[HPforGrownups] Re: Balance of Power in the Wizarding World

[James Lawlor]

No: HPFGUIDX 107890

Mel:
> It's impossible to know who is 2nd to Dumbledore really, it could
> just as likely by Minerva.  However, I'm going to give Sirius a
> shot.
James:
Ah, beat me to that point! I'm convinced myself that if anyone could
be called Dumbledore's 2nd, it would be Minerva. She seems to be, in
many ways, his successor. He was the Transfiguration teacher,
presumably until he became Headmaster, so it fell to him to select his
replacement. Same with the Head of House (he was Gryffindor's HoH at
one point wasn't he?)

And, I think, most telling, McGonagall is the Deputy Headmistress when
Dumbledore is suspended in CoS.

This may be a bit of "movie contamination" but I also remember that
they seem to have a lot of chemistry between them as well. Not
necessarily romantic in the strictest sense, but at the very least,
the chemistry of two very old friends.

This could be just as far as the school goes, but I expect that if
something were to happen to Dumbledore we would see McGonagall taking
over the Order as well.

- James Lawlor