Harry's Fan; Dumbledore, Snape and Fudge

[eloiseherisson at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 50367

Kathryn:

>>flower fairy 12:
>> I'm thinking it's more likely to be Viktor Krum, Cho
>> Chang, Colin 
>> Creevey or possibly Fleur Delacour. 
>
>The thing is, I don't think it would be very
>significant for one of those characters to die.  I
>mean, of them all, we know Krum the best, and we don't
>know him well at all.  They aren't main parts of the
>story, so it wouldn't be a huge trauma to the series
>if they were killed. 

Well, if we'd been told about Cedric dying prior to GoF, I daresay we'd have 
said the same thing.

JKR has plenty of time to increase our interest in any of these characters. 
There's plenty of pathos to be got out of Colin's death, IMHO, if his 
character is developed. He really *is* a fan of Harry's and the fact that 
Harry tends to be rather dismissive of him would add to the pathos.

Similarly with Cho. We know she admires and likes Harry. Even if no romance 
develops between them, she may well become closer to the friend who was with 
him when Cedric died. I can easily see her taking on a bigger role.  In fact, 
given her relationship with Cedric, might she not be more likely to put 
herself in a position of danger in order to stand up to Voldemort? 

But am I missing something? Who said there's only going to be *one* death in 
OoP. Aren't the 'fan' death and the 'horrible to write' death two different 
things?
Personally, I'm expecting the deaths of at least one minor character and of 
one major one, which latter will be the real source of the trauma.


blauemeanies:

>Actually, Fudge does not have the power to do that. The enigmatic 
>Board of Governors are the only people who can do that, and when 
>Fudge tried to stop Lucius and the board from sacking Dumbledore in 
>CoS, he was told quite directly that there was nothing he could do to 
>stop the governors. 

Mmm.
That's true. And a little odd, I feel, given the fact that in GoF Fudge is 
both able to order (or at least threaten to order) an inquiry into the 
running of the school and mentions that there weren't many [MoM's] who would 
have allowed the employment of a werewolf,  given Dumbledore such free rein 
or let him make curriculum decisions without reference to the Ministry.

I wonder if what we are actually seeing here is a power struggle between 
Fudge and Malfoy. I suspect that the power *does* lie with the Minister, but 
in this case the Minister is in Malfoy's pocket.

The Board of Governors is, as you say, enigmatic. Who appoints them?
The MoM seems to regulate every aspect of wizarding life; I find it hard to 
believe that they do not appoint the Hogwarts Governors. I also find it hard 
to believe that Malfoy would not do his utmost to exploit his position to the 
point where he assumed an autonomy which was not originally intentioned.


~Eloise

You think that just because it's already happened, the past is finished and 
unhangeable? Oh no, the past is cloaked in multi-colored taffeta and every 
time we look at it we see a different hue.

(Milan Kundera, Life is Elsewhere)