The Secret Revealed! ESE!Arthur

[olivierfouquet2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 147017

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" <gbannister10 at t...> wrote:
> Geoff:
> But how do you explain Harry's vision of the attack in OOTP? Surely 
> Arthur couldn't produce the impression which Harry had of being the 
> snake?
> 
> And how do Arthur's injuries which brought him to St.Mungo's fit in 
> with this intriguing theory? He was supposed to have wounds that would 
> not heal properly for example. Had he got nurses who were secret 
> supporters with him? Or were they under the Imperius curse? If so, he 
> had been very busy with his wand.
>

Olivier
Right, let's go back to what happened. LV possessed a snake and attacked a sleeping 
Arthur. He wounded him badly, and Arthur would have died if he hadn't been discovered. 
Now think about it: why didn't LV kill Arthur once and for all? Arthur was unconscious, 
defenseless. One more bite and he was gone. The ESE!Arthur theory simply states that 
Arthur and LV deliberately engineered this attack. Arthur was going to be hurt badly 
enough so that Harry would be absolutely convinced his visions were important and 
necessary. You'll notice that it's when Harry mentions this event that Ron is convinced that 
Sirius is trapped in the Ministry, and the change of allegiance of Ron is what finally 
switches the balance. 

Suppose now Arthur had died (much more realistic, seeing he was already almost dead 
and pitched against Voldemort). Then Harry would have been devastated but would have 
had an incredibly strong motivation to learn Occlumency ('Do it for my Dad, Harry' said 
Ron miserably not to mention that Harry wouldn't want to witness his friends dying one 
after the other under his own eyes).

You'll find more about it in my original post ESE!Arthur, #129892. Here are a few 
additional arguments quoted from my original post.

Arthur, of course, knows everything about the Triwizard Tournament in GoF (the book 
where serious doubts about him start) so he tipped his Master, and ensures that everyone 
knows he thinks highly of Moody in order to reinforce Barty's cover. He also covered for 
Barty right after Barty's attack on Moody. Think about it: a powerful and paranoid Auror is 
defeated by a man that has just passed many years under the Imperius curse without 
leaving any spurious hints? I believe their fight left many signs that were removed by 
Arthur.

Remark, by the way, how very similar his behavior towards Malfoy is to his behavior 
towards Shacklebolt in OoP. We assume that the former is genuine and the later staged, 
but what if it was the reverse? He could also have tipped the Malfoys about 12, Grimmauld 
Place via Kreacher.

As it is, I personally don't believe in any theory. So Lupin could be evil, Arthur could be 
Voldemort right-hand's man, Crookshanks could be the Animagus form of Florence spying 
for Dumbledore's brother who really is Hermione in disguise. But I'll wait and see.

Olivier