Lucius and Stan in Prison

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 141326


> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "amiabledorsai"
> <amiabledorsai at y...> wrote:
 
> > > bboyminn:
> > > ...I have no doubt that Lucius will be out of prison very soon. 
> 
> > Amiable Dorsai:
> > Do you think he'll get out before or after Stan Shunpike?
> > 
 
> bboyminn:

> Yes, sadly, I do think Lucius will get out before Stan Shunpike. 
> Stais a political prisoner. <snip> .... Lucius was tried
> and sentenced for a specific, although admittedly mild compared to
> what he actually did, crime. Therefore I suspect he will be out 
> after a fixed period of time. 
> 
> Although, I really hope that Harry will make some effort to get Stan
> freed. Not exactly sure how, but perhaps Harry will arrange a little
> 'give and take' with the Ministry; give me Stan, and I'll pretent to
> be a good boy.
>


Valky:
Hey, good one Steve, :D there is one of those 'other' Hero story
traditions, at last. But doesn't it usually go that when the hero
strikes up this deal with the leader of the "good" guys, that he keeps
his end of it, and they never keep theirs. <g>

Since Harry has already told Scrimgeour to release Stan, this is
really probable to happen in Book seven IMO. I'd like to plot a
hypothetical for it, if noone minds:

Let's say Scrimgeour looks to be giving in, and he approaches Harry
saying. Here's the thing Harry, you clean up some such for us, lets
say he goes with Harry's reputation for mastering the Patronus at 13
and asks him to clean up the Dementors that are really stinking up the
place with breeding mist, and in return, says Scrimgeour, we'll
release Stan Shunpike. So Harry says, yeah alright, I'll figure
something out, and he does, with the help of his clever and brave
friends, figure out how to clean the WW of Dementors or some other
Gargantuan feat. Then Scrimgeour, hardly expecting Harry to do so well
so quickly, says, no I can't release Stan for you, you haven't helped
the ministry because you didn't do what I expected you to do. Harry
gets pretty mad here, but Scrimgeour says, hey Umbridge has told me
you are friends with a Giant in the Forbidden Forest, how about you
give us a hand with the Giants and then I'll release Stan, thinking
hehe that will keep him busy enough, but Harry is back the next day
demanding payment again. Stan still can't go free, Scrimgeour has one
more trick up his sleeve, he says, I heard that you (Harry) have some
werewolf friends, don't suppose you could fix that problem for us too?
And Harry mad as hell now says, okay Mate, but if you don't let Stan
go after this, It'll be *you* I clean up next. So somehow with the
help of Lupin and Bill etc, Harry settles the whole werewolf
population and saves the WW from the uprising. A week later he's back
knocking at Scrimgeours office asking for Stan, and Scrimgeour, as
good as can be expected says, well you know Stan was locked up for
being a Death Eater, and they are still at large, can't really let him
out Harry, you understand, right? And Harry, as good as *his* word
replies, okay Scrimmy, you asked for it. At least half the ministry
and the Wizengamot are on Harry's side now after all he's done for the
WW, so with the littlest of effort Harry ransacks Scrimmys office, and
takes at his liberty, payment for the Dementors - Stan is freed,
payment for the Giants - Lucius is kicked out of the ministry once and
for all, and payment for the werewolves -  Arthur gets the big chair
perhaps?

That was fun but... Too much poetic license?

Valky