Another Dumbledore Speculation-Transfiguration foreshadowed

[Haggridd]

No: HPFGUIDX 16818

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., meboriqua at a... wrote:
> I was just thinking about Harry Potter (what a shock) and got to 
> wondering about Dumbledore's days as the Transfiguration Professor 
> (which we learned in CoS, if I'm not mistaken).  Does that mean that 
> he is also an animagus?  McGonagall is one, and JKR has made it 
pretty 
> clear that each professor at Hogwarts is damned good at the topics 
> they teach.  Wouldn't that mean that Dumbledore would also know how 
to 
> Transfigure himself? 
> 
> I also remember Dumbledore telling Harry (in SS) that he doesn't 
need 
> an invisibility cloak to become invisible.  I know the character 
> sketch on Dumby-dorr was posted a few weeks ago, but the "Dumbledore 
> to die!?" postings kept me thinking.  If he is the only wizard 
> Voldemort fears, what are some of the powers he possesses that make 
> him so strong?  I still feel like we know very little about him.
> 
> Any thoughts?

Didn't Mr. Ollivander reminisce about James Potter's wand, saying that 
it was "good for transfiguration".  I didn't realize it while reading 
it but this may have been one of JKR's foreshadowings. 

Haggridd 
> 
> --jenny from ravenclaw, who doesn't want all the oldies to moan and 
> say "we've discussed this a hundred tim