Arthurs Wound

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 86778

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

> 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. <


This reminds me of a question that is often asked about The 
Lord of the Rings: why couldn't Gandalf get the Eagles to fly 
Frodo all the way to Mt. Doom? The answer  according to a 
Tolkien scholar was that the eagles were mystical, almost divine 
messengers, not a taxi service.  

I think Rowling wants to invoke the same aura around Fawkes. 
She can't have him used too often for mundane purposes.

 It may also be that invoking the Headmaster's name at 
Hogwarts has some special power to summon aid that can't be 
used elsewhere. Dumbledore says, "Help will always be given at 
Hogwarts to those who ask for it."

Further, if  Fawkes had shown up while Voldemort was still 
about, lurking in the snake's mind, Voldemort would have known 
that Dumbledore was aware of the link with Harry. That's not 
information Dumbledore wanted to give away.

Pippin