[HPforGrownups] Fawkes/Phoenixes/Dumbledore/ Gryffindor

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 42283

redandgoldlion writes:

>      Anyway, I think Dumbledore is an animagus. I don't think he's
> just any old animagus either; I think he is Fawkes. At this point I
> probably have you convinced I'm insane. "Fawkes?" you're thinking. "He
> can't* be Fawkes; they were in the same room at the same time!"
>  I can't blame you; after all, I haven't given any facts to support
> my theory.  <snip>

Well, other than the fact that they are in the room at the same time I'd say
yes.  Dumbledore almost HAS to be an animagus.  What descent transfiguration
teacher wouldn't be?  But could it be that he also has a real pet phoenix?
I suppose the time turner thing could be possible, though I don't really
know if Dumbledore has one.  He sure doesn't use it much if he does.  Unless
of course he's using it all the time and we don't know.  That's where I get
confused with time travel.  Anyway, I don't see why he couldn't have both a
pet phoenix and transform into a phoenix.  Harry's only met one phoenix,
Fawkes, and it would be logical for him to assume it's the same one if they
look identical.  It would present an interesting connection if Dumbledore as
a phoenix apparated to the graveyard, allowed everything to happen as it did
because of the need to have Voldemort alive so he can be killed, and help
strengthen Harry by the song of the phoenix.  It does get rather complex,
doesn't it?  Good theory, though, lots of twists in there.

Richelle