The barman in the Hog's Head

[stickbook41]

No: HPFGUIDX 126623


Sorry, everybody. I realized this was discussed not too long ago just
after I posted :(

stickbook
crawing under a rock


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "stickbook41" <stix4141 at h...> wrote:
> 
> During a recent reread of OotP, this passage during the Hog's Head
> scene caught my eye:
> 
> "The barman sidled toward them out of a back room. He was a
> grumpy-looking old man with a great deal fo long gray hair and beard.
> He was tall and thin and looked vaguely familiar to Harry." (Chapter
> 16: In The Hog's Head)
> 
> It really drives me nuts sometimes that Harry doesn't pay more
> attention to these things--WHY does he look familiar?  I'd like to put
> forth the theory that the barman is (drum roll please) Aberforth
> Dumbledore.
> 
> Arguments in favor:
> - Physical description is similar to that of Albus
> - Harry saw Aberforth in Moody's photo of the original Order (Chapter
> 9: The Woes Of Mrs. Weasley), possibly explaining why he looked
> familiar
> - Aberforth appears not to have been very involved with the other
> members of the original Order--Moody tells Harry that he only ever met
> Aberforth one time, and that he was a "strange bloke"--and this could
> explain why none of the current Order members seem to be familiar with
> his whereabouts
> - This is just fun: Harry notices that the Hog's Head "smelled
> strongly of something that might have been goats."
> 
> Arguments against:
> - Why would Mundungus have been the one to spy on Harry at the initial
> DA meeting when the Order could have used Aberforth?  (Refutes could
> include a falling-out between Albus and Aberforth, or that Aberforth
> is an ultra-secret agent for Albus.)
> 
> Any other ideas?
> 
> stickbook