[HPforGrownups] Re: CHAPDISC: HBP11, Hermione's Helping Hand

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 149129

> --- Geoff Bannister <gbannister10 at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Why did JKR introduce McClaggan into the book? To
> me, he doesn't seem 
> to add anything valuable to the advancement of the
> story and seems to be a bit of a spare part.


I can see him becoming a DE recruit in the next book.  The kind of
self-absorbed full-of-himself guy who can't understand why everything
isn't falling into his lap just because he wants it to.  And who has
a grudge against all three members of the Trio.

If he does turn into a Voldy recruit it would also remind readers
that Voldemort does have the ability to charm people into doing what
he wants them to do by making them feel special, by giving the
impression that only he can appreciate their true worth.  Remember
Fake!Moody's explanation to Harry at the climax of GOF, when he tells
him how he (F!M) and the Dark Lord had so much in common.  

There's bound to be someone in the current generation who is
attracted by the Dark Side, and McClaggan strikes me as more likely
than some of the other names mentioned over the years (Colin Creevey,
for instance).

Magda

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