Ludo Bagman Is Ever So Evil,& Kudos to Finwitch

[judyserenity]

No: HPFGUIDX 34183

Lots of interesting stuff on Bagman!  I'm now becoming convinced he is 
evil.  Of course, we will need an acronym for this.  We could go with 
D.E.V.I.L. (Death Eater, Verily, Is Ludo.)  Or, Tabouli could do a 
longer, more elaborate one. 

Elkins said while patting one of Mulciber's Imperius victims on the 
back [and] murmuring soothingly: "Now, now...there, there...I know, I 
know...it wasn't your *fault*...": 
>... I would like to believe that 
> somewhere, somewhere out there, there is at least *one* person who
> honestly *was* bewitched or threatened or coerced or just plain 
> duped into serving Voldemort's cause.  One.  Just one.

Excellant point!  Just whom did Mulciber put under the Imperius curse, 
if everyone and his uncle was really a willing Death Eater?  We  
haven't seen anyone who actually turned out to be Imperio'ed during 
Voldy's first period in power. 

This also reminds me of a related question -- just who are all those 
wizards in Azkaban?  Sirius talks as if there are lots of Voldemort 
supporters there, and we hear about Moody catching dark wizards, but 
in the Death Eaters chapter of GoF, Voldy mentions only the Lestranges 
as being in Azkaban.  Maybe Voldy only mentioned people who were 
killed or captured since the last time the circle was formed?  Or 
maybe there are lower-level followers who aren't Death Eaters? 
  
 "serenadust" <jmmears at p...> said:
> It is because of Bagman that they are all 
> there [at the QWC] 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.

I'm not so sure about this.  At that point, Crouch Jr. had not yet 
re-established contact with Voldy, I believe.  So, how could Crouch 
Jr.'s theft of the wand be part of Voldy's plan? I think Crouch Jr. 
just sent up the Dark Mark on his own initiative.   


On an unrelated topic, Finwitch, I loved your explaination that 
wizards use magic to age rapidly until adulthood, and then use magic 
to slow down the aging process.  Unfortunately, this is still more 
proof that I'm a muggle -- I've been an adult a long time, and I'm 
aging quite fast. 


-- Judy