Dumbledore Animagus?

[constance_vigilance]

No: HPFGUIDX 42583

 Ginny writes:
> 1.  Is Dumbledore an animagus, and if so what form?  I agree that he
> ought to be, and that a bumblebee makes sense from etymology (which
> is, interestingly enough, only one letter different than entymology,
> assuming I'm spelling correctly).  However, if that were the case,
> it would have been very easy for JK to slip little hints and
> foreshadowings in.

Then Richelle adds:
> I can't think of any bees or buzzing ....

One argument that I made earlier in this discussion got snipped out 
right away, but I still think it is important, and that is the exact 
*lack* of foreshadowing of the excuse JKR gave for coming up with the 
name. She said that she envisioned D-dore humming as he walks. Has 
there been ANY canon that shows him humming? The only time I can 
recall him even _singing_ is in SS/PS where he leads the Hogwarts 
population in the school song. Therefore, I firmly believe that JKR 
sent us a red herring with that "humming" excuse. Now we know that 
she chooses her names very carefully. If Rita "Skeeter" is a bug, 
then I have to believe that "Dumbledore" is a bug. Even if that is 
somewhat of a distasteful comparison and conclusion.

On a related topic, I like the idea that someone presented that 
Madame Hooch could be an owl. That would explain the odd yellow eyes, 
and the fact that she teaches flying.

~Constance Vigilance ~