Bathilda + the snake

[Goddlefrood]

No: HPFGUIDX 176868

> > Allie:
> > WHAT, exactly was happening with Bathila and the snake in 
> > Godric's Hollow?
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> Jen:  <SNIP> 
> Maybe it's an animated corpse with Nagini inhabiting the body 
> until the time is right, speaking Parseltongue through the 
> bewitched lips?

Goddlefrood:

What follows is, of course, all conjecture on my part.

While reading the Bathilda sequence in Deathly Hallows initially, 
as others possibly did, I thought she was about to reveal something 
of importance to Harry and Hermione. When Nagini emerged from her 
it made sense of her reluctance to talk in front of Hermione.

The explanation I proffer for how Bathilda became Nagini is quite 
simple, it also has a parallel with a later sequence, that being 
the meeting in the corridor outside the Room of Requirement between 
the trio and another curious trio. That curious trio is shortly 
thereafter revealed to be Malfoy and his cronies. They boast of 
their expertise in Disillusionment Charms while explaining, as 
villains are wont to do, how they had fooled HRH.

A Disillusionment Charm placed on Nagini so that anyone meeting 
her would believe they are actually meeting Bathilda Bagshot is 
my explanation. It's simple and fits in with canon quite snugly.

Toodle pip

Goddlefrood