GoF CH 1-3 post DH look

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 181721

Alla:
> 
> I have heard the argument more than once that Dumbledore is this man
[the rich "Muggle" owner of the Riddle House]. Can somebody explain to
me what is the rationale behind that theory please or refer me to the
appropriate post?
> 
> I mean, to me it makes more sense that Voldemort as the only heir 
would have owned it, and yes I know he is a babymort now, but he 
seems to have no problem making other people do his bidding, so I see
no reason that he cannot make Wormtail or whoever take care of it.

<snip>

Carol responds:

If Wormtail or someon other Wizard were taking care of the house,
Frank Bryce wouldn't still be working there. Also, I'm sure that Tom
Sr. didn't acknowledge Tom  Jr. as his heir and that the Muggle
police, etc. didn't know of his existence or they'd have believed
Frank's story of a pale, dark-haired teenage boy running from the
scene. Rather than being the heir, he'd be the prime suspect
(murdering the father who cut him off rom his inheritance).

I think that idea that DD was the rich owner comes from his being
aware of frank Bryce's existence (and death) and of his protecting
people like Trelawney and Hagrid who were in some danger from LV.
(Frank was falsely accused by the Muggle police but not actually
framed aby Tom Jr. as Morfin Gaunt was.)

Anyway, I don't think that Baby!mort is there with the owner's
permission (IOW, I don't think he's the absentee owner). I see no
reason not to believe the statement about its being a rich Muggle,
which is never contradicted or corrected elsewhere.

Alla quoted:
> "Harry had received two letters from  Sirius since he had become
back at privet Drive. Both had been delivered not by owls (as was
usual with wizards), but by large, brightly colored tropical birds"
> 
> Alla:
> 
> As it was usual with wizards? Did Sirius use non- magical birds? Or 
> is it how wizards in those countries communicate by letters?
> 
> What birds these are do you think?
>
Carol:
As usual with Wizards in Harry's experience, but, of course, he's
thinking of Britain and probably Europe in general.

I'm no expert on tropical birds, but I thought at first of flamingos
because they're really large and then of macaws or some other kind of
parrot because they're colorful.

Carol, probably wrong on both counts, if only because Harry would
surely have recognized those kinds of birds