Red Herrings? Re: Draco, Snape and Others: Castles in the air?

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 124830


Neri:
> The thing is: red herrings
> exist for a reason, to draw our attention from something else. For
> example, Bagman was created to draw our attention away from
> Crouch!Moody, and in the end of GoF he was exposed as a red 
herring.
> But if Neville has been a red herring for five books now, then for
> what cause?
> 
> Also, I noticed you didn't try to deny the Snape mystery. So why 
is it
> so important to deny the Neville mystery? The fact is, we DO seem 
to
> have mysteries about characters other than Harry, and why are these
> mysteries so complicated if the characters are simple?
> 
> 

I wouldn't be too hasty in writing Ludo Bagman off as a red herring. 
I mean his role in GoF might be described as such, but who says that 
he wouldn't resurface in the Book 6 or 7 as a "bad wizard"? After 
GoF it was sort of an accepted assumption among fans that it was 
Snape and Krkaroff LV had mentioned in his greeting address as one 
who would be killed and one who would be punished. But after OotP it 
is just as likely that it was Karkaroff and Bagman. After all Snape 
as we can see not only alive but also quite thriving. 

a_svirn