Horcruxes. The remaining.

[PTeppic]

I think possession is a bit strong - influenced, enchanted and otherwise persuaded, beguiled and pseudo-hypnotised, but I don't think Voldemort ever possessed Ginny.

 

[Commonmind]

Edited.

 

[Majimaune]

(God knows what these two would make of my major theory, which is that Harry & Hermione are brother and sister!!!!). HONEST they are. Wait & see.

I must have missed thaat bit if you have said it before. I'm sorry but I see no possible way that they could be brother and sister. I can see a possible way for Harry to be the Heir of Gryphindor. I mean that could be but I think not. But it is (in my opinion) more plausable (I seem to be using that word alot lately) then Harry and Hermione being bro and sis. They arent at least nine months apart in age anyway.

 

[PTeppic]

They'd pretty much have to be twins, or at most half-brother/sister... unless those pesky time-turners have been used. And people like Sirius are either in the dark themselves about their own best friends or have lied, Ben Kenobe-like, for six books...

 

[Majimaune]

Yeah.... I agree.

 

[Digger]

I started to suspect it during GoF, and am now more than convinced – the clues are all there, esp in HBP. Not convinced? Well, for starters:-

• their ages / birth dates fit - Hermione's birthday is in September, Harry's is in July,and must be almost a year after hers (because she is eligible to take the Apparition test, but Harry isn't old enough yet);
• there are so many similarities in wizarding talent and abilities (best students in their year);
• this explains why Hermione is such a talented witch (she isn't "muggle-born" at all, but was adopted because James & Lily for some reason had no alternative but to do so - for her own safety and security???);
• this outcome means that Harry & Ginny will get back together, and Ron and Hermione will finally get together, and no-one will be disappointed (because they will all end up related, and Harry finally will get to have a real family which is genuinely "his");
• they even look alike (dark hair with a mind of its own!!!).

I suspect that in book 7, either Aunt Petunia will reveal this (as something she had no compunction about not disclosing before), or Harry will discover it as a result of going to Godric’s Hollow.

Ok, tell me I’m wrong (but I won’t believe you!!). I’ve discussed this with two fellow HP devotees, one of whom grudgingly acknowledges “there might be something in it”. The other one is now equally convinced of it…….and JK has actually said, on the subject of a Harry / Hermione relationship, ("Trust me, you don't want to go there", said with a definite shudder!!!)

 

[The Upright Man]

hate to point it out but that sounds very much like star wars. not even ill back u up here mate.

 

[Commonmind]

their ages / birth dates fit - Hermione's birthday is in September, Harry's is in July,and must be almost a year after hers (because she is eligible to take the Apparition test, but Harry isn't old enough yet);

Nothing about their age and birth-dates is especially eye-opening. You could just as well develop a theory that Cho was related to Harry based on age alone.

there are so many similarities in wizarding talent and abilities (best students in their year);

There aren't really a lot of similarities in Wizarding talent, in the least. Evident after they've taken their O.W.L.s as well as throughout the books in general. Hermione has always been talented in the practical, lesson based magics, as well as having an affinity for the academics. Harry's talents lay elsewhere.

his explains why Hermione is such a talented witch (she isn't "muggle-born" at all, but was adopted because James & Lily for some reason had no alternative but to do so - for her own safety and security???);

There are two reasons why this is makes no sense. First, Hermione is older than Harry, why would James and Lily have hidden her, and not Harry as well? Secondly, you say "Muggle-born" as if her talents are not conducive to Muggle born wizards. No where in any of the books does it ever make mention that Muggle born wizards or witches are inferior in skill.

this outcome means that Harry & Ginny will get back together, and Ron and Hermione will finally get together, and no-one will be disappointed (because they will all end up related, and Harry finally will get to have a real family which is genuinely "his");

I don't see how the theory supports this, the normal story arc does so on its own and does not need these relationships to be realized in order for what you mentioned above to come to pass. It would be perfectly within reason for Ginny and Harry to get back together, and for Hermione and Ron to hookup, without there being any blood ties between Harry and Hermione.

they even look alike (dark hair with a mind of its own!!!).

