McGonagall

[mitchbailey82 <MITCHBAILEY82@HOTMAIL.COM>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50239

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rsteph1981 <rsteph1981 at y...>" 
<rsteph1981 at y...> wrote:
> Why, oh why, did Dumbledore send her away before Sirius transformed 
> and Severus was given his assignment?  Is she trustworthy?  Is she 
> skilled enough to be of use (okay, we all know the answer to that 
> one)?
Me:

I not so certain that she doesn't know already. After all she showed 
no supprised of being asked to take a dog to Dumbledores office (I 
don't know if he asks this of her before he send Snape to get Winky I 
don't have the book on me)- one has to ask why she didn't seemed 
supprise - I got a suspeciion that maybe she already knew what/ who 
the dog was.

I wouldn't be supprised to find out that she knew that the dog was an 
animagus even if she didn't know who the animagus was - after all she 
is one herself, and I'm beginning to wonder if an animagus can spot 
another animagus in animal form more easily than an non-animagus.

Dumbledore has a reason ton keep Sirius' identity from Snape until it 
is absolutely necessary for him tell him as Snape is more than a bit 
angry that Sirius got away, his reaction to the news that Sirius was 
the dog in the hospital wing wasn't that great but he had to accept 
it and get on with things without flying off of the handle due to the 
circumstances. As McGonogall does not have such strong personal 
feelings against Sirius and it is very rare for her to 'fly off of 
the handle' (in fact the only time we seen her do this is after Barty 
was kissed) I wouldn't be supprised if Dumbledore had told her before 
the start of the third task who/ what the dog waiting by Hagrids hut 
was.

 
> I know that everything that's happening is secret, but why would 
> Dumbledore keep it a secret from her?  Why isn't she part of the 
old 
> gang?

Opinions on this are split some suggest the fact that she found out 
about the Potters deaths and where Dumbledore was going to take Harry 
from Hagrid rather than Dumbledore as evidence that she was not.
Theres also that pesky detail that she say you - know -wh rather than 
calling him Voldemort too.

Although I'm pretty certain she was and is on Dumbledore's side.

Just my opinion.

Michelle