Dumbledore and Scabbers, was Re: Worried about Hermione/others

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 55893

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Susanne <siskiou at e...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Maybe I should start looking into the Evil!Dumbledore
> theories ;)
> What name is that going under again?
> 
> Or are there any IrresponsibleFool!Dumbledore theories out
> there?
> 
> Maybe he's just really sure Pettigrew didn't ever attempt to
> change back to human form during his time at the Weasleys or
> at Hogwarts, for some reason?
> 
> 

Why would it have mattered whether or not Peter attempted to change 
back to human form while at the Weasleys?  If he did, obviously Molly 
never saw it happen or never came across a strange man roaming around 
the house. So, Dumbledore may have assumed that Peter remained in his 
rat form.  And, after PoA, he's gone off to Voldemort, and Ron knows 
who he is, so chances are Peter's not going to go back to the 
Weasleys.  

If the question now is why didn't Dumbledore ever tell Molly and 
Arthur, "Oh, by the way, Scabbers was an Animagus.." my take would be 
that he didn't want to have to explain how he knew that, and then 
have to answer the Weasley parents' questions - "How do you know 
that, Albus?" "Who is he?" "Why did he live with us as a rat for 12 
years?"  

Maybe this is evidence of Dumbledore the Manipulator, or maybe it's 
Dumbledore trying to protect Sirius.  After all, saying Scabbers is 
Peter Pettigrew inevitably would lead to questions about Sirius, and 
maybe Dumbledore figured it would be best to keep that quiet until 
such time as Peter can be presented alive to the authorities as proof 
of Sirius' innocence. Plus, since everyone is so convinced of Sirius' 
guilt, this whole Peter-as-Animagus story sounds like a fairy tale. 
Unless you have the man/rat right in front of you as proof.

Marianne