[HPforGrownups] Re: DD an animagus

[Melissa Worcester]

No: HPFGUIDX 90316


>Carol wrote:
>
>The presence of a bee or wasp isn't *proof* that Dumbledore is an
>animagus, but in conjunction with his last name (which actually means
>bumblebee, not wasp), it's an interesting bit of evidence.

I just wanted to point out a couple of things.

First, when Harry is waiting to take the final exam for Divination in PoA
(during which Trelawney gives the prophecy about the Dark Lord's servant), a
fly is buzzing in a window nearby.

But, in both this and the scene during the History of Magic exam in OoP, no
one sees the bee/wasp/fly. To my way of thinking, an insect buzzing way up
high in a window sounds pretty much the same, whether it is a bee or a wasp
or even a fly. So, maybe it was a bumblebee in both cases. Or maybe
Dumbledore said to himself, "What sort of insect shall I transform into? Not
a bumblebee, that's too obvious, considering the meaning of my surname. How
about a wasp?"

Another alternative that I have come up with is that it is an animagus but
it's not Dumbledore at all. Rita Skeeter was able to gain access to Hogwarts
when she wasn't allowed there in her human form. Maybe someone else is doing
the same. Is it a Death Eater? Is it someone on Dumbledore's side, who is
watching Harry at Dumbledore's request? "I have watched you more closely
than you can have imagined," says Dumbledore. Does this mean he watched in
person, or that someone  watched him for Dumbledore?

Anyway, I kind of think these are put there for a purpose. They may be just
a red herring of some sort, but I don't think they're there by accident.

Hmm... do toads eat flies? How about bees and wasps?

Totally unrelated topic: is anyone else getting some messages from this list
with [spam] replacing [HPforGrownups] in the subject and a notation that
Yahoo groups thinks the mail is spam? I hope someone can do something about
that. The messages don't seem to be spam, and it's messing up the automatic
message filing system I've got set up. Thanks!

Melissa, briefly coming out of lurkdome