Hermione has bushy hair, no where has it ever said it had a mind of its own - like Harry's. And other than that small, infinitesimal comparison, nothing of their other features comes close to being similar; had there been, J.K. would have had the foresight to elude to this throughout the books, so that the revelation of them being related made sense and didn't seem like one of those cheap moments in literature where the author manifests a plot twist on the fly to grip his/her readers.

I suspect that in book 7, either Aunt Petunia will reveal this (as something she had no compunction about not disclosing before), or Harry will discover it as a result of going to Godric’s Hollow.

People give Aunt Petunia too much weight. She's either going to turn into an ultra-powerful super-witch who can shoot fire from her nostrils and reshape space and time, or she's holding the secrets of the Ark of the Covenant and knows the exact location of Santa Claus's Summer home. She knew a small amount of information about the wizarding world, no more than I would suspect anyone who had had a family member that died as a result of magic and wanted to know at least the "how" and the "why."

 

[isacked]

I really dont think Harry is related to Hermione. He has dark hair and she is red. I'm so tired of the attmpts by people to link Harry with Herm together.

 

[Majimaune]

I'm with Isacked. There is only the slightest chance of them eing related and that slight chance isnt enough.

 

[Commonmind]

Some of the HP theories are really thought-provoking, others, like some of those above, are really the product of boredom, which in turn is the result of there being too much time between the last book and the one soon to come. If there is no evidence to support a theory, except for a few microscopic, trivial details that, in order to be believed, require an immense amount of wishful thinking, finger-crossing and the finding of the extraordinary in the quite ordinary, there's a good chance it is unlikely, or, more to the point, highly improbable.

 

[PTeppic]

And whilst agreeing entirely, 100% with you, Commonkind, I also accept the possibility that the theories may be true.... which is the best part about both probability and fiction.

 

[Commonmind]

Note that I didn't say "Impossible"...

 

[Majimaune]

Most HP theories are improbable but some, a very few could work. Personally I think this thread name needs to be change from Horcruxes. The remaining to HP theories for the last book. Cause thats what it has turned out to be.

 

[HBP]

1. Slytherins locket (destroyed)

I wouldn't count on the possibility of the locket being destroyed...There was no evidence in the book which supports your "theory"........ I think the locket is in grimmauld place. After Regulus Black found it, he couldn't destroy it, therefore he hid it inside grimmauld place in hope that someone might find it as he himself suspected that he woud be dead.

 

[Majimaune]

Hmmm I think you could be right. But then again Serius might have thrown it out in all that house cleaning stuff.

 

[The Upright Man]

kreachers got it..its mentioned again a bit later into ootp when hermy gave kreacher a xmas pressie.. its sed summit like she could see a grubby chain of a locket amongst the pthe black stuff

 

[Thor_Doomhammer]

guessed Regulus Black, too. Besides, who else fits 'R.A.B.'?

I have doubts that R.A.B. is Regulus Black because of an interview that Muggglenet.com had with J.K. Rowling. The link is right here -http://www.mugglenet.com/jkrinterview2.shtml- and here is what the interview said.

"

MA: R.A.B.
JKR: Ohhh, good.
[All laugh.]
JKR: No, I'm glad! Yes?
MA: Can we figure out who he is, from what we know so far?
[Note: JKR has adopted slightly evil look here]
JKR: Do you have a theory?
MA: We've come up with Regulus Black.
JKR: Have you now?
MA: Uh-oh.
[Laughter]
JKR: Well, I think that would be, um, a fine guess.
MA: And perhaps, being Sirius's brother, he had another mirror -
JKR: [drums fingers on soda can]
MA: Does he have the other mirror, or Sirius's mirror -
JKR: I have no comment at all on that mirror. That mirror is not on the table. [Laughter from all; Jo's is maniacal.] MA: Let the record note that she has drummed her fingers on her Coke can in a very Mr. Burns-like way. "

 

[Thor_Doomhammer]

I also think that if the locket was ever in the Black household, then Mundungus has it. Remember the part in HBP where harry sees mudungus with a bunch of sirius' old stuff? What if he took the locket too?

 

[Majimaune]

You know what. I think JK is leading everyone on by making everyone think its Regulus. She will pull something out of the hat and no one will see it, just like with HBP everyone thought it was Voldie and then it turned out to be Snape.