DE Bagman

[beccafran <rbroeker@hotmail.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49346

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Angela Evans 
<sixhoursahead at y...> wrote:
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   In the Pensieve scenes, I know that many people found Bagman's 
trial to be humorous.  How after he has just been acquitted for the 
atrocity of being a DE and spy, people begin comgratulating him on 
last week's quidditch match.  But even the first time I read it, I 
found that ominous.  That people were so willing to believe Bagman 
because he was this affable sports hero.  And Fred and george's 
explanation that he was too much of a "stupid git" to be helping 
Voldemort doesn't put my fears to rest.  I mean, look at Crabbe and 
Goyle Sr.  I am not saying that at the time of the Tournament Bagman 
was still loyal to Voldemort (possibly?).  But could Bagman have been 
a DE?  If he WAS then he was possibly the only former DE to be 
presently living a life of such high profile, and good reputation, 
and such an important ministry position.  Maybe he had gotten very 
used to all this, and the return of the Dark Mark brought no desire 
to return to LV.  And so he ran.  And in the chaos his dissapearance 
gets explained away.  
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Bottom line, I do not wholely believe my own theory. But it bugs me 
how Bagman vanished off the scene in such a manner. And JKR doesn't 
seem the type to invest so much in one character (he appears 
throughout the book constantly, we see his history, he is involved 
with a book-long subplot involving the twins, and somes under 
suspicion by us, Harry, and Sirius, for trying to aid Harry in the 
Tournament) and then simply say that all of his actions come to
naught. 
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Angela brings up a good point that had been bothering me as well. Not 
only does JKR spend all that attention on a character who turns out 
to be only marginally involved in the plot (if that), she gives us 
TWO warnings about him.

I don't have my books, so these are off the top of my head... Winky 
warns us that Bagman is a "very bad wizard" or something to that 
effect, and Rita Skeeter says "I know things about Ludo Bagman that 
would make your hair curl." I seriously doubt that Rita is referring 
to Bagman *accidentally* passing information to Voldemort, or that 
JKR invested all this time in him just to throw us off. I would bet 
that Evil!Bagman will play a part in the future.

This brings up another point. Is Rita saying she knows things, evil 
scandalous things, about Bagman but hasn't printed them? Why is that? 
I had assumed that she was just obnoxious, but maybe she is involved 
in this evilness as well. Hmmmm... I'm finding this idea very 
intriguing. Anyone who knows more about Rita (or has GoF handy) want 
to theorize?

BeccaFran