[HPforGrownups] What If... Dumbledore had included Fudge in GoF Ch.35?

[Gina Rosich]

No: HPFGUIDX 55184



Taryn Kimel <amani at charter.net> wrote:

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 After all, Fudge heard Crouch say he was working under Voldemort's instructions but /believed him to be crazy/. It's certainly very likely that he would have said the same thing after hearing Crouch's confession to Dumbledore and the rest. As your writing also depends on a Fudge who is NOT a secret DE (which I personally believe), I'll take it from that perspective. Looking from this point of view, Fudge's denial is an almost instinctive reaction happening out of fear. It's an impossibility to his mind, so his mind chooses not to believe it. In such a case, it would take something extremely weighty to snap such strong denial, and Crouch's formal confession still might not have cut it.


ME:

Inded.  Which is why Fudge's denial became all that more frustrating when Snape dramatically showed him the dark mark as definitive proof.  I mean, how could Fudge argue with THAT kind of evidence?  But he did still disbelieve.  Which is why I agree that it wouldn't have made a difference if he was there when Crouch was under the veritaserum or not.



Gina :-)



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