Fawkes/Phoenixes/Dumbledore/ Gryffindor

[constance_vigilance]

No: HPFGUIDX 42318

Jumping into the Dumbledore is an animagus debate:

"redandgoldlion" wrote

>      Anyway, I think Dumbledore is an animagus. I don't think he's 
> just any old animagus either; I think he is Fawkes.


It wouldn't surprise me at all if Dumbledore is an animagus, but my 
money is on a bumblebee. "Dumbledore" means bumblebee in obsolete 
English. We heard Dumbledore say that there are other ways of 
appearing invisible. Such as becoming very small, perhaps?

Also, I think JKR's reasoning that she picked the name because she 
envisioned Dumbledore humming to himself sounds pretty lame. Where in 
the canon have we actually heard of him humming to himself? I think 
she picked the name for another reason but didn't want to spoil the 
story by telling us.

Anyway, that's why I think he's a bug.

~Constance Vigilance~