Musing About Mundungus

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No: HPFGUIDX 34346

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "cindysphynx" <cindysphynx at h...> wrote:
> Mahoney wrote:
> 

> 
> 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.

Yes - so the 'old gang' is out and about to find and imprison him - 
then they get Sirius free! Except that Voldemort would use him as 
messenger into Azcaban and gets him out of there...
 
> 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.

But Sirius might need help to persuade EVERYONE the fact he's 
innocent to the crime of murdering the very-much-alive Peter 
Pettigrew! (Hm. Peter grew petty?)