Aberforth at DD's funeral (Was Re: Spinner's End)

[abergoat]

No: HPFGUIDX 156869


@ngelita wrote:
> 
> > At the Scholastic book tour discussion here in LA a 
> > few weeks ago, it was mentioned that Aberforth is 
> > alive and runs/owns the Hogshead pub (?) .
> 
> houyhnhnm:
> 
> For that matter, Aberforth was alive and well at the 
> funeral, so if he was impersonating DD on the tower his 
> death would have to have been faked. (Or someone else 
> is impersonating him.)
>

Abergoat writes:
Does it bother anyone else that no condolences were offered to the
barman at the funeral? Several members of the Order have met him...and
if he does look like Dumbledore then Mad Eye and Hagrid should have
had no trouble recognizing him.

I think that Aberforth WAS the barman...until shortly after the
prophecy. Why wouldn't Voldemort come to get Aberforth's memory of the
prophecy? And if Aberforth refused? Perhaps transforming to a goat
would be a suitable punishment for the brother of Voldemort's old
transfiguration teacher...just another example of something Voldemort
could do that Dumbledore couldn't fix. (smirk)

Abergoat