Bagman as Loyal Death Eater and Big Blond

[spotsgal]

No: HPFGUIDX 141485

Christina:

This is an extremely well thought-out and supported article.  I like
your theory- after all, it really annoyed me that the blond Death
Eater isn't given a name (most of the others are named, even if it's
just in passing).  However, I do a have a major reservation about it...

<really massive snip>

gav_fiji:
> At this point I state that for those of you who seem doubtful of the 
> foregoing consider that when the BBDE is come across in Half-Blood 
> Prince Harry does not see his face at all. He (BBDE) is certainly 
> not, as The Harry Potter Lexicon speculates, the brutal-faced Death 
> Eater (who I believe to be Yaxley). This will be addressed in a 
> later article.

Christina:

Rereading the end of HBP, it isn't really clear whether or not Harry
sees the blond Death Eater's face.

(HBP, Scholastic, pg 599)
He launched himself after them but his foot caught on something, and
next moment he was lying across someone's legs.  Looking around, he
saw Neville's pale, round face flat against the floor.
...snip dialogue...
...said Harry, aiming a hex from the floor at the enormous blond Death
Eater who was causing most of the chaos.  The man gave a howl of pain
as the spell hit him in the face: He wheeled around, staggered, and
then pounded away after the brother and sister.
(end quote)

So Harry, having tripped over Neville (poor Neville), shoots off a hex
at the blond Death Eater, and it hits him in the face.  Now, I
*suppose* you could claim that Harry was still looking down at the
ground or at Neville and blindly aimed for the BBDE, but to me, it
sounds much more likely that Harry looked up, saw the BBDE, and hexed
him.  Since the hex hit his face, he must have been facing towards Harry.

Even if Harry didn't see the BBDE at all, someone else did, who most
definitely should have recognized him if he *were* our dear Ludo:
Tonks.  The BBDE is first described as being in a battle with Tonks,
who is an Auror and works at the ministry.  She says in the beginning
of OotP that she "just qualified a year ago," meaning she worked in
the MoM during the events of GoF, while Ludo held office.  Now I
realize that Tonks probably doesn't know everybody that works in the
building, but you would think that Aurors would know the heads of all
of the departments.  Not to mention the fact that Tonks seems to be
quite the Quidditch fan herself.  She is highly impressed with Harry's
Firebolt, and mentions that she owns a broom as well.  I would be
hard-pressed to believe that Tonks could be locked in battle with Ludo
Bagman, star Quidditch player and an (former) officer at Tonks's
workplace, without recognizing him.

gav_fiji
> Many further articles are planned and when I have a free and clear 
> few hours I will write and post another. These will include articles 
> on the DADA position, the brutal-faced Death Eater (which will be 
> short) and the missing 24 hours, amongst several others.


Christina:

Yesss, DADA speculation and the missing 24 hours.  My favorites.


Christina