The Dumbledore Connection

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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.  

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?"
> 
> If DD knows too much, I hope it's neither through being an animagus 
> or using a time-turner....


SSSusan:
I think you share this hope with many posters here, boyd, but I also 
think there *are* at least three reasons which, esp. when put 
together, explain why many people think DD is likely to be an 
animagus.  

One, there's that Dumbledore = Bee thing; second, there must be some 
explanation for how DD knows so much, and this could explain it; 
third, Hermione made that statement that there are only 9 [or 7 or 
11? I've forgotten the precise number] registered animagi *this 
century*.  That "this century" sent a red flag up for lots of 
readers, and it really does fit, with DD's age, that he could be 
fully registered but simply have done so in the previous century.  
Those three things together make it more plausible than some of the 
other theories out there, imho.

Siriusly Snapey Susan, who doesn't care one way or the other if DD's 
an animagus, but who *would* like to see an explanation for how DD 
knows so much w/o knowing everything before the series ends.