Musing About Mundungus

cindysphynx cindysphynx at home.com
Wed Jan 30 15:26:01 UTC 2002


No: HPFGUIDX 34309

Mahoney wrote:

>Let's see, 
> Dumby's got on his side (not just in terms of the "old crowd"):
>
 
<snip list of alarming number of characters who are total head cases> 

A couple more to add to Mahoney's list:

--normal, respectable, competent Bill Weasley (also a curse-breaker, 
and every team needs one of those).

--law-abiding, rule-following smart Percy Weasley.

--she-of-questionable-or-possibly-nonexistant-talent Trelawney 
(fulfilling the role of counter-intelligence by Seeing what the other 
side is up to)

--shrill, powerful, loyal Dobby.

--a kneazle.

--a chicken-bone-eating hippogriff.

One thing that is worrisome about Dumbledore's team is that Voldemort 
has someone on his team who knows our secrets:  Wormtail.  He knows 
about Sirius' animagus form, Lupin's werewolfing.  He has been 
hanging around Harry's dorm and the Weasley house for years, 
listening to everything.  Wormtail seems awfully dangerous for our 
team.

Mahoney again (about Mundungus):

> I don't think a lawyer would be of great use.  And I think that 
> Fletcher's M.O. to date seems more like the type of person who 
> constantly *needs* a lawyer (to get off on lesser charges for 
> attempting to hex people behind their backs, and for the filing of 
> frivolous lawsuits).  He sounds like the typical on-in-years fellow 
> who has little else to do with his time than bug the heck out of 
> people.  
> 
> He reminds me of...the guy that runs the bait shop, or the old guy 
> who works at the gas station.  The one who drives everybody nuts, 
but 
> if you sit down and talk to him, you find out that he's a war 
veteren 

That's it!  Mundungus is the old fart, sly as a fox, cagey war 
veteran commander who never loses a battle.  He does whatever he 
pleases, but he gets away with it because our team is *way* better 
off with him on it than against it.  Maybe Mundungus even helped 
Dumbledore defeat Grindewald or something.  

Yes, Mundungus-as-Cunning-Strategist is much better than Mundungus-as-
Lawyer.

Cindy (who can't wait to see the fireworks when Moody and Mundungus 
clash)





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