Fudge is evil? WAS The Power structure and Dementors

[sayruhbeff at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 30403

If he was a secret, and I mean 
> very secret supporter of Voldemort wouldn't the whole Dementor's 
kiss 
> with Barty Crouch take on a much more sinister overtone? If I 
> remember correctly didn't he want the Dementor with him because he 
> feared for his personal safety? 

Well, your post just smacked this fellow lurker in the head with a 
strange and unlikely, but still interesting theory.

What if the Dementor that Fudge brought with him was just some tall 
skinny guy (DE) in a big spooky cloak? What if it was all part of 
the "just in case Potter returns alive" backup plan? Yeah, absurd, I 
know, but absurdity is what passes time until OoP arrives. Most 
people are terribly afraid of Dementors and wouldn't want to get 
close enough to one to be sure.  Even McG, a woman of strong stuffing 
indeed, wouldn't want to peep under the hood.  And so many wizards 
seem so programmed to fear Dementors, perhaps a Pavlovian type 
response occurs and they are chilled as if it really were one?  
Anyhow, so EEEEVIL Fudge arrives with his faux Dementor and it 
performs a fake kiss and then young Crouch keeps quiet until some 
event can allow him to return to the fold.  Also, the so called kiss 
will make it impossible for there to be any real evidence that LV is 
back, so the proper precautions to keep him at bay will be ignored 
and this will give LV a nice head start.  So, that last paragraph is 
further proof that I have had too much caffeine and too little sleep 
this week.

I also, after having devoured most of the files, haven't really 
spotted anything about the potential future of the relationship 
between the Dursleys and Harry.  I noticed that at the end of GoF, 
instead of standing as far apart as possible, Mrs. Weasley and Vernon 
are standing close together.  This suggests to me that they must have 
been talking (or at least Molly was trying to talk to him about the 
past events).  Maybe she made things clear to Vernon about the events 
of the last term and the potential of times to come.  I often like to 
image there being a close call where perhaps a DE tries to harm the 
Dursley family and Harry steps in and prooves himself useful and they 
realise that he is more than just a leech destroying their otherwise 
normal existance.  Well, tell me what you think or whatever.  This 
group is really great, by the way, very thought provoking.


Sarahbeth