Who bought the Nimbus?

[uncmark]

No: HPFGUIDX 37065

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "GulPlum" <plumeski at y...> wrote:
> This isn't a reply to any specific post in this thread, just a 
> general observation.
> 
> I don't mean to come down on any of those who see some deeper 
> meaning in all of this, but I'm wondering if some folks are finding 
> it a bit too difficult waiting for Book Five. :-)
> 
> Paraphrasing the rule of Okham's (or whatever alternative spelling 
> you prefer) Razor, "the simplest explanation is usually the closest 
> to the truth", I personally can't see a problem with accepting that 
> McGonagall bought Harry the broom with her own money as a personal 
> gift (with a benign ulterior motive). Why she did so doesn't 
> require too much thought - she was there when Harry was left with 
> the Dursleys and knows better than most how he must have been 
> treated 

> She had to pull strings to allow a first-year to have a broom of 
> his own, and I agree that lots of debate could be had as to how she 
> managed to convince Snape that "Famous" Harry Potter was worthy of 
> breaking a seemingly important Hogwarts rule.
> 
> But I can't see any way that canon supports the need to seek any 
> complicated arrangement whereby McGonagall paid for the broom with 
> school funds, or worse yet, Harry's own. That Harry got the broom 
> came as something of a surprise to him (more so in the movie than 
> the book), so I doubt any prior communication was had between the 
> two of them about payment. And McGonagall is far too err.. "noble" 
> to steal from one of her pupils, even if it is for his own 
> advancement. 

As I see it, there are three possibilities if we take it as a given 
the broom was bought by McGonagall.
A) She bought it with House Funds. As I stated in my posts this would 
be a misuse of funds. Lucius Malfoy, as part of the Board of 
Governors, could have her brought up on charges.
B) McGonagall bought it with her own money. This is possible, but it 
doesn't sit well with a teacher who'd later take 150 points off for 
Harry, Hermione, and Neville being out of bed. She has never shown 
favoritism for Harry beyond fear for his safety, which she'd show for 
any student.
C) MY THEORY is that she went to Dumbledore for approval to buy Harry 
the Nimbus with Harry's gold. I suggest that the key to Harry's vault 
(which Hagrid gave him in SorSt) was kept by Dumbledore as a wizrd 
guardian. When Sirius Black, Harry's godfather, went to Azkaban 
Dumbledore stepped in as guardian placing Harry in the Dursley's 
care, but keeping control of Harry's vault until Harry is of age in 
the Wizarding World.

BTW, What is Age of Consent for Wizard's? Could Harry write a will 
leaving his gold to the Weasley's?

Uncmark