CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Chapter 20, Hagrid's Tale

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 103998

HunterGreen wrote:
Indeed he could, but how to get them to agree to that? I think the
giants have their own agenda, and while it might be possible to set 
up some sort of relations with them, I think convincing to fight 
for a cause could be asking too much.
 
GEO responded:
He doesn't have to. The current faction of the giants are more 
into killing and maiming. He could just simply portkey them into a 
spot to create chaos and havoc and force the MoM into diverting 
resources to controlling the giants and obliviating people who've 
seen them. Simply put they're a great resource in Voldemort's 
present war especially seeing how he has less priorities than the 
Ministry.

Carol:
I'm wondering how you would get even one giant to use a portkey,
considering that most of them don't speak English and few if any trust
wizards (Dark or otherwise). Suppose that one giant was sufficiently
curious to touch the portkey and was whisked away before the eyes of
the others. I'm betting the others would back off quickly or start
throwing knives, stones, or whatever was handy at the wizards who
caused their fellow giant to vanish.

If they could be persuaded to come down from the mountains and wreak
havoc on some continental European town near their village, they'd be
dangerous for a short while, but the wizards (or Muggles) who survived
would almost certainly find some way to destroy them. But suppose LV
somehow found a way to transport them to England. Where would he hide
them? How would he organize them? They won't even cooperate with each
other, let alone with wizards. I can't figure out any plausible way
for the Dark side to use them. (And presumably the "Light" side would
simply want to warn them against the Dark side and otherwise leave
them to murder each other in peace.)

Carol, who wishes the giants had never been brought into the series
except perhaps as an explanation for Hagrid's size