Uncharacteristic Dumbledore

[marika_thestral]

No: HPFGUIDX 138113

> Chris wrote:
> >> These things all are all mysterious to me, and I would 
> appreciate any theories you may have. The DD we knew throughout 
> the series was absent in this story, and I am wondering why. 
> Where was Fawkes throughout the whole thing...how could Malfoy 
> (Malfoy!!!!)get the best of him...why on earth would DD proclaim 
> that he was not worried because he was with Harry? Very
uncharacteristic... <<
> 

Marika: 

Chris also wrote that he/she finds Dumbledore's behavior at the
Dursley's strange. 
But since Dumbledore knows that 12 Grimauld Place is the headquarter,
it seems likely to be him. Snape tells Bellatrix that he can't give
that away because he's not the secret keeper, and she seems to accept
that that's the case.

> Corgi:
>  
> That whole bothered me throughout the book, especially the end. 
Fawkes was there when Dumbledore dueled with Voldemort, but not 
> when the man was surrounded by Death Eaters.  That led me to 
> believe that the cornered man wasn't Dumbledore, but someone 
> impersonating him with the polyjuice potion.  After all there 
> was a cauldron full of the potion at the beginning of the book 
> along with the luck potion.  My main choice for the impersonator 
> would be Pettigrew (the silver hand blackening since we don't 
> know the polyjuice's reaction to dealing with magical limbs 
> present in the one taking the potion), taking the luck potion to 
> help him get away with not alarming anyone to the very obvious 
> discrepancies in his behavior.  Also the look of revulsion and 
> loathing on Snape's face in the tower would have a very logical 
> reason as well as the lack of Fawkes.  Since Pettigrew wasn't the 
> world's most compentant wizard in his youth, Draco would be able 
> to disarm him.  

Marika:

That thing about the arm bothers me too. At first I thought of PP
myself, but I can't see how that would fit in to the part that he owes
Harry for his life. I expect him to live a bit longer, so that he can
somehow pay back. 

Another thing I find a bit weird is that Dumbledore instead of taking
his own memories out of his head, he takes them from a bottle. Why? I
can see why he stores other people's memories like that, but surely he
can take his own memories out of his own head????