some revalations while re-reading goblet of fire

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No: HPFGUIDX 22048

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., big_bad_ad at h... wrote:
> ok, i JUST joined, so I dont know if these points have been broached 
> before, but hopefully, this is new to you guys!
> 
> #1)the woman who babysits Harry on Dudley's birthdays and other 
> occasions is Mrs. Figg.  Lots of cats, weird lady, blah blah blah.
> when they go to the Quidditch world cup, they stay in a tent that 
has 
> the same decor and smell of her house.  weird, eh?  coincidence?  I 
> THINK NOT!!!!!
> Goblet of fire, page 618.
> dumbledore: Sirius, I need you to set off at once.   You are to 
alert 
> Remus Lupin, Arabella Figg, Mundungus Fletcher, the old crowd.
> Arabella Figg.
> So, she's obviously a witch.  But not just a random witch, a member 
> of the "old crowd".  Did she know Harry's parents?  How tight is she 
> with Dumbledore?  Was she left on Privet Drive as a guard?  and if 
> she was left to guard Harry, think about how powerful she'd have to 
> be to be in that position.

Think of a sleeper agent or mole.  Existing in the Muggle world for, 
oh, probably at least 11+ years pre-Harry, keeping a very low profile 
during the Voldemort years.  Then, if Voldemort DOES start to 
influence/exert his power in the Muggle world, he'd be inclined to 
discount any sort of Muggle threat.  And she'd be in a good position 
to... do a number of interesting things.  Like a few words in the 
right ears at the right time could produce interesting results.

Hmmm.  Wonder what a .303 Enfield with charmed silver-core bullets 
and a good scope would do to Voldemort?  

> #2) Death Eaters are all about purity of the blood.  Malfoy is 
always 
> going on about it.  
> goblet of fire - page 560
> Voldemort : "You stand, Harry Potter, upon the remains of my late 
> father, he hissed softly.  A muggle and a fool, very like your dear 
> mother."
> Voldemort's a mudblood.
> something is up there.

It does make you wonder, doesn't it?  But, wasn't Harry's mother 
established as a witch instead of a Muggle?  Hmm...
 
> I've got lots of little thories on stuff thats gonna go down, but i 
> dont want to start spamming with my first post.
> 
> what do you think?  does any of it make sense? am i on crack?

They do make sense.  At least as much as my comparison of Voldemort as 
Hitler, Dumbledore as Churchill, and Fudge as Chamberlain - and what 
we're seeing as the beginnings of WW2.  (Wizard War 2, as opposed to 
Wizard War 1, where Voldemort was trying to take over.)  (Of course, 
Harry as the output of the Manhattan Project as far as Voldemort is 
concerned may be a bit of a stretch.)


"It's fun to speculate" he said
"About the things that we've all read -
"It's plain to me
"There's lots to see,
"On the web and in Rowling's head!"


Jerry Lawson
Sorted into Ravenclaw
(Dragon heartstring & Cedar - 13 inches.)