L. Malfoy & Longbottoms: was(Re: Bertha Jorkins & Neville (comparison))

[annemehr <annemehr@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48316

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Strix <kethlenda at y...>" 
<kethlenda at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "annemehr 
> <annemehr at y...>" <annemehr at y...> wrote:
> 
> <quoting an old post of Anne's where she suggested that the 
> Longbottoms are being kept incapacitated>
> 
>   Speaking of Lucius' influence, does anyone suppose that his 
> large    
> >  contributions to St. Mungus' Hospital could be buying him 
> influence  
> >  there which is keeping the Longbottoms incapacitated?
 
 <snip>

 
> I'll have to go back and read the parts of canon that you mention; 
> I find the theory tantalizing and I need to do my homework on it, 
> so to speak.
> 
> So, does it have an acronym?  :)
> 
> Strix

Hey, cool!  I've always wanted to suggest an acronym!

How about:

M.A.E.V.O.L.E.N.C.E. --
Malfoy's Affluence Lends Effectiveness: Veiledly Opposes Longbottoms' 
Escaping Needless Cruciatus Effects!

And, "veiledly" is *too* a word -- it's in my Scrabble dictionary!

A quick summary, then:

According to Mr. Fudge, speaking in the top box at the QWC, "Lucius 
has just given a *very* generous contribution to St. Mungo's Holpital 
for Magical Maladies and Injuries, Arthur.  He's here as my guest."
Now, Lucius hardly cares about poor, sick wizards, and he didn't need 
to smarm up to Fudge to get good seats at the QWC.

Mr. Lucius Malfoy is well known for using his influence to get what he 
wants.  He used his postion as a governor of Hogwarts to get 
Dumbledore removed as headmaster in CoS (though unfortunately for 
Lucius, he ended up losing his post as a governor, too).  He used his 
influence in the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures to 
get Buckbeak condemned.  He even used the gift of new racing brooms to 
get his son on the house quidditch team.

Rita Skeeter writes, in her article titled "Harry Potter, Disturbed 
and Dangerous":  "It is possible, say top experts at St. Mungo's 
Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, that Potter's brain was 
affected by the attack inflicted upon him by You-Know-Who, and that 
his insistence that the scar is still hurting is an expression of his 
deep-seated confusion.  'He might even be pretending,' said one 
specialist.  'This could be a plea for attention.'"  This article was 
written after Rita witnessed Harry having the dream in Divination 
class.  It certainly suggests that there could be unsavory people on 
the staff of St. Mungo's.

And, of course, the Longbottoms are in St. Mungo's, insane.

M.A.L.E.V.O.L.E.N.C.E. (should you choose to accept the acronym), 
posits that Lucius Malfoy has been using donations to gain influence 
at the hospital, in order to ensure that the Longbottoms remain in the 
care of seemingly caring (but in fact, Evil) wizards who are keeping 
them in an artificially prolonged state of insanity.

Howzat?

Anne 
who really needs to think up a better signature...