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Yup, I did the same thing that NJL did. The codes are not fit for this forum stare I'll definitely find a way though, even if it kills me domokun
In the meantime...

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That's the exact one that I was trying to load gonk I've tried mostly everything trying to somehow convert it to BBCode, but to no avail. xp

Kreacher

Kreacher

Yeah, Kreacher! I think that his big part will be a major betrayal of Harry and his friends at some point in the novel, as I don't see him having a change of heart and helping them...and the betrayal (or whatever) will have to be something only he, a house-elf, the mad elf of the Black family, could do.

Dean Thomas...not sure. Really, I'm not. I mean, up until now he hasn't played the biggest part in all of this, and has seemed to pretty much be a background character.

Neville--wants to kill Bellatrix. Has proven himself loyal to Harry and willing to fight for him. Was the other possibility for the prophecy. I don't think that Neville will kill Voldemort--Harry was the one marked as the Dark Lord's equal--but I think that he will be told of the prophecy by Harry (Dumbledore told Harry at the beginning of book six that he could tell his friends. Neville, while not as close as Ron or Hermione, could certainly count as a friend) and may even end up helping on the horcrux hunt. He was raised by a pureblood witch, often assumed at least semi-wealthy. Perhaps he knows things about magical (and expensive) artefacts and who owns or had owned them that the others (even Ron) don't know.

Harry's/Lily's eyes--we've already seen them come into play once. Harry, under influence of Felix, knew he had to stay quiet and keep eye contact with Slughorn to get the memory he was after. It's easy to assume, especially with the arguments Harry made just moments before, that somehow the sight of something of his favorite (and now dead) student's made him agree. We've often been told that Harry's eyes, just like Lily's, are bright green. Perhaps, in some way, they could be almost hypnotic. I don't know...seems pretty far-fetched to me. Do we have any other cases of Harry making long eye contact with a person, and their reactions to it? (Occlumency 'lessons' aside) By the way, I think it's kind of interesting how Harry has Lily's eyes, but James' sight.

Parents--James (unknown) Potter. Gryffindor. Chaser on quidditch team, prankster, illegal animagus, clever in transfiguration spells, arrogant in school years, hated Snape, saved Snape's life (could have actually been saving Remus' by the action), Head Boy, in love with Lily Evans. Persists, doesn't give up (evident by the way he keeps going after a date with Lily, no matter how many times she refuses). In the Order of the Phoenix. Best friends: Sirius Black (clever, handsome, cast out from a Dark family), Remus Lupin (werewolf, studious, supposed to keep the group out of trouble but was afraid to go against them in some ways), Peter Pettigrew(school attributes largely unknown. seems to be a follower of Sirius and James, but turned against them out of fear for Voldemort. Not thought highly of...see Sirius explaining reasons for making Peter the secret-keeper.)
Lily (unknown) Evans-Potter. Gryffindor. Stands up for others, clever in charms and potions, hated James in Fifth year but loved him by sixth/seventh (after James had "deflated his head"), Head girl. Married to James Potter after school. Kind heart, talented enough to land herself in Sluggie's favorites despite being a muggleborn. In the original Order of the Phoenix. Best friends: unknown.
I notice that not much is known about Lily. I'm hoping that Harry will learn a few more things about her.

The invisibility cloak--why did it end up with Dumbledore? Dumbledore said that James had left it in his care before he died. In that case James had to have left it with Dumbledore before going into hiding. Why? Wouldn't it have been useful in case of an attack? Harry and Lily could have escaped under it, and I'd think that James would think of that. Perhaps it was being used for Order purposes.

Eyes in general--let's see...all the people whose eyes have been described:
Harry/Lily (bright, vibrant green)
Dumbledore (twinkly blue)
Snape (empty black)
Hagrid (warm black)
Voldemort (red)
Basilisk (bulbus yellow, torn out by Fawkes)
Dobby (green, apparantly something like tennis balls, but that could have been the size rather than the color)
Can you think of anyone else?

At everyone who mentioned Kreacher....there was a spoiler about him on MuggleNet but I didn't want to mention him for those who don't like spoilers. For those who are interested, click here.

I have no idea how Dean Thomas is important, but I know he must be because on JK's site she tells that CoS originally had a plotline following Dean discovering his wizarding heritage. (Dean believes he is Muggleborn, but in truth the father that 'abandoned' him and and his mother when he was young was a wizard who left them to keep them safe from Voldemort)

Neville....I don't know how, but the fact that Neville could have been in Harry's position must be important. While I'm not sure the theory that Voldemort will kill Harry and then Neville will kill Voldemort has enough validity with the prophecy, I believe there's a chance that could happen.

I think it's very crucial that we don't know much about Lily, but every time someone who knew Lily and James meets Harry, they all mention how he has her eyes. Lily and James' professions aren't known, either, which I think is odd. And the Invisibility Cloak being with Dumbledore the night Lily and James died is extremely important; JK has even admitted it. Alutian, I agree with you - wouldn't it be more useful with James if the Potters knew they were going to be attacked? Did Dumbledore have something more important to do (and what is more important than saving three lives, two of which are that of powerful wizards who are needed to fight Voldemort)? Can Voldemort see through Invisibility Cloaks or something?

@ squishtastic psycho pop: Hermione's eyes are brown. Many people originally thought that since eyes are important to the last book, and JK has never mentioned Ron's eye color in the books, Ron and his eyes were crucial, but someone finally asked JK about Ron's eyes and she said Ron's eyes are blue. In fact, she was rather shocked to learn she had never mentioned Ron's eye color in the books.

rofl Hopefully before the weekend.
Speaking of I'm going to my cousin's house and her computer rocks!


I tried everything to get that mugglenet counter on this thread. That's where I get the dates from. I can't even update it anymore because I can't go to mugglenet on my computer...
Alutian did you PM mystic_emerald?

You have the power to edit the first post lol.



@squish... Alutian made a thread about the cover art that I thought was interesting. She compared it to the first, thirdn and second books were Harry didn't have his wand in the cover, and the wand didn't play a major role in the book. (Well not sure about CoS) but the last three books his wand did play a role. He was learning hte magic or something...that's memory talking... Anyway I agree because there is no wand on the cover of book 7 it won't really play a role...it'll be more harry's heart.

Like I said, he's not Muggleborn, he just thinks he is. On JK's site she describes how Dean lives with his mother and stepfather. His father left the family when Dean was about one. But what Dean and his mother don't know is that his father was a wizard; he was killed for refusing to join Voldemort.

There was originally a plotline in CoS with Dean discovering this, but it was taken out. In the section of her site that describes this, JK says, "I suppose in some ways I sacrificed Dean's voyage of discovery for Neville's , which is more important to the central plot." Note the use of the word 'more.' wink