Dumbledore Bumblebee

[siriuskase]

No: HPFGUIDX 54175

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Anne" <urbana at c...> wrote:

> Hmmm....If Dumbledore IS an animagus, he probably was registered 
> during the 19th century, when he was a young man... so Hermione would 
> have missed seeing his name on the list of 20th century animagi... 
> because he didn't become an animagus during the 20th century. So if 
> DD can transform into a bumblebee, he *could* have been present when 
> Hermione discovered that Rita Skeeter-Beetle had been spying on Harry 
> and put Rita in that jar. So he *might* already know that Rita wasn't 
> going to be around to do any more articles about Harry or the Tri-
> Wizard Tournament in the near future.  If DD really is a bumblebee 
> animagus, it would be very interesting if, at some point during OoP, 
> he suddenly "appeared" at some point when HRH are discussing Rita's 
> current condition ...  
> 
> Anne U
> (not betting the farm on this one, but it could be interesting)

That would be a shock.  McGonnagol is the only one who doesn't seem to
be keeping her animagus ability a secret.  Obviously, if one is
unregistered, it must be kept secret and if one is registered, it is
public record and not a secret to people who read the public records.  

I don't think that Dumbledore would be an unregistered animagus
without a very good reason, but the fact that he has been around over
a hundred years may mean that his registration record is no longer
accessible, it's in a cardboard archive file in a dungeon somewhere so
now he can be both legal and secret.  Many of the important benefits
of being an animagus depend on it being a secret, especially the
ability to turn into an evesdropping insect like a roach or a bumblebee.

sirius kase