A theory on the Harry Potter books.

[mneomosyne]

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[myyellow_teapot]

That's such a wonderful sketch %)

[mneomosyne]

There's dog drool on the snitch now, Harry must have been shocked when catched it. :)

[teithiwr]

Lovely sketch, I love Remus trying to hang on, and Snape's devious expression!

It's always interesting to read your book theories, too. :)

[mneomosyne]

Thank you, there is compared with fanart not as much interest (feedback) in the theories so I was afraid for a moment people wouldn't like to read about them, but the poll proved otherwise :D

[singersdd]

*SQUEEEEEEEEEEE*
Sirius is mine! ALL MINE!!!! :D

You ask some really good questions - can't wait to find out the answers in book 7!

[mneomosyne]

I'm glad you like him, he's a bit silly like that but who wouldn't be if you can run forever like that? :)

I also hope to get a lot of answers in the last book. But I don't want to read it yet, I still have a lot to think about.

Thank you again for your help, I'll never forget Longbottom's and Longbottoms' now ;-) ♥

[singersdd]

You're quite welcome!

My minister (otherwise an excellent writer) doesn't get plural possessives right... I wonder if it would be terribly rude to point it out to him... It's one of the things that makes grammar geeks like me want to scratch our eyes out. :D

[kcontheroad]

As you know, I think that Gryffindor's sword was in Godric's Hollow that night. It would have made sense that James would have used the cloak to wrap the sword to keep it hidden. James is quite wealthy and there's the distinct possibilty that he is a Gryff descendant. Remember that DD said to Harry, "Only a true Gryffindor could pull that sword out of that hat," or words to that effect.

When it says that they thrice defied Voldemort, perhaps they three times refused to sell him or somehow release to him Gryffindor's sword.

He wanted the sword to make into a horcrux, to complete his collection of the four founders' relics. As the Hat has a brain and can think for itself, and as it was impossible for him to get it out of Hogwarts, the sword would have been his objective. I don't think that DD knew exactly at that time why Voldemort wanted the sword, but Voldemort's efforts to obtain it from the Potters -- thrice defied -- made them secure it in a house covered by the fidelius charm and wrapped in the invisibilty cloak.

[mneomosyne]

I love you for your theories :) but I disagree. (though you're not making it easy for me)

I think Voldemort really only tried to find the house in Godric's Hollow to kill Harry. I don't think the sword was hidden at the Potters' place since it would be very unsafe given that Voldemort is looking for them.

"Only a true Gryffindor could pull that sword out of that hat," I think this is about the choices we make in our life, Harry chose to be a Gryffindor and that is what makes him a real Gryffindor. Of course he could be a descendant from Godric Gryffindor but I don't think that would be the only reason to get the sword

[kcontheroad]

Well, the description of the cloak is that it's a silvery, almost liquid, almost living thing and that it was not easy to see even when it wasn't hiding something. (That's from memory. I could be wrong.) I think that it can hide things as well as people. It certainly hides Harry's clothing when he wears it, but that could be because there's a person in the clothing and that makes the cloak act on it. We just don't know enough about how it works to know if it will hide things, too. Perhaps it's only visible when there's absolutely nothing other than air inside it and objects make it work, too.

I agree that the lesson was that Harry's choice to be Gryffindor outweighed all other factors, including the effects of the scar that tied him to Slytherin. It's also true that nature counts for something as Hagrid (When he first comes for Harry when he's 11) states he thinks Harry's probably a very good wizard because his parents were so good. So, something of our parentage does contribute to who we are.

[maeglinyedi]

How come the muggles could see the ruins if the Fidelius secret is being kept by Peter? Could they see the bodies from Lily and James?Because the house wasn't under the Fidelius, the people inside of it were. So before Peter spilled their location, Voldemort might have stood outside the house, looking in through a window, and he wouldn't have seen the Potters even if they were there. This is mentioned somewhere in canon, but I can't remember where exactly

[mneomosyne]

But if there was a Fidelius on James, Lily and Harry, wouldn't they be missed? They would be as good as invisible to the world. Does a Fidelius hide a person or a house? Grimmauld Place seemed appear out of nothing to Harry, the location was invisible but not the people in it. Couldn't JK have meant the house wouldn't show the Potters to Voldemort instead of the Potters themselves being invisible? For instance, if Sirius would have been present in Godric's Hollow would he have been visible and James not? Wouldn't that give away their location

[maeglinyedi]

But if there was a Fidelius on James, Lily and Harry, wouldn't they be missed?

Yep. But that is the whole point of being in hiding. The secret keeper would only have told those who needed to know where to find the Potters (Sirius, Dumbledore, others from the Order).

And it is specifically stated in canon that the Order Headquarters are under the Fidelius Charm, which is Grimmauld Place. But in case of the Potters it was the people under the charm, not their house. This way, they can still move about and aren't restricted to staying in their house for months. And Sirius being there wouldn't give anything away, because no one would see the Potters, and thus no one would be able to hurt them.

And here is the post I did on James' invisibility cloak. There are some interesting suggestions in the comments as to why Dumbledore had it.

[mneomosyne]

As for the invisibility cloak, I've been wondering how Dumbledore got his hands on it as well for years. Even made a post about it last year, but didn't come to a satisfying conclusion.

Is that post tagged?