An Oddity - Dumbledore and Fawkes incorporating a little on 1637 :)

[Goddlefrood]

No: HPFGUIDX 167997

Goddlefrood, presenting a quote for good measure to start:

"First of all, Harry, I want to thank you," said Dumbledore, 
eyes twinkling again. "You must have shown me real loyalty 
down in the Chamber. Nothing but that could have called 
Fawkes to you."

(From Harry's debriefing in CoS)

???

How could this work, I ask myself. A, probably, quite random
thought occurred to me recently. Basically it runs like this:

What if the connection between Dumbledore is a little more than
just simply owner and pet? Dumbledore is acknowledged by many
as the most skilled wizard of his age (he is, as I've said 
before the only wizard of his age ;)). I'll go further and 
state that perhaps Dumbledore knows magic of which we are
so far unaware, oh, that's right, he does. Two examples that
spring immediately to mind are the spell with the gong noise
during the exchange in the MoM Atrium and his statement in
PS that some do not need an Invisibility Cloak to become
invisible. There are other instances too.

In respect of Fawkes my ridiculous suggestion for the evening
is that somehow Fawkes is a transformed part of Dumbledore.

Why not? There is indubitably a strong link between them and 
when needed Fawkes is able to help, even if Dumbledore himself
is not present. If Dumbledore was ready to die and go on to
the next great adventure atop the tower, regardless of the
circumstances of what went on there, then Fawkes would not
have had to swoop in to save him. Fawkes's lament thereafter
could suggest a mourning for a close and integral part of the 
Phoenix, rather than simply grief over a lost master.

The other little thought I had was that somehow Fawkes could be 
a repository for a portion of DD's soul, which would then mean
that Dumbledore is not truly gone and those who ask for help
will find such help forthcoming from this residual piece of
Dumbledore that is alive in Fawkes.

Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird gave me my initial point of
entry to this matter, read this:

http://www.amazon.com/Stravinsky-Firebird-Spring-Persephone-
Francisco/dp/B00000IOCZ

and particularly Dr. Jacques Coulardeau's review of The Firebird 
dated 2nd August 2003, it is intiguing, if nothing else, and 
could lend itself to being a source of the above oddity ;), as 
it was :)

Also there are precedents for other birds turning out to be more 
than what they at first seem, not necessarily the Ugly Duckling 
type fairytales either. This next link is to a story that is not 
wholly removed from that of the Firebird as in the above link, 
take a look:

http://www.lacquerbox.com/saltan-long.htm

I'm thinking particularly of the resolution of the swan's part 
in the story there :). It certainly could be one reason JKR, in 
an offhand remark to Dan Radcliffe in February this year said:

"Dumbledore's giving me a lot of trouble"

Does it make any sense or am I just equivalent to what Peeves
called Professor Lupin?

(Break)

Some small links to 1637 now :), the same year as the Werewolf 
Code of Conduct, that is 1637, a proof was offered by Pierre 
Fermat for what has now come to be known as his Last Theorem. 
Probably not relevant to HP as it involves mathmatics, but 
there it is ;). Also a good year for the Star Chamber, an 
extract from a report on that body, which is, remember not 
dissimilar to the Wizengamot, IMO:

'William Prynne may perhaps be considered lucky. Despite the 
fact that his pamphlet denouncing actresses, Histrio Mastix, 
was licensed in 1633, the Chamber declared the Puritan lawyer 
guilty of sedition. This was no doubt because the book was a 
thinly veiled attack on Charles I's wife, Queen Henrietta 
Maria, who was both French and Catholic. As in all similar 
cases, truth was not a defense. Prynne's ears were cropped. 
Convicted again in 1637, the Chamber fined Prynne 5000 pounds, 
ordered the removal of the stumps of his ears, and branded his 
cheeks with the initials "SL" which stood for "seditious 
libeller."'

Legally about the same standard of system as we have been shown 
of the Wizengamot, as that body too seems unusual in its 
operation and guidance, or lack thereof, so does the above, at 
least to the modern reader :). 5000 pounds in those days was an 
extortionate amount of money, beyond the dreams of Croesus, 
almost (well not really ;)).

Goddlefrood with a cheery goodbye for now :-{)}