DanArmak comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 17, chapter 86

DanArmak 21 Dec 2012 20:17 UTC
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Well, in the original canon, Voldemort fires one at Dumbledore, and Fawkes catches it and is reduced to a chick (phoenixes being unkillable.)

So that’s why Dumbledore set a chicken on fire—he was reviving Fawkes!