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

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 166303

Dana:
> Of course we only have the entire OotP book, that LV was after the
prophecy and then we have him suddenly change his mind in HBP.  The
prophecy orb might be lost but the one that made the prophecy is very
much alive and we know that LV has no trouble to pick someone's mind
even when it is tampered with like Bertha Jorkins.
> 
> Dana
>
Carol responds:
In OoP, Voldemort was singlemindedly focused on the Prophecy to the
extent of forgetting to murder people. In HBP, he's committing
murders, destroying bridges, staging "hurricanes" with giants,
encouraging Fenrir Greyback to kill children, and so forth. The DEs
are Imperioing people, even children. There's also, of course, the
Draco plot, which, if it fails, will bring revenge against Lucius
Malfoy for failing to retrieve the Prophecy, and if it succeeds, will
kill Dumbledore, the biggest obstacle to capturing and killing Harry
Potter.

While Voldemort may not have forgotten about the Prophecy, and may
well be planning to kidnap Trelawney in DH, it no longer seems to be a
major concern. He seems to be doing the best (or should I say, worst)
he can without it.

Regarding Fawkes, I've already explained why I think he was absent
from the tower: Dumbledore didn't summon him. And he's probably absent
from the funeral because he's already sung his own lament; human
rituals are meaningless to him.

According to FB, phoenixes are not actually immortal. They just have
extremely long lives because they can regenerate when they feel
themselves getting old and weak. It's possible that Fawkes will choose
to let himself die this time because he misses Dumbledore. That seems
unlikely, though, since this incarnation of Fawkes is only a year old,
having been born after the MoM fight in OoP. I do think he'll play a
role in DH, but it will have nothing to do with a bit player like
Trelawney. I think that, as he's always done, he'll empathize with and
help Harry, who, after all, has a Fawkes tail feather in his wand.
(That Voldemort also does is, I think, irrelevant to Fawkes, whose
fire symbolism and red and gold coloring associate him with Gryffindor.)

Carol, thinking that if Snape were a phoenix, his colors would be
silver and green