[HPforGrownups] Re: Handicapping the Next Big Battle

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No: HPFGUIDX 31822

Heather wrote:
> I'm suspecting that Mundungus Fletcher is going to end up playing 
for the other team. Arthur Weasley has already had difficulties with 
him, and his name is rather uninspiring:  "Mundungus" being a slang 
word for garbage(?) in Spanish, and "Fletcher" being the surname of 
the man who slandered Captain Bligh and fomented the mutiny on the 
Bounty.

Somehow, I don't think so.  I suspect that he's one of those poor, crabby,
old geezers who hate to be bothered and who can pull a fast one on you if
he can (Evidence for the poorness and the 'fast one' bit I got from Percy
in GoF, the whole 'tent' thing).  But he's probably on Dumbledore's side,
not LV's.


Cindysphinx wrote:
> It seems that the wizards on Dumbledore's team have significant
> weaknesses or vulnerabilities, whereas the DEs do not (other than the
> tendencies to make Evil Overlord-style mistakes).  Voldemort's forces
> seem well-balanced, diverse and politically well-connected.  IMHO, it
> looks like an uphill battle for Dumbledore.

I have a feeling it's just supposed to look that way.  Everybody loves an
underdog, after all.  I've never doubted that LV is going to lose/die by
book 7.  The only question, really, is 'how'.