Dumbledore's animagus; invisibility

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 115391


> 
> Patrick here...
> 
> Though I think it's likely that there are ways to become invisible 
> without a cloak (that section of the library probably has many.) it 
> seems too convenient that we've already seen Rita Skeeter "become 
> invisible" by becoming a beetle (she's now set the precedent).  JKR 
> seems to have carefully thoughtout nomenclature in these books.  
> Dumbledore means "bumblebee". 

Finwitch:
Either he is or he isn't. Personally, I'd be surprised for a great
wizard and ex-transfiguration teacher NOT to be animagus. I'm just
saying that his ability to become invisible without a cloak does NOT
point to that.

Patrick:
> Also, if becoming invisible by charms was so easy/popular that there 
> are books enough to fill a section of a library, why bother with an 
> invisibility cloak?  They're rare and expensive.  Who needs that 
> hassle when many learned wizards could probably perform the charm on 
> themselves.  Granted, Dumbledore is probably the best wizard, but I 
> can't believe that EVERY "possible charm" in the books is out of the 
> reach of most wizards.  

Finwitch:

Some, if not most of those charms have to do with *objects*, I'd say.
You know, like the invisibility booster in the Weasley car? (Keeps
getting broken, doesn't it?) Seems like a common thing to do in order
to hide from Muggles.

There's also invisible ink: how to make it, how to reveal it, how to
make writings show only if you have the correct password etc.

Some of them would have to do with invisible animals (like Thestrals
that are invisible to all but those who have seen death, or those of
whose hair they make those invisibility cloaks of).

And some books may well have to do with invisibility cloaks.

And then those untraceable/unplottable things, what ever charms there
are to keeping Hogwarts hidden.

Few Charms probably in books of that section:

Fidelius Charm (Very important already, and we know that you can peek
in and NOT see anyone protected by this unless the Secret Keeper tells
you they're there!)

The spell Moody put on Harry as they were leaving for the flight. Not
exactly invisible, but unnoticed anyway.
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Also, I'd say it's also important to know how to become visible again! 
After all, if you're invisible, you're NOT going to get any shopping
done etc.

And the invisibility spell most likely isn't easy. (Maybe it's
exclusively in the Invisible Book of Invisibility? You'd have to find
the BOOK first, and THEN learn to read it!)

And if Moody's eye can see trough most of these, there's probably a
difficult spell to charm glasses to show you invisible things...

And while a charm was first thing to mind (potion would be too
troublesome, but I think invisible ink goes for that manner) it's also
possible to be a special ability - like animagi, or parseltongue -
something Dumbledore simply can do.

(Imagine two young brothers, the other one, with his born ability to
become invisible keeping going on hide, whereas the other is set with
a duty to find him... or maybe they both could become invisible and
hid from their parents after breaking a window or something?)

Finwitch