Astra's Hubby Has a Theory (3rd 'missing' DE)

[astratrf]

No: HPFGUIDX 110191

Hiya, Folks!

My wife, Astra, posts here occasionally and she's letting me post 
my theory here. 

In Goblet of Fire, Voldemort makes reference to the three 
missing and still-living death-eaters. One of them is obviously 
Crouch, who's still at Hogwarts; one is PROBABLY Snape, (( the 
one who's left forever and will supposedly die for it; and then 
there's a third, one who "failed" Voldemort and will eventually get 
a rude comeuppance. 

I haven't seen anybody anywhere speculate on who that third 
person is (because I don't normally read too many newsgroups), 
but I have an idea; maybe you've thought about this, too: 

It's Uncle Vernon. 

Stay with me here. Think about it. This third Deatheater failed 
Voldemort seriously. Maybe Vernon's job was to keep Harry from 
ever getting to Hogwarts. Goodness knows he does everything 
in his power to keep Hagrid from picking him up. He shuts him 
up in a closet, he tries to keep people from finding out he's there, 
he puts bars on the windows, etc.  But being the spineless 
cretin he is, he's eventually defeated in every attempt to keep 
Harry from going to Hogwarts. Eventually he just gives up.

So now, Harry is at a school where he can learn the skills he 
needs to defeat Mr. V. Which would make Voldemort plenty ticked 
at Vernon.

Zip ahead to book 5. Harry says the word "Voldemort" near the 
beginning and Vernon calls him "Voldy-thing." He can't say the 
name. Come on. The guy  is playing too innocent. He can hear 
perfectly well. Throughout the books, he purposely makes 
gobbledygook out of every magic terminology he hears, as if he's 
trying to slough it off. I think he's trying too hard to play dumb.

Plus: if you knew the most threatening presence in the universe 
was after your head, what would you try to do? Blend in and play 
stupid. How he's kept this from Petunia, or whether she 
suspects something, has yet to be revealed, but I tell ya, 
Vernon's in on this. Big time.

Comments?

Astra and her wacky husband