Fawkes possible absence (was: Magical animals in canon/ Fawkes and Snape)

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 166294

Peggy:
> ...but I started wondering if there was some kind of tie-in with 
Fawkes and Snape, whether they were one and the same, in a 
transfigured form or something.

*(snip)*

Ceridwen:
Don't feel too alone:  
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/166288

IF Snape is DDM, then some people speculate that Fawkes will have 
something to do with proving this - defending him in a fight as he 
defended Dumbledore at the Ministry, for instance.  I suggested, in 
the post linked above, that if Fawkes IS Snape, then this would be 
the way for him to get information to Harry and the Order - who would 
doubt Fawkes?

I would be tempted to say that Rowling has already done the "Sirius 
is the Grim" thing in PoA, but having done something doesn't mean she 
can't again.

Anyway, since it's close to publication, even if it seems like the 
last weeks of waiting will be the longest, it's time to drag out the 
more over-the-top ideas.

Ceridwen.