[HPforGrownups] Fawkes (was : Neville's Wand)

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No: HPFGUIDX 74821

In a message dated 8/1/2003 9:00:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
delwynmarch at yahoo.com writes:

> Sorry for the sarcasm, but Fawkes would burn only every 100 years, 
> and he would happen to do it *precisely* when Harry is there to see 
> him do it ? Please, give me a break ! Moreover, the very casual way 
> DD says that it was about time he burned because he had been looking 
> awful lately made me feel like he was doing it every few months, 
> every few years at maximum.
> 
> Del
> 

Now, could it have been that Fwakes was holding out so harry could see him?  
Or Dumbledore told him to?

Also, I think your "every few months" idea is a bit...off.  Think, it 
wouldn't make sence in the wild.  lets say it takes a week for a pheonix to "grow up" 
after a burning.  And likewise a week of being "old"

Okay, fine.

You do it every few months, say every three months, that's over 20% of your 
time being spent in less than top condition. On a regular basis.  *Plus* 
growing after being killed.

What happens if you kill a baby pheonix?  I doubt, even if possiblely, the 
burning is either a neutral sensation or plesent they would enjoy...say being 
kicked into a wall and dying of bleeding to death, or being eaten.

So extend it to every few years.  Fine, but we have seen that muggles get 
*some* things right in their myths and legends.  So while 1000 is out of the 
question, and most seem to think 100 is too long for Dumbledore to simply shrug 
off missing it, how about fifty?

Also, since when is Dumbledore exactly readable ot open?  There are secrets 
behind those twinkling eyes.


Nemi
       --Black Dragon
       --Slasher and Yaoist
       --Utterly Psycotic


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