I agree, there are some rather silly questions there. I admire your fortitude in answering them!
I missed your predictions first time round so I hope you don't mind me asking a question about one of them. Why do you think Frank Longbottom was a witness of the Potters' deaths? I don't have any opinion about it either way, I just wondered why you thought it was likely.
I think that this, as so many of my beliefs about DH, originates with Valerie (bandcandy) who thinks and researches a lot more than I do.
Basically we have a number of unexplained facts:
Why did Bellatrix et. al. think that the Longbottoms in particular (as opposed to any other Aurors) would know the whereabouts of Voldemort?
How did Dumbledore learn, so quickly, what had happened to the Potters?
How did Dumbledore come to have possession of James's invisibility cloak?
If we assume that Frank and/or Alice Longbottom, cloaked, was watching the house at Godric's Hollow, then all these facts are explained. Longbottom (having been told the location by Pettigrew) was stationed at the house to keep watch, saw Voldemort enter and saw the explosion. He apparated to Hogsmeade, told Dumbledore what had happened and gave him the invisibility cloak. But Pettigrew had previously informed the other Death Eaters that Longbottom was standing guard at Godric's Hollow (the last known location of Voldemort), and so they inferred that
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I missed your predictions first time round so I hope you don't mind me asking a question about one of them. Why do you think Frank Longbottom was a witness of the Potters' deaths? I don't have any opinion about it either way, I just wondered why you thought it was likely.
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I think that this, as so many of my beliefs about DH, originates with Valerie (bandcandy) who thinks and researches a lot more than I do.
Basically we have a number of unexplained facts:
- Why did Bellatrix et. al. think that the Longbottoms in particular (as opposed to any other Aurors) would know the whereabouts of Voldemort?
- How did Dumbledore learn, so quickly, what had happened to the Potters?
- How did Dumbledore come to have possession of James's invisibility cloak?
If we assume that Frank and/or Alice Longbottom, cloaked, was watching the house at Godric's Hollow, then all these facts are explained. Longbottom (having been told the location by Pettigrew) was stationed at the house to keep watch, saw Voldemort enter and saw the explosion. He apparated to Hogsmeade, told Dumbledore what had happened and gave him the invisibility cloak. But Pettigrew had previously informed the other Death Eaters that Longbottom was standing guard at Godric's Hollow (the last known location of Voldemort), and so they inferred that ( ... )Reply
You've got me mixed up with Berte again. I'm Bel. I should start signing my posts so you don't get us confused.
Bel!
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Theres a interesting new site called ginnymented.com. The whole site is centered about what will happen in DH. You should check out their predictions.
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