Psycho War Chick's Ramblings of Doom.
Psycho War Chick's Ramblings of Doom.
Rambling numero dos:
I agree with P.G.M. completely (...well, almost)
Alright. I had this idea, checked the site, and found Krystle, um, I mean P.G.M. had already thought of it (along with half the HP fan community...), but here goes anyway. I think that there is going to be a problem gettin' a new D.A.D.A. teacher, and perhaps, due to his proficiency with the subject, Harry shall be asked to help. Whether this will be by actually teaching the class (a bit far-fetched, but the times will be increasingly desparate in the final two books) or by being allowed to continue "Dumbledore's Army" as a club type thing, I'm uncertain.
Rambling numero uno:
Brains, BRAINS! Why Neville is going to become more important.
"There were still deep welts on his forearms where the brain's tentacles had wrapped around him. According to Madam Pomfrey, thoughts could leave deeper scarring than almost anything else..."
Order of the Phoenix, pg 847, American edition.
Alright, the following theory or "rambling" may not be the most plausible, but please, bear with me. It could be excellent fanfiction fodder at the least. For now, simply consider the above quote from OotP. It really has nothing to do with Neville. It's in reference to the damage those stupid brains from the department of mysteries did to Ron.
However, delving a bit deeper and and perhaps attemping to place meaning where there is none, I have developed a theory. Remember the prophecy revealed in book five? Remember how there where two potential babies born on July 31 to carry out the prophecy? The only reason why Harry is considered the one it refers to is because of his scar, the marking that You-Know-Who placed upon him. Here's where I believe the underlined part in the above quote could come into play. You follow thus far? Probably not, as it doesn't make much sense at the moment...I know P.G.M. is giving me a funny look.
Neville, while suffering no outer scars like Harry, has indeed been scarred very deeply by what You-Know-Who (and his followers, I should more correctly say) did to his parents. Yes, they still live, but as seen from the part of book 5 that takes place in St. Mungo's, they have been irreversibly damaged mentally (yes, I'm a very pessimistic individual). Having his own parents not recognize him, this constant and painful underlying thought must have indeed caused some very deep scarring...
I know, I know, I'm reading too much into it. After all, we're reading the Harry Potter series, not the Neville Longbottom series. However, though there are obvious holes in my theory, one must consider the possibility that there are other interpretations of the prophecy...
Eh, food for thought, or something to that effect...^__^
...and here we have me being mean and contesting the new theories my good friend P.G.M. has posted for book six.
Argument 5: Wha-What? Harry and Hermione?!?
Okay, I'm not much of a romance fan to begin with, but...just, no way. Ya' know that Ron and Hermione are gonna' hook up. Probably. It's strongly hinted at, anyway. But its romance, so I'm just kinda "eh, whatever..." about the whole situation...Heh. It'll be funny when you turn out to be right...
Concerning P.G.M.'s rambling #12 found here
Argument 4: Painful? Geez, Krystle (< P.G.M., in case you did not know...)
Concerning P.G.M.'s rambling #11 found here
*smashes head into wall repeatedly* You've been up all night contemplating the meaning of life again, haven't you?! You must stop that. That's where the whole "lifepukers/drinkers" thingy came from. Brain thinking bad. Make pain. More than having your disembodied head travel several hundred miles to your godfathers house. I guess it would hurt more, never tried it myself...thinking, that is. The disembodied head thing is actually kinda' fun. Wheee. No brain for me...
Argument 3:Yeah, P.G.M., like all red-heads are related...
Concerning P.G.M.'s rambling #10 "Family" found here
Alright. I know. After the death of Sirius in book 5 you're really anxious to get Harry some more family, the not-dead kind. It's sad. Believe me, I completely understand the death in the family thing from experience. But why do you think that Harry has to have some living relatives other than the Dursley's? It is most certainly possible for the rest of them to be dead. (You come from a big family, P.G.M., eight brothers and all...my family, however, is tiny and I can easily see how quickly I could be without relatives). Sure, it's nice to think that Ron and Harry are family (or Harry and Dumbledore for that matter)...they are, in a way. But I seem to recall the whole "accountant" thing as being some offhand comment Ron made about having an accountant for a relative that the rest of the family doesn't speak of. When exactly did anyone say that Lily had an accountant for a relative?
Please, correct me if I'm wrong about all of this and stop my sad rambling while there's still time.
Argument 2: Same person, different outcome.
Concerning P.G.M.'s rambling #8 found here
I actually agree with the basic idea of P.G.M.'s rambling. I have also heard mention that J.K. said that someone will develop magic late, and boy, wouldn't it be a kick in the head if it was Dudley? I think that this is very possible, and it would certainly screw with the Dursley's proud belief that they are "normal" (boring and mean). Here's where I disagree. I don't think that Dudley would ask Harry for help, and even if he did, would you really want a brat like Dudley to know magic? Plus, if Dudley's parents ever got wind of his new abilities, why, they'd put a stop to it right away, probably blaming Harry.
Okay, even asuming that Dudley gets powers and learns to use them, I don't think that he'd ever join you-know-who. He's too stupid. Oh, sure, you-know-who might get some information about Harry from him (if Dudley has anything in that piggy brain of his besides "eat stuff, hurt people, eat more stuff"), but come on, he's dead meat after that.
Why do I think this? Consider the following:
First off, Dudley, even if he had magic, is not "pureblood".
Second, even though he doesn't like it, Dudley is a blood relative of Harry. For someone who is obsessed with killing Harry, the fact that the two are related would be more than enough reason to wipe him out.
Third. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Dudley is stupid.
Finally, if you were a super-evil SOB about to take over the world, would you really want someone like Dudley hanging around? Nope. No way.
Argument 1: Eh? Do my ears deceive me? Dudley nice?!
Concerning P.G.M.'s rambling #7 found here
Personally, I think that it is much to hopeful to think that Mrs. Dursley will be "really sweet" to Harry. No. Not gonna' happen. She barely allowed him to stay after the dementor incident at the beginning of book 5. I think that she is afraid to break her obligation, so she'll never kick him out, but she's not going to go all lovey-dovey on Harry now after mistreating him for...oh, let's see, all of his life! People don't change so easily or dramatically, generally speaking of course.
It is highly possible that she may grudgingly attepmt to be civil with him at least, for fear of angering the Order. Remember that nice little threat they gave to the Dursley's? However, I feel that if this is so, the falsity of her emotions will show through so strongly that the charade may be more maddening than her usual attitude.
As for Dudley being nice to Harry when not in public, I actually think that this is less likely than Petunia being nice. After the dementor attack, which Dudley did not really understand in the first place, he was quick to point out Harry as the cause of his...er, problem? Yeah, problem'll work. He'll probably go back to avoiding Harry as he did before he found out about the "no magic outside of school" rule.
On a nicer note to P.G.M., I can totally see Mr. Dursley doing that. ^__^ You've given me this crazy-stupid mental image of a cartoon Mr. Dursley chasing Harry with a big mallet.
