OOP: Mimbulus Mimbletonia

[lily_paige_delaney]

No: HPFGUIDX 64627

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "flutterbyhex" 
<flutterbyhex at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "stardreams04" 
> <queenofthecampus at h...> wrote:
> > I don't think anyone has yet brought this up in a post: what was 
> the 
> > deal with Neville's Mimbleplant?
> 
> Here's a really wild theory, do with it what you will, it's good 
for 
> a laugh. The plant is Dumbledore. Bear with me. We have animagi, 
> people who turn into animals or bugs; we have metamorphmagi who 
> remain people but can change their appearance; how about a 
hortomagi; 
> people that can turn into plants!
> 
> Dumbledore says Harry will never know how closely he is watched. 
> Well, I remember a line from PoA when the kids are in the Great 
Hall 
> speculating on how Sirius got into Gryffindor Tower and one the 
kids 
> says he turned himself into a flutterby bush. Well if you start 
> looking at the plant references in the story: Harry hides behind a 
> hydrandea bush while listening to the news, etc. Just got me 
> speculating...


That's really interesting actually.  Remember McGonnagal telling 
Harry during his career meeting that Aurors need to be good at 
transfiguration because they often need to transfigure themselves 
into things?  Dumbledore did teach transfiguration.