Re: Godric's Hollow and the missing day *** possible spoilers ***


gjw wrote:
I'm not unwilling to believe that Rowling could choose to make the
bird talk if she wanted to. I'm simply pointing out that she has not
chosen to do so.
Agreed. I have no evidence that Fawkes can talk.Of course this does not
mean he can't talk.

But like I have said, any reconstruction of events at Godric's Hollow
before the revleation in book 7 must include some assumptions.

DD seems to know a lot about the goings on at GH. Some suppose he went
there or found out by some magical means. Some suppose someone who was
at GH told him what happened. ALL of these are possibilities. Which is
the most LIKELY? I think a spy at GH is the most likely. Let's cal this
assumption #1.

Who was the spy? Some have suggested a wizard like Snape or Lupin. Some
have suggested a magical creature such as a house elf. ALL are
possibilities. Which is most LIKELY? I think a magical creature is the
most likely spy. Let's call this assumption #2.

Which magical creature was th spy? Some have suggested a house-elf. I
suggest Fawkes is a good candidate. In my view, he is the best
candidate.. (I'm not claiming credit for saying this first. Someone
else may have claimed the same thing somewhere on the Internet but I
don't know.) Let's call this assumption #3.

Now assumption #3 requires that Fawkes be able to communicate with DD
somehow. This is assumption #4

So the logic goes DD's knowledge -> #1 (spy at GH) -> #2 (magical
creatuire spy) -> #3 (Fawkes is spy) -> #4 (Fawkes can communicate with
DD).

You are saying we have no evidence of #4 (that Fawkes can communicate
with DD). Granted. And with that you are arguing that #3 (Fawkes is the
spy) is unlikely. I disagree but OK. To me, it's not a bifg leap to
belive #4 (Fawkes can communicate). But I can't convince you of that.
Fine.

What about #2 (a magical creature was the spy at GH)? Do you agree with
that? Or how about #1 (there was a witness at GH that told DD what went
on)? Do you agree with that?

To me, those are actually more important to the reconstruction that #3
(Fawkes is the spy). That is, if you think some other magical creature
was DD's spy at GH, let's hear it.

That was an oops on my part. We don't know if Fawkes is male, female,
neuter or tansgender...but let me not get into slashfic terroritory
here.

Actually, we do. This quote from CoS is Dumbledore talking to Harry
about Fawkes:

"It's a shame you had to see him on a Burning Day," said
Dumbledore, seating himself behind his desk. "He's really very
handsome most of the time, wonderful red and gold plumage."
I stand corrcted. Thanks.

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