Death Eater Roll Call?

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 7904


Charmian wrote:

>Personally, I doubt that Bagman was a death eater. Seems too incompetent 
>and non-threatening. Same with Fudge. It seems that Rowling makes it a 
>point in book IV that all of the bad stuff in the wizarding world is not 
>necessarily associated with Voldemort. (And these guys don't seem 
>malevolent, simply blind/irritating) But who knows?

I am very curious about JKR's further development of Fudge along these 
lines, but I tend to agree with you/hope you're right.  You can interpret 
Fudge's behavior as suspicious:  he's quite insistent on leading Harry back 
to the castle after the 3rd task, he brings a Dementor in to Crouch Jr. (& 
sics it on him?).  But I hope it is explained not by his being a V 
sympathizer but as Harry sees it at the end of GoF:  he is too threatened by 
the truth to see that he has to acknowledge it and choose sides.  This kind 
of fear is just as dangerous as the fear that made Pettigrew sell a friend 
to save his skin, and just as dangerous as the righteous zealotry displayed 
by Crouch Sr.  JKR has resisted dividing the wizarding world into nice 
people who are good vs. nasty people who are bad (the best example so far is 
Snape), and I'm glad.

Speaking of Snape, to pick up on another thread, I think V *is* probably 
referring to him when he speaks of the one who has left and will be killed, 
but even V seems not 100% certain that this Death Eater has left the fold 
forever:  a point in favor of S's pretending to return to V with the offer 
of being a spy at the end of GoF or sometime thereafter.  No, V isn't going 
to trust him easily, but that's the way it is with spies--the closer they 
are to your enemy, the more valuable they are, but they're also a bigger 
risk.  The possibility of having a loyal Death Eater at Hogwarts, one who 
has Dumbledore's trust despite his history, one who is Malfoy's Head of 
House (good for keeping an eye on him) and one who, furthermore, hates the 
Potters with a passion . . . this must pose a temptation to V, who luckily 
seems unable to read hearts.

Amy
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