Slughorn a dead end topic?

[Deb]

No: HPFGUIDX 137740

 hermionegallo wrote:
 Isn't anyone interested in Slughorn?  I posted a couple of days 
 ago <snip> postulating that he could have faked Dumbledore's 
 death;  <snip>  I find him to be a compelling character.
 
 It's #137521, in case someone was interested and missed it.
 
 catkind: 
 <snip> I'm interested in Slughorn, though, because I'm not at
 all sure what we're supposed to make of him.  <snip>

 Personally, I wouldn't trust him further than I could throw him.
 
 I too am intrested in Slughorn. I am intrested to know why JK 
 pointed out that he is a metamorph if it is not revelant in some 
 way.  
 
 marydianne3123

Deb writes:  Ah but she did not say he is a metamorph... not exactly 
any way. We know he can shape shift ... into a chair! That's the 
first time in HPverse that some one has changed shape into an 
inanimate object ... Lupin is a werewolf, an involuntary shape 
shifter; James, Sirius, Peter, Rita Skeeter, McGonagall all are 
animagi though McGonagall is the only registered one that we know 
about(Pity Hermione has not seen fit to tell us who the other 6 
registered animagi of this century are); Tonks is a metamorphmagus 
who can change her physical appearance at will ... it might be 
possible for her to become a chair or an animal but we do not know 
that for sure. I've been wondering, especially given that song 
Slughorn and Hagrid were singing so boozily after Aragog's funeral, 
whether he might be a true shapeshifter.... The song they were 
singing was about a wizard named Odo... also the name of the 
shapeshift from Deep Space Nine who could be come any person, 
animal, or thing he chose to... and in resting state that Odo was 
just a slime pool.... oozy.. like a slug... 

Deb - just keeping things lively by throwing out yet another 
wheezing waffle....