[HPforGrownups] Re: New Art Revealed Ws: Using available resources-

[Kemper]

No: HPFGUIDX 170187

> mz_annethrope:
>
> This morning our household was discussing how HRH could ride a
> dragon given the difficulty of using magic against one. We were
> thinking that Aberforth could be an animagus, since Snape--another
> dragon animagus possibility--would be as likely to consent to be a
> beast of burdern as would an ordinary centaur.
>
> Then an easy solution occured to me. What if dragons understand
> Parseltongue? Slytherin's serpent understood Parseltongue. Dragons
> are sometimes classified as serpents. Perhaps all reptiles
> understand snake speech. ("Dragon" supposedly from Greek "derkomai"
> middle voice for "to stare fixedly" and according to my hated Greek
> professor refers to serpents, a certain law giver, and by extension
> any reptile). Harry might be able to "tame" this beast simply by
> speaking to it in its own language.

Kemper now:
I recently went the same route of possible animagi with a friend:
Aberforth, Snape, Hagrid.
Aberforth: He performed inappropriate charms on a goat (a fine word
for independent sheep... yes I know there exist great differences twix
the two)
Snape: Bat imagery, Dracula, Dracul, Dragon
Hagrid: He's not petite... yes I know if a man can animagi into a rat,
he can animagi into a whale.

Anyway... Then I went to Harry Dr. Doolittling the dragon.
Another word for 'dragon' is 'wyrm'.  I looked that up 'worm', which a
variant of 'wyrm', and from Old English it means 'serpent, dragon'.

So, as much as I'd love to see the Snape-and-Harry soul-patch, I think
Occam's razor is shaving a Parselmouth goatee.

Kemper