Ludo Bagman Is Ever So Evil (WAS Cutting Characters Slack / Ludo)

[serenadust]

No: HPFGUIDX 34180


Cindy, You are absolutely right about Bagman and all your excellent 
points from GoF confirm that Bagman is just as much a DE as Crouch Jr 
was.  I fully expect that he will be a big player in book 5, and that 
the "dumb jock" act is a cover for his true evil nature.
I have one more example of evidence to indicate that your theory is 
spot on.  In GoF, Chapter 7 Bagman and Crouch, Arthur Weasley is 
explaining to the kids the names and occupations of the various 
wizards passing by the campsite.  
"Everyone," Mr. Weasley continued, "this is Ludo Bagman, you know who 
he is, it's thanks to him we've got such good tickets--"
Now everyone knows (as Malfoy Sr. nastily points out) that there's no 
way the Weasleys could have afforded to buy so many tickets to the 
World Cup and to have taken Hermione and Harry, too.  The top box 
would have been totally out of reach.  It is because of Bagman that 
they are all there at the same time Barty C. Jr is there under the 
invisibility cloak, and I believe this was set up so that Crouch Jr. 
could be near enough to Harry to take his wand.
There are just way too many occasions where Bagman is perfectly 
situated to help move things along so that Harry can be delivered to 
Voldemort at the end of the Triwizard Tournament.


Jo