[HPforGrownups] Re: DD as Animagus

[Lee Kaiwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 182806

bboyminn:

> If it is primarily a method of stealth and concealment...

Me:

> But it being a method of stealth and concealment would 
 > seem to me to argue *for* DD being an animagus.

Magpie:

> There's no guarantee one's animagus form is stealthy.

Oh, I agree, of course. I was just turning over bboyminn's supposition 
to see how it looked from the other side. bboyminn, speculating that 
animagism *was* a a method of stealth, thought it argued against DD as 
an animagus; I, OTOH, see it doing the opposite.

But you're right, of course; despite seeing McGonagall's cat hanging 
around the Dursleys' at the beginning of PS, and, later, Sirius watching 
over Harry in dog-form, I don't think there's sufficient canon to 
justify concluding that stealth was the *primary* point of animagism.

> We've got a lot of information on Dumbledore and no hint that 
 > he's an animagus.

Absolutely. For me, the question of whether he was is less interesting 
than the question of why JKR left it hanging. Given the central role 
animagism played in the plot, it would seem to be a natural question 
fans would ask, and perhaps even important enough to warrant addressing 
in canon itself either way.

CJ