[HPforGrownups] The one who has left me forever...

[the.gremlin at verizon.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 49377

Amy said:
"He says to Hermione "...it was only death eaters who ever knew how to conjure it.  I'd be very surprised if the person who did it hadn't been a Death Eater once, even if they're not now..."

It is made quite clear all through the four books that the Weasly's in particular do not believe many of the redemption, devil-made-me-do-it stories told by ex-death eaters trying to save their own skin, especially the Malfoys.  If this is true why would Arthur even consider that at least one of them was not a death eater now?"

What I was thinking was, at that point in time, no one  (except really smart people like DD and Harry and Sirius) knew that there was a very real possibility of V-Mort coming back. A DE was a servant of V-Mort, as well as a supporter. V-Mort has vaporized. Therefore, there wouldn't be any DEs to serve or support V-Mort because there is no V-Mort to serve or support. We would call someone like Malfoy or Crabbe and Goyle 'former DEs'. So, they are not currently DEs, even though they still hold the same ideals and such, but they were once the servant of V-Mort, and they supported him. 

-Gargoyle, who is laughing at her snoring cat...I didn't know cats snored.


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