Arthurs Wound

[thelinnealand]

No: HPFGUIDX 86766

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Linnea wrote:
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This sounds to me more like the Basilisk (huge fangs) wound. 
One Pheonix tear and Arthur would be back on his feet again.
Linnea

Arthur did not show any "exceptional loyalty" toward DD...<edited> 
Vicky

JKR: magic is not a cure all for every ailment, magically induced or 
otherwise. And, as to why Fawkes didn't swoop in to rescue Arthur
(aside from the loyalty thing, which is a good point) a phoenix known
to belong to Dumbledore would be pretty hard to hide or explain away,
and I am sure that Fudge would have seen that as a sign of
Dumbledore's treachery.<edited> 
Meri

Linnea responds:
I think DD could have asked Fawkes to go to Arthur (who was alone in
the basement with an invisibility cloak until DD requested the
portrait arouse rescuers) much as he asked Fawkes to deliver a
message later. 

The plot requires the subsequent visit to St Mungos etc.. I guess that
what I am on about here is the implausable (to me) way JKR gets us
there. 

It may turn out that Fawkes actually belongs to whomever is Headmaster
at HSM (Umbridge not included) and that he will only save or defend
the students or staff and as a matter of free will. 

Linnea