Rita the DE at Hogwarts?

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 56180

Lynn: 
> 
> Voldemort says that his loyal DE is at Hogwarts. 
> Most take that to mean Crouch, Jr.  But, after
> Harry returns to Hogwarts Crouch, Jr. asks Harry
> if the Dark Lord has really returned.  That seems
> to indicate that he doesn't have the Dark Mark
> otherwise he would have known Voldemort was back
> just as Snape does.

Me: 

Snape and Karakoff's Dark Marks were acting up all year, steadily growing 
darker all year, well before V-Mort successfully performed the ritual that gave 
him human form.

I think Crouch was asking if Voldemort managed to perform the ritual, rather 
than "is he back?"


> Voldemort also tells Wormtail that there will be
> one more death and then the Dementor applies the
> Kiss so now Crouch, Jr. is worse than dead.  That
> has always seemed to me to be too convenient to
> have been done just at the spur of the moment. 
> It just seems too planned.

I always figured the death was Harry's.
 
> So, I was thinking about who else has been at
> Hogwarts the whole year and Rita Skeeter has. 
> Dumbledore makes a point of saying that Voldemort
> is good at causing enmity and what better way
> than through the media?  Rita went out of her way
> to write divisive articles all year, especially
> about Harry and his friends, the very ones who
> could arguably rally the community against
> Voldemort.
> 
> Thoughts?

I've disagreed with your reasoning, but I don't disagree with your conclusion. 
Rita would make an EXCELLENT DE.

And just because Voldemort didn't tell his DEs at the graveyard about her , or 
include her in the Mouseketeer roll call doesn't mean she isn't one of his 
followers. You think V-Mort tells knuckle-draggers like Mr. Crabbe and Mr. 
Goyle every little detail? Hell, no, he doesn't.

Of course, she's in a bottle somewhere now. Wonder if V-Mort stages an 
assault on Casa Granger to get her back?

Darrin
-- Assault on Casa Granger. Whoever uses that as a fanfic title owes me a 
quarter every time it's read.