Mundungus Fletcher

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No: HPFGUIDX 23842

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Kavitha Kannan" <catsrock at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., usergoogol at y... wrote:
> > That name doesn't sound very appealing now does it? 
> > 
> > Hmm... at any rate, I have something more important to tell you. 
> (At least, as important as fictional characters get.) Mundungus 
> Fletcher, who was part of the "old crowd" mentioned in GoF, was also 
> mentioned in CoS! Page 38, to be specific.
> 
> Well, I got the feeling that old MF might be the father...after all, 
> if Arthur addresses him as old, he could hardly be part of the "old 
> crowd" from Hogwarts who was there at the same time as Sirius.  But, 
> maybe I'm wrong...

Well, technically we have no proof that the "old crowd" refers to the 
peers of Lupin, Sirius, etc. (the "old crowd" from school).  It could 
just as easily be the "old crowd" from something else, like the fight 
against Voldemort: In which case differences in age would be quite 
reasonable.  After all, we do know Arabella Figg is in the "old crowd" 
too and JKR said she was Mrs. Figg, Harry's neighbor, not the daughter 
of Mrs. Figg or anything like that.  And Mrs. Figg is also rather 
older than Lupin and Sirius.  Unless she drank an aging potion or 
something like that--which I concede is possible.

-Luke