Protection for EVERYONE at Hogwarts

[erinellii]

No: HPFGUIDX 89818

 "lizvega2"  wrote:

> Can anyone else think of someone who may have may have been placed 
> at Hogwarts for their own protection?
> 
> McGonagall? Sprout? Pomfrey? Vector? Filch?


Erin:
Ooh! ooh! *raises hand*

McGonagall.   She was at school with Riddle, right?  Well, anyway, 
according to an interview where JKR said she was arouund 70, which is 
about the same age as Voldy.  And we also have Diary!Tom's word that 
he was always able to charm those he needed.

Based on these two facts, there have been speculations of an Evil!
McGonagall.  It's not what I believe, but see it here if you like:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/39470


However, suppose there was indeed a relationship between McGonagall 
and Voldy. But not an Evil!McGonagall, a McGonagall who was taken in 
by Riddle's good looks and charm.

And, because this is a book for children, Rowling is NOT going to
come right out and say that they were "lovers". That's never gonna
happen. No she will either have to say that they had "dated" (which,
IMO, would not convey the seriousness of the relationship properly)
OR that they were... married. 

That's right, I think it possible that McGonagall was married to 
Voldemort, and furthermore, that she still is.

Picture it... Riddle reveals his evil overlord plans to his new 
bride, a young and innocent McGonagall.  She is horrified, tells him 
to "get out!" and he does. In fact, he leaves that very day to go on 
his journey around the world, learning more and more secrets of the 
dark arts and ways to conquer death.

He's gone for years, and McGonagall wants to divorce him, but is 
unable to find him (and anyway, divorce is not *done* nearly so often 
in those days), so she goes back to her maiden name and tries to 
forget him. She pours herself into her teaching. 

When Voldy does surface again, he has a new name and is 
unrecognizably altered in appearence. He doesn't contact McGonagall, 
and she has no idea who he is. By the time she realizes Voldemort and 
her husband are one and the same, he is already Public Enemy #1, and 
she is terrified to reveal her connection to him.  

This also explains why so few people know who Voldemort once was.
Dumbledore figured it out, and he is protecting Minerva by keeping
silent, and keeping her at Hogwarts. So... whadd'ya think?

--Erin