[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore's gleam(long)

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 30862


Tuesday, December 04, 2001, 10:49:21 AM, ladjables at yahoo.com wrote:

lyc> I know this theory has more holes 
lyc> than Swiss cheese, so please point them out to me.

On the contrary -- Your theory seems to me as hole-less as
Sharp Cheddar or Stilton. :)

I would only add that it's not JKR's _modus operandi_ to throw a
bombshell this big over multiple books.  Quirrel turns out to be
evil, but in the same book we meet him.  Moody turns ou to be a
Death Eater in disguise, but in the same book we meet him.  JKR is
not going to have Dumbledore be the kindly mentor, sage,
grandfather figure, etc. for 4+ books and then have him be evil.
If nothing else, she would anger too many readers.

Personally I still like my idea... Forget if I gave it here or just on
alt.fan.hp, but if I didn't:

My idea is that Lily was an animagus too -- A unicorn, becuase she was
someone pure and innocent, like a unicorn.  So when V used
Harry's blood, containing Lily's protection, it was like drinking
unicorn blood -- "The blood of a unicorn will keep you alive,
even if you are an inch from death, but at a terrible price. You have
slain something pure and defenseless to save yourself, and you will
have but a half-life, a cursed life..."

V's double crime of killing the "pure" Lily and then using her love
of Harry to save (or more accurately, regenerate) his own hide means
he's doubly cursed.  His days are numbered.  Dumbledore knows this, and
he feels triumphant, though he recognizes that there's a still a long
haul ahead, hence his "old and weary" look a second after.

-- 
Dave