I guess while I’m in a blogging mood I ought to share my new Harry Potter theory. I think there is something very fishy about Professor Flitwick (the charms teacher).
Breaking it down, his name in Old English means floating (flit) weaver (wick) – what is he weaving?
He is described in an almost excessive fashion as being “tiny”. The word “tiny” derives from the Old English word tine, meaning to destroy.
He’s supposed to be this former dueling champion, but Snape knocks him out in the dungeon. When Flitwick is in the dungeon with Snape, he is heard telling Snape that the Death Eaters are attacking and he needs to come help, but he is then supposedly stunned and Rowling makes it clear that he was not able to finish the sentence – so should we wonder WHO Snape was supposed to come help?
‘Outside Snape’s office, yes,’ whispered Hermione, her eyes sparkling with tears, ‘with Luna. We hung around for ages outside it and nothing happened … we didn’t know what was going on upstairs, Ron had taken the Marauder’s Map … it was nearly midnight when Professor Flitwick came sprinting down into the dungeons. He was shouting about Death Eaters in the castle, I don’t think he really registered that Luna and I were there at all, he just burst his way into Snape’s office and we heard him saying that Snape had to go back with him and help and then we heard a loud thump and Snape came hurtling out of his room and he saw us and – and – ’
‘What?’ Harry urged her.
‘I was so stupid, Harry!’ said Hermione in a high-pitched whisper. ‘He said Professor Flitwick had collapsed and that we should go and take care of him while he – while he went to help fight the Death Eaters – ’
She covered her face in shame and continued to talk into her fingers, so that her voice was muffled.‘We went into his office to see if we could help Professor Flitwick and found him unconscious on the floor … and, oh, it’s so obvious now, Snape must have Stupefied Flitwick, but we didn’t realise, we just let Snape go!’
And something I had attributed as evidence of Snape being a vampire, namely the fact that he is always “FLITting” around his dungeon, may be a clue as to who we should really be suspicious of. In the series, the only other character described as flitting is Ollivander, the wandmaker. It is clear that Rowling wants us to suspect Snape and Ollivander (old Ollie creeps Harry out when he goes to get his wand in the first book), but I think that in the end there will be nothing wrong with these two characters.
Well, just one more year until we know for sure.
