McGonagall might be the evil one

[Jo Hill]

No: HPFGUIDX 91855

Jo wrote:
> I probably haven't done my research properly here but is 
> McGonagall in the order? She always seems suspiciously absent. 

kg replied:
> In OotP, Harry notes McGonagall showing up at the order's 
> headquarter "looking very odd in a Muggle dress and coat, though she 
> also seemed too busy to linger" (American edition, p 118). Her 
> presence at the HQ implies she's part of the order, although there 
> might be some wiggle room there for theories.

I knew I had forgotten something. However she is curiously inconspicuous, and 
has been throughout all of the books IMO. She does not appeal as a character 
whose past should be torn apart and speculated on in discussions like this. We 
know there is something dodgy with Snape, Wormtail is going to play a part, 
Dumbledore is annoyingly cagey with what he lets on etc... In the past JKR has 
taken inconspicuous characters and revealed them as villains right at the end 
e.g. Quirrell, and arguably Moody/Crouch, even Ginny was absent for most of CoS 
in the name of prolonging the mystery. Maybe McGonagall isn't evil, maybe she 
is genuine, but I can't believe that her only role is as an authority figure in 
place to keep an eye on the meddlesome trio.

Jo