Mimble Wimble

[lizvega2]

No: HPFGUIDX 89970

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "spang_b" <spang_b at y...> wrote:
> Frost:I think that "mimblewimble" is too articulated to be 
included 
> > amongst these.  I don't knwo what he was trying to say, but if 
she 
> > just wanted him muttering, she could have just said so.  I think 
> > that it has a possibility of meaning something. 
> 
LizVega here:

I think some of us may be forgetting just how indepth Jo's writing 
actually is. Some names, by her own admission, are just names that 
she liked, or thought sounded interesting. But, some of them are 
anagrams, some, if spelled backward have meanings (The miror of 
Erised engraving).If Uncle Vernon had muttered 'mimble wimble' in 
PS, and then in book 5 Neville shows up with a plant called 'mimble 
wimble'- how many of us would've picked up on that in about a 
second??? I would have. I always thought that scene with Hagrid in 
the shack by the sea was filled with meaning. It's the first time 
Harry is being introduced to magic, it's very important. And, also, 
Jo was writing these books for five years before PS was published. 
How much time do you think she spent on the scene where Harry is 
first introduced to the magical world? It's all speculation, of 
course, but Jo usually doesn't spell things out very clearly. I 
think a variation of the name 'mimbulus mimbletonia' sp? is a pretty 
big clue, especially since the password for the tower was 
also 'mimbulus mimbletonia', and it has a protective device.

Jo has also said that some stuff is coming with the Dursley's that 
people probably aren't expecting. Does anyone think that's limited 
only to the protection we found out about in OOP? Everyone knew 
there was some kind of protection, we just wern't sure about the 
details. That doesn't seem like anything unexpected. Now, we also 
know that someone will be able to perform magic late in life, who 
has never shown the aptitude previously. 

I never said that I thought Vernon was a wizard. If he is, I don't 
even think he knows it. But, he suspects. On the other side of the 
spectrum, maybe he placed himself as Petunia's husband, because 
he 'can't' be a wizard anymore. Maybe, maybe, maybe. 

LizVega