Aberforth and Mycroft

[esmith222002]

No: HPFGUIDX 157110

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "abergoat" <adescour at ...> wrote:
>
> Eggplant wrote:
> > Sherlock Holmes, a man not noted for his modesty, admitted that 
his
> > older brother Mycroft was even smarter than he was, the only 
reason
> > few had heard of Mycroft was that he was very lazy and extremely
> > strange. I was wondering if JKR could have something similar in 
mind
> > for Aberforth. 
> 
> Abergoat writes:
> I really loved this post but didn't have a chance to respond until
> now. I 'm disappointed that there wasn't more interest. I'm sure the
> reason is that everyone is taking Dumbledore's quote at face value:
> 
> Dumbledore (GoF):
> "It was all over the papers, but did Aberforth hide? No, he did not!
> He held his head up high and went about his business as usual! Of
> course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been
> bravery..."
> 
> But we already know it can be a mistake to take Dumbledore's
> implication as fact:
> 
> Dumbledore (PoA):
> "Unless you are suggesting that Harry and Hermione are able to be in
> two places at once, I'm afraid I don't see any point in troubling 
them
> further"
> 

Brothergib:
I always wondered about any parallels between DD/Aberforth and 
Sherlock/Mycroft Holmes. I'm sure that the initial idea probably came 
from the Holmes books, but there is probably no more to it than that.
However it is interesting to note that Sherlock Holmes once described 
his brother thus;
"Occasionally he is the British government [...] the most 
indispensable man in the country." 
So maybe, just maybe, Mycroft is the key to the whole series!!!!!!

Brothergib - who absolutely loves the Holmes stories!