Fudge is Way Evil and I have the acronyms to prove it

[dicentra_spectabilis_alba]

No: HPFGUIDX 35835

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Edblanning at a... wrote:
> >
> > ::Pippin gives the cape a whirl, but decides it makes her look like
> > a vampire::

Dicentra jokes:
No, that would be the fangs...

> >
> > Dumbledore asks the students to do three things, in order to
> > choose what is right over what is easy.
> >
> > 1) Acknowledge that Dumbledore is telling the truth--Voldemort
> > has returned
> > 2) Set aside their old enmities and differences
> > 3) Consider themselves welcome at Hogwarts
> >
> > The three adults, Fudge, Karkaroff and Bagman, act out the
> > rejection of this message.
> >
> > 1)Fudge does not acknowledge Voldemort's return
> > 2)Karkaroff cannot set aside the differences between himself
> > and Dumbledore
> > 3)Bagman flees Hogwarts, covering up his own crimes, not
> > Voldemort's
> > So if Fudge does indeed realize that Voldemort has returned and
> > is covering up, it knocks the artistic and logical stuffing out of
> > Dumbledore's speech. There is then no one whom we can be
> > sure has heard the bad news and refused to believe it.
>
Dicentra responds:

Wow! That's a great catch! I still have to wonder about Fudge's
motives for his disbelief, though. Harry believes it's because he's
too much the politician, that he doesn't want his little paradise
disturbed. But because few Potterverse characters turn out to be what
Harry originally thinks they are, I have to anticipate some kind of
revelation later on. Not so much because I don't believe Harry's
interpretation to be valid, but because JKR likes to yank the rug out
as often as possible.

Eloise continues:
> My view of him is, incidentally the inverse of my view of Snape.
> I see Snape as a strong man who did evil very deliberately, but who
having
> realised his error made a principled decision to change sides. I see
Fudge as
> a weak man, who hasn't decided anything. he's just gone with the
flow and now
> he and potentially the rest of the wizarding world are in Big Trouble.

Dicentra replies:
I think that Big Trouble is definitely what we're in for, but as I
stated earlier, JKR rarely lets us maintain a particular impression of
a character for long.

Eloise signs off:
> Eloise, who really thinks that she has argued this thing to death
and is
> hanging up the cape and dearstalker for a bit. Anyone fancy the pipe?

Dicentra responds:
I think the cape has the tendency to disappear at this point when yes,
the poor dead horse is getting quite a beating. And I think you know
what you can do with that wretched pipe. :D

But I can't resist one more point:
As further proof of F.I.E., there's a rumor that Malcom McDowell might
be cast in that role for PoA. What more proof do you want?

http://hpgalleries.topcities.com/actors/moviegallery12.htm

--Dicentra, who takes just about anything as proof