The Ickiest HP theory ever

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--- In HP4GU-FAQ at y..., "bluesqueak" <pipdowns at e...> wrote:

> ::Pip leaps up and down with excitement::
> 
> Ooh! Ooh! Yes! Post it - then one of us could chime in with canon 
> arguments about how Dumbledore's kidney failure is shown by the 
> references to his looking 'tired and old'.

And the Gleam!  It also explains the Gleam!

See, if Voldemort's really come back, then Karkaroff's *sure*
to pony over that last kidney, right?  Because he'll need the 
*protection,* right?

Ooooh, yes.  He's a selfish selfish man, that Albus Dumbledore.

Karkaroff chooses Snape as his confidante, of course, because
poor Severus was himself forced to cede his own *liver* to 
Dumbledore some years before and so similarly bears the marks of 
the magical IV.  This is the also reason that his complexion is 
always described as "sallow."  JKR, in her usual clever fashion, 
is giving the reader the all-important hint that Snape suffers 
from medical (as well as spiritual) jaundice.

The vulture hat Christmas cracker, obviously, is also intended
as a clue to the reader.  It's a Prometheus reference, you see.


Elkins