Of Voldie and vampires was Re: Albus Dumbledore: the myth and the man

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 96215

 Pippin: 
> > Only  Hermione's naivete  and  Harry's ignorance enable 
them to  solve the mystery. Wiser and more learned wizards like 
 Dumbledore would have "known" that basilisks don't petrify 
 people and they would have disregarded the fleeing spiders 
and  the slain roosters as disinformation--false clues left by The 
Heir. 

 Just like certain listies disregard the Snape-vampire clues 
 because they "know" that vampires are dead and crumble to 
 dust in the sunlight ;-)

> Potioncat:
> "Erm....I don't think so."    :-)

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"Hang on--this hasn't got anything to do with Vol- --sorry-- with 
You-Know-Who, has it? You could just shake or nod," he added 
hastily as Dobby's head tilted worryingly close to the wall again.

Slowly, Dobby shook his head.

"Not--not *He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, sir--"

But Dobby's eyes were wide and he seemed to be trying to give 
Harry a hint. Harry, however, was completely lost. CoS-ch.2

dot dot dot

"I've just got one question, Dobby," said Harry as Dobby pulled 
on Harry's sock with shaking hands. "You told me all this had 
nothing to do with He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, remember? 
Well--"

"It was a clue, sir," said Dobby, his eyes widening, as though this 
was obvious. "Was giving you a clue. The Dark Lord, before he 
changed his name, could be freely named, you see?" CoS ch.18
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Identity is a tricky business. Voldemort, as I think Anne once 
pointed out, transformed himself from a human into something 
very much like a traditional vampire, and did it so completely that 
in Dobby's mind at least, he had nothing to do with Tom Riddle. 
But what if there was a vampire who transformed himself into a 
human being? 

Pippin