The Dumbledore Connection

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No: HPFGUIDX 109974

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jo Raggett" <aggie at r...> wrote:
> 
> Someone also mentioned about Ludo Bagman being a wasp, as he played 
> for the Wasps.  If it wasn't for the fact that it would mean yet 
> *another* unregistered animagi then I would prefer this theory! 
> 
> It would account for his whereabouts in OotP AND he could be using 
> his wasp form as a way of spying on Harry for LV. . .couldn't it 
> Kneasy!!  I'm *convinced* (to the point of working on a Ludo essay) 
> that he WILL be back!  Could Ludo be over 100 years old?  Could he 
> have registered in the 19th century?  Could Hermione have read his 
> name but just not mentioned it?  This is the only problem I have, I 
> *really* don't want another unregistered animagi!!

I get very restive when posters start imaging animagi all over the place;
they're supposed to be rare, yet we've come across more unregistered 
animagi than officially recognised ones. Even worse, every so often an
outbreak of animagitis sweeps across the board; no character is safe.
I wouldn't mind if they were something interesting - a hippo, or a
crocodile or a skunk. It's amazing that no-one's yet suggested that DD
is the Hogwarts squid, he's been suspected of being everything else.

And JKR doesn't seem to like the unofficial ones much - look what's 
happened to the four of them. Dead, dead, Igor and the ultimate horror
 - chipped nail-varnish! Is there a worse fate? And having two of 'em as
insects stretches my credulity beyond breaking point. I shall be severely
pissed off if that comes to pass.

Bagman is a baddy; of that I have no doubt (see 73901). Unlikely that's
he's that old though; at his trial he talks of Rookwood being a friend of
his fathers. How old would that make Rookwood and Bagman Snr.?

Spying is an activity talked about much more often than it seems to be
performed IMO. Only Pettigrew fits the traditional pattern; forget Snape,
he's up to something, but it won't be traditional spying as envisaged by 
some. All the potential methods for disguise in the books and they
never seem to be used to their full potential as intelligence tools.
Pity, really. I did a round up of the various means available last year.

Why would Bagman spy on Harry anyway? Voldy creeps into Harrys mind
whenever he feels like it, in fact he sends one of his visions during this 
same exam. All Baggy could tell him is that Harry passed out, that's if he 
noticed. Imitating a beastie is all very well, but it'd be over-egging the 
cake to spend your time bashing your head against a window. 

Bagman will be back, I think. Treacherous, he is. An animagus, I doubt.

Kneasy