Dumbledore/Moody-Crouch -- Hedwig

[Scott]

No: HPFGUIDX 18629

Penny wrote:

<snip lots of interesting thoughts on the implausibility of 
Moody/Crouch> 
"This starts to sound less & less plausible to me ....."

--It's completely implausible. This is why GoF is my least favourite 
book. It's got some great moments, but the denoument is well...less 
than sound. If Moody and Dumbledore were good friends then it's hard 
to believe he wouldn't have noticed the imposter. 

Here's what I've come up with. It hasn't crossed Dumbledore's mind 
that Crouch might NOT be real. (I mean would you think - "Gee my 
friend is acting a little strange so he must really be a dark wizard 
in disguise!" C'mon.) Moody was already a very eccentric person with 
a quirky personality (from what we've seen) so if Crouch made a 
mistake Dumbledore might have just considered it part of his strange 
personality. Taking Harry after he portkeyed back to Hogwarts wasn't 
the first thing he'd done "wrong" it was just first thing soreally 
out of character that Dumbledore began to suspect/realised the truth.

Penny wrote:
"HEDWIG -- I also noticed on a recent re-hearing of the audio versions
that Harry thinks to himself that there wasn't a speck of white in the
sea of owls flooding the Great Hall (when he is awaiting Sirius' first
letter back).  Is Hedwig the only *snowy* owl at Hogwarts?  Are the
snowy owls rare?  Eeylops advertises snowy owls on their sign outside
(see Diagon Alley chapter in PS/SS when Harry acquires Hedwig).  So, 
how rare are they?"

--They can't be that normal for Britain, surely. I'd think that 
Hedwig is not all that rare as far as messenger owls go, but would be 
more common in other parts of the world. I remember being very young 
and seeing a snowy owl at the Washington (DC) zoo. It's certainly one 
of the most beautiful and regal owl species. A quick internet search 
the following-

http://www.bostonboats.com/fs6_c.htm

"The Snowy Owl is found in prehistoric cave paintings in France, 
making it one of the oldest recognized species of birds on the 
planet. They are also found in Romanian folklore, which says that the 
souls of repentant sinners transformed into Snowy Owls and flew to 
heaven. Today, Northern Europeans still consider it good luck to see 
one of these magnificent birds."

Interesting...Could this have anything to do with Hedwig? Hmmm....
The real reason for Hedwig is that bubbling romantic potential 
between her and Harry! We all know that Simon!

Scott