[HPforGrownups] Re: Knight 2 King--Hermione is MaGonagall !!!!

[Helen R. Granberry]

No: HPFGUIDX 88524

Helen R. Granberry wrote:
Theory: Knight2King
Thesis Statement: The chess game the trio plays at the end of PS/SS 
is a metaphor for the Second War between the forces of good led by 
Albus Dumbledore, and the forces of evil led by Lord Voldemort. It 
predicts future events as well as sheds light on the past and 
present. Combines the Chess theory and the Ron is Dumbledore theory 
(REDHEAD ALWAYS).

vmonte replies:

I also think that Ron is Dumbledore--I posted this thought on 1/3/04, 
# 88007.

Here is another theory I have--

Hermione is MacGonagall!

If Ron is Dumbledore, could MacGonagall be Hermione?
It would be funny if MaGonagall gave Hermione the hour glass in the 
3rd book to later prepare her for real time travel. (Rowling even 
turns Hermione into a cat in the series--a clue that she is 
MaGonagall!--this idea could only work if Hermione learns how to 
become an animagi in book 6 or 7 (just like James Potter's crew did).

MaGonagall stated in book 5 that she was going to give Harry private 
lessons to prepare him for his future career (MaGonagall and Umbridge 
argument).  Hermione is always teaching Harry--and she is still 
teaching him as MaGonagall.

MaGonagall and Dumbledore are married---aka Hermione and Ron!!!  

vmonte 



>From Helen (LizardLaugh):

As much as I think it would be totally cool for McGonagall to be
Hermione (and secretly married to Ron/Dumbledore), I'd have to see more
evidence. I know this may sound hypocritical coming from me, but there
isn't enough to suggest it. Yet. My main issues with Hermione=McG are:

1. McG doesn't look like Hermione. Now, with Ron/Dumbledore, they *do*
have a very strong physical resemblance.  McG has black hair, Hermione
brown. We don't really have enough else. Could she be dying her her?
Sure, but...

2. She seems too genuinely shocked over Sirius being Padfoot and
innocent. She's totally baffled at who opened the Chamber. She just
doesn't seem in the loop -- even less so than Snape. Most damning? The
conversation with Dumbledore outside the Dursleys. If they are Ron and
Hermione, this conversation would have been very, very different. This
is my primary issue with Hermione=McG. Could she be pretending? I
suppose... but why pretend when no one else was around?

3. She's very, very Scottish. Hermione? Not.

4. The Quidditch obsession... though this could be argued as simply a
rivalry with Snape.

5. Assuming Ron=DD (and, I know, that is a lot for some people to
assume), their relationship dynamic is VERY different than that of Ron
and Hermione. Plus, genius that Hermione is, you'd think she'd play a
much, much bigger role. 

Now... evidence for?

1. Personality. McG and Hermione are both very strict and proper. They
are obviously both very accomplished, powerful witches. 

2. The cat connection... McG is a cat animagus, Hermione is turned into
a cat. Foreshadowing?

3. Time Turner... McG trusted Hermione with it, in fact, introducing the
concept of Time Travel to the story.

4. McG's love for Harry... we can see that in Hermione too. 

In the end though, when you compare the evidence for Ron=DD to Herm=McG,
there is not nearly as much evidence. It's not that I don't want it to
be so... especially when I really do believe Ron=DD and I'd hate to have
him so lonely, it's just that there isn't enough evidence and there is
still the problem of her acting completely clueless when she was alone
with Dumbledore.