Ok wow, I haven't been on this thread in a long time!! lol

so, whats going on? It looks like we are talking about what everyone is going to do after school?
I'm liking the ideas! Ron opens a quidditch shop. Do you think that he will become a pro quidditch player? Hermione as a teacher. yep, or a healer. I think that the job of an auror fits ginny well.

ok well thats all for now,
~snitch

I think you all have good points, but here is what i think...

Hermione: Will take SPEW further and actually make something out of it...i dont think it will be the freedom of all house elves because obviously they dont want that, but maybe SPEW will help the house elves that are being treated badly like dobby was and helping them free and getting them a nice new home in someones house that needs their help...like the weaslys.

Ron:i am going to have to agree with everyone and say that ron will be a qudditch player, he needs the fame as he is always harry's friend who is shunted to the side, never taken notice of and he is the youngest brother in a large family he needs to do something none of them are.

Harry: i think it will be Harry who will take the teachers roll...hogwarts is the first place he felt at home. he would want to stay there and after he kills old voldy the curse will be lifted and he can teach DADA he has all ready shown he has the ability to be a teacher when he was running the DA.

OH YEAH!! SPEW!!
Good call lozza-cm Definately hadn't thought of that one (I haven't though of any of these. yeesh.) But that's utter brilliance.
Maybe she'll make it an extension of the Ministry or something...

I haven't been here for quite a while, so hello again, everyone! it seem sthat I came to a very interesting topic. I think that all the replies are interesting ideas, but I don't know if I see Ron Opening a shop. I always imagined him becoming the Head of the sports department at the Ministry. What's it called?... I can't remember. Anyway, I think he'll get Bagman's old job, or whoever is in charge.

Hermione will definitely become a teacher or a Healer, because she's got the patience and the brains to do a good job.

Harry will become an Auror, which is kind of obvious.

I think that Ginny will become an Auror, too, but there's another job I've been thinking about, but I can't remember it right now.

I also think that Neville will become a teacher and teach, guess what?, Herbology! I noticed that no one mentioned Neville, of those that I read. I think that Neville will be a teacher because he's becoming bolder as he grows, so he'll be able to deal with the students. I think that Herbologist would be a good job for him.

That's a good one about Hermione and S.P.E.W.! I quite like it when people follow their passions and end up making what they believe in their work. I think Hermione can do almost any job but might end up doing a job for which she doesn't need a single O.W.L., let alone the seven or so N.E.W.T.S. she is going to pass.

Harry's heart is set on being an Auror, and he has an unquestionable talent for that job. With Voldemort's defeat, the lure of the Dark Arts is not gone; a new Dark wizard could arise at any time. There will always be a need for Aurors.

I can't imagine what job Ron will end up doing (aside from the job of being a father to many children with bushy red hair). Quidditch player sounds great. I'm not so sure that he would like to be a shopkeeper.

Yes, Ron has got to have something to do with Quidditch. Maybe a shop keeper wouldn't be so bad for Ron if he owned a Quidditch shop. I mean it can't be that bad. Maybe he might even end up managing the Chudley Cannons and for once lead them into victory! I hope he gets a better job that Draco or I will scream.

hmm...I was just wondering about SPEW...but I think in book 7, or later on, Hermione will realize that freeing elves from working isn't the best thing. Possibly she will instead let elves have the right of some things and make the owners of them nicer?

It is wierd but i can actually imagine Hermione fighting for the rights of these little creatures! Maybe a career in politics would fit her, working at the creature something departement! Yeah, she has what a politician needs! Potter_Addict_713, it is a good question the one you posed, though it would be really hard to make people like Malfoys respect or at least not be so mean to elves...
About Ron owning a shop, he really HAS to do something great, he deserves it... He could become a Quidditch player, then retire and become a coach-if the teams have coaches- and then, buy a Quidditch team, open gift shops for it etc. Quidditch is his only way out, if you want my opinion...
Last, but not least, Harry... I will have to insist on my idea. I would not want to fight dark wizards forever, it is tiring... I think however, that he will be with Ginny, if not as partners at work, then...as partners at life!

