[HPforGrownups] Re: Dumbledore an Animagus?

[Donna]

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Amiable Dorsai wrote:
> There's also the possibility that he became an animagus before
> registration was necessary.  Animagi who developed the talent 
> before then may have been "grandfathered" out of the need to 
> register.  


Jazymn wrote:
Or people might be missing the whole point that you do NOT have 
to be an animagus to change to animal form.  An Animagus is when 
the person can change to a specific form AT WILL, without using 
a potion or a wand..  Meaning they must be registered because 
taking their wand away doesn't stop them from changing, unless 
you actually think that Sirius had a wand in Azkaban??  Meaning 
that if they commit a crime, they would need a special cell or 
magic(s) to keep them from escaping.  Animagi only need to be registered
BECAUSE they don't need a wand or potion to change 
like everyone else does.  Dumbledore doesn't even need to be one 
and I see no evidence that he is or isn't.  He also knows magic 
that Harry would not even know about, has many magical devices in 
his office for which Harry hasn't a clue what they do and certainly has
means of knowing what's going on without resorting to turning into an animal
  I would more believe him to have seer powers than think he can turn into a
gerbil or a wombat at will....  No, I 
don't think he is one or has any reason to be one.  He has plenty 
of tricks up his sleeve that we have not witnessed yet without being 
another unregistered/registered' Animagi....

Donna wrote:

My thinking on the subject is that DD can change shape but
probably doesn't need to because of advanced magic and skills.
He strikes me as the type that may have developed the skill as
a youth just to know how just in case, pretty much like James,
Sirius, and Petticrew did.  My feeling is DD was a "rebel" of
sorts as a young man.  We really don't know much, if anything,
of his youth.  I would not be surprised to learn he has more
than one animal persona.

I'm kinda amazed that Fred and George haven't investigated
the skill - or have they?

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