The Dumbledore Connection

[boyd_smythe]

No: HPFGUIDX 109968

> vivian wrote:
> 
> I might be remembering this incorrectly but wasn't there a wasp or 
> bee outside of a Hogwarts class window when Harry was taking one of 
> his exams?  And I think there was another one in a scene with Ron 
> where he almost kills it.  If DD is an animagus he probably is more 
> likely to be a bee since his name means Bumble Bee.  Does anyone 
know 
> the scenes I'm talking about?  (This doesn't mean that he couldn't 
be 
> masquerading as other things since he is probably good at 
> transfiguration.)


boyd:

I often wonder if we are all (myself included) sometimes too obsessed 
with trying to repeat past events in the future books. Such as, "Rita 
was an insect animagus, so who else could be?" Or "LV was an anagram, 
so what else could be?"

So while these pursuits can be entertaining (the creativity of the 
Droobles posts was mind-boggling), they also seem a bit too 
narrow-minded. JKR has demonstrated tremendous ingenuity in developing 
a wizard world of many wonders, and we seem to be short-changing her a 
bit.

If DD knows too much, I hope it's neither through being an animagus or 
using a time-turner, but instead because he's been there, done that 
before. Or he uses a bit of Legimency. Or because JKR just made him 
uber-smart to help the plot along. Or maybe there's still more wonders 
to be seen. Paranormal vision? Channeling Godric? Alternate universes? 
Jo only knows.

Further, the stronger wizards seem to have more powerful animagus 
forms. Else why would Peter, who reportedly struggled for a bit, be 
only able to become a rat? Sure, it helps that he can touch the base 
of the Whomping Willow, but certainly many more interesting forms 
could have done that.

So if stronger wizards become stronger animagi, wouldn't it stand to 
reason that if Albus were an animagus, then it would be a bit more 
spectacular? A dragon, phoenix or giant squid?

I still don't think he's an animagus, though. We have no evidence that 
LV is, and he's at least the second strongest wizard alive. Perhaps it 
takes more than simple wizarding power to do--and perhaps few find it 
useful enough to learn.

--boyd
feeling a bit unworthy of predictions today