[HPforGrownups] Digest Number 3203

[ROSEMARY IGHEL]

No: HPFGUIDX 68699

zebco says:

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>I'm not sure I'm ready to believe in such a quick about face from 
>Percy. I would love to see Arthur Weasley as MoM but if he gains 
>this post one of his most immediate problems will be dealing with 
>disgruntled former "fudgies". Having been in power, they will be 
>reluctant to release it and I think that Percy will be too stiff 
>necked to admit his error 'til he is a lot farther in over his head 
>than he is now. 

IMO, Fudge isn't so much evil as a fundamentalist bureaucrat.  Percy uses Fudge's example to set his own path, and parrots what Crouch/Fudge/his boss says until he believes it himself. Percy never 'gets' jokes, he's a stickler for details, and he lacks imagination.  That, left alone to fester, gets you Umbridge and people like her. I'll be very curious to see what JKR pulls out of the bag for Percy's much needed epiphany.

That being said, I really like the idea of Arthur as MoM, but I'm not at all sure he would.

sethra


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