Memories in a Bottle

[truthbeauty1]

No: HPFGUIDX 141255

Matt wrote:
> > Is it possible that DD might have stored up some of his memories 
> > at Hogwarts so that Harry could return and check them out for 
> > himself? 


Finwitch wrote:

> Where would he leave them with? My guess is *Aberforth* - who 
> would ask questions about bottles in a *bar*? Any other place and 
> it would be more curious. (Although Trelawney's hidden bottle 
> raises a question - was she REALLY just drinking? What if, in that 
> bottle, was the memory about Snape and Aberforth?)
 
> Anyway, I want Aberforth in a decent role in the 7th book. Why 
> tell us Albus Dumbledore has this brother, mention him twice, then 
> have Harry sense 'some familiarity' with the bartender of Hog's 
> Head... 
> Besides, we just got to have a Dumbledore in the story still - but 
> I suppose his first name will be Aberforth from now on.


 truthbeauty1:

 I love this idea. There is a lot of imagery inserted in O.O.T.P 
when the DA meet for the first time in the Hogshead of dirty 
bottles. The bottles and there appearance seem to be the only 
description of the state of the Hogshead besides the stange patrons 
and its bartender. Rowling has a good as told us flat out that the 
bartender is Aberforth. I believe besides the mention of Harry 
sensing something familiar  about him, that the place smelled 
faintly of goats, which is a clue that I just love. I may be 
grabbing at straws here, but the name of the bar itself has a 
connotaion to Dumbledore. The Hogshead, head of Hogwarts? I would 
love to see Aberforth as a fairly importnat character. Harry has 
learned a lot about his enemy, now isnt it time to learn about his 
role model?