LV's bigger plan (was:Fawkes possible absence)

[julie]

No: HPFGUIDX 166438


> > 
> > Jen:  There are many different ideas floating around right now. 
> > Of course I believe my thoughts on Trelawney are born in canon 
<g>.
> > Here it is, from a post in Feb.:
> > 
> > Trelawney not attending the funeral could either way. Her staying 
in
> > her room would be consistent with the Trelawney Harry has known 
for
> > much of the series, if not exactly in OOTP and HBP when she 
started
> > to venture out more.
>   
> Hickengruendler:
> 
> The problem, that I have with all "Trelawney got kidnapped" 
theories 
> is, that canon IMO suggests, that she *was* at the funeral. 
Granted, 
> she wasn't mentioned by name, but neither was Madam Pomfrey, for 
> example. Here is, what canon has to say. "The staff were seated 
last" 
> (p.598, UK edition). Not the staff except Trelawney, but the staff. 
> This, to me, suggests, that she was there. Not kidnapped, not 
taking 
> out of the castle by Dumbledore for reasons I still don't 
understand 
> (if he didn't expect to die this night, than why did he want 
Trelawney 
> to leave the castle anyway?), but at the funeral.

Julie:
We cannot know with certainty that Trelawney was not 
kidnapped. Perhaps she was kidnapped and no one happened
to notice her absence. But I agree the lack of *any*
mention of her at all makes me doubt she's missing. JKR
has always played more than fair with us when it comes
to dropping clues. For instance, if Harry had noticed
Trelawney's absence, concluding that she was probably 
up in her office drinking sherry or something, *then* I
might have become suspicious of her whereabouts. But the
complete lack of mention seems more likely to indicate
JKR just "forgot" (or saw no need) to mention Trelawney's
presence at the funeral, just as she also didn't mention
Madame Hooch by name. Listing every single staff member
at the funeral might have gotten a bit tedious, methinks.

Again, I'm certainly prepared to be wrong. I even think
it would be quite interesting if Trelawney was kidnapped,
not to mention it might heighten my limited respect for
Voldemort's villanous abilities! But right now I just
don't see it as very likely. 

Julie