Witherwings /was Spinners End and Dumbledore

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 138197

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathy" <ladypensieve at y...> wrote:
> For some reason I keep thinking of the fact that in Chapter 2 Snape 
> makes an unbreakable vow, yet in Chapter 3 we have Dumbledore with a 
> withered wing, so to speak...
> 


Tonks:

On a different trail... Now this is an interesting idea (DD's hand as a 
withered wing. Thank you.) That connection had not occured to me 
before. We know how she likes to play with words. DD's hand is 
withered.  We see Phoenix connected with him everywhere. And she 
renames Buckbeak, Whitherwings. I wonder if this is a clue of some 
sort? It sure jumped out at me when I read your post.

I still think there is more here than just an old wizard with a bird 
and an interested patonius. Why name Bucky that??  What connection does 
it have to DD? I think that the phoenix is somehow part of DD. As I 
have said before, maybe it was his "burning time". 

Also we have Bucky renamed in hiding. We have an offer to do the same 
for the Mayfoys. There seems to be a theme here, but just how far does 
it goes? And why does she bring it up at all?  I think that DD is 
really dead, so I am not going there for him, except that he might come 
back later as a phoenix.  But why would she bring up the idea of 
renaming and hiding (maybe in plain sight) and then not use it for 
something more important?

Tonks_op