Gur cbffrffvba cneg bs gur cyna vf zrnag gb gnxr cynpr bayl nsgre Uneel unf qbar n snve nzbhag bs Qnex Ybeqvat nyernql;
Gurer vf ab cbffrffvba vaibyirq, nf D. jbhyq engure or pncgnva bs gur F.F. Qnex Ybeq Uneel’f Ervta guna gur svtherurnq.
Other possibilities surely exist that I’m overlooking, including the possibility that this line of speculation is entirely up the wrong tree. Rot13′d to err on the side of caution.
I don’t think you need to rot13 this, simply because the various notions in your post have been openly discussed in this and past threads quite a lot. Also because when I see “D-Zbeg”, I instantly parse it as “Dr Zoidberg”, so now thanks to you I have an uneraseable mental association between Quirrell and said character.
I thought it probably wouldn’t be necessary, but I wasn’t certain, and I figured it would be the better part of valor. Basically, I’m not sure how to proceed under the declaration that the identity of an extremely central character is supposed to be a spoiler now; it seems like even using the name Dhveeryzbeg unscrambled would break the rule.
I didn’t make the Zoidberg connection until you pointed it out, but I did think that “D-Zbeg” was an immensely more awesome nickname than the term it was rot13′d from.
And now I can’t see “Dhveeryzbeg” either without thinking it must be some relative of Dr. Zoidberg’s. Dangit, now every scene he’s in, I’m gonna expect him to exit going “woo-woo-woo-woo” and clacking his claws.
Just occurred to me that if D-Zbeg vf chggvat na njshy ybg bs rssbeg, naq nccnerag npghny pbaprea, vagb funcvat Uneel’f zvaqfrg gbjneq gur ‘Qnex Fvqr’, vs uvf cyna vf gb whfg gnxr cbffrffvba bs gur xvq yngre. Gung frrzf gb zr gb vzcyl svir cbffvovyvgvrf, va nfpraqvat beqre bs yvxryvubbq:
D. pnerf jurgure Uneel’f orunivbe nccrnef cuvybfbcuvpnyyl pbafvfgrag;
Fbzr fbeg bs ‘flzcngul’ orgjrra zvaqf vf arprffnel gb rssrpg cbffrffvba, be creuncf gb ‘njnxra’ gur fbhy-sentzrag vafvqr Uneel;
D.vf irel qrqvpngrq gb uvf cuvybfbcul naq ungrf gb unir vg synhagrq ol fbzr qnza xvq;
Gur cbffrffvba cneg bs gur cyna vf zrnag gb gnxr cynpr bayl nsgre Uneel unf qbar n snve nzbhag bs Qnex Ybeqvat nyernql;
Gurer vf ab cbffrffvba vaibyirq, nf D. jbhyq engure or pncgnva bs gur F.F. Qnex Ybeq Uneel’f Ervta guna gur svtherurnq.
Other possibilities surely exist that I’m overlooking, including the possibility that this line of speculation is entirely up the wrong tree. Rot13′d to err on the side of caution.
I don’t think you need to rot13 this, simply because the various notions in your post have been openly discussed in this and past threads quite a lot. Also because when I see “D-Zbeg”, I instantly parse it as “Dr Zoidberg”, so now thanks to you I have an uneraseable mental association between Quirrell and said character.
Quirrell is helping!
Hooray for Quirrell!
I thought it probably wouldn’t be necessary, but I wasn’t certain, and I figured it would be the better part of valor. Basically, I’m not sure how to proceed under the declaration that the identity of an extremely central character is supposed to be a spoiler now; it seems like even using the name Dhveeryzbeg unscrambled would break the rule.
I didn’t make the Zoidberg connection until you pointed it out, but I did think that “D-Zbeg” was an immensely more awesome nickname than the term it was rot13′d from.
And now I can’t see “Dhveeryzbeg” either without thinking it must be some relative of Dr. Zoidberg’s. Dangit, now every scene he’s in, I’m gonna expect him to exit going “woo-woo-woo-woo” and clacking his claws.
… and I know I really shouldn’t, but I just couldn’t resist.
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Hope that helps with the mental association problem.