espionage (was Re: About Dung...)

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 95078

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Batchevra at a... wrote:
> > In a message dated 4/2/04 8:55:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> > enigma_only at h... writes:
> > I agree with you, Meri, and Dumbledore himself has attested to 
the 
> > fact that Harry is being watched even more closley than he 
(Harry) 
> > has ever realized. I often wonder how. 
> >   
> > ...edited...
> > 
> > Bonny
> 
> > Batchevra
> > 
> > The Headmasters and Headmistresses portraits and ghosts, when 
Harry
> > is at Hogwarts. ... edited (various points about portraits) ...
> > 
> > Batchevra
> 
> 
> bboy_mn:
> 
> I think Batchevra is on the right track, but more than just Head's
> portraits, it seems that every hall in the castle is lined with
> portraits, and as you pointed out, the characters in the portraits 
can
> move from picture to picture and interact with each other...snip


Meri writes: And lets not forget one of the more active denziens of 
the Hogwarts hallways: Peeves the Poltergiest. At the end of the 
Flight of the Fat Lady chapter in PoA it is stated that the 
Headmaster is the only one who can control Peeves (I don't have my 
books with me, if someone would be so kind as to check my refrence), 
and I would assume that Peeves is one of the main avenues of 
information flowing to DD. He is ever present, can scent 
troublemaking a mile away, and is seemingly loyal to DD (note his 
spate of rule breaking aimed at Umbridge at the end of OotP). The 
ghosts may very well also be important. IMHO Hogwarts is a refuge of 
sorts for homeless ghosts (as Myrtle was forced to return to the 
school after haunting Olive Hornby for quite some time). They 
probably have their loyalties to DD pretty well in order, even the 
Bloody Baron (what was he Baron of, anyway?). We also speculate 
about the cats belonging to the two known Squibs, Flich and Mrs. 
Figg. But what about the other pets at the school? People have 
commented about Hedwig's intellegence, and Hagrid did pick her out 
for Harry, so could she be a part of a spy network? Could Pig? Could 
Trevor? Who knows?

> 
> Also, I've had thoughts of Dumbledore sitting in his office using a
> crystal ball for remote viewing. Certainly no canon to back that 
up,
> but it is, none the less, one of my many late night visions.
> 
> Just a thought.

Meri again: Well, we've only seen crystal balls used for Divination, 
and we know that DD doesn't really take that too seriously, but a 
wizard of his stature and skill could probably use one for whatever 
he wanted. 

Meri - signing off, and laughing about how another one of her 
signatures has been mutated into its very own post series! You guys 
rule at that!