Amos Diggory (WAS Enviable and pitiable characters)

[cindysphynx]

No: HPFGUIDX 35731

Catlady wrote:

> Yes, Amos is just *destroyed* to lose his son who meant everything 
> to him.  The only way I can think of for him to be seduced by the 
> Dark Side (the murderers of his son! on whom surely he seeks more 
> vengeance!) now is if some Death Eater recruiter persuaded him 
that 
> Voldemort's Dark Magic and Immortality Spells could bring Cedric 
back 
> to life.

Oh, that Amos Diggory is one to watch in OoP, isn't he?  The Daily 
Prophet is saying that Harry will do anything to win.  That Harry is 
dangerous and disturbed.  That Harry cheated to enter the Tournament 
in the first place.  

Then Harry and Cedric enter the Third Task tied.  And who just 
happens to show up at the finish line holding the Cup in one hand 
and Cedric's cold dead arm in the other?  That just plain doesn't 
look good.

I think Amos will manifest his grief by stirring up trouble for 
Harry at MoM.  This won't be hard, after all, because *everyone* at 
MoM is an evil DE.  Fudge.  Bagman.  McNair. Avery.  Oh sure, Harry 
has Percy and Arthur Weasley to watch his back for him at MoM.  
Small comfort, that.

No, Amos won't *mean* to help the DEs.  He is grief-stricken; he 
doesn't care about who wins in the Good vs. Evil fight.  His aid to 
the DEs will be ancillary to his own efforts to avenge Cedric.  But 
the result will be the same -- Amos is going to have it in for Harry.
And we've all seen how snippy he can get if he even *suspects* that 
a house elf has been waving a wand around.  

Amos Diggory definitely has my pity, but I'm not going to let him 
out of my sight.

Cindy