hmmmm, the trios proffessions. Now that is an interesting adventure in itself. Ron, I think has the family knack for quiddich playing, not just a shop. yes, he may choke most of the time, but as harry proved, he has the talents in Keeping. ron is a very good Keeper, maybe even better than Wood was. so, i can see Ron playing as Keeper, for well what else, what is his favorite team, er, lets see, could it be the, Chudley Cannons?!?! yes, i think hell be some prodigy keeper for the Cannons. Hermione, well i can see her working with muggles, trying to bridge the gap between the magical world and muggle worlds. or, she could work for the ministry, i think shell take this idea of, S.P.E.W, a bit further and work to get house elves in the ministry doing some important roles. there is also the possibility of her doing what an unspeakable does, or well, she is very good at charms, dada, and transfiguration. I think she may become an actual Gringotts Banker, the first among humans to become one, since all the bankers at Gringotts are currently Goblins. Harry, well i agree, he will become an auror, and eventually, he may become the Head of the Department of Magical Law Inforcement. I also can see him as playing professional quiddich, as seeker. Ginny, well, she is tough, but she has 3 main career choices. Healer, Auror, or Quiddich Player. She will become whatever Harry becomes i think, but of course, if harry becomes a professional quiddich seeker, then i think that ginny would become a professional quidditch chaser, for the same team as harry. i can also see, harry and ginny, owning a dada shop. it would have dada spell books, and dark detectors and all of that sort.

i can see harry owning a dada shop, but i can also see him getting very bored with it aswell, he likes practical things, as we have noticed his favorite subjects are practical ones (excluding potions of course) but who knows maybe he will want a rest after the whole saving the world from death and distruction thing and settle down with a shop.

I would be kind of sad if Harry settled down. I don't think that he will want to either, once you have been through that much then I think that he would find life pretty boring if it all suddenly stopped (think of Frodo in Lord of the Rings).

Oh, I forgot about SPEW! That would be the perfect job for Hermione, she did say that she was considering talking it farther. I guess that she could try, but I don't think that she will get very far with it. I like the idea that she just helps house-elves that were treated like Dobby, but there would be no way to find them. The are probably too afraid to speak up. I could see her as a teacher but I think she'll take a job with a little bit more action, maybe an unspeakable.

Wow, everyone has some awesome ideas for this job thing
I have a question that is totally and completely not related to jobs part, but everything to do with Gryffindor, so I'll just pop it out and I guess people can answer if they want!
Do you guys think the Prof Mcgonagle (I know I can't spell it, I haven't read the books in far too long...) will have a relationship with Harry anywhere near the one he had with Dumbledore??

ah, good for you to ask, Broomstick!! Yes, i can see Minerva having a close relation with harry, maybe as deep as a mothers type of relationship she is the head now, and she is the head of his house, and your house is supposed to be like your family at hogwarts.

I really can't see McGonagall and Harry having the kind of relationship he had with DD. Harry wasn't that close with DD because he was the headmaster of Hogwarts, it was because he was, well, DD so I don't think that anything will change. When she wanted to know what he and DD were doing that night Harry wouldn't tell her because he is loyal to DD, not McGonagall. There relationship will probably stay about the same, plus, Jo's purpose for killing him was because she needed to get rid of Harry's protectors so that he has to undergo the rest of the journey without a mentor. It happens a lot with stories like this so I don't think that she killed him off for him to be replaced. I hope that makes sense!

I see McGonagall having a strong relationship with Harry. Maybe not as strong as with Dumbledore, but their relationship will definetly be meaningful. They will probably help or report to each other during the 7th book. Or at least McGonagall will play and important part, most likely in helping out Harry.

the person who said that harry is completely loyal to dd not minerva, you are WRONG. sorry but it is more the question of who or what the loyalty truely goes to. harry is loyal to the school of Hogwarts, as a whole, not just the people who reside there or are students there. yes, he does show much more loyalty to dd than he does minerva, but deep down he knows she is also like dd in a way. she is very smart, very hardworking, quite daring and courageous and above all, has her own way of showing disapproval or disappointment. dd always looked at harry in a certain way that harry felt an icy feeling in his heart, he was ashamed when he didnt prpcure that memory for dd, he shows this type of shame, when he is talking to minerva in all the books when he is repremanded by her.

Ermm... I suppose I'm kind of answering my own question, but it's all good
I think that they'll maybe have a relationship that's important enough.. but not as strong as the one Harry shared with Dumbledore. She might help him... but it won't be as much as Dumbledore did... that's just my opinion though

Yeap, i agree with MyBroomstickIsBetterThanYours (Gee! that's a BIG nickname- a good one though!). MacGonagall is a very nice person, she is strong, she is loyal and she may be something like a mother to Harry. But i don't think Harry will ever have with her a relationship as strong as the one he had with Dumbledore. He is just...irreplacable. Dumbledore had the time to build a strong ralationship with Harry, but Minerva didn't. And now that Harry won't return to school, it will be very hard for them to become close... I think this answers the question!

right on, alkisti. I agree with you 100%.

