Some questions

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Constance Vigilance wrote:
> 
> My belief is that Blondie is there as a second Dumbledore Man to 
> ensure that Snape and Malfoy get away cleanly and that Harry stays 
> safe. 
> 
> So who is Blondie? JKR says that all major characters have been 
> introduced. He could be another giant. But I think pure giants have 
> no magic, else they would not be so fascinated by a magical gift 
> from a wizard. I think he is not a giant. Besides, he is "enormous", 
> not gigantic. Could he be Olympe under polyjuice? He never speaks. 
> Or Aberforth? The Dumbledore brothers are known to be tall.
> 
> So. Any thoughts?


Kathy W.
JKR does have a way of quietly introducing characters who will be 
important later or sometimes really introducing characters who will 
just sort of slip into the background when no one is looking. Think 
Baby-head from the DoM battle. Or Theo Nott. Blondie may follow that 
path.

On the other hand, Blondie was so bad he was good. Keep in mind that 
not only did he not cause harm to any of the good guys, and did cause 
harm to bad guys, he managed to avoid getting hurt himself. I mean come 
on, can Tonks be that weak? And as CV pointed out, his wild spells 
helped the good guys. So I'm voting "Yes" to another one of DD's men. 
DD certainly has more informants than just Snape.

Yes, I know the baddies are notoriously bad at fighting. But they 
haven't been this bad! The only other one who has come close is Elder 
Nott...and I wonder about his loyalty too.

I'm voting against polyjuice. Half of the arguments I'd use against it, 
however, were overcome by Barty. But if Blondie was a good guy 
disguised with polyjuice, did he get a working Dark Mark scar? Would he 
need it? I also doubt he was a giant. Canon!Hagrid is much bigger than 
Coltrane!Hagrid and I didn't get the idea Blondie was anywhere near 
that big.

I don't think he was the one casting a Cruciatus at Harry. That was 
more likely the brother of the sibling pair. We saw him having a good 
time with it earlier.

When did JKR say she had introduced all the major characters? I 
remember something about our getting to know an Order member in book 7 
that we don't know we'd met. But I'm not sure if we'd met him before 
book 6. I'd say most list members expect that to be Aberforth. Maybe 
it's Blondie.