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

[coderaspberry77]

No: HPFGUIDX 110229

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> 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. 

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> 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?


Um, I just can't subscribe to this.  First off, it's fairly obvious, 
I think (though admittedly, no one can know for certain), that it's 
Karkaroff who is the third DE mentioned here.  All through GoF, we 
are shown that he is a DE, and what LV says (don't have the book in 
front of me, sorry) matches up with what we know about him.

As for Uncle Vernon - if he was a DE, why not just kill Harry and 
make it look like an accident sometime in the 10 years before 
Hogwarts?  It's not like Petunia or Dudley, or any of the neighbors, 
for that matter, would miss him, and really, what could the WW do to 
Vernon, since he lives in the Muggle world?  Maybe he was just 
afraid of repercussions from vengeful wizards, or maybe that 
whole "blood protection" thing kept him from acting, but surely he 
would've tried something other than stammering about, acting the 
fool and making pathetic attempts to keep Harry from attending 
Hogwarts.  An interesting theory, but I really think Vernon is just 
the dim-witted, pompous fool he's painted as.  If I'm wrong, I will 
gladly eat my words, because it will mean JKR has hoodwinked me 
thoroughly.