Dumbledore is not someone you can just replace, or maybe not even replace, but I don't think, in Harry's mind, anyone will ever get the same strong relationship with Harry as he did with Dumbledore. Well, maybe Ron and Hermione, but thats different.

Also I have a question, and this is totally off topic But I just want to know what others think... How did Slughorn know about Horcruxs in the frist place? I mean when in the pensieve when young voldemort asked him... Just wondering...

i dont think that McGonagall annd harry will have a realationship any stronger then the one they have now i mean, harry know's he can go to McGonagall if something is wrong and he needs an authority figure to help, but that is really it. dumbledore admitted that his and harry realationship was more then that of a student and teacher and i think that McGonagall is more about rules and order i just do see her trying to buddy up with harry and being understanding like dumbledore i mean if harry got angry and smashed up McGonagall's office like he did dumbledore i bet she wouldn't have been so calm about it.

as for the slughorn thing, i don't no, he was the head teacher of slitherin which is involved in alot of dark arts, maybe he picked it up through that, but i am not reallly sure. maybe he has had to destroy one before or something.

It is nice to see that people agree with me!
Anyway, about the Slughorn thing, he had many connections and relations to important wizards, so I guess that he may have heard them talking about them. He is also supposed to be a good magician (do you remember how quickly he had set the scene of his "murder"?) so he may have searched a little bit the darkest aspects of magic just to be informed and also prepared for events he may have expected to live. His profession as a teacher of Hogwarts also gave him the chace to search this kind of things. Isn't this the reason why Voldemort wanted to become a teacher there? That's what I believe.

Woh, amazing question! I always wondered how Slughorn found out about Horcruxes when so few wizards have ever heard of them. I don't think that he necessarily overheard other wizards talking about them because I couldn't see anyone having the need to discuss them, especially where they could be overheard. I guess maybe he could have known someone who made one because Voldemort was not the first, just the first to make six, so one of the talented wizards and witches he knew could have told him. I just don't see that being a topic of discussion unless someone was creating one for themselves. alkisti seems to have a great idea!

hmm...interestimg point HP_RULES! I do know for a fact that Slughorn had "connections" with many highley famous wizards...as for the magic part...how could that help him to learn about horcurxs? maybe I missed something, but I just don't get it.

Aaahh I don't want to be anything like a monitor or anything... but I think that's deriviating from the Gryffindor house and getting into Slytherin

I do have a question though... and it is about Horcruxes. Do you guys think that members of the DA will end up joining Harry on his search for the horcruxes? Neville, Ginny... the only reason why they wouldn't would be becauses Harry wants to keep them safe... will they go anyways?

i don't know, i think that the Horcruxes search is purely Harry, Ron, and Hermione thing.

and does anyone have any idea about HOW the trio is going to locate the Horcruxes. i'm thinking that the Pencive (sorry i really don't know how to spell that) will have a huge role in finding them, but then how will Harry put what memories he wants to see?

Oooh, good question hp_book_reader. And quite frankly I have no idea... they might try to locate the people who they had seen in the pensieve and ask them more questions... find decsendants (sp?) from the founders to find their possessions... It'll take a lot of research... and it won't be easy.

I don't know, it might not be as hard as we all think. JK Rowling can't make it that hard to locate the Horcruxes or she would be writing forever, getting through the enchantments and everything else going on will be the fun part. Lets see, well, Nagini is obviously with Voldemort so if he can find Voldemort then he'll find Nagini. Then there is the locket which could very well be the locket in Grimmauld Place that they couldn't open. Kreacher or Mundungus might have saved it from being thrown out, though Mundungus having it could be a problem because he is in Azkaban. Whatever belongs to the other house founders is most likely at Hogwarts, which also gives them a reason to return because I don't think Harry will be going back for school and what is Harry Potter without Hogwarts? As for the cup, this is the one that I am least sure about but I think that it might be in the orphanage. It was there that Voldemort learned that he could do magic and began to control his abilities, though I guess it would be dangerous to hide it there if it is still occupied. Oh well, I think that with a bit of brain power the trio will be able to figure it all out without too much difficulty!

mybroomstick, that was a good point about the pensieve. didn't JKR say that the pensieve would play an important part in the 7th book. (i remember reading that somewhere) i think they will find the locket when harry in in Grimmauld Place feeling sorry for himself (not that he doesnt have reason) and remembering that day with sirius in the drawing room and then it pops into his head when he read regulas on the family tree...and the cup through the complete prat zarcharus smith (i don't have my book on me so i can't remember how to spell it) but anyway i think they are going to spend little of the book reaserching and lots of the book finding them and destroying them.

