I'd like feedback on this theory

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 123547


 "Janet Anderson" :
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> One:  He deserts his post guarding Harry, disobeying orders and
without any 
> plausible excuse.  Note that this gives the Dementors a shot at Harry.

Finwitch:

It also meant that Harry got to be in the HQ. Maybe it was a trick?
The twins definately would be after getting Harry out of there, given
the slightest inclination - like Hedwig pecking Ron&Hermione.. and
Harry had given them 1000 Gs for the shop (minus new dressrobes for
Ron). And Sirius may have also been with it... (look how keen he's to
defend his position as Harry's guardian. Bet he was hurt that
Dumbledore decided to keep Harry at the Dursleys...) Mind, Sirius does
tell Harry that while MF is a thief and a culprit, he's also useful...
 
> Two:  He is, or trying to be, a corrupting influence on Fred and
George.  On 
> the surface, his stories may be funny, but as Molly instinctively
realizes, 
> those two are the most likely to absorb Mundungus's unethical ways
because 
> they don't take very many things seriously; cheating someone would
just be a 
> game to them.

Finwitch:

Says Molly, who doesn't approve WWW - which is what F&G are handling
MF for. Molly suspected that F&G got the money for their shop (which
they have been up to for ages, MF around or not) for selling stolen
cauldrons by MF... Of course, the money was a gift from Harry instead.
It seems more likely that F&G use him as a suppliant for ingredients.
(Apparently they're also taking doxies from the house...)
 
> Three:  He steals silver from Grimmauld Place, which means he is either 
> stealing from Molly (another Order member) or from Sirius (another
Order 
> member *and his host*).  This, to my mind, proves that he has no honor.

Finwitch:

You mean the silver Sirius was putting into a sack? 'Silverware with
Black crest on it' -- 'That will come off, though'. Apparently Sirius
was more than willing to get *rid* of that Silver and didn't mind if
MF took it away for him... (for Lupin's sake as silver is harmful to
werewolves - and because he didn't want anything to remind him of his
childhood in there...) For all I know, Sirius was GIVING it to him.

Nah-- I think that all the Dark-Arts things there that Sirius wanted
to be rid of - were the things MF carried off and sold. (and got
ingredients for F&G - against Molly's and Moody's wishes, but oh well)

Think not, though. He's the Thief, working for the good Side; he won't
let a business oppurtunity to pass away, but he does work for the good
side, the Order. In quite many Fantasy stories I've read, there is the
Thief in the 'good' side. No one of the others *likes* these vices of
his, they cause a bit of problems & irritation, but nevertheless,
they're tolerated because they also make this Thief useful... He knows
how to get out from the tight spot, you see, deliver information from
filthy places (like how Sirius etc. learned about Harry&DA in the
Hog's Head).. 

I'd say F&G filled the role of the Thief in the earlier books and at
Hogwarts - knowing places (and giving Harry the map).

What I'm saying is that well, it's a bit like F&G for Harry in school,
Snape&Fletcher for Dumbledore in the world.

Finwitch