Minerva McGonagall Speculation

[Hagrid]

No: HPFGUIDX 153122

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Barb Roberts <miamibarb at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Recently, we had a few threads on ESE | Minerva. (Not that I can 
find 
> them again--so many posts to wade through). This is an idea that I 
just 
> don't see. Not that it's not interesting to speculate; however, I 
see 
> Dumbledore trusting Minerva with his most the thing that may be 
most 
> important to him--Hogwarts. So important is Hogwarts that he 
doesn't 
> want her getting sidetracked with other things. I think she would 
find 
> it difficult to not take over the Horcrux problem if she knew 
about it. 
> I don't think it's lack of trust on Dumbledore's part that has him 
> keeping MM separate from some of the activities, but rather DD 
method 
> of keeping MM focused and securing the future of the school.
> 
> I have another thought, possibly as wild a theory, concerning 
Minerva 
> though. It however hinges on the theory that Dumbledore is not 
dead.  
> If Dumbledore is, in some way still present, it will be Minerva 
who 
> discovers it. Why? It's her initials "MM."  it's the same initials 
as 
> Mary Magdalene. And since McGonagall is at Hogwarts and has access 
to 
> DD's office, if DD is around in anyway, I think she will be the 
one who 
> makes this discovery.
> 
> 
> Barbara
> (Ivogun)

~aussie~
But How is Prof McGonagall with Dark Arts (needed for Horcrux 
hunting) and Occlemacy (so LV wouldn't find out DD's discovery of 
LV's weak spot)?

She is very honest (giving points off her own house Gryffindor), a 
reknown Animagi (registered too) and better at cleaning up the Twins 
farewell present to Umbridge than the DADA teacher then. 

But her fighting skills were only viewed when Umbridge went after 
Hagrid and in the hallway after DD got AKed. Neither time were her 
spells or hexes all that remarkable.

As we used to say when I was a student, "If teachers are so smart, 
how come they are still oging to school?" (ie, She is a better 
teacher than Aurour

Aussie