Plot in OotP (wand confusion)

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 118398


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> <snip>
> 
> > > (unless Wormtail is a common surname in Britain, of 
> > course.) 
> > 
> Geoff:
> Which it isn't.

Renee:
Thanks for confirming this, I suspected as much.
> 
> 
> > Renee:
> > My uneducated guess would be that Wormtail II is really 
Wormtongue, 
> > magically transported from Middle-earth to the Potterworld. 
Harry 
> > simply misunderstood his name or stopped listening after *Worm-
*, 
> > and JKR put him in to be able to pay homage to J.R.R. Tolkien 
once 
> > he comes out into the open in all his sneaky glory... 
> 
> 
> Geoff:
> I love this idea. There is some canon evidence for this. :-))
> 
> Wormtongue's real name is Grima. So he is obviously the Grim and 
he 
> lives at Grima-uld Place.
> 
> And Dumbledore is a transported Gandalf?
> 
> There, how's that to back up Renee's new conspiracy theory?


Renee:
Thanks again! :) This may just be the inspiration I need to work it 
out a little better. I bet Grima has learned a lot of wizarding 
tricks from Saruman.

Renee