HBP: newbie to the discussion, random thoughts

[jlnbtr]

No: HPFGUIDX 143596

Welcome Ragabast!
> 
> 1. It is no coincidence that Dumbledore's familiar is a phoenix; a
> bird that rises from its own ashes after a period of looking hideous.
>  Dumbledore looked horrible weeks before his death.  Then we see a
> phoenix rise from his funer pyre (note.. its a pyre that they used on
> him, not a burial)

Juli: It's not a popular theory, but I agree with you. I believe (or at least I want to believe) that Dumbledore will live again. He's just too much phoenix-like for him to just die. 

> 2.  Could it be possible that Snape's mother and Tom Riddle not only
> knew each other at school (50 years ago), but were intimate and had a
> child (perhaps after school and before LV's rise to power).  That
> child was Snape. 

Juli: That's a good theory, but Jo wrote on her site that Voldemort doesn't have a son...

Juli