The Dumbledore Connection

[romuluslupin1]

No: HPFGUIDX 110196

"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!!


Sorry if this has already been answered (had a power problem over the 
week-end and couldn't access my PC), but Ludo Bagman *could* be one of 
the 7 registered animagi Hermione refers to. Hermione looked up 
McGonagall at the beginning of POA (I think. She tells the boys she 
looked her up after McGonagall's lesson, which was during her first 
transfiguration class of the year, right after Trelawney's first 
prediction of Harry's death). 

If he *is* one of them (I sincerely doubt it because animagism is 
supposed to be difficult and he doesn't strike me as the brightest bulb, 
but you never know), his name is not going to register with Hermione. 
She's never heard of him before at the time. She only meets him for the 
first time some time later (even as long as 10-11 months later), depending 
on how soon after McGonagall's lesson she went to the library. Wanna bet ;-)
Anyway, even if she remembered the name (unlikely) there was no 
reason to mention it to the boys, as they didn't know Ludo Bagman all 
that well.

Anyway, just my 2 cents.

Romulus Lupin, who is sure Severus Sanpe and Sybil Trelawney are the 
married couple at Hogwarts. After all, Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson 
play a married couple in Love Actually and the both play in the 
adaptation-to-another-media-that-mustn't-be-named ;-)