twin sister. Umbridge is definitely a representative of a type of person we all know and hate in real life and JKR described the type brilliantly.

[gunderpants.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. I couldn't give two stuffs about Voldemort: Umbridge is the one who actually scares me. We all know someone just like her: bullshit administrative types who use shite language, never say a sincere word in their lives, utilises passive aggressiveness as though it were a personal shield (though she's certainly not the main culprit in the HP series, if you count people like Lupin and Snape) and is just generally a bitchtroll.


That she was presented in the physical guise, and with the seeming same hobbies, as ones' average Oprah fan, was mosth hilarious, I thought. Collecting porcelain kittens is a certain sign that somebody is going to be irritating as all hell.

[neigedens.livejournal.com]

And, of course, all of the past DADA teachers (except that tricky dead one) have come back in some way after they've taught, so who knows? All it means is I really can't wait for July 16th!

[agatha-s.livejournal.com]

I agree with most of your answers -- all except those about Petunia possibly being a squib and Umbridge possibly becoming a Death Eater. I think her not being a Death Eater is an important point.
I'm stealing the meme, by the way. :)

[fpb.livejournal.com]

all except those about Petunia possibly being a squib
Not a squib necessarily. But I think that JKR has hinted more than once that Petunia will have an important and surprising role in the future. She might be a Death Eater, who knows?

[purple-mirie.livejournal.com]

5. Will Draco redeem himself?
Don't be ridiculous. This is JKR, not Cassandra Clare and all her fanon followers.
:D

I agree with most, except for the Pettigrew ones. I think he'll last until the last book. In line with this, I've always had a sneaking suspicion that he'll end up harming or killing Lupin with that silver hand of his.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

You probably have a point. Let us compromise: he will betray Voldemort - in book seven.

[purple-mirie.livejournal.com]

Compromise then, until we know any better. :)

[artemisiabrisol.livejournal.com]

"Don't be ridiculous. This is JKR, not Cassandra Clare and all her fanon followers."

Spot on.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

That is the answer that everone seemed to like.

[gunderpants.livejournal.com]

Because Cassandra Claire is pants and writes stuff so dreadfully dull I couldn't finish the first chapter?

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Watch it. With that sort of unorthodox comment, you are in danger of usurping my place as favourite target. Everyone is suppposed to love CC. 8-)

[gunderpants.livejournal.com]

... hear the laughter. I think I'm already well on the road to usurping your role, apparently I have critics.

I've never been happier. It doesn't matter if someone's talking to me or about me, notoriety is notoriety.