Originally Posted By mele Excellent point, gurgitoy. I missed that too. Did anyone catch how Neville got the Gryffndor sword? I must have missed that part of the story too.
Originally Posted By Mr X The sorting hat gave it to him, just like it gave it to Harry in book II. What I wondered was, didn't the sorting hat get all burned up? Was it destroyed? I didn't really think about it until the epilogue where the kids were talking about getting sorted. And, that bummed me out a little. After all the talk of unity (AND the sorting hat catching fire to boot), I was sort of hoping that there would be no more houses.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove (See post 101...it apparated to this post for.... Harry Potter D A L M A T I A N S )
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "What I wondered was, didn't the sorting hat get all burned up? Was it destroyed? I didn't really think about it until the epilogue where the kids were talking about getting sorted." I got the impression that although it was on fire, it was not hurting Neville or the hat. Since Voldemort's spells were not working properly, or very long, maybe he really couldn't destroy the sorting hat. I was also a bit disappointed that there were still houses, and Slytherin was still the place "not to be", and they were already teaching the kids to automatically not like Slytherin kids...
Originally Posted By hammertime To answer the person who used magic late in life I was wondering if she was talking about Professor Trewalney( spelling??) During all the books she never did magic. But in the fight scene she was throughing crystal ball down on deatheaters using her wand.
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP re: magic late in life... I don't have a copy of the book in front of me so someone will have to confirm or deny what I read. I read on mugglenet.com that that the person doing magic late in life was Mr. Tonks. If someone wants to look it up, does it say anywhere in the books that he is either a muggle or a squib? Becuase I do remember that in the middle of the book... when they overhear the escapees, Mr. Tonks explains that he repaired his foot with magic... I think! Like I said, someone else will have to confirm!
Originally Posted By Mr X Interesting. Although, I would say her 2 predictions (real ones) counted as "magic" didn't they? I could see it going either way (maybe Rowling separates magic "action" from fortunetelling).
Originally Posted By dsnykid Ted Tonks performed healing magic when Hagrid and Harry arrived before using the portkey to go to the Burrow.(p.59 Cdn. edition) I think the reason the sorting hat didn't get destroyed is because when Harry 'died' he made the same sacrifice his mother made which protected the ones he loved.. I am assuming that since Harry had such love for Hogwarts that the sorting hat was protected too.(p. 591 Canadian edition)
Originally Posted By Mr X **I was also a bit disappointed that there were still houses, and Slytherin was still the place "not to be", and they were already teaching the kids to automatically not like Slytherin kids...** I felt the same way...but I suppose it was a "some things never change" vibe she was going for. Plus it sure does set things up for "further adventures". :O
Originally Posted By nevadarebel I too wondered who raised Teddy and what kind of relationship Harry and he had since he too had a godfather. So many unanswered questions that I have. Even after re-reading it, I still didn't catch some of the questions I have.
Originally Posted By Mr X Teddy's grandmother is still alive, no? (did Ted Tonks die? I seem to remember that) If so, Teddy probably lives with her I'd guess.
Originally Posted By dsnykid Andromeda Tonks is Teddy's grandmother and did survive, so he probably did stay with her..
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb >>>I was really annoyed for some reason that colin creevy bit the dust. probably because his character was so young<<< How was Colin even at Hogwart's? He's muggle born and thus the Ministry would have prevented him from going to school at all (perhaps even sent to Azkaban). So much to say and speculate on. I think I'll finish reading the first 6, I'm still on 4, and then I'll re-read 7 more slowly. I'm thinking books 3 and 6 are still my favorites, but I really enjoyed 7. It took me almost as long to read the first 250 pages as it took to read the last 500. I think it took me awhile to get into the swing of the book because it wasn't to "formula". Dursleys make Harry's life miserable. Harry has a birthday Harry leaves Privet Drive Hogwart's express (or flying car) First day/week at school Quiddich Harry/Ron/Hermione fight Harry/Ron/Hermione reconcilliation Harry/Ron/Hermione win the day Dumbledore explains things Although it did pick up the formula around Harry/Ron/Hermione fight, which is maybe where the reading went faster for me, lol.
Originally Posted By hammertime nevadarebel - I got the impression that Teddy was like the big brother to the Potter kids. It talked about how Teddy was over for dinner 4x a week and how James was willing to give up his room so Teddy could live with them.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 If the person who did magic late in life was Ted Tonks, that's anticlimactic! I mean, she said it like it was somebody we were supposed to have known already, but Ted was only introduced in book 7! So, if that was it, I'm nonplussed...
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Autopia Deb, post 114 is funny because I never really thought about the pattern like that! Also, "Christmas Holidays" would fit in there too somewhere in the Harry/Ron/Hermione fight and reconciliation. I guess after 6 books I never thought about it like that before, LOL!
Originally Posted By sherrytodd I believe Ted Tonks is muggle born (aka born to muggle parents), not a muggle.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo Re: Magic later in life. JKR loved to lead readers down dead ends or "throw out red herrings" as one writer put it. She might have just been fooling with us with that comment. She also said in one interview that she changed one of the characters who died - so presumably if she said something before the book was finished, she didn't have any problem changing her mind about it. I was hoping we'd see Norbert again, and maybe Professor Lockhart, who seemed to be getting his memory back. I thought we'd get more information on the exact contents of the note that Dumbledore left for Petunia. How did Hagrid escape the spiders? I enjoyed reading the first book a lot more this time. There's even a reference to Harry studying about Dimmity (sp?) in "1000 magical herbs and fungi." Snape's activities look much different when you know his backstory.
Originally Posted By seanyoda Correct, Ted Tonks is a muggle-born wizard; In OotP, when Sirius goes over the Black family tree, he points out that Andromeda was removed for marrying a muggle-born -- Ted Tonks.