Finding the Horcruxes is totally Harry's duty and i don't think that the members of the DA will help him. The pensieve might help the trio. And luck will certainly help them. Lozza-cm, good point about using more time on destroying them rather than finding them. It is completely reasonable.
I have another question that is hem... completely irrelevant to the topic, but it is totally relevant to Gryffindor. On CoS, JKR mentions that Nearly-Headless-Nick died on 31st of October 1492. Who do you think killed him and why? Cutting someone's head off -or... almost off- is a very cruel way of death. Any ideas? (This could be an interesting idea for a fanfic!) And something else. On CoS, N-H-N said that that year he was celebrating 500 years from his death. Which means that the events of that year took place on 1992 and also, that Harry was born on 1980. It is a detail really but i noticed it. Not that it means something but i'm just mentioning it.

alkisti- nice. I love that question
I have no idea who killed Nearly Headless Nick, but I think it might've been during a war or battle of some sort. And I would read a fanfic about that any day. In fact I think I might make one myself.

Wow, you've been rereading, haven't you? I never realised that she mentioned all that. It's neat though... because if Harry was born in 1980 he'd be 26 now, wouldn't he?

Yes, but the ages of the characters have been given before if you ever vist JK's site.
I agree that the horcrux thing is just for the Trio as well. And I think that Hermione could look up cool really old spells to help locate them and differnt ways of fighting evil. Or at least I think that would be pretty wicked.
As for NHN I think that he could of been sentenced to death by beheading. Maybe he was innocent though.

Oh man!! It'd be so awesome to get some new spells... that are actually really old. Hermione should research them, I agree with you thre for sure.
I wonder what kind of things they'll have to face to get the Horcruxes... other tha the obvious Death Eaters and whatnot.

I suppose scary dark places that make your mind go foggy, or vampires popping out to attack them. I keep getting LoTR type visons for the next book.
But I'm sure that they will trumiph over it all, with near falat things happening hear and there, but they'll at atleast make it to the final fight.

They have to make it to the final battle... it wouldn't be as exciting without Harry, Ron AND Hermione there.

I think they might somehow come up to certain tests of wits/courage like in Sorcers' Stone kind of... I really want there to be something including potions, they're interesting.
Anyone think they'll encounter Voldemort before the final battle? Even if they don't fight... just see him or something.

Good question!! My cousin and I have been touching on the subject of multiple h/lv battles for some time now. We think that harry will battle him, many times. Also, the horcruxes some of them at least, could be of lvs vapour form. This means harry may have to fight off the Vapour's possessions, which would mean hes really battling lv. He also will have to battle many times with the real lv. You see, lv knows that all of harrys major protectors, are now gone. dd, lilly, james, sirius, were all major protectors. Now we know that Lupin, Tonks, McGonagall, Molly Weasley and arthur weasley, are protectors also, but not as strong as the ones that are now deceased. Oh hagrid is somewhere in the queque of the protectors.

I think that he will only battle him directly once, at the end. I invision that Ron and Hermione will burrow their power to Harry, so he can kill Voldermort that way. So Harry won't be alone, and yes he's always been alone before, but he's also never won.
But he could have Voldermort creeping into his head in the course of the year, and try to get him out of his head, so I guess that's like a battle.

Good call. Have we heard of lending powers during any of the other books?? I don't remember ever hearing of it, except morally, but I think that it is a possiblity. If Hermione and Ron feel that they can't help in any other way, they just magically give Harry some of their strength. Hmm..

alkisti : It Just so happens that i am all ready writing a fanfic about it (coincidence
?) it's not just about that, but it includes it...

Anyway back on topic...

