Which Dumbledore ?

[Ken Hutchinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 157481

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "abergoat" <adescour at ...> wrote:
>
> Tonks_op wrote:
> > But seriously, I don't think that LV takes any prisoners, so to 
> > speak. If he wanted informantion he would get it and then kill the 
> > man. 
> 
> Abergoat writes:
> Thanks for humoring me on this! I'm sure this will be the last post on
> the subject but I just wanted to mention that Snape tells us that
> Legilimens isn't as simple as 'mind reading' and there is a strong
> indication that the person legilimensing sees only what the victim has
> in their consciousness - hence Snape can hide things by blocking them.
> Aberforth could have blocked the prophecy from Voldemort view - I
> don't think that Voldemort managed to get the memory from Aberforth so
>  perhaps he wasn't willing to kill Aberforth until he did.
> 
> Or perhaps Voldemort enjoyed the irony of turning his old
> Transfiguration teacher's brother into a goat in such a way that
> Dumbledore couldn't reverse it. This would be a daily reminder to
> Dumbledore of Voldemort's power - Voldemort would like that.
> 
> Tonks_op wrote:
> > By the way, I love your name. I almost hope you are right.
> 
> Thanks! I normally use 'Abbygoat' but that was taken on Yahoo.
> 
> Abergoat
>

What if Aberforth is a (possibly unregistered) animagus? That could 
explain the goatishness that is about him and the whimsy behind
what I agree is Dumbledore's joke.

Ken