[HPforGrownups] Re: Let the cat out of the Bag(man)

[Cindy Jenkins]

No: HPFGUIDX 91619


Kneasy wrote:
Gred and Forge tell  Harry that
Bagman made a run for it "right after the third task.' It'd be interesting
to
know if that was after Harry vanished but before Harry returned. If it was
then maybe he was smart enough to see that he had been set up.
This is becoming satisfactorily devious.

Me here--

I've often wondered if Bagman was the person who was "too afraid to return"
or even if he was one of the unnamed people under a mask at the graveyard.
Rita Skeeter says she knows things about him that would make your hair curl,
or something to that effect.  It's easy to assume that his downfall is his
gambling, but who better to protect him than LV?  He was/is popular and
likeable, so it seems as though people are willing to give him more leeway
than the ordinary Joe.  For example, at the World Cup he dressed overtly
wizard-ly, and talked loudly about Quiddich.  Even Arthur Weasley chalked it
up to him being "lax" about security.  And during his trial, he didn't get
any real punishment, even though he *did* pass information to LV, even if it
was inadvertant.  Seems to me this would have at least hurt his empolyment
chances at the MOM later...

But no, he gets not only a job, he's made the head of a department.

Finally, his connection to Rookwood is suspect.  He's an old friend of his
dad's--was his dad a DE?

Don't get me wrong; Bagman doesn't strike me as evil.  But often the
dolts--the people who can't or won't think for themseves--do more to promote
evil causes than we give them credit for.  History is ripe with people who
were "just following orders" who committed henious crimes.  And he does
strike me as being a bit of a dolt.

Just some musings...

Cindy