Skeeter's future

[vjmerri]

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From: vjmerri
Subject: RE: Skeeter's future
Reply To: [Yahoo! #6914] RE: "Lack of Remorse"
Date: 8/16/00 11:04 pm  (ET)

By: plinsenmayer
Date: 8/15/00 4:02 pm


>she's [Hermione] doing so for what I would term "noble" reasons. She's
taking a stand against irresponsible journalism. Rita's not being
mistreated as Heidi pointed out, and Hermione's merely trying to
drive home her point with Rita. I didn't at all see that scene as a
demonstration of "lack of remorse" on Hermione's part. >

Unfortunately, I don't think its going to help. As soon as Rita gets
out she'll go right back to her old habits. All she has to lose is being
exposed as an unlicensed animagus. What does she have to gain?

1. She can expose the entire situation at Hogwarts. That Sirius Black
is around Hogwarts, that he is an unlicensed animagus and shows as a
large black dog; that Dumbledore is protecting the convicted murderer;
that Sirius and Harry are friends; that Fudge and Dumbledore have come
to at least a partial parting of the ways.

2. That Voldemort is back and has a new body. She may twist the truth
to make it seem as though Harry actively helped V. to come back willingly.

3. She could expose Dumbledore's decision to contact the giants.

She knows EVERYTHING. What she, in fact, could do, rather than publish
immediately, is to go sell her soul to L. Voldemort and start publishing
stories that divide the wizarding world and help him to regain power.

She can tell Voldemort everything she knows, including the fact that
Snape is trusted by Dumbledore.

Rita Skeeter is interested in only one thing - herself. She wants
attention from her journalism or maybe she gets off on the power and
havoc of her false reporting.

In my opinion, She is going to degenerate in book five from unscrupulous
journalist to a more clearly evil power hungry person.

vicki