| Is he the wizard we think he is? I think yes! But, this isn't about what I think. There are still some reports that Voldemort might actually be working for Dumbledore. This is probable when you take a look at the evidence presented: 1. Nearly everytime Harry faced Voldemort, Dumbledore knew about it, could have given him a little more help, or posibly warned him (Especially in Book One of the series). 2. The 'Look of Triumph' Dumbledore wore at the end of Book Four after being told that Voldemort had taken blood from Harry may mean that he was finally showing his true colors. That's enough for some people, but lets look at this: 1. Harry answers the question himself about why Dumbledore didn't try to stop him from facing Voldemort when anyone else would have: "I think he sort of wanted to give me a chance... instead of stopping us, he taught us enough to help... it's almost like he thought I had the right to face Voldemort if I could..." Hence, Dumbledore knew that there was no stopping Harry, so, instead of hindering him, he helpped him. 2. Maybe the 'Look of Triumph' was Dumbledore's way of showing relief, for, now that Voldemort had some of Harry's blood, he could touch Harry and Harry wouldn't die (Although that means Harry's touch won't affect him either). 3. Ok, let's look at this from a writer's perspective. Prefferably Ms. JoAnne Rowling's. Now, wouldn't your writing become a bit... dull if, in each of your books someone was shown to have a mistaken identity? Now, I know that Professor Quirrel was not a very large character- not as large as Harry, Ron, and Hermione- neither was Tom Riddle, Sirius Black, or Mad-Eye Moody/ Barry Crouch; they were more mysterious, enigmatic, and all that. So, in a sense, is Dumbledore. Do we really know who he is? No. We don't. We have a feeling, but that's all. Sure, in each book we learn something else, but that's not all Dumbledore is, people are very complex. Some of you will say that I'm just proving the 'Dark Lord Dumbledore' theory right- that's not it. I'm trying to show, I'll admit not very well, that it's not very likely Ms. Rowling will make Dumbledore a 'bad guy' any time soon. That would be too obvious. Dumbledore is too like Crouch, Black, Riddle, and Quirrel. Having some big revelation about him would be what everyone would expect. No, I think somewhere down the line Ms. Rowling will suprise us in a very different way about Hogwarts' infamous Headmaster. Who knows- he may turn out to be Harry's Great Grandpop! *chuckle and winks* |
| Ok, sorry about that, I know I was pretty biased back there, and I mean no real offence to the supporters of the Dark Lord Dumbledore theory. |
| When we all read the The Philosopher's (*sorcerer's*) Stone for the first time, we thought very little of the eccentric, old Mrs. Figg who watched after Harry whenever the Dursley's went some where. But, It seems that we may have underestimated her. At the end of The Goblet of Fire (Chapter Thirty-Six: The Parting of the ways, pg. 713, U.S. version) Dumbledore tells Sirius to get the 'Old Crowd' together: Remus Lupin, Arabella Figg, and Mundungus Fletcher Is this Arabella Figg the one-and-only Mrs. Figg? And if so, why is she residing so near Harry? Some think she may be Harry's Secret Keeper. That's possible. Others think she serves some other purpose in protecting him. We'll just have to wait a few more months for the fith book to come out! |
| Why was Voldemort after Harry and James Potter- but not Lily? I'm sure we've all asked this at one time or another, and there (of course) have been rumors circulating in response to it, and in the response to this question: If predicting the return of Voldemort's power was her second prediction, then what was Professor Trelawaney's first prediction? Maybe she predicted the original rise of Voldemort... or the inevitable conclusive fall. Both are very likely, but only one would help explain why he was after Harry and James. If Professor T. predicted Voldemort's fall (Voldemort being the only remaining descendant of Salazar Slytherin) on account of a descendant of Gryffindor, and supposing James was related to Godric Gryffindor, then it would make perfect sense. But was James related to him? Well, they did live Godric's Hollow, but that may not mean any thing. Harry did pull Godric Gryffindor's sword out of the sorting hat and afterward Dumbledore told him that only a True Gryffindor could do that- but that could mean that only a True Gryffindor in the mental sense... for these questions there are no answers. But, for the sake of argument, let's just say that James and Harry are related to Godric and that Professor T. predicted that one of his descendants would be the fall of Voldemort. But, Why wasn't he after Lily? Nothing we can say explains it. He was so into killing people then that killing Lily would have been the easiest thing to do. And, if you think back, in his own evil way he seemed to actually be persuading her to give up Harry so he wouldn't have to kill her... oh well, we shall see! *smiles* |
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| Pg. 61 (UK), and pg. 80 (US), Hagrid remarked: "There's not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin. You-Know-Who was one,". Now, considering that at the time this was spoken, everyone thought Sirius black had killed all those Muggles and was Voldemort's 'Right Hand Man', it's safe to conclude that Sirius was in Slytherin. But not just Sirius. What about James Potter? James was such good friends with Sirius- more so than he was with Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. Wouldn't it e a little odd if his best friend was in a different house? And another thing: Pettigrew doesn't particularly strike me as a Slytherin, so, the fact that he was the one who had been on Voldemort's side shows that Evil can reside in all the houses and we should keep our eyes peeled in the up coming books for traces of Evil everywhere. |
| Lilly's name is that of a flower. So is her sister's: Petunia. Now, there is only one other adult female in the Harry Potter books who shares her name with that of a flower: Narcissa, Draco Malfoy's mother. Is this coincidence, or a hint at what is to come? |
| The Philosopher's Stone pg. 45 (UK), Hagrid lists some of the families that Voldemort killed: The McKinnons, The Bones, and the Prewetts. Pg. 89, durring the sorting, a young girl by the name of Susan Bones became a Hufflepuff. Is she, by any chance, related to the aforesaid Bones killed by voldemort? Will she, in later books play a more prominent role? we shall have to find out! |