Animagi/VFAQ

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 42558

Yoris wrote:
> Well most evidence of dumbledore being an animagus is directed from
> the fact of him being an transfiguration-teacher, but to be able to
> use his animaging for the job he would have NEED to be a registered
> animagus, and he isn't because otherwise hermione would have
> noticed... IF he was using his animagus form in his lessons being not
> registered he would be arrested in 2 seconds, people like draco or
> whatever other slytherin would have told their daddies & the ministry 
> immeadiathly.

Hermione only checked the list of animagi resgistered in the last 
century. Considering the fact that Dumbledore is 150 years old, he 
could have becomed an animagi when he was 30 and would NOT appear on 
the list Hermione checked.

> Also I think dumbledore is a lot like LOTR's gandalf: only to give
> advise and protect, not taking matters into their own hand, not
> searching for confrontations themselves
> 
> So I think there is no reason for him to be an animagus any more then
> whoever else in the WW.
> 
> Yoris

Dumbledore has already taken a hand in the matters, by arranging the 
old gang to reunite. And, like Gandalf, I believe that he *will* take 
part in the festivities, and has already. He might not lead a charge 
like Gandalf does at Helm's Abyss (or Deep, or whatever they're called 
in Enlgish), but he will be at the forefront of his side, by planning, 
like a general does. After all, you don't have to be a front-line 
warrior to "take the matter into your own hands"

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Stan Kosmoski <skosmoskijr at y...> wrote:
> I have been sharing some of the discussions in the
> group with HP fans at work, and got into a conflict
> with the order of spells that emerged from Voldemort's
> wand in GOF. It seems one of my friends has a copy of
> GOF that has Harry's mother emerging first and his
> father following her. I have seen the book, and the
> page number is the same but the text replaces all
> "father" and male pronouns with "mother" and female.
> The roles are completely reversed, and it is not just
> a one word mistake. Has anyone else seen this in their
> copies? This is a US hardcover edition.


At first I though to answer this privately, but I thought other people 
might not know, either. This is the seond officially recognised FLINT 
of the books: JKR mixed up the order in which the shadows should come 
out, and on subsecuent editions it was corrected. Check the Lexicon, 
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/timeline_potters.html
for a good essay on the theme. The short version is: Lily came first.

Also, please read the VFAQ file
groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/Admin%20Files/VFAQ.html 
before putting forward questions; this one is actually answered there, 
and the reason the rules are there are to prevent this and other FAQs 
from cropping up every month or so.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf, who hopes he's not usurping mod powers with this post.