Dumbledore's 'sting'

[Tyler Hewitt]

The 'defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald' may not
have used Dumbledore's one sting. It depends on the
definition of the word 'defeat', and the nature of a
'sting' for a bumblebee animagus. Does defeat mean
kill? Does one have to kill someone in order to have
stung them?
If we don't know these answers, we can't be sure that
DD has ever used his 'stinger'.

On a vaguely related note, I had a theory going for a
while that has been partially debunked by the prophecy
in OoP (at least it needs a good reworking).
Basically, my idea was that Harry was created
specifically to fight Voldemort-that Lily and James
used magics during Harry's conception to ensure that
he would eventually defeat him.
Here's a bit from that old post that relates to
Dumbledore:

"I suggest that the name Dumbledore has meaning.
Dumbledore is old English for bumblebee. What does a
bumblebee do? Pollinate. In its search for nectar, a
bumblebee spreads pollen, fertilising flowers (in The
Botany of Desire, author Michael Pollen refres to
bees as flying penises). Dumbledore could have been
the one who cast the spell, or gathered ingredients,
or otherwise helped Lily and James pollinate their
special creation.  JKR has apperantly claimed that she
just liked the word dumbledore, but we wouldent
expect her to divulge a clue that large, would we?
One more small tidbit about bumbebees-they are
solitary, they dont hive like other bees. Sounds a
little like Dumbledore, doesnt it?"

Tyler

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Becky replied to someone elses post:

I love this idea so much that I really don't want to
make this post 
(so anyone who can show me to be wrong, please please
go ahead!!)

It seems to me that this doesn't work, simply because
we've already 
been told in PS / SS that DD is 'famous for his defeat
of the dark 
wizard Grindelwald'. (pg.77 in my copy) Wouldn't this
have used his 
one sting?


		
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