Minerva and Tom: 6 theories

[caspenzoe]

No: HPFGUIDX 153865

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "chrusotoxos" 
<chrusokomos at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> Hi, I'm sorry if this question has been addressed before - I was 
wondering when Minerva 
> McGonagall will tell us more about Tom Riddle and why she has not 
done so until now. [Snip!]

> So why doesn't she talk? [Snip!] 

> What do you think?

Caspen now:

Hi chrusotoxos!

You probably won't know me, since I rarely post here, but do 
continue to read often. 

I have also wondered a lot about McGonagall lately, and, 
unfortunately, I keep comming back to the McGonagal ESE theory I saw 
summarized here some time ago. I've actually been looking for the 
orignial post, and saw it referenced, about a month ago as being on 
T-bay, but I haven't found it there.

I say "unfortunately" above, because I like MM as a character, but 
the lack of information about her Order involvement, and the obvious 
(from the end of Book VI) fact that Dumbledore has not taken her 
into his confidence with regard to the horcruxes, (indeed, he seems 
far closer to SS) are really to me just too glaring to ignore at 
this late point in the series. I can't think of any reason why JKR 
would spend so much space setting MM up as a major, but curiously 
flat presence in all of the books. I think, from a literary point of 
view, SS turning out to be a "white hat," while MM turns out to be a 
sleeper "black hat" would make for an artistically symetrical, yet 
emotionally shocking twist - quite a bit of bang for JKR's buck as 
an author. I just can't write the possibility off.

Are you familiar with the ESE MM theory, and what do you think of 
it? Does it yeild any better answers to your question than the cigar 
as cigar theory? 

Caspen