Hagrid as a pawn of V (was: Dead Harry)

[meboriqua at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 18944


> 
> Apart from the fact I hate this idea, because IMHO, Hagrid 
epitomises 
> a lot of everything Dumbledore is striving for.  He has his 
> background and history etc to be held against him, and of course 
many 
> are prejudiced against him now they know he is half-giant, but he 
> stands for so much which is good - he is one of the kindest, 
> gentlest, warm-hearted, loyal and faithful people in the books.  I 
> think Dumbledore recognised this from the start.  Voldemort, as Tom 
> Riddle, is no fool - he was wise to the fact that Dumbledore was 
> suspicious of him.  Remember also, that although Hagrid was used as 
> fall guy with the previous headmaster etc. - Dumbledore obviously 
had 
> enough faith, or belief in Hagrid's innocence/ lack of evil 
> intention, to ensure he could stay on at Hogwarts in a different 
> capacity.  
> 
> As you can see, I am a big fan of Hagrid, stoat sandwiches and all.  
> I would hope that he wouldn't be put under the imperious curse.  For 
> someone who values loyalty as much as him, throwing it off would 
> surely help him on the way to madness, a la Crouch snr.  What is 
more 
> likely, is that he yet again lets something important slip when he 
is 
> under the influence of butterbeer, or scotch, or whatever it is he 
> drinks.  I know that this has already been done, with the 
> Fluffy/Norbert saga, but it just seems more realistic - afterall, 
> people do make the same mistakes time and time again.  I do believe, 
> though, that if Hagrid unwittingly betrayed either Harry or 
> Dumbledore, he would find it extremely difficult to live with 
himself 
> and come to terms with it, if ever.
> 
> Catherine

Hi - 

I may make you furious when I say this, but Hagrid's unwavering 
loyalty is exactly what makes me suspicious - not necessarily of 
Hagrid, but of JKR's intentions with him.  You see, I wonder that, 
when he finds the giants and his mother, he may begin to question the 
life he lived at Hogwarts.  Will he want to try out something new (and 
bad)?  Will his new contacts with the giants bring out a side to him 
that he has trouble supressing?  We already know he has a terrible 
temper ("Shut up Dursley, yeh great prune" - SS, and when he slammed 
Karkaroff into the tree in GoF) - will he ever decide to just not 
control it?  Or will someone convince him that Dumbledore is not 
really looking out for Hagrid?  He's not exactly a rocket scientist of 
wizards, after all.  I mean, he knows his stuff, but he sure makes 
some bad decisions (baby dragons and Blast-Ended Skrewts as a class 
experiement, for examples).

Hagrid is someone JKR would use to pull the rug out from under us.

--jenny from ravenclaw***************************