I think that hermione and ron lending their powers is a good idea and it actually could happen..i mean, didn't Dumbledore say that the power harry has that Voldermort doesn't is love well Hermione and Ron would be doing this out of love for harry and wanting him to be safe.

lozza-cm, excellent point. Maybe just by wanting to help Harry so much, their powers will be lent to him without so much magic being involved- just the power of love helping them along.
I think this would only happen during the final battle though, when Harry needs their help the most.

Well I really can't take credit for the borrowing of power idea. I totally stole it from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, best show ever! But Buffy, the slayer, also know as the Chosen One, I got so excited when I read that was the name Harry was givin, let me tell you. But anyway she had to defeat this demon/robot named Adam in the 4th season. Willow, Xander, and Giles all leant their strenght to her so she could defeat him and before she killed him she said one of my favorite lines, "you could never hope to grash the source of our power." Which reminds me so much of the Trio, because Voldermort has no idea how powerful love is.

Hey I just got shorted into the gryffindor house and I thought I would stop by and say hello. ^^

Eeeeeh welcome princessicicle Good to have you on board.
Oh man!! amyrat151 that is a lot like the trio!! I never watched the show, but I see how it relates... rather close really.
I'm still trying to find out how they'd do it though... magic? Or some coincidential way?

welcome to gryffindore, Princess!! Well i hope to be involved in some lively debates with you, for now, feel free to jump in the various debates in this thread!! again, nice to have you as a fellow Griffyndore!! and, amyrat, yes, i agree with you and broomstick!! Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Co. do have alot in common with the trio in the HP series. I have an interesting question for any of you. Okay, remember how there were 4 marauders in james' day. there was, Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs. so, i wonder if there will be a foursome in the current, er, shall i call them er, Post Marauders? i see one of three people becoming the last to fill this gap in the foursome. there is Ginny, Luna, or Neville. I think it will be the only one that is in the trio's year though. all four of the original marauders, were in the same year. we know this from the scene in OotP, when Harry ventures into snapes memory in the pensieve, during his last Occlumency Lessons. also, we know that they are in the same year, because they are all in the same DADA OWL Examination. you see, neville is the only one of the three i mentioned above, that fits this decscription. also, he has significance, with harry too. either him or harry could have been the "Chosen One". also, neville is basically an orphan too, and he is now being taken care of by someone he doesnt nessicarily care for all that much, yes, he loves his Gran, but he dont like her need to be so controlling either. Feedback please!!!

~PRINCE~

Hooray for Gryffindors! First time posting in our 'Common Room.' Prince, I cast my vote for Ginny. My reasoning is thus: If Harry were to confide the contents of the prophecy to anyone, who would it be? Ginny. Ergo (love that word), Ginny is our new Marauder.

makes sence burial, but who would be a second canditate, and do you agree on my reasoning for picking neville?

Absolutely. Prior to HBP I would have picked Neville as well. HBP opened my eyes a bit. You really start to see Harry coming into manhood. I am not sure Neville is making that transition as quickly as everyone else. Although he did take great strides in book 5. Concernin Luna, I can't think of her as a Marauder. She is in a different house, is younger, does not have a close relationship to the trio. Great character (and the casting for the movie looks like she could play the role...but prettier than I imagined) that she is, she doesn't fit the mold of trouble-maker set by the Marauders.

i dont see the marauders as trouble makers, i see them as being adventurers. they always enjoyed a good, lifethreatening adventure, just as the trio does. Luna, certainly plays to me as the curious and inquisitive type. she has questions to almost everything in life, and seems to always find the answers weather they are true, or dreamy like that she plays in OotP. so, i definately see luna as a marauder in that sence, but still your right, its either ginny, or my idea, Neville, as the fourth Post Marauder. but you see, if luna was a marauder it could be possible that she would be the traitor, just a wormtail was. he was made fun of alot just like luna, but who am i kidding, neville was made fun of alot too. but he dont seem the type who would betray harry. it was because of LV that his parents minds are adled now, you know.

hello my fellow classmates. i was gone for awhile so may i ask what are we talking about now.

gosh i missed my harry potter world!

Hey I was sorted into Gryffindor so I just came by to say Hello!!!

Heyy hp_book_reader! Good to have you back We're talking about whether or not the trio will add another member and become like the marauders... and if so, then who would it be.

And WELCOME Ginny16!! I love getting new members. So exciting.

I think that if they do become something of a foursome, it'll be... well, quite frankly I have no idea. I can't pick between Neville or Ginny. Neville has been really present since the first book, but Ginny has gained importance. Therefore... it's a toss-up.