Fudge and the Longbottoms

[Leanne Daharja Veitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 40432

Hiall,

I'm new to the list (so "hi"!), and have a few comments:

1. First of all, I don't think Fudge was sincerely surprised about
Voldemort's return at all - I think he is in league with V. This would
explain the MOM's inability to actually *do* anything about V's rise
again. BTW, "Fudge" is English slang for "fake": i.e. to say "I fudged
the test" = "Ifaked the test". Considering Rowling's continual use of
meaningful names throughout, it makes sense to me that Fudge may live up
(or down) to his name.

2. I'm convinced that Neville Longbottom is / will turn traitor.
Possibly he was resposible for his own parents' deaths. The similarities
between Neville and Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail) are too many. Even their
names are similar Worm=Long, Tail=Bottom. He's quite clearly a
traitorous character to me. In fact, the only time he stands up to Harry
et al is when they are off to save the Philosopher's stone - this makes
sense in light of the fact that he would have wanted V to get the stone.
And it seems odd to me that, despite his continual stuff-ups, he never
gets into real danger.

Comments?

Leanne XXX

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