Re: The blond Death Eater – A further appraisal with conclusions

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 142053

SSSusan:
> > Do we have canon, really, for anybody else's 
> > appearance changing so drastically in such a short time as to be 
> > unrecognizable?
 
Goddlefrood responds:
> Well yes, actually we do. Sirius himself as you mention him. If 
> you recall when he is first described in detail in the Shrieking 
> Shack in POA. Therein he is said to be hollow faced and 
> practically unrecognisable as the person who smiled so happily at 
> the Potters' wedding. It is only latter when he does smile that 
> Harry sees a vage resemblance.


SSSusan:
Fair enough.  But you're talking about *Harry* with Sirius, at a 
point where Harry's only ever seen that one photograph from his 
photo album and the escapee notices.  Isn't that quite different 
from someone whose photos presumably were plastered all over 
newspapers because of his Quidditch career? and who has remained in 
the public eye as a MoM department head?


Goddlefrood: 
> Also there is no indication that, apart from Tonks, anyone got a 
> close look at the BBDE's face, as I think I mentioned in the 
> earlier post. There is also a good likelihood that the DEs were 
> hooded and the only facet of the BBDE described, other than his 
> sixe, is his hair colur, which could quite easily have been long 
> enoung to extend below such a hood.

SSSusan:
I am inclined to put a lot more stock in the possibility that Lupin 
did not get a close look than into the other possibility you 
suggest.  I just can't quite imagine a DE wearing a hood and yet 
those fighting him could still ascertain that he was blonde.  Or 
*if* its being long enough to be ascertained, this actually being 
evidence that the BBDE is Ludo.  Is Ludo ever described as having 
*long* hair?  We know Bill's hair is long, as it's mentioned 
repeatedly, but unless I'm forgetting something (a possibility, I'll 
grant!), Ludo is not described as having long hair.

Siriusly Snapey Susan, who's skeptical about Ludo as the BBDE, but 
who actually *did* expect to find Ludo was a Bad Guy in OotP and was 
disappointed when he didn't make an appearance there.